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Consistently voted one of the best restaruants in the city. The menu changes regularly based on what fish is fresh. Awesome biscuits (don’t fill up).
Saint John
Go for breakfast (although the restaurant is open all day) and Bananas Foster.
GW Fins, 808 Bienville
Saint John, 1117 Decatur Street
Mr. B’s, 201 Royal Street
GW Fins
Chemin A La Mer
Brennan’s, 417 Royal Street
No reservations for downstairs, but it is worth standing in line for table to have a truly local fine dining experience. Best French bread in the city (I think they get the first delivery every morning, big cocktails. Get the soufflé potatoes and Galatoire’s gouté, and trout with crabmeat on top. Check the dress code. — no shorts ever, jackets are required at dinner.
Brennan’s
Galatoire’s
French Quarter
This is a classic, and famous for Gumbo Ya-Ya. Go to the Carousel Bar afterwards.
Contemporary Creole cuisine. Same chef-owner as Gris-Gris.
Chemin A La Mer, the Four Seasons
Mr. B’s
Very swanky. Appetizers and cocktails are great. Fabulous service and view of the river. Also try Miss River and the Champagne Bar.
Galatoire’s, 209 Bourbon Street
Bearcat CBD, 845 Carondelet Street
A Good Cat section, which offers lighter fare, and a Bad Cat section that features more indulgent dishes. Awesome breakfast and lunch menus. There is usually a wait.
Desi Vega Steakhouse, 628 St. Charles Avenue (warehouse district)
Great sandwiches from the folks at Cochon.
Desi Vega Steakhouse Herbsaint Meril’s Bearcat CBD Restaurant August
More casual than Emeril’s and can accommodate a large crowd.
Contemporary Creole cuisine with a focus on local ingredients, and the building is as beautiful as the food.
Herbsaint, 701 St. Charles Avenue
Restaurant August
CBD & Warehouse District
Donald Link’s original restaurant. Love the short ribs and the spaghetti carbonara, and the best gumbo in the city.
Cochon Butcher
Meril’s, 424 Girod Street
Cochon Butcher, 930 Tchoupitoulas
I think this is the best steakhouse downtown, but you won’t go wrong with Mr. John’s in the Garden District, Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse, Ruth’s Chris, or even Doris Metropolitan.
Best fine dining experience in the city.
Uptown & Garden District, Restaurants
Parkway Bakery & Tavern, 538 Hagan
Mosquito Supper Club, 3824 Dryades
Hansen’s Sno-Bliz, 4801 Tchoupitoulas
Commander’s Palace, 1403 Washington Avenue
Guy’s Po-Boy’s, 5259 Magazine Street
Best roast beef and fried shrimp po-boys in the city, hands down.
Guy’s Po-Boy’s
Clancy’s, 6100 Annunciation
Commander’s Palace Mosquito Supper Club
My neighborhood bistro. Fried eggplants, oysters with brie, ice box pie. I don’t eat fried rabbit livers, but people love them. I always get the fish with crabmeat, but they are known for their veal.
Clancy’s
Hansen’s Sno-Bliz
Parkway Bakery & Tavern
Mother’s Restaurant
Chef Melissa Martin’s restaurant. Hardest reservation in the city right now.
Po- Boy’s & Snoballs
Better than Domilise’s, but I didn’t say that, and they have good gumbo.
Mother’s Restaurant, 401 Poydras Street
Very good roast beef po-boy and Ferdi special and they are downtown.
Bevi Seafood Seither’s Seafood
Drago’s at the Hilton
Casamento’s Restaurant
Luke Peche
Luke, 333 St. Charles AvenuE
Chemin A La Mer, Four Seasons
Drago’s at the Hilton, 2 Poydras Street
Bevi Seafood Co., 236 North Carrollton
Awesome daiquiris, too.
Peche, 800 Magazine Street
Chemin A La Mer
Seither’s Seafood, 279 Hickory Avenue, Harahan
Fresh raw oysters
4330 Magazine Street
Acme
Casamento’s Restaurant
The most famous charbroiled oysters in the city
Great oyster bar
Fresh raw oysters from all over the country
Oysters
Boiled Seafood That’s Worth The Drive
Very good charred oysters
Acme, 724 Iberville
Cafe
Tipitina’s,
Anything Frenchmen Street
Sazerac
Meow Frenchmen St House of Blues Howlin’ Wolf Maple Leaf Bar Preservation Hall Tipitina’s Sazerac House Vue Orleans
501 Napoleon Avenue
Courtyards & Porches
Amelie The Chloe The Column Hotel
Cat’s
Preservation
Karaoke
Chloe, 4125 St. Charles Avenue;
Blues, 225
House, 101 Poydras Vue Orleans Observatory, Four Seasons
Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak
Traditional
Amelie, 900 Royal
Sightseeing
Peters
House of Decatur Street
Cat’s
Café Street
Jazz
Live
Wolf, 907
Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Avenue
Meow, 701 Bourbon Street
on
music in the bars and out on the street
The
Howlin’ South Street
Live Music & Karaoke
Hall, 726 St. Peters Street
The
Maple Street