Where to eat in New Orleans?
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K-Pauls is pretty good but spendy, you need reservations. Johnny's Po-boys in the quarter is cheap and good. Go to Dons in Lafayette for really good Cajun seafood. The food in Lafayette is better and cheaper then in NO.
Mmm, Johnny's. I could go for a fried oyster po boy right now.
Lots of little chi chi places in the garden district fit that bill. I haven't been to NO since Katrina. Take the trolley as it is pretty cool.
You should post that to the "accolades" section of their website.
Although I've never been there, this place is supposed to be the Holy Grail of Fried Chicken. It won a James Beard award in 2005.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93025471
There is a place called "One" where Carrolton and St. Charles meet in the Upper Garden. When we lived there it was my wife and my favorite place to eat.
Check out this link for One
Check out this link for One
OK, I'll try to get all of them (wife's family is from there, go back all the time).
Cafe du monde for beignets, yeah its touristy, but you can't really get 'em anywhere else
Johnny's po-boys on st. louis - best po-boys
Mother's po-boys (poydras) as a back up
K-pauls's is always good. Around the corner is NOLA, which is Emeril's place
Acme oyster (on iberville)
Deanie's seafood (on iberville or out in bucktown if you get out of the quarter)
R&O's (on the levee in bucktown)
Mandina's (on carrollton in mid-city)
Camelia grill (possibly on carrollton)
Cooter browns (near camelia grill)
Port of call (burgers, dicey area)
Palace cafe (on canal - might not be open anymore, owned by brenan's)
Commander's palace (real fancy in the garden district)
Ralph and cacoo's (the red lobster of new orleans, in the quarter and outside)
Napolean house (chartres)
Galatoire's (old school)
Antoines (old school)
Brennan's (on royal, pricey)
Pascal Manale (BBQ shrimp)
Tujages (upstairs on decatur street)
Cafe pontalba (on jackson square)
Mulate's (by the convention center on julia)
That should get you started. The street names could be off, I'm doing this from memory before the second cup of coffee.
Cafe du monde for beignets, yeah its touristy, but you can't really get 'em anywhere else
Johnny's po-boys on st. louis - best po-boys
Mother's po-boys (poydras) as a back up
K-pauls's is always good. Around the corner is NOLA, which is Emeril's place
Acme oyster (on iberville)
Deanie's seafood (on iberville or out in bucktown if you get out of the quarter)
R&O's (on the levee in bucktown)
Mandina's (on carrollton in mid-city)
Camelia grill (possibly on carrollton)
Cooter browns (near camelia grill)
Port of call (burgers, dicey area)
Palace cafe (on canal - might not be open anymore, owned by brenan's)
Commander's palace (real fancy in the garden district)
Ralph and cacoo's (the red lobster of new orleans, in the quarter and outside)
Napolean house (chartres)
Galatoire's (old school)
Antoines (old school)
Brennan's (on royal, pricey)
Pascal Manale (BBQ shrimp)
Tujages (upstairs on decatur street)
Cafe pontalba (on jackson square)
Mulate's (by the convention center on julia)
That should get you started. The street names could be off, I'm doing this from memory before the second cup of coffee.
if you are going to new orleans, you don't have to ask this question. just get into the french quarter, pick up an identifiable and findable little rock, blinfold one of your crew, spin them around on Tulane street and have them toss the stone lightly over their shoulder and there you go.
you will not have any problem finding a place to eat, they are everywhere and they are all excellent, and you are gonna have a blast!
come on now, give new orleans some credit. they even have a McDonalds on one of their strips. (I thinks it's decatur street)
you will not have any problem finding a place to eat, they are everywhere and they are all excellent, and you are gonna have a blast!
come on now, give new orleans some credit. they even have a McDonalds on one of their strips. (I thinks it's decatur street)
Galatoires is frikkin AWESOME & so old school NOLA.
Commanders Palace is a MUST.
Pascal Manales for BBQ shrimp.
I hear Tujages prix fixe (sp?) is great.
I am jealous.
Commanders Palace is a MUST.
Pascal Manales for BBQ shrimp.
I hear Tujages prix fixe (sp?) is great.
I am jealous.
Oh & the Central Grocery for the best MUFF EVER!!!!
I've eaten at all but 4 of the restaurants on your list.
I was bloated off of Cafe Du Monde Beingets! I went there everyday for breakfast...haha
I highly recommend Mothers and Johnny's as well. Mothers was always packed everyday!
I can't remember the place we had dinner that was the best blackened cat fish I ever had though.
I highly recommend Mothers and Johnny's as well. Mothers was always packed everyday!
I can't remember the place we had dinner that was the best blackened cat fish I ever had though.
Oh, just so you know what you are getting yourself into:
This is your breakfast at cafe du monde:
We order 4 orders and 4 coffees. Only a loser tries to get by with only 3 in a single order, ya gotta have 6:
Lunch at johnny's:
Afternoon beer (~500 to choose from) and oysters at cooter brown's:
And then the famous chili cheese omelette at camelia grill:
This is your breakfast at cafe du monde:
We order 4 orders and 4 coffees. Only a loser tries to get by with only 3 in a single order, ya gotta have 6:
Lunch at johnny's:
Afternoon beer (~500 to choose from) and oysters at cooter brown's:
And then the famous chili cheese omelette at camelia grill:
The bread is so awesome. very tasty!
It wasn't like I ate @ all of these restaurants during a long weekend!Cool, you're fat, right?
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Well no wonder you left four off the list, eating an entire restaurant is filling to say the least.
Need a fork lift for that palette ?
How about a mint ? It's wafer thin.
BBQ shrimp is also good. My wifes grandmother had the best recipe. We make it every few years. Garlic, bays crab boil, some other stuff, and about 10 pounds of butter.
It was creepy to watch my family in new orleans for our wedding. There wasn't any food they wanted to eat. Her family was all digging in. I wonder if I was adopted, I'll eat anything, even cooked silkworms (bondaegi).
It was creepy to watch my family in new orleans for our wedding. There wasn't any food they wanted to eat. Her family was all digging in. I wonder if I was adopted, I'll eat anything, even cooked silkworms (bondaegi).
has anyone every eaten sea urchin sushi? I have and it tasted like glue.
When you eat that much, you black out. You need to seek help. Perhaps an intervention.
No, but a cute girl did talk me into eating a raw fish eye at a Sushi joint in Massachusetts.
I ate whale at a sushi joint in tokyo. However that is the tamest thing that I have eaten in asia. I could start a thread on that.
Been there, done that. It has a crunchy texture to it, really hard to describe. Imagine crunchy raw squid and you are on a vector that is getting close.
When I had BBQ shrimp, I quickly learned BBQ sounds better than butter shrimp.
I don't know what glue taste like but sea urchin sushi did not impress me in any way and just had a strange texture and not a very interesting taste.
If you have ever eaten giant clam sushi, it is close to that.
Kinda chewy, like duck webs:
Kinda chewy, like duck webs:
If you find yourself on Magazine St. Check out Slim Goodies. It is a funky little diner that has awesome breakfast with things on the menu like the Jewish Coonass (2 potato latkes topped w/fresh spinach, 2 eggs, crawfish etouffee, biscuit) & an Etoufee Omlet. Throw in a Turbodog or two & .......