Galatoire's has always been my favorite NOLA restaurant but I haven't been since prior to Katrina. In October 2005, Galatoire's opened Galatoire's Bistro in Baton Rouge. This was meet with a great deal of anticipation and excitement. Our first visit was about a month after opening and it was unremarkable - overcooked pompano, cold sides, high prices. With thought this was just a fluke and returned several more times with even more disappointing results (the bread is still great though
). There is no way I could recommend Galitoire's in Baton Rouge. I have no idea if the NOLA Galatoire's is suffering similar maladies.
Call me a tourista, but the entire Svelte family loves Brennan's. We go at least once a year. I get the same thing every time: turtle soup then Eggs Shannon (bed of creamed spinach, topped with a fried trout filet which is covered by two pouched eggs and hollendaise. Great crispy bread which makes the table a mess. Then they force me to finish with Bananas Foster. Jeez, it is sooo hard.