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BREWED BELOW SEA LEVEL

Dining 6 22 24 26 28

Holiday Dining Guide $20 and Under Food News NOLA Transplant Food Anatomy of a Turkey Nap

Events & Nightlife 30 Don't Stop the Music 34 Music Calendar 38 Lakeside 2 Riverside

Features 40 44 48 50

Christmas Traditions Best & Worst Gifts Too Many Festivals?

Arabi Chic

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The holidays are a great time to get together with friends and family.

Go check out a unique feature about each of the restaurants listed in our Holiday Dining Guide. While you won’t find any roasted falcon being served, you will find plenty of great spots to go watch the Saints beat up on Atlanta!

Turkey is tasty and (relatively) healthy; it’s a shame that it’s not eaten during other times of the year. For many, the best part of eating turkey is the nap! Don’t miss Katey Ceccarelli’s vignette on the infamous turkey snooze.

Most people have family traditions over the holidays, so enjoy learning those of our staff. With that, everyone has received a wonderful and/or horrible present for Hanukkah or Christmas; you’ll get a laugh reading about some of ours.

Join us for the Best Bartender of New Orleans Finals on December 4 at 7 p.m. at Manning’s Restaurant! Enjoy no cover charge along with complimentary food and cocktail tastings as eight of the city’s finest mixologists compete for the title of Best Bartender of New Orleans!.

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World Of Beer 300 N Julia St. | 299-3599 | worldofbeer.com 1. This tavern runs great specials, some as low as $1 a beer.

2. Their Warehouse District location is a short walk from many Downtown hotels.

3. They serve brunch every Sunday with bottomless mimosas from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

4. Beer lovers can try over 500 brews from around the globe.

5. Their entrees are quite affordable, many running under $10.

FRENCH QUARTER House of Blues 225 Decatur St. | 310-4999 | houseofblues. com 1. Besides being an established music bar, perfect for that special date.

2. Their slogan is “bubbles and bites,” and the kitchen features wonderful small plates.

3. Effervescence was created by Crystal Coco Hinds, sister of NOLA Brewing founder Kirk Coco.

4. They offer 18 sparkling wines by the glass from around the world, including Italian proseccos.

5. Try one of their flights, that includes a tasting of three sparkling wines.

5. Stay up late for late-night menu specials.

Antoine’s Restaurant 713 Saint Louis St. | 581-4422 | antoines.com 1. Antoine’s has operated in New Orleans for 176 years now.

2. Antoine’s has 14 dining rooms and can host up to 700+ customers.

3. The restaurant’s operated by the fifth-generation descendents of the original founder.

4. A great date spot, they are open Monday through Saturday with brunch on Sunday.

5. Their Hermes Bar also serves Happy Hour regularly from 4 to 7.

Effervescence 1036 N. Rampart St. | 509-7644 | nolabubbles. com 1. Effervescence is a wonderful champagne 1. Crescent City Brewhouse became New Orleans’s first brewpub in 1991.

2. The brewery’s building dates to the 1700s; it used to be a two-story, 14-room house.

3. The property served as a private residence until 1916, when it began to be used for fur processing.

4. Their 17-barrel brewery is a combination of Old World values and modern technology.

5. They are a past recipient of the Vieux Carré City Council Award.

Poppy’s Time Out Sports Bar 500 Port of New Orleans Pl. | 247-9265 | poppystimeoutsportsbar.com 1. Poppy’s has 21 televisions to watch all your favorite teams.

2. The bar includes frozen daiquiris and 20 different beers on tap.

3. Poppy’s is located next to the Outlet Collection at Riverwalk.

4. This casual spot also has outdoor seating overlooking the Mississippi River.

5. For something different, try the Alligator Sausage Po-Boy.

because portions are huge!

Tommy’s Cuisine 746 Tchoupitoulas St. | 5811103 | tommysneworleans.com 1. They’re known for their Creole Italian dishes like the Roasted Duck Tchoupitoulas.

2. The subtle but elegant decor evokes European fine dining.

3. Tommy’s Cuisine is the perfect spot for a romantic date night.

4. They host private events with spaces for catered banquets.

5. Besides great food, Tommy’s Wine Bar next door has 150 bottles to choose from.

2016 Viet Orleans Bistro 300 Baronne St. | 333-6917 1. The restaurant is located just off Canal Street steps from the French Quarter.

2. Viet Orleans Bistro features fantastic sushi as well as Vietnamese classics like pho.

3. Arrive early during lunch as they are packed with local businessmen from the CBD. 4. A Tofu Pho is one of the options for vegetarian customers.

5. Viet Orleans Bistro’s fantastic cuisine will have you coming back again and again.

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The restaurant has been open since 1992 and features great prices.

The menu has tasty vegetarian and vegan selections.

Classic dishes include JamaJama, Fried Plantains and Poulet Fricasse.

You can also find them every year at Jazz Fest’s Congo Square.

Crescent City Brewhouse 527 Decatur St. | 522-0571 | crescentcitybrewhouse.com

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Crazy Lobster Bar and Grill 500 Port of New Orleans Place, Suite 83 | 569-3380 | thecrazylobster.com 1. The Crazy Lobster is a Cajun-style restaurant serving every type of seafood imaginable.

2. Besides lobster, the crab legs are one of their specialties.

3. Their signature drinks come in a takehome souvenir glass.

4. They are located on the water and have a huge patio for outdoor seating.

5. They serve different variations of Hurricanes, labeled category one to five.

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Bombay Club 830 Conti St. | 577-2237 | bombayclubneworleans.com 1. Opening at 4 p.m., the Bombay Club is perfect for dinner or Happy Hour.

2. Every night features a scheduled live musical performance.

3. The Bombay Club promotes a classy environment for intimate meals.

4. The dinner specials include the Charred Hanger Steak.

5. The Bombay Club is the perfect romantic setting and martini bar.

Café Amelie 912 Royal St. | 412-8965 | cafeamelie.com 1. The café is named after Amelie Miltonberger, mother of the first American Princess of Monaco.

2. The café is located in the townhouse where the princess was raised in the 1860s.

3. Their courtyard is reputed to be the most beautiful and romantic in the French Quarter.

4. Enjoy brunch on Saturdays and Sundays with their “Courtyard Cocktail,” which changes seasonally.

5. Save room for dessert, and try their famous doberge cake.

Café Amelie 912 Royal St. | 412-8965 | cafeamelie.com 1. Café Amelie is among the French Quarter’s classiest places to eat.

2. The restaurant features an elegant courtyard for outdoor dining.

3. The cafe’s named for Amelie Miltonberger, mother of Princess Alice of Monaco.

4. Lunch here is

Quarter, they offer a BYOB policy.

4. Their West African fare also includes vegetarian and vegan options.

5. Look for them at Jazz Fest’s Congo Square next year.

Red Gravy 125 Camp St. | 561-8844 | redgravycafe.com 1. Red Gravy is consistently rated as one of the city’s top spots for brunch.

2. Red Gravy is recognized as one of New Orleans’s notable Italian restaurants.

3. The house-made meatballs are legendary.

4. As the name implies, they have a selection of great handmade pastas.

5. Founded by an Italian from New Jersey, come hungry

6 | Holiday Dining Guide 2017 | Where Y'at Magazine Backspace Bar & Kitchen 139 Chartres St. | 322-2245 | backspacenola.com 1. The bar/restaurant flaunts a gorgeous 1920s decor.

2. Perfect for late-night, they’re open until 5 a.m.

3. Backspace has a literary theme inspired by New Orleans’s famous writers.

4. The menu features local favorites like red beans and rice and gumbo.

5. They also serve literarythemed cocktails such as the Gin Ricky.

particularly good, with seared salmon and caprese salad.

5. The gorgeous outdoor patio looks like a scene from a movie.

Bennachin 1212 Royal St. | 522-1230 1. Bennachin has been serving great African food for 25 years.

2. This small and comfortable eatery offers a cozy, intimate atmosphere.

3. Located on the edge of the French

Cornet 700 Bourbon St. | 523-1485 | cornetnola.com 1. Cornet has a convenient, central location in the French Quarter.

2. They offer balcony seating overlooking Bourbon Street.

3. This is a classic New Orleans spot with many traditional cuisines.

4. You can’t go wrong with their Shrimp Creole.

5. The owners gave Louis Armstrong his first start with his first ... Cornet!

Backspace Bar & Kitchen 139 Chartres St. | 322-2245 | backspacenola. com 1. This literary-inspired spot serves food and drink that pays homage to famous authors.

2. Their “Death in the Afternoon” is a cocktail of champagne and absinthe invented by Ernest Hemingway.

3. They serve some of the best classic and Prohibition-era cocktails in the city.

4. They have their own “muse” named Veronika; she’s a reader, writer, and a scholar.

5. Their Backspace Burger is one of the best burgers in the Quarter.

Crescent City Brewhouse 527 Decatur St. | 522-0571 | crescentcitybrewhouse.com 1. The Crescent City Brewhouse recently celebrated 25 years of service.

2. The restaurant features live jazz music nightly.

3. The building dates back to 1722 and features a beautiful balcony.

4. The Crescent City Brewhouse is a 17-barrel active brewery.

5. They also have a lovely courtyard for outdoor dining.

Antoine’s Restaurant 713 St. Louis St. | 581-4422 | antoines.com 1. Established in 1840, Antoine’s is the oldest restaurant in New Orleans.

2. Among the country’s most famous restaurants, Antoine's known as the birthplace of Oysters Rockefeller.

3. Their wine cellar is 165 feet long, seven feet wide, and can hold 25,000 bottles.

4. They have three private dining rooms named after carnival krewes.

5. Bon Appétit has named Antoine’s one of the “Top 10 Must-Visit Classic Restaurants.”

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4 to 7. next to the Outlet spaces for catered banquets. originalfiorellas.com for Amelie 5. Check out their Sunday Jazz brunch with Collection at food,band Tommy’s 1. The first Fiorella’s Café was located in 5. the Besides great Dixieland Some LikeBackspace it Hot. Miltonberger, Bar & Kitchen Riverwalk.

Wine Bar next door has 150 French Market from 1985 until 1999. mother of 139 Chartres St. | 322-2245 | 4.2. In This casual also has bottles to Dempsey’s choose from.

2016, theyspot reopened on Franklin Avenue Jack Restaurant Princess Alice of backspacenola.com outdoor overlooking under theseating name “The Original Fiorella’s 738 Poland Ave. | 943-9914 | jackdempseys.

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1. The bar/restaurant flaunts a the Mississippi River. net Bistro Viet Orleans 4.

Lunch gorgeous 1920s decor. new locationdiff was opened 5.3. The For something erent, try by brothers 1. Jack 300 Baronne St. |Dempsey’s 333-6917is a Bywater staple known here is Kelly and Calcie Fiorella, in honor of their Perfect for late-night, they’re the Alligator Sausage Po-Boy. for huge steaks and boiled 2. seafood.

1. The restaurant is located just father CJ. open until 5 a.m.

2. The restaurant is named after Richard steps from 4. Check out their daily specials, especially off Canal Street “Jack” Dempsey, a New Orleans police 3.

Backspace has a literary Red the Gravy red beans and rice. the French Quarter. reporter for the States-Item. theme inspired by New 125 Campfried St. |chicken 561-8844 | 5. Their won “Best Fried 2. Viet Orleans features 3. JackBistro Dempsey’s has been run by the Orleans’s famous writers.

Chicken” at the National Fried Chicken fantastic sushi redgravycafe.com asfamily well as Marino since 1980.

4. The menu features local Festival twoisyears in a row!

1. Red Gravy consistently Vietnamese classics pho.trying their baked 4. Don’t leave like without favorites like red beans and rated as one of the city’s top macaroni.

3. Arrive early during lunch as rice and gumbo. spots for brunch.

5. packed Arguably thelocal best holiday catering with they are with 5. turkeys.

They also serve literarytheir oyster dressing and fried 2. Red Gravy is recognized as businessmen from the CBD. themed cocktails such as the one of New Orleans’s notable 4. A Tofu Pho is one of the Gin Ricky.

Bao & Noodle Mardi Gras Zone Italian restaurants. options for vegetarian 2700 Chartres St. | 272-0004 | baoandnoodle.

2706 Royal St. | 947-8787 3. The house-made meatballs customers. com Bennachin 1. Mardi Gras Zone is a supermarket, bead are legendary.

5. Viet Orleans Bistro’s 1. Bao & Noodle is a Marigny gem that serves shop, and restaurant all in1212 one! Royal St. | 522-1230 | 4. As the name implies, they fantastic cuisine will regional Chinese cuisine.

2. Not just for Mardi Gras, it’sfacebook.com/Bennachina great lunch a selection of great although have you coming 2. have Most recipes are Cantonese, spot, serving pizza and deli favorites.

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under 10 dollars.

3. Shamrock is a great spot to visit with friends to play all of their amazing bar games.

4. Shamrock’s Bar serves a delicious Ribeye Steak that will fill you up!

5. Shamrock has a DJ spinning plenty of music for your listening pleasure.

Café Degas

Venezia 134 N Carrollton Ave. | 488-7991 | venezianeworleans.net 1. Venezia has been serving fantastic Italian food since 1957.

2. They offer take-out of some of the city’s best pizza and Italian dishes.

3. Venezia features a full bar that’s a great spot to watch the big game.

4. Daily specials include a Frutti De Mare Marinara.

5. Venezia is a fantastic place for a large group of people to enjoy Italian food 3. They also serve soups, sandwiches, salads, family-style. and pastries made in-house.

4. Both locations now offer hot breakfast, Wit’ssoInn you can get eggs and grits made fresh daily.

141 N Carrollton Ave. | 486-1600 | 5. Voted “Best Café” by the readers of Where witsinn.com Y’at.

1. Wit’s Inn is a Mid-City favorite, located near the corner of Canal and Carrollton.

City Diner 2. They have a pizza kitchen churning out 3116 S. I-10 Service Rd. East | 831-1030 | fresh and amazing pizzas. citydiner.biz 3.

The Metairie bar has diner 15 flatserves screen TVsmenu, for 24 1. This a full sports. hours a day, every day.

4. They Theyoff support percent off 2. er moreteachers. than your25 run-of-the-mill diner food,and including Crab every Cakes Benedict. teachers musicians Monday 3. Their night.pancakes are huge. Try them stuffed creamNight cheese chocolate$5 chips.

5. with Thursday is and the popular Pizza 4. Voted Diner” by theand readers Where Night.“Best Starts at 6 p.m. you’llofhave Y’at Magazine from 2010-2017. to dine in.

5. They also serve beer and cocktails.

City Grits.

4. Another Broken Egg Café is healthconscious with several gluten-free options.

5. Although focused on breakfast, they also offer great burgers and fresh salads.

Daisy Dukes Multiple locations | daisydukesrestaurant.com 1. They’ve often won “Best of the Big Easy” in the Bloody Mary category.

2. Some of the Daisy Duke’s restaurants are open 24 hours a day.

3. You can enjoy pancakes and raw oysters at the same time.

4. They feature the Alligator Omelette.

Mmmm, gator!

5. They’re wings are to die for, especially during the game.

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MULTIPLE Don’s Seafood 4801 Veterans Blvd. | 889-1550 | LOCATIONS donsseafoodonline.com 1. In 1934, Don Landry opened his first Another Broken Café restaurant andEgg bar in Lafayette at age 24.

2. Their menu toSt. date includes traditional 2917 Magazine | 301-2771 | Landry family recipes. anotherbrokenegg.com 3. famous Zydeco Shrimp is one of their 1. Their This café boasts a whopping 114 menu more items.recent original creations.

4. The Landry family still owns and operates 2. all A great brunch they’re open 7 six of the Don’soption, Seafood locations. a.m. til 3 p.m. daily.

5. Each location features unique, Acadiana3. inspired One-of-a-kind breakfast include decor and an openapps charbroiler.

Biscuit Beignets andSeafood and Oyster House Jaeger’s 901 S. Clearview Pkwy. | 818-2200 | jaegersseafood.com 1. Love seafood, but want a salad? They have the best seafood salad options in the metro.

2. They serve fresh oysters on the halfshell, charbroiled, sauteed, or baked.

3. Carrying the tradition, Jaeger’s has been family-owned and -operated since 1948.

4. A great place for Cajun fare and boiled seafood.

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Dot’s Diner Multiple locations | dotsdiner.com 5. Jaeger’s is a top spot to bring the family 1. Patrons love the classic 50sand style ofwith this for a night of seafood or surf turf their great steaks. spot.

2. Some locations are open 24 hours.

Short Stopweekend, Poboys the restaurant hosts a 3. Every 119 Transcontinental Dr. | 885-4572 | pancake breakfast. shortstoppoboysno.com 4. Enjoy a massive breakfast with the Big 1. Short Stop Poboys has a huge selection of Dot Platter. po-boys, with over 30 varieties!

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The includes Country Fried Steak 2. Theirmenu po-boys come in three sizes: small and Grilled(9”), Catfi sh.king size (14”).

(6”), regular and 3. Their counter service system moves quickly, butPatisserie you can order online to beat Maple Street the wait.

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4. Short Stop consistently delivers giant pocom/maplestreetpatisserie boys for reasonable prices.

1. homeland Poland.

5. The Grabpastry one ofchef’s their sides like theis chicken 2. Call to order one of their fries,ahead cole slaw, or stuff ed crab. amazing pies for the upcoming holiday season.

Spudly’s Super Spuds 2609 Harvard Ave. | are 455-3250 spudlys.com 3. The delicacies based|on the chef’s 1. studies Spudly’sthroughout Super SpudsEurope. has been serving the city’s best potatoes for 35 4. They offerbaked their own version of years. the New 2. Orleans Not superspecialty, hungry? Spudly’s also has a wide the praline. selection of small spuds and “spud skins.”

5. They also have a great selection of 3. Their menu offers a wide variety of soups, sandwiches at the Magazine Street salads, burgers, and sandwiches. location.

4. The favorite—the Super Duper—is loaded with crabmeat, crawfish, and shrimp.

McAlister's Delistaff is so welcoming, you will 5. The Spudly’s immediately feel like part of the family.

Multiple locations | mcalistersdeli.com 1. There are mulitple McAlister’s Delis The Catch Restaurant within Seafood the New & Orleans area.

3010 Cleary Ave. | 407-3316 | facebook.com/ 2. The McAlister’s Club Sandwich includes thecatchseafoodrestaurantLA up to 13 layers.

1. The Catch Seafood & Restaurant is 3. They sell their McAlister’s Famous Metairie’s hottest and newest seafood Sweet Tea by the gallon, as they should. restaurant.

4.

French Dip withdaily provolone and Au 2. The The Catch has a new food special Jus is outstanding. every Tuesday thru Saturday.

3.ForThey alsofreaks, offer fried platters, health the seafood menu off ers a blackened dishes,options. boiled shrimp, and more. number of salad 4. Be sure to grab a cup or quart of their fresh corn and crab bisque.

5. They also offer a great kids' menu so be sure to bring the kiddos!

good, seared World Of Beer 2. The restaurant has been pool tablesparticularly and four ping pongwith cages. the space previously occupied

by Little Café Navarre and caprese open since 1992 and features Tokyo.

N Julia St. | 299-3599 | 3. In additionsalmon to hundreds of games,salad.

800 Navarre Ave. | 483-8828 | 300 cafenavarre.com prices. you can Shamrock also gorgeous features live music. patio 2. One of few places in great New Orleans 5. The outdoor 1. Café Navarre is a laid-backworldofbeer.com lunch spot Biscuits and Buns on Banks fi nd sushi, ramen, and hibachi under one 4. The Shamrock created and owned by Heather Riccobono. lookscan likeaccommodate a scene fromparties a 3.

The menu has tasty 1. This tavern runs great 4337 Banks St. | 273-4600 | roof. of up to 600 people.

2. The café is located near Delgado movie. vegetarian and vegan specials, some as low as $1 biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com 3. Enjoy a great show byselections. the talented chefs 5. Their menu features an amazing halfCommunity College, making it aapopular beer.

1. Biscuits and Buns on Banks is a refined for your birthday. pound burger and a 12-ounce choice student spot.

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Classic dishes include Jama2. Their Warehouse breakfast and lunch spot. ribeye.

4. Their ramen bowls include variations of 3. Café Navarre’s brunch is one of the most Jama,broth.

Fried Plantains and 700 Bourbon St. | 523-1485 | District location is athe classic tonkotsu-style 2. Their unique take on classic brunch fare popular in Mid-City.

Poulet Fricasse. sides cornetnola.com short walk from many includes crawfish waffles and andouille 5.

Their hibachi is served with generous Willie Mae’s Scotch House 4. The menu features house-made dishes sausage hash cakes.

Downtown hotels. of rice, noodles, and 5. You can also find them every has|awilliemaesnola.com convenient, soup. from family recipes.

2401 St. Ann1.St. Cornet | 822-9503 3. The menu is constantly changing to year at Jazz Fest’s Congo central location in the French 3.

They serve brunch every 5. They now have an outdoor patio and are 1. A local legend, Willie Mae’s was founded in highlight seasonal ingredients and new, Square.

Sunday with bottomless Mikimoto also open for dinner, serving thin-crust the TremeQuarter. in 1957. creative dishes. artisanal pizza. mimosas from3301 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Ave. | 488-1881 | S. Carrollton 2. They offeras balcony seating 2. It originally operated a bar and became 4. Biscuits and Buns was named on the “10 mikimotosushi.com Bombay Club a restaurant in the 1970s. overlooking Bourbon Street.

4.

Beer lovers can try over 500 Best Biscuits” list by USA Today.

1. Ifthe you’re a sushi 830 fanatic, Mikimoto is the Five Happiness Conti St. | 577-2237 | 3. Ms. Willie was awarded the brews from around globe.

3. Mae This Seaton is a classic New Orleans 5. They are featured on Eater New Orleans's place to go.

James Beard Award 2005traditional for “America’s 3605 Carrollton Ave. | 482-39355.| Their entrees are quite bombayclubneworleans.com spot withinmany “Brunch Heat” map.

Classic Restaurant 2. running They offer a wide1.variety of sushi, fivehappiness.com cuisines.for the Southern Opening at 4sashimi, p.m., the affordable, many Region.” and specialty rolls for reasonable prices.

1. Five Happiness has been recognized as Bombay Club is perfect for under $10.

4. You can’tisgo wrong with their Café Degas 4. Their fried chicken unparalleled and has 3. Free delivery to most addresses in Midthe Best Chinese Restaurant by Where Y’at dinner or Happy Hour.

Shrimpattention.

Creole.

3127 Esplanade Ave. | 945-5635 | cafedegas.com received national City, Uptown, CBD, Lakeview, and Old readers.

2. Every night features 1. Café Degas is an intimate French bistro that 5. The owners Metairie.

5. Willie Mae’s serves one gave of theLouis best meals 2. They have been awarded the Zagat FRENCH a scheduled offers $5 mimosas at their Saturday brunch.

Armstrong firstOrleans. start with for the best price in all his of New 4. The local favorite is the Geaux Saints Maki Certificate of Distinction Award. live musical 2. The café’s namesake is the 19th-century Roll.

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3. They have a variety of 20 different chicken French Impressionist Edgar Degas.

5. Winner of Where Y’at performance.

Magazine’s Best Sushi dishes to choose from.

Venezia 3. Degas stayed down the street at 2306 4. The modern decor is sleek Antoine’s and chic withRestaurant award in 2017. 3. The Bombay Crescent Brewhouse 134 N. Carrollton Ave.City | 488-7991 | Esplanade Ave. during an 1872 visit to the city.

Asian accents.

Club promotes a classy venezianeworleans.net 527 Decatur St. | 522-0571 | 713 Saint Louis St. | 581-4422 | 4. Built by French artist Jacques Soulas, who Shamrock Bar and Grillenvironment for intimate 1. Venezia 5. Chef specialities include the House Baked has been serving the New Orleans crescentcitybrewhouse.com sought to bring authentic French food to Duck or Shrimp with Honeyantoines.com Roasted Pecans. area for 60 years so far.

4133 S. Carrollton Ave. | 301-0938 meals. | 1.

The Crescent City Brewhouse New Orleans.

1. Antoine’s has operated in shamrockparty.com 2. They offer authentic Italian dishes, fresh 4. The dinner specials include recently celebrated 25 years 5. Located on an enclosed patio, with a tree New Orleans for 176 years Ikura Hibachi-Sushi-Ramen steaks.

1. The Shamrock is Newthe Orleans’s biggest Charred Hanger Steak. seafood, and growing through the middle of the dining of service. now. neighborhood bar.

310 N. Carrollton Ave. | 485-5658 | ikuranola.net 3. Their famous thin-crust pizza is cooked in 5. The Bombay Club is the 2. The restaurant features live because huge!restaurant 5. room.

Stay up late for late-night 2. located Antoine’s roomssquare-foot an original stone oven.

The 16,000 space includes 23 1. portions Ikura is a are Japanese in has 142.dining perfect romantic setting and jazz music nightly. menu specials. and can host up to 700+ martini bar.

3. The building dates back to customers.

Tommy’s Cuisine 1722 and features a beautiful Poppy’s Time Out Sports Bar 3. The restaurant’s operated 746 Tchoupitoulas St. | 581Café Amelie balcony. by the fi fth-generation 1103 | tommysneworleans.com 500 Port of New 912 Royal St. | 412-8965 | 4.

The Crescent City Brewhouse descendents of the original Orleans Pl. | 247-9265 | 1. They’re known for their Creole cafeamelie.com is a 17-barrel active brewery. founder. poppystimeoutsportsbar.com Italian dishes like the Roasted 1. Café Amelie is among the 5.

They also have a lovely 4.

A great date spot, they Duck Tchoupitoulas.

1. Poppy’s has 21 televisions to French Quarter’s classiest courtyard for outdoor are open Monday through watch all your favorite teams.

2. The subtle but elegant decor places to eat. dining.

Saturday with brunch on evokes European fine dining.

2. The bar includes frozen 2. The restaurant features an Sunday. daiquiris and 20 different 3. Tommy’s Cuisine is the perfect elegant courtyard for 5. Their Hermes Bar also serves beers on tap. spot for a romantic date night. outdoor dining.

Happy Hour regularly from 3. Poppy’s is located 4. They host private events with 3. The cafe’s named 4 to 7. next to the Outlet spaces for catered banquets. for Amelie Collection at 5. Besides great food, Tommy’s Miltonberger, Backspace Bar & Kitchen Riverwalk.

Wine Bar next door has 150 mother of 139 Chartres St. | 322-2245 | 4. This casual spot also has bottles to choose from.

Princess Alice of backspacenola.com outdoor seating overlooking Monaco.

1. The bar/restaurant flaunts a the Mississippi River.

Viet Orleans Bistro 4.

Lunch gorgeous 1920s decor.

5. For something different, try 300 Baronne St. | 333-6917 here is 2. Perfect for late-night, they’re the Alligator Sausage Po-Boy. 1. The restaurant is located just open until 5 a.m. off Canal Street steps from 3. Backspace has a literary Red Gravy the French Quarter. theme inspired by New 125 Camp St. | 561-8844 | 2. Viet Orleans Bistro features Orleans’s famous writers. redgravycafe.com fantastic sushi as well as 4. The menu features local 1. Red Gravy is consistently Vietnamese classics like pho. favorites like red beans and rated as one of the city’s top 3. Arrive early during lunch as rice and gumbo. spots for brunch. they are packed with local 5. They also serve literary2. Red Gravy is recognized as businessmen from the CBD. themed cocktails such as the one of New Orleans’s notable 4. A Tofu Pho is one of the Gin Ricky.

Italian restaurants. options for vegetarian 3. The house-made meatballs customers.

Bennachin are legendary.

5. Viet Orleans Bistro’s 1212 Royal St. | 522-1230 | 4. As the name implies, they fantastic cuisine will facebook.com/Bennachinhave a selection of great have you coming Restaurant handmade pastas. back again and again.

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community-oriented company Reginelli’s Pizzeria 2. The restaurant has been 4. They are aparticularly do, they still serve complimentary chips good, with seared World Of Beer fundraising opportunities and salsa upon seating. 300 N Julia St. | 299-3599 Multiple locations | reginellis.com salmon and caprese salad. open since 1992 and featuresand offer special | for local organizations.

5. This family-oriented establishment also 1. Reginelli’s has locations in Lakeview, great prices.

5. The gorgeous outdoor patio worldofbeer.com 5. Don’t miss their $3 pints of craft beer features nights of live music.

Gretna, the Garden District, Poydras looks like a scene from a 3. The menu has tasty 1. This tavern runs great every Monday and Tuesday.

Street, Elmwood, Kenner, and Metairie. movie. vegetarian and vegan specials, some as low as $1 2. They have been voted “Best Pizza” by the Daisy Dukes selections. a beer.

Robin’s Wharf readers of Where Y’at Magazine.

Multiple locations | daisydukesrestaurant.com Cornet | 985-326-8882 4. dishes 2. Their Warehouse Multiple locations 3. More than just pizza,Classic Reginelli’s also include Jama1. Daisy Dukes delivers authentic Southern Jama, Fried Plantains and 700 Bourbon St. | 523-1485 | District location is a features amazing salads and pastas.

1. Robin’s Wharf is a new seafood restaurant and Cajun food in a family-friendly Another Broken Egg Poulet Fricasse. cornetnola.com short walk from many environment.

Multiple locations | anotherbrokenegg.com Downtown 5. You can also find them every 1. Cornet has a convenient, 2. They were awarded the 2016 Certifi cate of hotels.

1. Voted “Best Breakfast 2017” by the readers year at Jazz Fest’s Congo Excellence by TripAdvisor. central location in the French 3.

They serve brunch every of Where Y’at.

Square.

3. Want pancakes and oysters? You can dowith bottomless Quarter.

Sunday 2. Named one of the “Top 500 Businesses in it here! mimosas from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

America” by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2013.

2. They offer balcony seating 4. Try their award-winning bottomless Bombay Club 3. Their New Orleans locations are in the overlooking Bourbon Street.

4. BeerCajun lovers can try over 500 Bloody Mary, one of the best in town!

Lower Garden District, Lakeview, and now 830 Conti St. | 577-2237 | brews from around the globe.

3. This is a classic New Orleans 5. They are open 24 hours a day, seven days Mandeville. bombayclubneworleans.com spot with many traditional 5. Their entrees are quite a week, for dine-in or delivery.

4. Try their Crawfish Skillet, Lobster & Brie cuisines.

1. Opening at 4 p.m., the affordable, many running Omelette, or Cinnamon Roll French Toast.

Bombay Club is perfect for under $10.

4.

You can’t go wrong with their Morning Call Coffee Stand 5. Another Broken Egg cafés collectively dinner or Happy Hour.

Shrimp Creole. serve about 750,000 eggs to 600,000 Multiple locations | neworleanscitypark.com/ 2. Every night features 5. The owners gave Louis guests a year. in-the-park/morning-call FRENCH a scheduled Armstrong his first start with 1. In 1870, Joseph Jurisch opened the first live musical Morning Call in the French Market.

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Carreta’s Grill performance.

2. One of their two locations is located in the Multiple locations | carretasgrillrestaurant.com middle of beautiful City Park.

3. The Bombay Crescent City Brewhouse 1. Carreta’s serves authentic Mexican food Antoine’s Restaurant 3. The original location closed in 1974 and with the goal of making you feel like a part Club promotes a classy 527 Decatur St. | 522-0571 | 713 Saint Louis St. | 581-4422 | was moved to Fat City in Metairie. of their family. environment for intimate crescentcitybrewhouse.com antoines.com 4. There is live music on the weekends at the 2. They operate four locations in Metairie, meals.

1. The Crescent City Brewhouse 1. Antoine’s has operated in City Park location.

Covington, Harahan, and Slidell.

4. The dinner specials include recently celebrated 25 years New Orleans for 176 years 5. Working the graveyard shift? They serve 3. They are known for their burritos, taco the Charred Hanger Steak. of service. now. café au lait and beignets 24 hours a day! salads, and jumbo margaritas.

5.

The Bombay Club is the 2.

The restaurant features live because portions are huge!

5.

Stay up late for late-night 2. Antoine’s has 14 dining rooms 4. Though many Mexican places no longer perfect romantic setting and jazz music nightly. menu specials. and can host up to 700+ martini bar.

3. The building dates back to customers.

Tommy’s Cuisine 1722 and features a beautiful Poppy’s Time Out Sports Bar 3. The restaurant’s operated 746 Tchoupitoulas St. | 581Café Amelie balcony. by the fi fth-generation 1103 | tommysneworleans.com 500 Port of New 912 Royal St. | 412-8965 | 4.

The Crescent City Brewhouse descendents of the original Orleans Pl. | 247-9265 | 1. They’re known for their Creole cafeamelie.com is a 17-barrel active brewery. founder. poppystimeoutsportsbar.com Italian dishes like the Roasted 1. Café Amelie is among the 5.

They also have a lovely 4.

A great date spot, they Duck Tchoupitoulas.

1. Poppy’s has 21 televisions to French Quarter’s classiest courtyard for outdoor are open Monday through watch all your favorite teams.

2. The subtle but elegant decor places to eat. dining.

Saturday with brunch on evokes European fine dining.

2. The bar includes frozen 2. The restaurant features an Sunday. daiquiris and 20 different 3. Tommy’s Cuisine is the perfect elegant courtyard for 5. Their Hermes Bar also serves beers on tap. spot for a romantic date night. outdoor dining.

Happy Hour regularly from 3. Poppy’s is located 4. They host private events with 3. The cafe’s named 4 to 7. next to the Outlet spaces for catered banquets. for Amelie Collection at 5. Besides great food, Tommy’s Miltonberger, Backspace Bar & Kitchen Riverwalk.

Wine Bar next door has 150 mother of 139 Chartres St. | 322-2245 | 4. This casual spot also has bottles to choose from.

Princess Alice of backspacenola.com outdoor seating overlooking Monaco.

1. The bar/restaurant flaunts a the Mississippi River.

Viet Orleans Bistro 4.

Lunch gorgeous 1920s decor.

5. For something different, try 300 Baronne St. | 333-6917 here is 2. Perfect for late-night, they’re the Alligator Sausage Po-Boy. 1. The restaurant is located just open until 5 a.m. off Canal Street steps from 3. Backspace has a literary Red Gravy the French Quarter. theme inspired by New 125 Camp St. | 561-8844 | 2. Viet Orleans Bistro features Orleans’s famous writers. redgravycafe.com fantastic sushi as well as 4. The menu features local 1. Red Gravy is consistently Vietnamese classics like pho. favorites like red beans and rated as one of the city’s top 3. Arrive early during lunch as rice and gumbo. spots for brunch. they are packed with local 5. They also serve literary2. Red Gravy is recognized as businessmen from the CBD. themed cocktails such as the one of New Orleans’s notable 4. A Tofu Pho is one of the Gin Ricky.

Italian restaurants. options for vegetarian 3. The house-made meatballs customers.

Bennachin are legendary.

5. Viet Orleans Bistro’s 1212 Royal St. | 522-1230 | 4. As the name implies, they fantastic cuisine will facebook.com/Bennachinhave a selection of great have you coming Restaurant handmade pastas. back again and again.

1. Bennachin is the place for 5. Founded by an Italian from African food in New Orleans.

New Jersey, come hungry 4. Their wait staff all have an average of 15 years of experience.

5. They’re open Christmas Eve, so make a reservation in advance for this busy night!

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O U R H O M E I S YO U R H O M E FO R TH E H O LI DAYS. It’s hard to believe the holidays are already here. And you’re invited to share in the joy. Whether it’s our festive “Lobby Lighting” event, the classic “Ugly Sweater” party at Above the Grid, our unique Christmas Day PJ brunch or our blowout NYE lobby party, NOPSI Hotel shines brightly all season long.

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3. Their most recognizable dish is chicken or and small plate specials.good, with seared served in a toasted bowl. particularly World Of Beer 2. bread The restaurant has been gyro meat with rice. and caprese salad.

1992 and features 4. Located insalmon a renovated double-shotgun 5. The house specialityopen is the since veal- and 300 N Julia St. | 299-3599 | 4. They have grown into an international cottage, you the feeling of being at spinach-stuffed cannelloni. great prices.

5. giving The gorgeous outdoor patio worldofbeer.com franchise with over 200 locations. home. looks like a scene from a 3.

The menu has tasty 1. This tavern runs great 5. Open until midnight, they are a late-night 5. Their Newmovie.

Year’s prix-fixe dinner menu vegetarian and vegan specials, some as low as $1 snack go-to. includes a complimentary glass of selections. a beer. champagne.

Cornet 4. Classic dishes include Jama2. Their Warehouse The Ruby Slipper Charlie’s Restaurant & Catering Jama, Fried Plantains and 700 Bourbon St. | 523-1485 | District location is a Bayou Hot Wings Multiple locations | therubyslippercafe.net 6129 E. St. Bernard Hwy., Poulet Violet |Fricasse.

682-9057 cornetnola.com short walk from many 6221 S. Claiborne Ave. #104 | 662-9933 | 1. The Ruby Slipper operates multiple 1. Charlie’s serves some of the Downtown hotels.

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Cornet has a convenient, locations in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, The Tahyo Tavern in New Orleans. year at Jazz Fest’s Congo 1. Beat the Bayou central location in the French Florida, and Alabama.

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Sunday with bottomless 2. Check out their holiday drink specials, 1. Tahyo Tavern is a dog-friendly bar and for weddings. including the amazing blood orange 2. The challenge eating 10 fiery mimosas from 11 p.m.300 menu items, you’ll find restaurant, with locations in Chalmette 2. Theyrequires offer balcony seating 3. a.m.-2 With over margarita. wings in five minutes max, withoutStreet. any and the French Quarter.

Bombay Club overlooking Bourbon 4. Beer lovers can try something over 500 for everyone! drinks or napkins.

3. Food critic Tom Fitzmorris deemed them 2. “Tahyo” is a Cajun term for a big, hungry Conti 577-2237 | brews from around theaglobe.

4. Just 15-minute830 drive fromSt. the|Quarter, 3. This is a classic New Orleans “Worth Crossing Town For” in 2010.

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4. Their brunch menu incorporates local 3. Tahyo is owned and operated by the stars 5. running Charlie’s offers holiday turkeysat with all of the cuisines.

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Parolees. dinner or Happy Hour. 5. Their chicken Shrimp Creole.and brined for 5. They are open every day besides is seasoned 4. Proceeds from the restaurant support Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Mardi Gras.

24 hours maximize 2. Every night features operating costs for the Villalobos Rescue 5. to The ownersflavor. gave Louis FRENCH a scheduled Center.

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Multiple Locations | vincentsitaliancusine.com 2031 St. Charles Ave. | 323-1500 | 4729 Magazine St. | 894-8881 | thecaribbeanroom.com 1. Vincent’s was founded in 1989

by NewRestaurant 3. The Bombay Crescent City Brewhouse Antoine’s apollinerestaurant.com Orleans native Vincent Catalanotto.

1. It's located inside The Pontchartrain Hotel, The Halal Guys Club promotes a classy 527 Decatur St. | 522-0571 | 713 Saint Louis St. 1. | 581-4422 | Apolline serves up modern Louisiana so get a room upstairs and you’ll be home!

2. Catalanotto prides himself on serving Multiple locations | thehalalguys.com environment for intimate crescentcitybrewhouse.com dishes made with local ingredients. antoines.com delicious Sicilian cuisine like he grew up 2. Grab a drink after dinner at The Bayou Bar 1. Halal Guys began as a food cart in New meals.

Thesongs Crescent Brewhouse 2.

They are open for brunch Tuesdays thru 1. Antoine’s has operated in eating. to hear1.great from City Phil Melancon.

York City in 1990.

4. The dinner specials include Sundays until 2 p.m. and offer bottomless recently celebrated 25 years New Orleans for 176 years 3.

Make a reservation on the weekends as 3.

The Caribbean Room features one of the 2. Founder Mohamed Abouelenein switched the Charred Hanger Steak. best brunches mimosas! of service. this popular spot fills up quickly!now. in the city. to serving Middle Eastern quick bites in Their Happy Hour 5.every TheTuesday Bombaythru Club is the 4. Don’t leave 2. The restaurant features live 4. portions Try their famous corn and crab bisque, has 143. dining without ordering their famous 1992.up late for late-night because are huge!

5. Stay 2. Antoine’s rooms Friday from 5 - 6 p.m.perfect has a variety of drink romantic setting and jazz music nightly. menu specials. and can host up to 700+ martini bar.

3. The building dates back to customers.

Tommy’s Cuisine 1722 and features a beautiful Poppy’s Time Out Sports Bar 3. The restaurant’s operated 746 Tchoupitoulas St. | 581Café Amelie balcony. by the fi fth-generation 1103 | tommysneworleans.com 500 Port of New 912 Royal St. | 412-8965 | 4.

The Crescent City Brewhouse descendents of the original Orleans Pl. | 247-9265 | 1. They’re known for their Creole cafeamelie.com is a 17-barrel active brewery. founder. poppystimeoutsportsbar.com Italian dishes like the Roasted 1. Café Amelie is among the 5.

They also have a lovely 4.

A great date spot, they Duck Tchoupitoulas.

1. Poppy’s has 21 televisions to French Quarter’s classiest courtyard for outdoor are open Monday through watch all your favorite teams.

2. The subtle but elegant decor places to eat. dining.

Saturday with brunch on evokes European fine dining.

2. The bar includes frozen 2. The restaurant features an Sunday. daiquiris and 20 different 3. Tommy’s Cuisine is the perfect elegant courtyard for 5. Their Hermes Bar also serves beers on tap. spot for a romantic date night. outdoor dining.

Happy Hour regularly from 3. Poppy’s is located 4. They host private events with 3. The cafe’s named 4 to 7. next to the Outlet spaces for catered banquets. for Amelie Collection at 5. Besides great food, Tommy’s Miltonberger, Backspace Bar & Kitchen Riverwalk.

Wine Bar next door has 150 mother of 139 Chartres St. | 322-2245 | 4. This casual spot also has bottles to choose from.

Princess Alice of backspacenola.com outdoor seating overlooking Monaco.

1. The bar/restaurant flaunts a the Mississippi River.

Viet Orleans Bistro 4.

Lunch gorgeous 1920s decor.

5. For something different, try 300 Baronne St. | 333-6917 here is 2. Perfect for late-night, they’re the Alligator Sausage Po-Boy. 1. The restaurant is located just open until 5 a.m. off Canal Street steps from 3. Backspace has a literary Red Gravy the French Quarter. theme inspired by New 125 Camp St. | 561-8844 | 2. Viet Orleans Bistro features Orleans’s famous writers. redgravycafe.com fantastic sushi as well as 4. The menu features local 1. Red Gravy is consistently Vietnamese classics like pho. favorites like red beans and rated as one of the city’s top 3. Arrive early during lunch as rice and gumbo. spots for brunch. they are packed with local 5. They also serve literary2. Red Gravy is recognized as businessmen from the CBD. themed cocktails such as the one of New Orleans’s notable 4. A Tofu Pho is one of the Gin Ricky.

Italian restaurants. options for vegetarian 3. The house-made meatballs customers.

Bennachin are legendary.

5. Viet Orleans Bistro’s 1212 Royal St. | 522-1230 | 4. As the name implies, they fantastic cuisine will facebook.com/Bennachinhave a selection of great have you coming Restaurant handmade pastas. back again and again.

1. Bennachin is the place for 5. Founded by an Italian from African food in New Orleans.

New Jersey, come hungry on the Eden Isles waterway.

2. Their Uptown location is yards from Touro Hospital on Prytania Street.

3. Both locations are great places to watch the big game over a cold beer.

4. They have a huge deck with outdoor seating.

5. They have a reputation for excellent service in addition to great food.

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Mile High under 10 Pie. dollars.

5. Shamrock Visit the rooftop bar Hot Tintobefore dinner 3. is a great spot visit with for an incredible view of theamazing city. friends to play all of their bar games.

Flying Pig Café Bar serves a delicious 4. Shamrock’s 4920Ribeye Prytania St. |that 644-2982 Steak will fill|you up! theflyingpigcafe.com 5. has aSouthern-centric DJ spinning plenty of 1. Shamrock Flying Pig Café’s menu music for yourby listening pleasure. is also inspired Caribbean, Latin, and Asian flavors.

2. If you can’t find something among their Venezia constantly changing and dinner 134 N Carrollton Ave. lunch | 488-7991 | specials, try brunch. venezianeworleans.net 3. Their operating mantra is “scratch made” 1. Venezia and it canhas be been tastedserving in every bite. since 4. fantastic Owner KatItalian Vancefood can be heard on New 1957.

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2. er take-out 5. They Houseoff specialities areofthe Shrimp and Grits and Caribbean-Style Fried Chicken. some of the city’s best pizza and Italian dishes.

Green Tea features a full bar that’s a great 3. Venezia 3001spot Napoleon Ave.the | 899-8005 | to watch big game. greenteanola.com 4. Daily specials include a Frutti De Mare 1. Marinara.

In 2008, Green Tea moved to New Orleans from its original location in NYC. 5.

Venezia is a fantastic place for a large 2. They offer wonderful healthy options group of people to enjoy prepared with vegetable oil.Italian food family-style.

3. Their new location on Napoleon Avenue includes a full bar and can seat 80 people.

4. Customer favorites are the lo mein and Wit’s Inn General Tso’s Chicken.

141 N Carrollton Ave. | 486-1600 | 5. Good for late-night dining, it’s open until 11 witsinn.com p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

1. Wit’s Inn is a Mid-City favorite, located near the corner of Canal and Carrollton.

Joey K’s 2. They have St. a pizza kitchen 3001 Magazine | 891-0997 | churning out fresh and amazing pizzas. joeyksrestaurant.com 3.

15 flat screen TVs for 1. The Joey bar K’s ishas a family-owned Uptown eatery sports. serving New Orleans comfort food.

2. They Many support of their dishes, like the 4. teachers.

25 Shrimp percent off Magazine and and Trout Tchoupitoulas, are teachers musicians every Monday named after streets around the city. night.

3. They were featured on the Food Network 5. Thursday Night is the popular $5 Pizza show Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, hosted by Night.

Starts at 6 p.m. and you’ll have Guy Fieri. in. ice-cold, 18-ounce beer in a 4. to Trydine a giant, frosty mug.

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Another Broken Egg Café 2917 Magazine St. | 301-2771 | anotherbrokenegg.com 1. This café boasts a whopping 114 menu items.

2. A great brunch option, they’re open 7 a.m. til 3 p.m. daily.

3. One-of-a-kind breakfast apps include Biscuit Beignets and

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La Casita Taqueria City Grits.

8400 Oak St. |Broken 826-9913 | eatlacasita.com 4. Another Egg Café is health1. conscious La Casita’s outdoor seating is a great way with several gluten-free to enjoy the cooler weather. options.

2. They feature a daily Happy Hour from 3 – 7 5.

Although focused on breakfast, they p.m. also offer great burgers and fresh 3. Don’t miss their 2-for-1 margaritas every salads.

Wednesday from 7 – 10 p.m.

4. Look for their new location opening soon Daisy in Dukes the Warehouse District.

5. Don’tlocations leave without Multiple | an order of their house-made churros for dessert! daisydukesrestaurant.com 1. They’ve often won “Best of the Big La Thai Easy” in the Bloody Mary category.

4938 Prytania St. | 899-8886 | lathaiuptown.

2. Some of the Daisy Duke’s restaurants com are open 24 hours a day.

1. La Thai offers authentic Thai cuisine in a 3. You caninviting enjoy pancakes and raw fun and atmosphere. at the samefounded time. La Thai to 2. oysters Chef Diana Chauvin reflectfeature her Thaithe & Louisiana roots.

4. They Alligator Omelette.

3. Mmmm, La Thai now offers lunch at 11 a.m. on gator!

Thursdays and are Fridays.

5. They’re wings to die for, especially 4. during They have voted “Best Thai thebeen game.

Restaurant” by Where Y’at readers for nine years running.

Dot’s Diner you’re hosting a private party 5. Whether Multiple locations | dotsdiner.com or providing catering, La Thai has you covered. love the classic 50s style of this 1. Patrons spot.

Lebanon’s Cafe 2. Some locations are open 24 hours.

1500 S. Carrollton Ave. | 862-6200 | 3. Every weekend, the restaurant hosts a lebanonscafe.com pancake breakfast.

1. All of the kabobs at Lebanon’s are cooked 4. Enjoy a massive on skewers abovebreakfast a charcoalwith grill. the Big 2. Dot TheyPlatter. serve a spectrum of Middle Eastern cuisine, from hummus to kabobs.

5. The menu includes Country Fried Steak 3. and Fan favorites are the Grilled Catfi sh. creamy hummus, chicken shawarma, and rosemary lamb chops.

Maple Street Patisserie 4. Their extensive menu is complemented by Multiple Locations reasonable prices.| cargocollective. com/maplestreetpatisserie 5. Lebanon’s is BYOB, so bring in your favorite bottle to go with their excellentisfood.

1. The pastry chef’s homeland Poland.

2. Call ahead to order one of their Liberty Cheesesteaks amazing pies for the upcoming holiday 5041season.

Freret St. | 875-4447 | libertycheesesteaks.com 3. The delicacies are based on the chef’s 1. studies Liberty Cheesesteaks’s founders Mike and throughout Europe.

Joe met in 2001 while attending Tulane.

4. They offer their own version of the New 2. Mike, a Philly native, dreamed of opening a Orleans specialty, the praline.

5. They also have a great selection of sandwiches at the Magazine Street location.

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McAlister's Deli Multiple locations | mcalistersdeli.com 1. There are mulitple McAlister’s Delis within the New Orleans area.

2. The McAlister’s Club Sandwich includes up to 13 layers.

3. They sell their McAlister’s Famous Sweet Tea by the gallon, as they should.

4. The French Dip with provolone and Au Jus is outstanding.

For health freaks, the menu offers a number of salad options.

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under 10 dollars. cheesesteak restaurant in New Orleans.

The bread isisimported fromto Philadelphia.

Shamrock a great spot visit with They now beer friends toserve play all of and theirwine. amazing bar They’ve games. expanded to the corner of Freret and Soniat. Bar serves a delicious Shamrock’s Ribeye Steak that will fill you up!

Maple Street Patisserie 5. Shamrock has a DJ spinning plenty of 7638 music Maple for St. |your 304-1526 listening pleasure.

1. Opening at 6 a.m., Maple Street Patisserie is a great spot for early risers.

Venezia 2. The shop features two world class 134 N Carrollton Ave. | 488-7991 European bakers in Chef Ziggy and|Chef Sullivan. venezianeworleans.net 3.

Street makes a variety of 1. Maple Venezia has Patisserie been serving delicious for food your holiday fantasticpies Italian since needs.

4. They 1957.offer great catering options for any wedding or office party.

2. They offer take-out of 5. Maple Street Patisserie will soon be selling someof ofthe thecity’s city’sbest best pizza some king cakes! and Italian dishes.

3. Venezia features a full bar that’s a great Miyako to watch big game.

1403 spot St. Charles Ave.the | 410-9997 | miyakonola. com 4. Daily specials include a Frutti De Mare Marinara.

1. A fantastic Japanese seafood, sushi, and restaurant with a place great view St. 5. steak Venezia is a fantastic for aoflarge Charles Avenue. group of people to enjoy Italian food 2. Their 8,000 square-foot restaurant can family-style. accommodate parties of up to 70 people.

3. The hibachi grill offers guests dinner and a Wit’sshow—watch Inn for flying shrimp!

141 Ave. |“Sushi 486-1600 4. N TryCarrollton one their featured Rolls | of the Week” for a creative and delicious meal. witsinn.com 5. sure toistry of their fantastic 1. Be Wit’s Inn a one Mid-City favorite, located cocktails the Mikyako near thelike corner of CanalChokotini. and Carrollton.

2. They have a pizza kitchen churning out Origami Sushi fresh and amazing pizzas.

5130 Freret St. | 899-6532 | sushinola.com 3. The bar has 15 flat screen TVs for 1. Origami offers a unique fusion of Japanese sports. and Southern food that is packed with 4. flThey avor.support teachers. 25 percent off teachers and musicians every Monday 2. Their traditional Japanese off erings night. are infused with local and seasonal 5. ingredients.

Thursday Night is the popular $5 Pizza 3. They serve some the best town, Night.

Starts at 6ofp.m. and sushi you’ll in have and we also to dine in. recommend the poke salad.

4. Their knowledgeable staff can find the perfect wine or sake pairing for your meal.

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LOCATIONS

Pascal’s Manale Another Broken Café | 1838 Napoleon Ave.Egg | 895-4877 pascalsmanale.com 2917 Magazine St. | 301-2771 | 1. Pascal Manale’s has been a New Orleans anotherbrokenegg.com for overa100 years. 114 menu 1. institution This café boasts whopping 2. Get $20 back when you buy $100 worth of items. gift cards!

2. A great brunch option, they’re open 7 3. Grab a dozen raw from their stand-up a.m. tilbar 3 p.m. daily. oyster before your meal.

3.

One-of-a-kind breakfast appsnational include 4. Their BBQ shrimp has achieved Biscuit fame asBeignets one of New Orleans’s classic and dishes.

5. They also specialize in seafood, traditional Italian dishes, and succulent steaks.

Pita Hut Plus 3100 Magazine St. | 608-6448 | neworleansmediterraneanfood.com 1. This Magazine Street newcomer serves great Middle Eastern cuisine.

2. Pita Hut Plus is a great spot for vegetarians as their falafel is fantastic!

3. Try an order of their amazing Kulaje for

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City Grits. dessert.

4. owners of PitaEgg HutCafé Plus is willhealthgreet you 4. The Another Broken as if you arewith partseveral of their family. conscious gluten-free 5. Open until 10 p.m., Pita Hut Plus is a great options. spot for dinner before a night on the town.

5. Although focused on breakfast, they also offer great burgers and fresh Poseidon salads.

2100 St. Charles Ave. | 509-6675 | poseidonnola.com Daisy Dukes offers a variety of seafood, but 1. Poseidon their specialities Multiple locationsare | oysters and sushi. daisydukesrestaurant.com 2. Open until midnight (2 a.m. Fridays and theywon are one of of thethe fewBig late1. Saturdays), They’ve often “Best night restaurants.

Easy”sit-down in the Bloody Mary category.

3. Their take-out is just as fresh as dining in.

2. Some of the Daisy Duke’s restaurants 4. Their menu features nearly 30 signature are open 24 hours a day. sushi rolls, including the Hurricane and 3. Black You can andenjoy Gold. pancakes and raw oysters at the same 5. After dinner, check outtime. one of their private rooms.

4. karaoke They feature the Alligator Omelette.

Mmmm, gator!

Pyramids Cafe 5. They’re wings are to die for, especially 3149 during Calhounthe St.game. | 861-9602 | pyramidscafeneworleans.com 1. Pyramids Café is an Uptown spot serving Dot’s Dinerand authentic Middle Eastern healthy cuisine.

Multiple locations | dotsdiner.com 2. from Tulane University, 1. Located Patronsjust loveacross the classic 50s style of this Pyramids is a popular spot with students. spot.

3. swearare that their24 eggplant 2. Vegetarians Some locations open hours. sandwich is one of the best in town.

3.

Every weekend, the restaurant hosts 4. Their delivery is highly recommended fora pancake breakfast. both speed and quality.

4. For Enjoy a massive breakfast with the Big 5. dine-in customers, they off er free Dot Platter. cable TV and Wi-fi.

5. The menu includes Country Fried Steak Riccobono’s Panola Café and Grilled CatfiStreet sh.

7801 Panola St. | 314-1810 | panolastreetcafe.com 1. Riccobono’s Panola Street Café is a brunch Maple Street Patisserie and lunch hotspot open only until 2 p.m.

Multiple Locations | cargocollective.

2. Since opening, they have become a fixture com/maplestreetpatisserie for Tulane students and Uptowners alike.

1. They The pastry chef’s homeland Poland.

3. serve breakfast and brunchisfavorites like Crabcake Crawfi sh Omelet.

2. aCall aheadBenedict to orderand one of their 4. Every weekday features a differentholiday hot amazing pies for the upcoming plate lunch special. season.

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Bloody are Mary and mimosa 3. Skip The the delicacies based on the during chef’s brunch, opt for their bellini instead. studies and throughout Europe.

4. They offer their own version of the New The Columns Hotel Orleans specialty, the praline.

3811 St. Charles Ave. | 899-9308 | thecolumns.

5. com They also have a great selection of sandwiches at the Magazine Street 1. Built in 1883, The Columns is listed in the location.Register of Historic Places.

National 2. The hotel was designed by New Orleans architect Deli Thomas Sully.

McAlister's 3. The Columns has |Happy Hour every day, Multiple locations mcalistersdeli.com p.m. to 7 p.m., as well as SundayDelis jazz 1. 5There are mulitple McAlister’s brunch. within the New Orleans area.

4. The Victorian Lounge is a bar with outdoor 2. patio The McAlister’s Sandwich includes seating andClub a small plates menu. up to been 13 layers.

5. It has listed on Esquire’s guide to 3. “100 TheyBest sell Bars theirin McAlister’s America.” Famous Sweet Tea by the gallon, as they should.

Tito’s Ceviche & Dip Pisco 4. The French with provolone and Au 5015 Jus Magazine St. | 267-7612 | is outstanding. titoscevichepisco.com For health freaks, the menu offers a 1. number Tito’s Ceviche & Pisco is a new Peruvian of salad options. restaurant located Uptown.

2. The restaurant’s owner, John Lock, is originally from Lima, Peru.

3. Their menu is built on traditional dishes such as lomo saltado and ceviche criollo.

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under 10 dollars.

3. Shamrock is a great spot to visit with friends to play all of their amazing bar games.

4. Shamrock’s Bar serves a delicious Ribeye Steak that will fill you up!

5. Shamrock has a DJ spinning plenty of music for your listening pleasure.

City Grits.

4. Another Broken Egg Café is healthconscious with several gluten-free options.

5. Although focused on breakfast, they also offer great burgers and fresh salads.

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Venezia 134 N Carrollton Ave. | 488-7991 | venezianeworleans.net 1. Venezia has been serving fantastic Italian food since 1957.

2. They offer take-out of some of the city’s best pizza and Italian dishes.

3. Venezia features a full bar that’s a great spot to watch the big game.

4. Daily specials include a Frutti De Mare Marinara.

5. “Lomo Venezia is a fantastic place fortenderloin a large 4.

Saltado” is stir-fried beef group of people to served enjoy Italian food with sauteed onions with crispy family-style. potatoes.

5. The bar features nearly 50 varieties of pisco.

Wit’sPeruvian Inn 141 N Carrollton Ave. | 486-1600 | Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar witsinn.com 2604 Magazine St. | 897-5413 | traceysnola.

1. Wit’s Inn is a Mid-City favorite, located com near the corner of Canal and Carrollton.

1. Established in 1949, Tracey’s is the original 2. Irish TheyChannel have a pizza bar. kitchen churning out fresh Tracey, and amazing pizzas.

2. Hugh Jr. founded the bar and frozen beer 3. helped The baroriginate has 15 flthe at screen TVs glass for in New Orleans. sports.

3. get their shucked-to-order oysters 4. You Theycan support teachers.

25 percent off for $1 on Mondays! teachers and musicians every Monday 4. Other daily specials include Burgers and night.on Tuesday and $0.50 wings on Trivia 5. Wednesday.

Thursday Night is the popular $5 Pizza Night.

Starts 6 p.m. andand you’ll have 5. They also haveata pool table over 20 to dine in. non-stop broadcasting.

TVs offering Seed MULTIPLE 1330 Prytania St. | 302-2599 | seedyourhealth. com LOCATIONS 1. Seed offers vegan options of classic comfort food, ranging from nachos to Another Broken Egg Café gumbo.

2917 Magazine St. sustainable | 301-2771dining | 2. They encourage anotherbrokenegg.com through recycled menus, available solar-power energy.

1. compost, This café and boasts a whopping 114 menu 3. A portion of the restaurant’s proceeds are items. to Project Orangutan and the 7 2. donated A great brunch option, they’re open Humane Society of Louisiana. a.m. til 3 p.m. daily.

4. Seed’s food uses high-quality local, 3. organic, One-of-a-kind breakfast apps include and natural ingredients.

Biscuit Beignets 5. House specialties include the eggplant poandand Southern fried tofu. boy

Warehouse District/CBD Briquette 701 S. Peters St. | 302-7496 1. Briquette is a newly-opened upscale seafood restaurant in the warehouse district.

2. Head chef Robert Vasquez formerly ran the restaurant Opal Basil in Mandeville.

Daisy Dukes Multiple locations | daisydukesrestaurant.com 1. They’ve often won “Best of the Big Easy” in the Bloody Mary category.

2. Some of the Daisy Duke’s restaurants are open 24 hours a day.

3. You can enjoy pancakes and raw oysters at the same time.

4. They feature the Alligator Omelette.

Mmmm, gator!

5. They’re wings are to die for, especially during the game.

Dot’s Diner 3. The Briquette menu features Opal Basil favorites, including lobster tamale and Multiple locations | the dotsdiner.com deep-fried deviled egg.

1. Patrons love the classic 50s style of this 4. Originally from Arizona, Vasquez spot. introduces Southwestern flavors to Gulf 2. Coast Somecuisine. locations are open 24 hours.

3. The Every weekend, the a 5. kitchen is open torestaurant dining-roomhosts viewing behind glass. pancake breakfast.

4. Enjoy a massive breakfast with the Big Café Dot Carmo Platter.

527 | 875-4132 | cafecarmo.com 5. Julia TheSt. menu includes Country Fried Steak 1. Café Carmo is devoted and Grilled Catfish. to sustainability, and uses many biodegradable and compostable products.

Maple Street 2. Their menuPatisserie features dishes and specials from around the tropics.

Multiple Locations | cargocollective.

3. They are committed to providing dishes for com/maplestreetpatisserie vegetarians, and omnivores alike.

1. vegans, The pastry chef’s homeland is Poland.

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Their Japanese shima sashimi and 2. Call ahead to order one of their Peruvian tiradito are made from the amazingseafood. pies for the upcoming holiday freshest season.

5. Café Carmo holds the only three3. star The rating delicacies are based onGreen the chef’s in Louisiana by the studies throughout Europe.

Restaurant Association.

4. They offer their own version of the New Compère Lapin Orleans specialty, the praline.

535 St.a|great 599-2119 | 5. Tchoupitoulas They also have selection of comperelapin.com sandwiches at the Magazine Street 1. Compère location. Lapin features award-winning head mixologist Abigail Gullo.

2. This Caribbean-inspired eatery is located in McAlister's Deli District’s Old No. 77 Hotel. the Warehouse Multiple locations | Anderson mcalistersdeli.com 3. In 2016, critic Brett named “NewMcAlister’s Orleans Restaurant 1. Compère There areLapin mulitple Delis of the Year.” within the New Orleans area.

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Nina Compton was nominated in 2. Chef The McAlister’s Club Sandwich includes 2017 James Beard Best Chef: South up tofor 13the layers. award.

3. Standout They sell dishes their McAlister’s 5. include the Famous conch Sweet Tea by the special, gallon, and as they should. croquettes, crudo curried 4. goat.

The French Dip with provolone and Au Jus is outstanding.

Gordon Biersch For health freaks, the menu offers a 200number Poydras St. | 552-2739 | gordonbiersch. of salad options. com 1. The first Gordon Biersch opened on July 6, 1988, in Palo Alto, California.

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3. This brew-pub is famous for their German lagers and fantastic beer flights.

4. The Gordon Biersch beer has won awards at the World Beer Cup. 5. Don’t miss their famous garlic fries— arguably the best French fries in town!

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Josephine Estelle 600 Carondelet St. | 930-3070 | josephineestelle.com 1. Josephine Estelle is an Italian restaurant adjacent to the amazing Ace Hotel.

2. The restaurant is named after the daughters of chefs Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman.

3. Their menu features a unique combination of Italian recipes and Southern flavor.

4. The restaurant includes homemade pastas made from family recipes.

5. The first Monday of the month, they feature a chef’s selection served familystyle for $35.

World Of Beer 3. Located in the original Times-Picayune building and featuring a mural 300 depicting N Julia St. | 299-3599 | the old newsroom. worldofbeer.com 4. The building is also filled with 1. postcards This tavern runs great and front pages from the newspaper’s specials, some as low as $1 heyday. a beer.

5. They offer several innovative house 2. Their Warehouse cocktails, available for $5 during Happy District location is a Hour. short walk from many Downtown hotels.

Poppy’s Time Out Sports Bar They serve 500 Port of New Orleans Pl. #803.| 247-9265 | brunch every poppystimeoutsportsbar.com Sunday with bottomless 1. Poppy’s is a sports bar and grillmimosas located onfrom 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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4. Beer lovers can try over 500 2. Their bar offers a selection of 20 beersfrom on around the globe. brews tap and includes great craft beers.

5. Their entrees are quite 3. They have 21 big-screen TVs, perfect for affordable, many running watching Saints games. under $10.

4. Their specialty drink “Voodoo Juice” is best enjoyed sitting on the patio by the Mississippi River.

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2. The restaurant has been open since 1992 and features great prices.

3. The menu has tasty vegetarian and vegan selections.

4. Classic dishes include JamaJama, Fried Plantains and Poulet Fricasse.

5. You can also find them every year at Jazz Fest’s Congo Square.

particularly good, with seared salmon and caprese salad.

5. The gorgeous outdoor patio looks like a scene from a movie.

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Cornet 700 Bourbon St. | 523-1485 | cornetnola.com 1. Cornet has a convenient, central location in the French Quarter.

2. They offer balcony seating overlooking Bourbon Street.

3. This is a classic New Orleans spot with many traditional cuisines.

4. You can’t go wrong with their Shrimp Creole.

5. The owners gave Louis Armstrong his first start with his first ... Cornet!

Bombay Club 830 Conti St. | 577-2237 | bombayclubneworleans.com 1. Opening at 4 p.m., the Bombay Club is perfect for dinner or Happy Hour.

2. Every night features a scheduled live musical Opal Basil performance.

701 S. Peters St. | 985-778-2529 Public Service (NOPSI Hotel)Antoine’s Restaurant 3. The Bombay Crescent City Brewhouse 1. The original Opal Basil was in Mandeville 311 Baronne St. | 962-6527 | Club promotes a classy before moving to the Warehouse District.

527 Decatur St. | 522-0571 | 713 Saint Louis St. | 581-4422 | publicservicenola.com environment for intimate 2. The new location is located next to sister crescentcitybrewhouse.com antoines.com Red Gravy Viet Orleans Bistro 1. Public Service is a “New Southern” restaurant Briquette. meals.

1. St.The Crescent City Brewhouse restaurant that honors the 1. civicAntoine’s spirit of has operated 125 Campin St. | 561-8844 redgravycafe.com 300 Baronne | 333-6917 3. Check out their prepared food next time 4. | The dinner specials include recently celebrated 25 years New Orleans for 176 years NOPSI. 1. Red Gravy is a CBD bistro that delivers 1. Viet Orleans Bistro is a Vietnamese and you’re in a pinch for a meal on-the-go. the Charred Hanger Steak. of service. now.

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NOPSI is the New Orleans Public Service rustic Italian cuisine using fresh and local sushi restaurant popular for lunch.

4. Opal Basil is described as a “casual, 5. The Bombay Club is the 2. They off Inc., which used to be the local utility and has 14 dining 2.erThe features live as are huge! ingredients.

5. Stay up late forcafé,” late-night tofurestaurant pho and vegetable sushi 2. Antoine’s rooms neighborhood perfect any time of because portions perfect romantic transportation company. music nightly. menu named after thesetting andoptions forjazz vegetarians. day. specials. and can host up2.to Several 700+ menu items are bar.Roseann 3. The elevated comfort food on the menu is friends and family of martini chef-owner 3. Customers recommend their wonderful 3. The building dates back to customers.

5. In the evening, Opal Basil transformsTommy’s into Cuisine inspired by the Gulf Coast’s fishermen and Melisi Rostoker. roll creations likeand the features StreetcaraRoll. an intimate wine and tapas bar.

1722 beautiful Poppy’s Time Out Sports Bar 3.

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3. Red Gravy is known having some of the CaféasAmelie 4. Viet Orleans is the perfect spot for those balcony. by the fi fth-generation 1103 | tommysneworleans.com 500 Port of New 4. Their open kitchen is accentuated with best pasta in town. on a budget, with affordable options for all.

912 Royal St. | 412-8965 | PicayunePl. Social House | 4. The Crescent City Brewhouse descendents of the original Orleans | 247-9265 a modern raw bar and open-flame 1. They’re known for their Creole 4.

They have beencafeamelie.com rated #1 for Brunch, 5. Have a glass their amazing Vietnamese 326 Camp St. | 308-3583 | is aof17-barrel active brewery. founder. rotisserie. poppystimeoutsportsbar.com Italian dishes like the Roasted Italian, Casual Dining, and Neighborhood iced coffee to accompany your meal. picayunesocialhouse.com 1.

Café Amelie is among the 5.

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1. Poppy’s has 21 televisions to 1. Picayune Social House is a new American Frenchor Quarter’s adjacent to the NOPSIare Hotel. courtyard for outdoor open Monday 5. through Enjoy the cannoli pancakes pecan classiest watch all your favorite 2. The subtleBuilding” but elegant decor WOW Café Doubletree gastropub located in theteams.

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The bar includes frozen 300 Canal St. | 212-3250 | wowcafe.com 2. Their Happy Hour is daily from 3-7 p.m., and 2. The restaurant features an dining.

Sunday. daiquiris and 20 diff erent includes half-price breads and spreads.

1. The Whistle Monsta gets ready here for 3. Tommy’s Cuisine is the perfect elegant courtyard for 5. Their Hermes Bar also serves beers on tap. almost all of the Saints home games. spot for a romantic date night.

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Happy Hour regularly from 2. The perfect meeting location, just yards 3. Poppy’s is located 4. They host private events with 630 Carondelet St. | 930-3071 | 3. The cafe’s named 4 to 7. from the French Quarter and Warehouse next to the Outlet spaces for catered banquets. seaworthynola.com for Amelie District.

Collection at 1. Seaworthy can be found in an 1832 Creole 5. Besides great food, Tommy’s Miltonberger, 3.

You can’t go thirsty with all of their beers Backspace Bar & Kitchen Riverwalk. cottage next to Ace Hotel.

Wine Bar next door has 150 mother of on tap.

139 Chartres St. | 322-2245 | 4. This casual spot also has 2. Their oysters are wild-caught and bottles to choose from.

Princess Alice of 4.

Their custom sauces are influenced by backspacenola.com sustainably harvested. outdoor seating overlooking flavors from around the world.

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3. Their menu 1. The bar/restaurant flaunts a also features locally sourced the Mississippi River.

5. Is it before 11 a.m.? They’re open for both Viet Orleans Bistro 4.

Lunch fish and game. gorgeous 1920s decor.

5. For something different, try breakfast and brunch, including a buffet!

300 Baronne St. | 333-6917 here is($29.90) is 4. Their prix fixe “Crew Mess” 2. Perfect for late-night, they’re the Alligator Sausage Po-Boy. 1. The restaurant is located just open until 5 a.m. priced according to their coordinates. off Canal Street steps from 5. They offer artisanal, proprietary, and 3. Backspace has a literary Red Gravy classic cocktails. the French Quarter. theme inspired by New 125 Camp St. | 561-8844 | 2. Viet Orleans Bistro features Orleans’s famous writers.

Gattuso’s Neighborhood Restaurant redgravycafe.com Tsunami fantastic sushi as well as 435 Huey P Long Ave. | 368-1114 | gattusos.net 4. The menu features local St. Suite B | 608-3474 | 601 Poydras 1. Red Gravy is consistently Vietnamese classics like pho.

1. Gattuso’s is a laid-back bar and grill in the favorites like red beans and servingsushi.com rated as one of the city’s top 3. Arrive early during lunch as Gretna Historical District. rice and gumbo.1. Tsunami is a Japanese-American fusion spots for brunch. they are packed with local 2.

Ladies drink for free between 4 and 9 p.m. restaurant opened earlier this year.

5. They also serve literary2. Red Gravy is recognized as businessmen from the CBD. on Wednesdays.

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So many great sushi rolls to choose from! themed cocktails such as the one of New Orleans’s notable 4. A Tofu Pho is one of the 3.

Their dog-friendly outdoor patio is The Ragin Cajun roll has alligator and Gin Ricky.

Italian restaurants. the perfect place to spend a beautiful options for vegetarian avocado. afternoon.

3. The house-made meatballs customers.

3. Tsunami’s atmosphere is described as Bennachin 4.

They host a trivia night on Tuesdays are legendary. funky-meets-fancy.

5. Viet Orleans Bistro’s starting at 7 p.m.

1212 Royal St. | 522-1230 4. As the name implies, they 4. Their| popular bar is a great place to “see fantastic cuisine will 5.

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riginating in Quebec, poutine was once considered something of a joke, like ambrosia salad, deep fried butter, or loose meat sandwiches. But over the past decade or so, poutine has become so popular that even discerning Canadians are finally admitting their love for this formerly debased dish.

In case you've been living under a rock somewhere in the Mojave Desert, poutine is simply a dish of French fries topped with cheese curds and smothered in a brown (a.k.a. beef) gravy.

Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? As the dish made its way into our country's culinary scene, you’d find chefs putting their own unique twist on the basics and, personally, that's when I think things really got interesting.

Naturally, in New Orleans, one would Oa expect a chef to take k's Brai the simple poutine sed and put it on a po-boy, and that's exactly what they did at French Quarter gastro-pub St. Cecilia.

Chef Melissa Jordano has added an extra

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By Kim Ranjbar

dimension to the classic French fry po-boy and created a “Poutine Loaf.” Made with house-cut fries smothered in a rich, roast beef debris gravy, it has so many crispyfried cheese curds that they escape the confines of the Leidenheimer French bread and, like fried shrimp or oysters, tumble out onto the plate with every bite. For $13, this sandwich is a feast! Something you could easily split between two people— that is, if you're willing to share.

Way uptown in the Carrollton neighborhood, there's a place on Oak Street where you can quaff a few glasses of wine and slowly snack on their version of this unique Canadian treat.

At Oak Wine Bar, they offer all kinds of tasty bites, but this particular dish stands out almost as much as their incredible hangar steak bruschetta with chimichurri. For e tin $12, you can bask in u a ginormous bowl of o Boar P juicy, braised boar poutine made with their already-famous fries, Pimento cheese, apple chutney, and sauerkraut. The combination of tangy,

St. Roch Market's Crawfish Poutine sweet, and salty doesn't sound like it would work, but believe me, you won't be able to stop eating it once you try.

If you head closer to the bend for breakfast (or even lunch), you can try Chef Jason Goodenough's interpretation at Carrollton Market. Though it may be difficult to skip his oysters or corned beef hash, just take the leap and try the Brunch Poutine, with hand-cut fries topped with a meaty, sausage gravy that's similar to a Bolognese; cheese curds; and two sunnyside-up eggs. Just imagine the heady flavor of the egg yolk oozing into the Bolognese

… you might just think you've gone to heaven.

Lastly, though my minimal list barely scratches the surface of poutine in the Crescent City, there's a vendor at St. Roch Market offering a version that is definitely worth talking about. Talented Louisiana born-and-bred chef Micah Martello is killing it with his “original” crawfish poutine that'll only set you back $9.25. This dish is made with crawfish-boiled new potatoes that are fried and then generously smothered with pepper jack cheese and a buttery, creamy crawfish etouffée.

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Chill, dog! … Mr. Chill, known in Mid-City for Mr. Chill's First Class Cuts barber shop on Carrollton Avenue, recently launched Mr. Chill's First Class Hot Dogs & Sweet’s Pastries. Located at the other end of Carrollton, right near Cooter Brown’s, this new eatery offers an array of hot dogs from all-beef to duck and alligator. Top a Mr. Chill's hot dog with sauerkraut and mustard or skip straight to 7-Up pound cake for dessert! Mr. Chill's First Class Hot Dogs & Sweet’s Pastries is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Sweet healing … Along with Mr. Chill's, the Riverbend has another sweet shop to shout about dubbed Shake Therapy. Located in the tiny space that used to house Cold Stone Creamery, this little shop is shaking things up with huge numbers of toppings, several artisan ice cream flavors, and vivid imaginations. Your shake can have an ice cream base of chocolate, vanilla, butter pecan, or rocky road (just to name a few), and toppings include things like Rice Krispies treats, cheese balls, pretzels, donuts, Pop Tarts, marshmallows, gummy worms, and macaroons. How crazy can you shake?

624 S. Carrollton Ave., (615) 943-0073, facebook.com/shaketherapy He's cooking again … Adolfo Garcia, longtime local restaurateur who helped launch Ancora and High Hat Café, is getting

back into the kitchen at La Boca. According to The New Orleans Advocate, Garcia's partner and chef Jared Ralls has decided to leave New Orleans and travel the country with his girlfriend Daisy Cross (who is also in the local restaurant scene) in a dualie. Meanwhile, Garcia will be putting his apron back on and getting back behind the scenes at the highly popular Argentinian steak house he launched over 11 years ago. Though we're certainly sorry to see Ralls go, everyone is excited to have Garcia cooking again.

870 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-8205, labocasteaks.com The Mid-City switch … Not too long after The Big Cheezy vacated their original location on South Broad, another restaurant has taken over dubbed Chef D'z Cafe.

Chef/owner Donald Smith has taken the small space and is offering big plates like blackened catfish fettuccine, BBQ shrimp pasta, smothered pork chops with gravy, chicken wings, burgers, grilled oysters, and more. Chef D'z Café is open Monday through Saturday.

422 ½ Broad St., (504) 265-8091, facebook.com/chefdzcafe What's in a name? … A greasy spoon dubbed The Grille recently opened on Veterans, which seems awfully familiar—and it should. Launched by local restaurateur Hicham Khodr, who also owns the famous Camellia Grill in the Riverbend, The Grille offers a lot of similarities, like an open kitchen diner counter (as well as table

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service), chocolate pecan pie, grilled cheese sandwiches, and chocolate freezes. Till the court battle over the Camellia Grill name decides who wins, all of the Grilles will be flowerless, but no less delicious.

2949 Veterans Blvd., (504) 304-3304, facebook.com/TheGrilleMetairie Catch this! … Popular LaPlace seafood restaurant Off The Dock has moved to Cleary Avenue in Metairie and changed its name to The Catch. Folks familiar with the LaPlace location are already piling in for dishes like blackened redfish filet, crab cakes, BBQ shrimp, shrimp scampi with angel hair pasta, alligator bites, po-boys, platters, and crawfish fritters. The Catch is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

3010 Cleary Ave., (504) 407-3316, facebook.com/ thecatchseafoodrestaurantLA Bittersweet goodbyes … Though restaurants keep popping up around town

like daisies after a thunderstorm, there's quite a few we've had to say goodbye to who couldn't keep up with the race. Most recently, we've had to say farewell to Freret Street Po-Boy & Donuts, a shop that opened in 2009 at the beginning of the corridor's rebirth after Katrina. According to Uptown Messenger, owner Myra Bercy cites rising rents, heavy street construction, and a changing community for the closure. We’re sad to see those donuts go!

Up in the Riverbend, college students and other neighborhood denizens are sad to see the closure of Babylon Café on Maple Street. Open for over 15 years, the eatery has long been a go-to for tasty, inexpensive meals and fresh, house-made bread, but sources informed Eater that after the chef quit, the owner just decided to shut down.

On a positive note, another Mediterranean restaurant, Hummus & More in Metairie, plans to open its second location in the space vacated by Babylon.

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Pizza Delicious

New Orleans Transplant Food Here's where to find some local dishes with origins from around the country without having to buy a ticket

By Steven Melendez

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ew Orleans has no shortage of culinary traditions: French, Creole, and Cajun food, of course, plus newer arrivals like Italian, Honduran, Vietnamese, and Greek cuisines. But sometimes, the city’s transplants and tourists from around the United States want a little taste of home.

Here’s where to find some local dishes with origins from around the country without having to buy a plane ticket.

shop delivers a variety of toppings, from classics like mushrooms and anchovies to new innovations like vegan cheese and sriracha pineapple, as well as a range of other Italian food items. Beer by the pint, can, or pitcher—including Brooklyn Lager—is also available for dining in at very reasonable prices, to the delight of local residents as well as tourists staying in the neighborhood’s many Airbnb rentals.

Chicago Pizza New York isn’t the only city in America New York Pizza with its own Some New pizza tradition.

Yorkers swear it’s Chicago’s famed impossible to find deep-dish pizzas good pizza outside are beloved by of the New York visitors to the Windy metropolitan area— City and are a nostalgic that the water, or the air, comfort food for people El or just the necessary Lib ich who’ve spent time there. w re's expertise doesn’t They’re also available Cuban Sand in New Orleans, thanks to exist anywhere else in the country. But Pizza Delicious Midway Pizza (4725 Freret (617 Piety St.) has helped prove many of St.). The restaurant offers pies with New them wrong. The Bywater slice-and-pie Orleans toppings like Gulf shrimp and

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Poutine Fry and Pie (2239 St. Claude Ave.), located in the rear of Hi-Ho Lounge, has a menu that varies from day to day, and some purists may argue that not all of their offerings meet the technical definition Cuban Sandwiches of poutine. But at least some of the French Experts say it’s unclear whether fry-based dishes include the these toasted ham-andsignature cheese curds pork sandwiches actually and gravy of the originated in Cuba or Canadian dish, also Florida. But either way, popular in the they’ve became a frigid Midwestern staple in Miami and states in the other Sunshine U.S. In addition State cities that to savory fry can be hard to and protein find elsewhere platters, the in the country. restaurant In the French also offers Quarter, they can a rotating be had at El Libre assortment of (508 Dumaine St.), sweet, personala somewhat kitschy sized pies. The cafe that also serves food is available in other sandwiches and an outdoor seating Cuban-inspired entrees area behind the bar Fre e and t underneath portraits of venue, or from y's T a wo Meat Pl Ernest Hemingway. Classic rum a to-go window facing and coffee drinks are also available, Marigny Street. as are avocado-and-Swiss variations on the classic Cuban sandwich.

Philly Cheese Steaks Do Philadelphians away from home Kolaches actually long for cheese steaks? Perhaps These pastries filled with meats or no more than anyone else—some say the sweets are best known in Texas, where sandwiches are really more for tourists they trace their heritage to Czech and visiting politicians. But anyone in the immigrants, but they can be few and mood for one in New Orleans can satisfy far between even in neighboring states. their craving at Liberty Cheesesteaks They are, however, available at The (5041 Freret St). The restaurant’s logo Station (4400 Bienville St.). The Midfeatures both the cracked Liberty Bell and City coffee shop serves kolaches with a a fleur-de-lis, so it’s no surprise that they rotating variety of fillings, along with offer a chicken steak sandwich sweet pastries and pressed with Cajun seasonings. sandwiches. A one-time gas But the traditional station, the cafe offers beef-and-cheeseindoor and outdoor sauce sandwich seating, and is is there, too, for handy for business cheese steak meetings, work, or purists. study.

American Barbecue Chinese Food Until recently, New visitors to New Orleans has Orleans were its own Asiansometimes confused influenced why a city firmly in the culinary traditions, American South didn’t from pho to ya-kahave more of a barbecue mein, but plenty of presence. And while, visitors and residents Lib k a still sometimes traditionally, other food ert te s y's O e items have taken center get a craving for the riginal Chees Americanized stage, a number of SouthernChinese food style barbecue spots have sprouted that is especially prevalent up up in recent years. Perhaps one of the and down the East Coast. There are a few most quintessential is Frey Smoked Meat places serving it in the city, but among the Co. (4141 Bienville St.). Like many of the best is Hunan Wok (2201 St. Bernard Ave.). region’s finest barbecue restaurants, it’s The Seventh Ward storefront offers take-out just a bit difficult to find, nestled behind and dine-in versions of shrimp fried rice, Winn-Dixie and Office Depot, but its pulled sweet-and-sour pork, sesame chicken, and pork, brisket, chicken, and ribs are hard to the other staples of the cuisine to a crowd beat. Burgers and other sandwiches are that matches the eclectic mix of people who also available, plus a good assortment of spend time in the neighborhood. Fortune beer, whiskey, and cocktails. cookies are, of course, included.

Chisesi brand ham, or with standards like pepperoni and sausage. Midway is a hit with families visiting for lunch or dinner, and with revelers on their way to enjoy Freret Street’s nightlife.

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The Anatomy of a Turkey Nap

By Katey Ceccarelli

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ou’re slowly drifting off, the din of a football game fades into the distance as your eyes flutter closed to darkness. Your stomach is full. Your body, unceremoniously outstretched on a recliner in your aunt’s basement, is cradled in a warm, weightless bosom of poultry.

A perfect equilibrium of wine and carbs has been achieved, and all is right with the world. Yes, you are experiencing a turkey nap.

Brought to you in part by tryptophan. Or is it?

“While many people experience sleepiness following a Thanksgiving feast, our turkey and tryptophan aren’t necessarily the culprits,” explains Dr. Victoria Smith, associate medical director for St. Charles Parish Hospital and Primary Care for the River Region at Ochsner Health System. “Tryptophan is an amino acid that is the precursor to the brain chemical serotonin. While serotonin is connected to sleep, there is no more presence in turkey than there is in other common foods including beef, chicken, cheese, and some

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nuts. When your post-Thanksgiving feast fatigue occurs, it’s likely due to overeating of carbohydrates and, in some cases, consumption of alcohol.”

While the assertion is frequently made that turkey has a particularly high abundance of tryptophan that knocks you out, the content is actually typical for any poultry. But there’s a missing piece that allows tryptophan to easily enter the brain, and that’s eating carbohydrates.

And from looking at you, eating thirds on stuffing.

According to the National Sleep Foundation’s sleep. org, “Carbohydrates cause your body to release insulin, which removes all amino acids—except tryptophan— from your blood. That means that tryptophan has no competition and can enter the brain easily, boosting serotonin levels.”

Twist! It appears turkey has been unfairly maligned as nap catalyst supreme all these years. Everyone’s favorite carb-laden side dishes, not to mention the sheer volume of food and alcohol typically put away at a holiday meal, are the real culprits.

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Please Don't Stop the Music The Best Concerts in 2017

By Greg Roques Photos by Finn Turnbull & Steve Hatley

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ouring concerts were hard to come by when I was younger. Whenever an A-list music act was crossing the country, New Orleans was like the small kid unable to intercept a ball thrown between its two larger brothers, Houston and Atlanta. My only chance to see the latest indie/ alt-rock acts seemed to come when Jazz Fest and then newkid-on-the-block Voodoo Fest rolled around.

No more. Thanks to a stellar lineup courtesy of Live Nation, I’ve been making up for lost time in 2017. Here is a recap of some of the top performances to come through the Crescent City this year.

Rock legend Billie Joel electrified the Smoothie King Center on February 17, with a marathon set that included compulsory classics “Uptown Girl,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” and “Piano Man.” Unexpectedly, though still entertaining, Joel also seasoned his show with several cover tunes, including “House of the Rising Sun,” AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell,” as well as New Orleans-nods “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong and a short instrumental of “When the Saints Go Marching In.” March welcomed Stevie Nicks with opener The Pretenders

to the Smoothie King Center.

I attended this show mostly at Trombone Shorty the urging of my wife, who is well-versed in Nicks’s solo work.

I’m glad I did. Her performance included a handful of Fleetwood Mac hits, including “Gypsy,” “Rhiannon,” and “Landslide” (one of my favorites), as well as “New Orleans,” an ode to our city that Nicks wrote in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Rounding out the first quarter of 2017 was Trombone Shorty’s 3rd Annual Tremé Threauxdown at the Saenger Theatre, the first Saturday of Jazz Fest. Even though I knew I would be seeing him again one week later for his always-energized Jazz Fest conclusion, I had heard stories of the great guest appearances from years prior—plus, Jazz Fest night shows are the best. Shorty didn’t disappoint, being joined by hiphop heavyweights Wyclef Jean and Usher.

Kicking off the second weekend of Jazz Fest were The Pixies. Age has not taken the wind out of these alt-rock pioneers, whose 30-plus favorite music venue, probably because its spacious outdoor landscape reminds me of being at a music festival. The locale song set at the Saenger thankfully made space for choice cuts also attracts a fair amount of faded—yet still beloved—veteran “Wave of Mutilation,” “Where Is My Mind?”, and “Monkey Gone acts from my early college days. to Heaven.”

English space rockers Muse landed in Champions Square As summer opened its sunny arms, granting gifts of beach in June, touring behind their excellent new album Drones. The trips and longer days, Champions Square too opened its performance featured all the greats spanning the entirety … square for seasonal events. Champions Square is my

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of their output, including “Stockholm Syndrome,” “Time is Running Out,” “Starlight,” and “Undisclosed Desires,” closing out with “Knights of Cambodia.” Adding to the experience was Thirty Seconds to Mars, who kicked off the evening with a quick, eight-song set almost entirely compiled from their previous two efforts, This is War and LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS. The exception and show highlight—other than frontman Jared Leto’s ridiculous ZZ Top-meets-Ziggy Stardust getup—was an acoustic update of their early 00s emo-anthem “The Kill,” stripping away its angst for a more mature, pensive tone.

Coasting on the coattails of this incredible performance were 90s pop-rockers Third Eye Blind, championing their inaugural eponymous EP in its entirety one week later.

While their career-defining debut was just as enjoyable as when I first heard it at the start of high school, the real pull for this show was special guest Silversun Pickups.

Though their secondary slot cast them with a svelte setlist—which, sadly, didn’t have room for “Bloody Th ir t y Mary (Nerve Endings)”—the show S e co n d s featured well-known singles “The Pit,” “Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance),” and “Lazy Eye.” Also performing the pinnacle of their portfolio was U2, who performed the Joshua Tree to a packed house at the Superdome on September 14. I never thought I would have the opportunity to see U2, much less in New Orleans. Bono’s voice, as well as that of opener Beck, sounds so good live that you would swear he was lip-synching. Like Nicks and Joel,

the band paid homage to the Crescent City, performing their post-Katrina Saints comeback cover “The Saints are Coming,” as well as updating the crowd on guitarist The Edge’s Music Rising initiative, which provided musical instruments for bands and schools following the historic storm.

My favorite show of the year, however, was Arcade Fire at the UNO Lakefront Arena on October 21. What was so unique about this show was that the stage was centered in the middle of the arena, ensuring everyone had a full view of the performance.

Also memorable was their closing performance of “Wake Up,” accompanied by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, who subsequently second-lined with them rs through the crowd on their a to M way out.

Closing out the year were hip-hop chart-toppers Bruno Mars on October 21, and Jay-Z, who turned lemons into lemonade on his confessional 4:44 Tour on November 9.

2017 served up an exceptional lineup of live music for New Orleanians to see.

Here’s looking forward to 2018.

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MUSICCALENDAR SideBar NOLA - Aurora Nealand and Trapper Keaper Snug Harbor - Delfeayo Marsalis Spotted Cat - Antoine Diel and the New Orleans Power Misfits Three Muses - Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Tropical Isle Bourbon - Debi and the Deacons

R.Kelly Controversial R&B legend R. Kelly is coming to the UNO Lakefront Arena. Kelly will no doubt work towards serenading the audience with hits like “I Believe I Can Fly” and “Trapped in the Closet.” Sun., Nov. 26, $59 + Adv, 8 p.m., UNO Lakefront Arena Monday, November 20 Bombay Club- Joe Krown Trio Buffa’s- Royal Rounders Chickie Wah Wah- McMurray and Spencer Bohren Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a- Egg Yolk Jubilee Funky Pirate- Willie Lockett Band Hi-Ho Lounge- Instant Opus Improvised Series Joy Theater - Tyler The Creator Kerry Irish Pub - Roy Gele Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop - Lucky Lee Little Tropical Isle - Reed Lightfoot Maple Leaf - Terrence Houston and Mike Lemmler Morning Call - Valerie Sassyfras One Eyed Jacks - Blind Texas Marlin Preservation Hall - Charlie Gabriel Rock ’n’ Bowl - West Coast Swing Night SideBar NOLA - Alexandra Scott and Keith Burnstein Snug Harbor - Charmaine Neville Band Spotted Cat - Jazz Vipers Three Muses - Washboard Rodeo Tropical Isle Bourbon - F.A.S.T. Tuesday, November 21 Bombay Club - Matt Lemmler Buffa’s - Vanessa Carr Chickie Wah Wah - Jamey St. Pierre Crazy Lobster - AC and the Heat Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a. - Treme Brass Band Funky Monkey - Blues Masters Howlin’ Wolf - Comedy Beast Joy Theater - Savage Kerry Irish Pub - Jason Bishop

Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop - Lucky Lee Little Gem Saloon - the Diaz Trio Little Tropical Isle - Frank Fairbanks Maple Leaf - Rebirth Brass Band Orpheum Theater - Brimstone & Glory And A Ciambra Preservation Hall - Charlie Gabriel Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Latin Night Saenger Theatre - Tigerama Live SideBar NOLA - Mike Dillon and friends Snug Harbor - Stanton Moore Trio Spotted Cat - Smoking Time Jazz Club Three Muses - Gouzy Quartet Tropical Isle - Cajun Drifters Tropical Isle Bourbon - Jezebels Chill’n Wednesday, November 22 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Soundbytes with PJ Morton & Friends Bombay Club - Kris Tkarski Buffa’s - Open Mic Night with Nattie Sanchez Chickie Wah Wah - Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott Crazy Lobster - Ken Swartz and the Palace of Sin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a. - Washington and the Roadmasters House of Blues - Christmas Queens Howlin’ Wolf - American Freakshow Kerry Irish Pub - Patrick Cooper Little Gem Saloon - the Diaz Trio Little Tropical Isle - Reed Lightfoot Maple Leaf - Khris Royal and Dark Matter Morning Call - Krewe du Two One Eyed Jacks - Vixens & Vinyl Preservation Hall - Charlie Gabriel Rock n Bowl - the Boogie Men

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Thursday, November 23 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Home Away from Home: Todo Mezcla with Bill Summers & Friends Bombay Club - David Boeddinghaus Duo Buffa’s - Tom McDermott and friends Chickie Wah Wah - John “Papa” Gros Band Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat Howlin Wolf - Comedy Gumbeaux Howlin Wolf - Juvenile’s 40 Degreez Anniversary Party Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop - Lucky Lee Maple Leaf - June Yamagishi and George Porter Jr. NOSH - DJ Torque, Alexey Marti One Eyed Jacks - Fast Time 80’s Dance Preservation Hall - Will Smith , Louis Ford Rock n Bowl - Geno Delafose Spotted Cat - Jumbo Shrimp Three Keys - Todo Mezcla with Bill Summers and friends Tropical Isle Bourbon - Debi and the Deacons Tropical Isle Original - Late As Usual Friday, November 24 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - HOUxNOLA with CoolNasty feat. Jack Freeman & Kevin Stylez plus DJ Big Reeks and DJ GrooveKidd Bombay Club - Leroy Jones Buffa’s - Dirty Rain Revelers Bullet’s - Pinettes Brass Band Chickie Wah Wah - Michael Pearce Crazy Lobster - Ken Swartz and the Palace of Sin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a. - Double-07 House of Blues (the parish)- House of the Young House of Blues - $uicideboy$ Howlin Wolf - The Grammy Joy Theater - John”Papa” Gros Band and others Kermit’s Mother-in-Law Lounge - Guitar Slim Jr. Kerry Irish Pub - Patrick Cooper Little Tropical Isle - Reed Lightfoot Maple Leaf - Papa Mali and Billy luso Morning Call - Valerie Sassyfras NOSH - Hologram and guests Palm Court Jazz Cafe - Kevin Louis and Palm Court Jazz Band Preservation Hall - Preservation Legacy Bank Rock ’n’ Bowl - Bucktown All-Stars Siberia - Sabine McCalla and others SideBar NOLA - the Geraniums Snug Harbor - Ellis Marsalis Quintet Southport Hall - the Molly Ringwalds Spotted Cat - New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings Three Muses - Doro Wat Jazz Band Tipitina’s - A Neville Family Groove Feat Tropical Isle Bourbon - Debi and the Deacons Vaughan’s Lounge - Corey Henry and Treme Junket

Saturday, November 25 Bombay Club - Los Tres Amigos Buffa’s - Calvin Johnson and Vative Son Chickie Wah Wah - Ed Volker’s Radio Days Crazy Lobster - Poppy’s Poppin’ Saturday Review Creole Cookery - Trad Stars Jazz Band Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a. - Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns Funky Pirate - Blues Masters House of Blues - Tre-G Howlin’Wolf - Stoked Joy Theater - DJ Jubilee Kerry Irish Pub - Beth Patterson Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop - Lucky Lee Maple Leaf - New Orleans Suspects Morning Call City Park - Billy D Chapman NOSH - DJ Hologram and guests Palm Court Jazz Cafe - Mark Braud and Palm Court Jazz Band Preservation Hall - Preservation All-Stars Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Tab Benoit Shamrock - Bag of Donuts Siberia - Landlocked Seas, Hydra Plane Snug Harbor - Sullivan Fortner Trio Spotted Cat - Dominick Grillo and the Frenchmen St. All-Stars Three Muses - Shotgun Jazz Band Tipitina’s - the Funkin Truth Feat Tropical Isle Bayou Club - T’Canaille Sunday, November 26 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Juju Child & The Hypnotic Roots Band with Sierra Green Bombay Club - Tim Laughlin Trio Buffa’s - Gerald French Trio Crazy Lobster - the Neon Shadows Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a. - Palmetto Bugs Stompers Dragon’s Den - Open Jazz Jam with Anuraag Pendyal Funky Pirate - Willie Lockett Band Hi-Ho Lounge - NOLA Comedy Hour House of Blues (parish) - The Classic Finale Howlin’ Wolf - the Den - Hot 8 Brass Band Kermit’s - Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers Kerry Irish Pub - Will Dickerson Little Gem Saloon - Blues Brunch with Little Freddie King Little Tropical Isle - Frank Fairbanks Maple Leaf - Walter ‘Wolfman” Washington Morning Call City Park - Billy D. Chapman Palm Court Jazz Cafe - Mark Braud and Sunday Night Swingsters SideBar NOLA - James Singleton Trio Snug Harbor - Joey Dyson Quartet Spotted Cat - Pat Casey and the New Sound Three Muses - Linnzi Zaorski Tropical Isle Bayou Club - Faubourg Ramblers Tropical Isle Original - Late As Usual UNO Lakefront Arena - R. Kelly Monday, November 27 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) -Ivan Neville's Nola Nites wsg TBA Bombay Club - David Boeddinghaus Buffa’s - Antoine Diel Chickie Wah Wah - Alex McMurray

Crazy Lobster - the Insta-Gators Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Egg Yolk Jubilee Dragon’s Den - Hangover Mondays with DJ Ill Medina Joy Theaters - John McLaughlin and Jimmy Herring Kerry Irish Pub - Beth Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop - Lucky Lee Maple Leaf - Terrence Houston and Mike Lemmler Morning Call - Valerie Sassyfras Preservation Hall - Charlie Gabriel Rock ‘n’ Bowl - West Coast Swing Night Snug Harbor - Charmaine Neville Band Spotted Cat - Jazz Vipers Tropical Isle Bourbon - F.A.S.T. Tropical Isle Bourbon Original - Trop Rock Express Tuesday, November 28 Bombay Club - Matt Lemmler Buffa’s - Vanessa Carr Chickie Wah Wah - Jamey St. Pierre Crazy Lobster - AC and the Heat Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Treme Brass Band Funky Pirate - Blues Masters Gasa Gasa - Cauche Mar House of Blues - Tank and leela James Howlin Wolf - Comedy Beast Kerry Irish Pub - Jason Bishop Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop - Lucky Lee Maple Leaf - Rebirth Brass Band Preservation Hall - Charlie Gabriel Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Latin Night Saenger Theatre - Hip-Hop Nutcracker SideBar NOLA - Kirk Duplantis

Snug Harbor - Tom McDermott Spotted Cat - Smoking Time Jazz Club Tropical Isle Bayou Club - Cajun Drifters Wednesday, November 29 21st Amendment - Royal Street Winding Boys Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Magnetic Ear featuring Cole Williams Allways Lounge - The Somerton Suitcase Apple Barrel - Big Mike and the Blues King Autocrat Social and Pleasure Club - TBC Brass Band Bacchanel Fine Wine & Spirits - Jesse Morrow Trio Backroom at Buffa’s - World’s most open mic night Bamboula’s - Sunshine Brass Band Bar Redux - T’Lark, Beth Patterson Black Duck Bar - Rum Runners Blue Nile - New Breed Brass Band BMC - Vic Papa Band Bombay Club - Kris Tokarski Bourbon Bar - Shynola Jazz Band Buffa’s - Open MIc NIght with Natties Sanchez Cafe Istanbul - Fredy Omar Cafe Negril - John Lisi Chickie Wah Wah - Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott Circle Bar - Poison Boys Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Guitar Slim Jr. & the Roadmasters D’Mac’s Bar and Grill - Kenny Triche Dos Jefes - The George French Trio Dragon’s Den - Reggae Night Effervesence - Joe Pollock Fritzel’s Jazz Pub - Kevin Clark Funky Pirate - Blues Masters HiLo Lounge - Progression Music Series

TheAvettBrothers Hailing from Concord, North Carolina, The Avett Brothers have become a staple of folk rock since first forming in 2000. Many of their albums have been up for Grammys, such as The Carpenter and True Sadness. Fri., Dec. 1, $59 + Adv, 7:30 p.m., Saenger Theatre House of Blues - Cary Hudson Howlin Wolf - Hydra Plane, Gools, Jack & The Jackrabbits Jazz Playhouse - Glen David Andrews Band Kerry Irish Pub - Chip Wilson Little Tropical Isle - Reed Lightfoot Mahogany Jazz Hall - Tony Seville Maison - RnR Music Group Maple Leaf - the Dirty Notes Morning Call - Krewe du Two

New Orleans Jazz Museum - Marcello Benetti One Eyed Jacks - Vixens & Vinyls Preservation Hall - Charlie Gabriel Prime Example - Jesse McBride Ralphs on the Park - Joe Krown Republic - Matt Scott Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Creole Stringbeans Roosevelt Hotel - Tom Hook Siberia - Djs Matt Scott SideBar NOLA - David Torkanowsky and friends

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November 26......................................................................................... R. Kelly December 15 - 16........ Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic February 24........ Platinum Comedy Tour with Mike Epps, Sommore & More March 2........................... 2018 Winter Jam Tour Spectacular featuring Skillet March 6 - 11......................... Sun Belt Conference Basketball Championships March 23 - 24....................................................................Hogs For The Cause March 25....................................................................................... Justin Moore April 7.................Ring Of Honor Wrestling presents Supercard Of Honor XII Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, Lakefront Arena Box Office, or charge by phone at 800-745-3000.

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Snug Harbor - Delfeayo Marsalis Spotted Cat - the New Orleans Power Misfits Three Keys - Cole Williams The Building - The Georgi Petrov Jazz Project Three Muses - Leslie Martin Tropical Isle Bourbon - The DEacons Tropical Isle Original - Late As Usual Vaso - Hyperphlyy Thursday, November 30 21’s Amendment - Ed Willis Apple Barrel - Louisiana Hellbenders Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - SLAY CITY x HAUTE TO DEATH Backroom at Buffa’s - Meryl Zimmerman Bamboula’s - 9th Street Stompers Bar Redux - JD Hill Black Duck Bar Palace Cafe - Rum Runners Blue Nile - Higher Heights Reggae Band BMC - Ghalia & Mama’s Boys Bombay Club - Duke Heitger Bullet’s -Kermit Ruffins Carousel Bar - Antoine Diel Quartet Chickie Wah Wah - Phil DeGruy Circle Bar - Joel Wilson Crazy Lobster - the Spanish Plaza 3 Creole Garden Hotel - Davis Rogan Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a. - Funky Monkey Dos Jefes - James Singleton Dragons Den - Tiffany Jade Frenchmen Hotel - Nebula Rosa Fritzels Jazz Pub - Tome Fischer Gasa Gasa - Sam Doores Henry Turner Jr’s Listening Room - Henry Turner Jr House of Blues - Tiffany House of Blues - Yacht Rock Revue Howlin Wolf - Perpetual Groove Jazz Playhouse - Brass -a -Holics Kerry Irish Pub - Dave Hickey Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop - Soul Rebels Le Bon Temps Roule - The Soul Rebel Loa Bar - Susan Cowsill Mahogany Jazz Hall - Samantha Pearl Maison - Dysfunktional Bone Maple Leaf - Benny Bloom NOSH - Andy Daniels Ogden Museum - Zachary Richards One Eyed Jacks - First Time 80’s Dance Palm Court Jazz Cafe - Crescent City Joy Maker’s Preservation Hall - Louis Ford Ralphs on the Park - Joe Krown Ruby Roadhouse - Tim O’shea Rock ‘n’ Bowl - Nathan and the Zydeco Saenger Theatre - Michael Carbonaro SideBar NOLA - Dayna Kurtz Snug Harbor - Logan Strosah Spotted Cat - Jumbo Shrimp Spotted Cat Restaurant Three Keys - Slay City Three Muses - Arsene DeLay Tropical Isle - Late As Usual Vaughan’s Lounge - Treme Funket Friday, December 1 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Honey Island Swamp Band Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits - The Tangiers Combo Buffa’s - Jeremy Joyce Quartet, Variety Black Duck Bar (Palace Cafe) - The Rum Runners Casa Borrega - Luna Mora Chickie Wah Wah - Dave James, COri Walters, Mike

Lemmler Circle Bar - TøMA Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - John Papa Gros Band Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Society Hall - David L. Harris Dos Jefes - Panorama Jazz Band Gasa Gasa - Max Moran & Neospectric House of Blues - New Found Glory Kerry Irish Pub - Vali Talbot , Hurricane Refugees Oak Wine Bar - Tom Leggett Old Arabi Bar - Brother Tyrone and The Mindbenders Saenger Theatre - The Avett Brothers Santos Bar - Dinola Twist of Lime - East Bridge Junction Saturday, December 2 Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits - The Tangiers Combo Buffa’s - Alexandra Scott Casa Borrega - Luna Mora Chickie Wah Wah - Sonia Tetlow Circle Bar - BobbyRock Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Little Freddie King Evangeline - Lil Josephine & Rhodes Spedale House of Blues - Bustout Burlesque Kerry Irish Pub - Dave Hickey, Jamie Lynn Vessels Jazz & Heritage Center - Leroy Jones Louisiana Music Factory - Samantha Fish Marigny Brasserie - The Key Sound Oak Wine Bar - Mia Borders Old Arabi Bar - The Melatauns One Eyed Jacks - Fleur De Tease Naughty Nutcracker Shamrock - Got Groove Twist of Lime - Motoriot + Dead Machine Theory + The Weakness Sunday, December 3 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Juju Child & The Hypnotic Roots Band AllWays Lounge - The Dapper Dandies Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits - The Tangiers Combo Buffa’s - Steve Pistorius, Orange Kellin, & Benny Amon Circle Bar - TøMA Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Soul Brass Band House of Blues - The Spill Canvas Kerry Irish Pub - Roy Gele One Eyed Jacks - Fleur De Tease Naughty Nutcracker Santos Bar - D.R.I Superior Seafood - Harry Hardin, Tim Paco & John Rankin Monday, December 4 Buffa’s - Antoine Diel Circle Bar - Phil the Tremolo King Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Brass-a-Holics Special Venue - Jeeve’s Songwriter’s Afternoon Tuesday, December 5 Autocrat Social & Pleasure Club - TBC Brass Band Buffa’s - Tacos Tequila and Tiaras w/ Vanessa Carr Circle Bar - Carl LeBlanc Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans

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PaleWaves Pale Waves is an indie-pop band that has amassed a cult following in their hometown of Manchester, England. Come hear them perform their hit single “There’s A Honey” with special guest The Candescents. Sat., Dec. 9, $8, 10 p.m., Gasa Gasa Streetbeat d.b.a. - Treme Brass Band House of Blues - Daniel Ash & Kevin Haskins One Eyed Jacks - The Drums + Hoops Saenger Theatre - Cirque Dreams Holidaze Smoothie King Center - Dead & Company Wednesday, December 6 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Helen Gillet +1 Buffa’s - Open Mic w/ Nattie Sanchez Circle Bar - The Iguanas Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Brint Anderson & the Roadmasters House of Blues (the parish) - Jet Lounge Marigny Brasserie - Grayson Brockamp Thursday, December 7 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Kirk Joseph & The Backyard Band, Lilli Lewis Project Buffa’s - Tom McDermott & Friends Circle Bar - Natalie Mae & Gina Leslie Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat Creole Gardens Hotel - Davis Rogan d.b.a - Deltaphonic House of Blues - Loyola Music Industry Showcase Howlin Wolf - Comedy Gumbeaux Kerry Irish Pub - Kevin Specht & Tom Marron Le Bon Temps Roule - The Soul Rebels Friday, December 8 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Erica Falls Band Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits - The Tangiers Combo Buffa’s - Dapper Dandies Circle Bar - Rik Slave’s Classy Country Combo Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Kristin Diable + tba House of Blues - The Prince Experience Howlin Wolf - Don’t Spike The Eggnog Joy Theater - The Soul Rebels ft Curren$y Kerry Irish Pub - Roy Gele, The One Tailed Three Oak Wine Bar - Burris Old Arabi Bar - Little Freddie King Trinity Episcopal Church - Krewe de Voix Chamber

Choir Twist of Lime - Zync + The Green Mantles + Misled Saturday, December 9 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - La Noche Caliente with Muevelo!

Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits - The Tangiers Combo Buffa’s - Marina Orchestra Carrollton Station - Debauche Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Juke Joint Duo ft Cedric Burnside Gasa Gasa - Pale Waves House of Blues - Latin Club Night Jazz & Heritage Center - Helen Gillet & Leyla McCalla Kerry Irish Pub - Invisible Cowboy Band Oak Wine Bar - Jon Roniger One Eyed Jacks - Power Trip Orpheum Theater - 610 Stompers Saenger Theatre - Santa Meets Sousa Shamrock - Weathered Special Venue - Amanda Shaw Tipitina’s - Dragon Smoke Twist of Lime - The Highwinds Sunday, December 10 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Juju Child & The Hypnotic

Roots Band AllWays Lounge - Joe Goldberg’s The Function Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits - The Tangiers Combo Buffa’s - Gerald French Trio Circle Bar - Micah McKee + Blind Texas Marlin Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Mainline House of Blues - Raheem Devaughn Kerry Irish Pub - Chip Wilson Orpheum Theater - Holiday Spectacular New Orleans Tipitina’s - Pokey Lafarge Monday, December 11 Buffa’s - Antoine Diel Circle Bar - Dj Shane Love Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Brass-a-Holics One Eyed Jacks - Valerie Sassyfras + Maggie Belle Band Tuesday, December 12 Autocrat Social & Pleasure Club - TBC Brass Band Buffa’s- Tacos and Tequila & Tiaras w/ Vanessa Carr Circle Bar - Carl LeBlanc Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Treme Brass Band Orpheum Theater - Randy Newman Wednesday, December 13 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - The Shape of Jazz to Come feat. SLEIGH Buffa’s - Open Mic w/ Nattie Sanchez

Cafe Istanbul - Zion Harmonizers + Steve Walkup Circle Bar - The Iguanas Civic Theatre - A Drag Queen Christmas Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Walter Wolfman Washington & the Roadmasters House of Blues - Gary Numan Thursday, December 14 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Little Cosmicana Buffa’s - Tom McDermott & Friends Circle Bar - Natalie Mae & Gina Leslie Creole Gardens Hotel - Davis Rogan Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives House of Blues - Rapsody plus Don Flamingo Kerry Irish Pub - Tim Robertson Le Bon Temps Roule - The Soul Rebels Old Point Bar - Valerie Sassyfras Orpheum Theater - Baroque Christmas Friday, December 15 Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits - The Tangiers Combo Buffa’s - Spogga Circle Bar - Xander Harris + Agonal Breath Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Pink Slip + Jason & the Kreugers Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Society Hall - Peter Harris Trio & Germaine Bazz;e Evangeline - Lil Josephine & Rhodes Spedale Gattuso's - Benny Grunch & The Bunch House of Blues - Curren$y’s Lighting of the Tree Kerry Irish Pub - Chip Wilson, Lynn Drury

ILoveThe90'sTour Be prepared to wear your baggiest clothes and your hat backwards, cause the 90s are coming back to New Orleans. I Love the 90’s Tour features acts like Salt N Pepa, Coolio, and Vanilla Ice. Fri., Dec. 15, $26 + Adv, 7:30 p.m., Smoothie King Center NOLA Jazz Museum - Sonny Landreth Oak Wine Bar - Jon Roniger One Eyed Jacks - Dj Soul Sister Saenger Theatre - The Legend of Zelda Orchestra Smoothie King Center - I Love the 90's Tour Saturday, December 16 Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits - The Tangiers Combo Buffa’s - The Royal Rounders

Crescent City Brewhouse - New Orleans Streetbeat d.b.a - Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes Kerry Irish Pub - Patrick Cooper, Hurricane Refugees Oak Wine Bar - Tom Leggett Shamrock - Remixers Sunday, December 17 Ace Hotel (Three Keys) - Juju Child & The Hypnotic Roots Band with special guests

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Hurricane Refugees Patrick Cooper 5 pm

9 pm Sat. 12/02 Dave Hickey 5 pm Rubin/Wilson Folk-Blues Explosion 9 pm Sat. 12/02 Jamie Lynn Vessels 9 pm Sat. 3/05 The Mule 5 pm Sun. 12/03 Speed Roy Gele 8 pm Ruby Ross 9 pm & Tom Marron Thurs. 12/07 Kevin Specht 8:30 pm Thurs. 3/10 Foot & Friends 9 pm Fri.3/11 12/08 Van RoyHudson Gele 5 pm Fri. 5 pm Fri. 12/08 The One Tailed Three 9 pm Hurricane Refugees 9 pm Sat. 12/09 Mike Kerwin & Geoff Coats 5 pm Sat. Parsons 5 pm Band 9 pm Sat.3/12 12/09 Mark Invisible Cowboy Day! 98pm Sun. 12/10 Roux ChipThe Wilson pm Thurs.12/14 Tim Robertson 8:305 pm Sun. 3/13 Traditional Irish Session pm Fri. 12/15 Kim Chip Wilson 5 pm Mon. 3/14 Carson 8:30 pm Fri. 12/15 Lynn Drury 9 pm Sat. 12/16 Patrick Cooper 5 pm Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

Live Irish w/ Sat. 12/16 Hurricane Refugees 9 Music pm Thurs.

3/17 Traditional Van Hudson pm (Noon) Sun. 12/17 Irish12:00 Session 4 pm Sun. 12/173/17 Patrick Cooper 8 pm3:30 pm Thurs.

Speed The Mule Thurs.

12/21 The One Tailed Three 8:30 pm Thurs. 3/17 Roux The Day! 7:30 pm – til the Fri. 12/22 Roy Gele 5 pm wee hours Fri. 12/22 Will Dickerson 9 pm Sat. 12/23 Van Hudson 5 pm Fri. 3/18Year’s Patrick 5 pm New Eve Cooper & Sugar Bowl Weekend!

Fri. 12/29 One Patrick Cooper pm Tailed Three 95 pm Fri. 12/29 Paintbox w/Dave James & Tim Sat. 3/19 Speed The Mule 5 pm Robertson 9 pm Sautier & Friends 9 pm Sat. 12/30 Frank Patrick Cooper 5 pm Mon. 3/21 Kim Carson 8:30 pm Sat. 12/30 Roux The Day! 9 pm Sun. 12/31 Van Hudson & Friends 9 pm

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FUNDRAISERS

Latkes with a Twist The Little Gem Saloon: 445 S. Rampart St. Thursday, December 14; 7 – 10 p.m. jcrs.org Do a mitzvah and be a mensch this holiday season while also treating yourself to “Latkes Delicious”! Join the Jewish Children’s Regional Service for their fourth annual community-wide Hanukkah party. The event has been declared by The Washington Post as one of “America’s most amazing Hanukkah Parties.” This year’s Latkes with a Twist will be provided by Pizza Delicious co-owners, chefs Mike Friedman and Greg Augarten. The event will also feature live music by Marc Stone 3, a silent auction, and complimentary Vodka Latke Punch.

Proceeds for the event will support Jewish children in the Greater New Orleans area with needs-based scholarships for college and summer camp. The JCRS has been active for over 160 years, serving children and families across the South. In addition to scholarships, they also offer services to assist children with special needs and operate the free PJ Library. Tickets are available online for $25.

performances beginning on December 1. Their “Meowy Catmas” special is a one-of-a-kind holiday spectacular brought exclusively to “Mew Orleans”! These cat-robats will perform feats including jumping through wreaths, rolling ornaments, pushing a sleigh, and other seasonal tricks.

There will also be a special appearance by the world’s only feline band, The Rock-Cats. Their performance will include a carol selection including “A Cat in a Manger,” “Catnip Roasting on an Open Fire,” and “God Rest Ye Merry Kittens.” Fans of previous shows might notice the absence of star member Tuna the Cat, who sadly passed away from cancer earlier this year. Tickets are available starting at $20; a portion of the sales will benefit the Jefferson SPCA.

Reindeer Run & Romp December 9 Reindeer Run & Romp Shops at Canal Place: 333 Canal St. Saturday, December 9; 8 a.m. downtownnola.com Hear those sleigh bells jingling at the Reindeer Run & Romp! The Downtown Development District and Entergy have partnered for the eighth annual holiday run for kids. Meet at the Riverwalk-Spanish Plaza at 8 a.m. to register. At 9 a.m., Rudolph, Santa, and friends will jingle bells to signal the start of the mile-long “sleigh measured” run. No running necessary to participate; the “Eggnog Jog” will be available as a half-mile walking alternative. For the run, every participant will receive bells to wear on their shoes, antlers, a race t-shirt, and a bag of holiday goodies.

The event also includes a costume contest, and Santa and his helpers are the judges for categories including Most Creative, Most Festive, Best Group Costume, and Best Decorated Stroller. The “Romp” will take place post-race at The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk-Spanish Plaza, and will feature healthy family activities, music, games, crafts, and the presentation of race awards. Pre-registration is available online for $15.

LPO’s Holiday Spectacular December 9 - 10

Christmas Queens November 22

ENTERTAINMENT Christmas Queens Present: Official World Tour 2017 House of Blues: 225 Decatur St. Wednesday, November 22; 7 p.m. christmasqueens.net All tea no shade, the Christmas Queens are coming to New Orleans during their 2017 World Tour! The first Christmas Queens volume was released in November 2015. The compilation album includes covers of classic Christmas carols and original songs performed by contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Following the album’s success, a second volume was released and supported by five live shows. This year, the Queens return for a holiday-themed world tour hosted by Michelle Visage— which kicks off right here in NOLA! Along with Visage, the show will be hosted by Peppermint, and will feature fan favorites including Jiggly Caliente, Sharon Needles, Thorgy Thor, Ivy Winters, Ginger Minj, Phi Phi O’Hara, and Willam. The event is suitable for all ages. Tickets are available online starting at $42.25.

Running of the Santas December 9 Running of the Santas Mannings: 519 Fulton St. Generations Hall: 310 Andrew Higgins Blvd.

Saturday, December 9; 11 a.m. runningofthesantas.com You better watch out—Santa Claus is coming to town! Actually, a couple thousand are coming for this year’s Running of the Santas. The annual bar crawl originated in Philadelphia with only 40 participants. It has now grown into a nationwide event with the goal of raising money for local charities. Participants will meet at Manning’s (“South Pole”) at 3 p.m. for an outdoor extravaganza featuring drink specials and music. At 5:45 p.m., the Santas will run to Generations Hall (“North Pole”), where the party will continue with a costume contest at 8 p.m., and musical performances by Top Cats and Flow Tribe. A portion of the event’s proceeds will benefit “That Other May Life Foundation,” a nonprofit dedicated to aiding children to pay for college who have lost a parent in an Air Force rescue mission. Tickets are available online starting at $10.

Amazing Acro-Cats December 1 - 17 Amazing Acro-Cats The AllWays Lounge and Theatre: 2240 St. Claude Ave. December 1-17; Various times circuscats.com Meow that’s what I call entertainment! The Cirque du Feline returns to NOLA for their annual holiday residency this December. The talented (and adorable) troupe are scheduled for 14 seasonally themed

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LPO’s Holiday Spectacular Orpheum Theater: 129 Roosevelt Way Saturday, December 9; 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 10; 2:30 p.m. lpomusic.com Experience Christmas classics like you’ve never heard them before at the Orpheum’s Holiday Spectacular! The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is partnering with New Orleans’s own 610 Stompers for two special seasonal performances. The LPO will be joined by conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos, who has conducted in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Broadway. He is also the founder and general director of Chatham Opera. The 610 Stompers operate under the premise that ordinary men are capable of extraordinary moves; they have been defying expectations (and gravity) since 2009.

Don’t miss this unique combination of classical music, killer dance moves, and Christmas spirit. Tickets are available online starting at $20.

It's A Wonderful Life Gretna Cultural Center for the Arts: 740 4th St., Gretna Friday, December 15; 7 p.m.

Valiant Theatre and Lounge: 6621 St. Claude Ave. Saturday, December 16; 7 p.m. wonderfulLifeNOLA.com The most wonderful time of the year wouldn’t be complete without the ninth annual New Orleans and region benefit production of It’s a Wonderful Life. The annual on-stage radio play debuted in 2009 and has raised over $20,000 in support of regional charities. The show is produced by non-profit The NOLA Voice Talent Foundation. This year’s beneficiaries will be the performance venues themselves: the Gretna Cultural Center for the Arts and the Valiant Theatre and Lounge, which are both non-profit organizations. The performance will be narrated by special guest Ernest Robertson, known as the TV voice of New Orleans Live. William “Bill” Lee and Lorraine LeBlanc will reprise their lead roles as George and Mary Hatch Bailey. Producer and director Stephen James also returns with his highly popular interpretation of Angel Clarence. The production includes international sportscaster and former pro-wrestler Paul making his debut as the evil Henry Potter.

Tickets are available online for $20.

SKYY Vodka Best Bartender of New Orleans Finals Party Manning’s: 519 Fulton St. Monday, December 4; 7-10 p.m. whereyat.com The highly anticipated finale of the Best Bartender in New Orleans contest will be held at Manning’s in early December. Out of 45+ nominees, all of whom submitted their best SKYY Vodka cocktail creations for consideration, the list has been narrowed down to eight bartenders representing spots from Metairie to the French Quarter.

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Alex Winter Fête Downtown Alexandria Thursday, November 30 – Saturday, December 2 cityofalexandriala.com Joy to the world, Alex Winter Fête is back for the first weekend in December! For three days, a multi-cultural village will occupy downtown Alexandria. The city has partnered with dozens of local businesses, community members, and arts programs to celebrate the spirit of community, culture, and collaboration. The Fete was founded in 2013 and continues to grow each year. This year’s events include ice skating, Santa, live music, and an indie village. Bust out the Bedazzler for an ugly sweater 5k at 8 a.m. on Saturday, December 2. The festivities will also raise money for United Way, an

international organization that “fights for health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community.”

Orange Festival Fort Jackson: 38039 LA-23, Buras Friday, December 1 – Sunday, December 3 orangefestival.com Orange you glad it’s time for the Plaquemines Parish Orange Festival? The fest began in 1947 to promote cultivation and marketing of Plaquemines’s citrus crop. Over the last 70 years, the festival has faced several hardships due to inclement weather, most recently in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina.

In 2010, the festival returned to Fort Jackson and has been going strong since. The 71st anniversary of the festival will take place over the first weekend in December. Besides out-of-this-world oranges, the event will also feature seafood contests for adults, carnival and helicopter rides, a 5k run/walk, pie eating, sack races, and more. Live music will be provided by BC Boys Band, Boot Hill, Supercharger Band, Ernie Wilkinson & the Hot Sauce Band, and Big River Band. Congratulations to the 2017 royalty: King Mike Bush, Queen Noelle Wilkins, and Teen Queen Jenna Hewitt!

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to be the Christmas toast that my family has been doing for decades. Every Christmas Day, the family has a toast, and the drink is usually a choice between a shot of tequila or Jägermeister. As a small child, I remember the tequila being aged and usually with a worm inside. But now, the family tends to stick to modern popular brands. Regardless of your drink of choice, this time is spent talking and allowing everyone to say a piece of their mind while expressing our love for each other.

Once the words are said and done, CHEERS! And then we party. Got to love family.

–Kimmie Tubre

We're All Very Traditional Staff Favorite Holiday Traditions

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By the Where Y'at Staff

ow do you spread holiday cheer? Whether you’re the Miracle-on-34th-Street-on-the-television type, the downing-Mistletoe-Martinis-at-your-favorite-bar sort, or prefer Christmas carol karaoke, you probably know exactly what you’re doing for Christmas this year. You most likely did the same thing last year; in fact, you probably do it every year. You’re stuck in a Christmas rut.

We all have our holiday traditions that we swear by, whether it’s Christmas sweaters and eggnog, or Christmas dinner at the China Buffet.

When we asked our writers to tell us their favorite Christmas traditions and what it takes to make their season festive, we got the range of those who like their holidays warm and fuzzy (and purring), to those who prefer to get a little crazier and take their holiday cheer in liquid form. Read on to see what our writers insist on doing to keep their Christmases merry and bright.

When I was young, the other kiddies used to make fun of me because I still believed in Santa Claus well past the age when it’s considered acceptable to believe. But see, I had proof of Santa’s existence that they didn’t—I knew the guy personally. Every Christmas Eve, on his way to distribute gifts and capitalism around the globe, he would first stop by our place for a visit. My grandpa, uncle, dad, or later, even my brother, would pull the musty Santa suit out of the basement and grab the sleigh bells. Next thing we knew, he was ho-ho-ho-ing and peering in the windows at us from outside like some sort of Christmas stalker.

In exchange for doing “a trick” for Santa— showing off any random talent such as playing a ditty on the piano or juggling—all the kids in the family were allowed to open one “special” gift that Santa had brought for them.

These days, Santa is overbooked and doesn’t come around anymore. So instead, Christmas traditions include baking many cookies, picking constantly at a buffet-style spread of munchies for Christmas lunch, eggnog daiquiris in the blender, family caroling on Christmas Eve, and cousin Kevin’s homemade gumbo dinner Christmas night.

–Kathy Bradshaw

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Large Families Come with Many Traditions I have a large family on both sides: Mom’s and Dad’s. As a kid, I’d spend half my day with my mom’s family and the other half with my dad’s. Those times spent included a plethora of traditions: like when my aunt would buy all the males in the family the same sweater for Christmas and they’d have to put them on and take a group picture. Or riding back to New Orleans from the “country” late Thanksgiving nights, listening to the Christmas music playing on the radio, while the whole family sang very loudly!

Out of all the traditions, my favorite tends

I find that my favorite holiday tradition is fairly pedestrian, but it’s still something that I can honestly say I look forward to every year.

Ever since I was a kid, my family would hold two parties for my extended relatives: one on Christmas Eve at my grandmother’s house for my dad’s side, and the other on Christmas Day at my house for my mom’s side. These parties have always had a ton of hectic preplanning that would cause us a great deal of stress (my mom kept saying, “This’ll be the last one, I swear,” every time), but we still find ourselves doing it every single year.

Most of the work always comes from preparing the food: ordering trays from Breaux Mart, baking my mom’s stuffed oyster patties, mixing my dad’s homemade amaretto slush, etc. This year is going to have a drastic change in our formula, however. My grandmother, who always put together the Christmas Eve party, passed away on Easter of this year. My parents are still debating whether they are able to do both parties or just have everyone come together for only one party. Regardless, this tradition is one we won’t give up anytime soon. –Burke Bischoff An equally enjoyable yet regrettable Heneghan family tradition has to be the annual viewing of my younger brother Chris’s and my New Orleans Christmas music video. In 2000, I, an exhaustingly energetic, pimply-faced 13-year-old, had a goal—to perform and record Weird Al-esque parody music videos for our family’s favorite NOLA Christmas songs. I chose the songs (“12 Yats of Christmas” and “Santa and His Reindeer Used to Live Right Here”), worked out the choreography, and made relevant props. I then forced my adorable (read: amenable), nearly nine-year-old brother to participate, likely using some veiled threat involving domination of SNES/N64 time (a regular point of contention). We “borrowed” our dad’s video camera and filmed the whole thing one evening in the corner of our living room.

Unveiling our “masterpiece” in front of our entire extended family post-Christmas dinner, a new tradition was born in the resulting uproar. I’m still not positive whether they were laughing with us or at us (though both are acceptable—my siblings and I have been chronic jokesters from the womb). But either way, my brother and I still exchange cringes every year our dad asks, grinning, “Time for the Christmas video?” –Carolyn Heneghan Holiday Celebration: Celebration in the Oaks with My Nieces and Nephews Yes, childhood is often over-romanticized.

But there’s something to be said for the

wonder and joy children get from Christmas lights, carnival rides, and cotton candy. While I won’t be able to experience those feelings with the same purity I did as a child, seeing things through the children’s eyes can remind me that the world is still a place of wonder. This is why every year, I go with my brother’s family to Celebration in the Oaks.

Last year, I watched my youngest nephew (then six) jump up and down for a solid minute when he realized he was tall enough to ride the bumper cars. He smiled, laughed, and pointed at cars he wanted me to ram throughout the ride. After it was over, he grabbed me by the hand and led me running through Storyland. My knees and feet have deteriorated over the years. I can’t run like I used to and, like all adults, my life has had its share of disappointments and heartbreaks. But in those moments, even a critic and curmudgeon like I am was full of unironic joy. –Fritz Esker Thinking about holiday traditions, my family seems so cliché. Yet, I would not have it any other way. We spend the month of December watching cheesy Hallmark movies, because they are happy and predictable and full of Christmas cheer. We bake homemade chocolate chip peanut butter cookies and our famous almond cookies. We make about five batches of homemade fudge, because it takes that many times to get the consistency right. We have Christmas music blaring through the house. We spend Christmas Eve with my husband’s family—opening gifts and preparing for Santa. Christmas Day, we wake up really early and devour all the pretty presents under the tree, Christmas music still blaring through the house.

We spend the day with my family. It is normally a super chill day of just hanging out and enjoying family time. Usually, we end up having Nerf gun wars. Christmas is a total success if you find Nerf darts in the Christmas tree when you are picking up your ornaments. I cannot pick one of these traditions that is my favorite. My holidays would not be the same without all of them. –Krystral Cooper Christen

pre-crisis Shaya for something we dubbed “Reveillon-ukkah.” Lamb and pomegranates. Very festive.

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I hope you’ll try this tradition. Maybe we’ll even bump into you there. But no matter how you celebrate your holidays, they’re always better when you’re sharing food and drink with someone you love. –Andrew Marin These holidays, my tradition is simple: there’s She and me and the critters.

Three days before Christmas, I make a big pot of chicken vegetable soup for dinner; we eat well, and I thicken the leftovers with a blond roux and refrigerate them. I’ve also shopped for eggs, waffles, wine, coffee, etc. We take a trip to Family Dollar, where we’ll spend a whopping 10 bucks each for Christmas presents for each other.

Christmas Day, I cook breakfast and roll a pleasant pie crust and bake a big chicken pot pie.

The pie bakes, breakfast is served, and we haven’t gotten (nor will we get) out of our pajamas.

It’s probably no surprise that my favorite holiday tradition revolves around eating and drinking. Every winter, my perpetual plus-one and I do a Réveillon dinner. Creoles invented these Christmas meals as a follow-up to midnight mass, and now New Orleans restaurants celebrate them as seasonal dinners.

We’ve eaten foie gras and Banyuls terrine, a decadent French classic, at pre-crisis Restaurant August. We’ve visited (and left) Galatoire’s, because we couldn’t afford to bid in a table auction.

We’ve drunk “Yule Shoot Yer Eye Out” cocktails at what was Sainte Marie, now semi-resurrected as MeauxBar. We’ve eaten hot gumbo at Tujague’s on a cold Christmas Eve. And yes, we’ve even returned to Galatoire’s on a non-auction night and eaten escargot while drinking too much champagne.

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We will putter about the house, watch It’s a Wonderful Life for the 200th time, and eat pot pie with cranberry sauce.

Our gifts will be assembled around the floor heater, and we’ll wrap and later rip open and giggle lots—staying the children that we never grow tired of being. Even if I leave the house, I will not change out of my jammies and slippers; I will wake lazy, stay lazy, and go to bed that night having been lazy all day.

Oh, did I tell you about having ice cream and cheesecake and sitting on the porch waving at the neighbors? –Phil LaMancusa I am a traditionalist when it comes to Christmas—not in the faith-based or conventional family-style sense—but still and all, I love rituals and customs, whether classic or self-made. From the time I was a kid, my idea of Christmas was tagging along with my parents to visit all the “open house” parties that their friends and family threw.

We did this until they passed on to that forever festivity above and beyond. This left me to make my own routines and treasured moments.

For years, Boyfriend and I have enjoyed being The Tipping Santas. Christmas giftgiving has always been too contrived, complicated. You buy gifts for one friend and not another, and soon, you’ve either spent your rent money or hurt some feelings along the way. Yet giving is fun, and so we wrap up greenbacks with ribbons and tip (extravagant as we can afford) random bartenders and waiters. Love to go for a cup of coffee somewhere and leave a 20 gussied up with a

etched on the side of a dreidel. I honestly feel pressure now to top last season’s over-thetop design. –Greg Roques

red bow.

This year, we may tweak our Santa tipping tradition and send those monies to Mexico, Puerto Rico, and our still-recovering Texas.

–Debbie Lindsey Being a cat-owner truly devours all other aspects of your personality in the eyes of your friends. When pressed to describe you, their default response is always, “They’re cat people.” It’s not uncommon for your besties to greet you with a clever t-shirt, magnet, or coloring book they just had to buy you, featuring a kitten skiing through space on Kit Kat bars shooting lasers out of its eyes at an

exploding unicorn. And you better expect to be tagged in all things that “meow” on social media. It’s as if everyone else is a dogperson by default—cat people are a peculiar aberration that must be singled out and examined for sanity.

Your only choice is to own it—and my wife and I own it something extra. Being a graphic artist by trade, I’ve Photoshopped our precious purr-pal into endless scenarios printed on birthday cakes, wedding decorations, and, of course, our annual holiday card. The previous three years, she has served as a digital feline stand-in for an elf, the baby Jesus, and had her likeness

Each year, the Mystic Krewe of the Silver Ball hosts its infamous "White Elephant Gift Exchange." Everybody brings a wrapped gift, potentially suitable (or unsuitable) for anyone in attendance. The mystery gifts are put on display, and participants are randomly selected to pick a gift. The first person selected unwraps their gift and keeps it, but will have an option to steal another gift after everybody else has participated. On subsequent turns, each chosen person has the option to either select a new, unopened gift, or steal somebody else's opened gift.

In our group, we take pride in coming up with clever gifts. Gifts can be beautiful, handmade items that everybody wants, or items that will have great meaning to a certain percentage of people, but not others.

The ideal gift can be both odd and funky, but also highly desirable.

It’s always funny to find out, at the end of the night, that what someone thought was a gag gift was actually something very nice! Or vice versa. One person opened a box that was thought to contain a kitchen appliance, but instead, contained appliances better suited for a more intimate room in the house. Whether it’s a Michael Bolton t-shirt, a velvet canvas depicting Elvis, or a unicorn clock made from an old tree trunk, there’s a good chance someone thinks it’s ugly, while another person thinks it’s awesome.

–Mike Perry

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after opening that gift—whatever it was—I think, “Wow, what an ungrateful brat I was!”

One example was when I was about 16 years old and I kept asking my mom for a digital camera. But I specifically wanted a video camera for my Media Arts class. My mom (aka Santa) did buy me a digital camera (pictured right) that year, but it was not a video camera. I excitedly opened the present, then immediately lost my cool. I was furious! How dare she spend a couple hundred dollars buying me a digital camera during a time when digital cameras were a luxury and camera phones did not exist? (Insert sarcasm.)

I went on to use that camera for the next six to seven years of my life. And I actually ended up loving that gift. Get this, I still have it. Moral of the story is: always be grateful, because your worst gift could become your best. Thanks, Mommy!

–Kimmie Tubre

Our Writers Are Gifted Best & Worst Gifts Our Staff Has Ever Received

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crocheted beer koozie? Rudolph boxer shorts with a light-up nose? A membership to the Bacon-ofthe-Month club? Everyone has that amazing gift they never forgot or that hideous one they never quite got over. And even if you don’t want to be the Grinch who commercialized Christmas, let’s be honest, a gift can really make or break your holiday season. We asked the Where Y’at writers to tell us about the best and/or worst gift they’ve ever received, and from New Kids on the Block tickets to a brick, they’ve come up with a list of nice (and not-so-nice) gifts that is worth checking twice.

One year, my mom thought it would be clever to wrap up a couple bags of raisins and stick them under the tree. Raisins.

As in, withered grapes. Rabbit poop lookalikes. The things that everyone picks out of cookies and no one wants in their bread pudding. Imagine ripping open a fancily wrapped package with a bow, having hopes of a real gift—even socks would have been preferable—and finding nothing but raisins. Definitely among the worst gifts I’ve ever gotten.

But interestingly, this was also one of my best gifts as well. For one thing, they were cinnamon-coated raisins (pictured right), which, sadly, no longer exist.

And I actually like raisins under other circumstances—when they’re not trying to pass as an appropriate Christmas gift.

The best part is that my brother was so

oddly jealous of my gift of raisins that he had a little temper tantrum and left our Christmas celebration to go pout in his room. He saw some deeper meaning in my receiving raisins from Mom, and said he never got special gifts like that. Go figure. In any case, his jealousy raised the value of the raisins in my eyes. It was sweet (and black and chewy) justification.

–Kathy Bradshaw Here’s a story about a young teen girl who was never satisfied. That girl was me.

I look back to the many times I whined and cried over a gift. I can’t say that I’ve ever received a “worst” gift, but I can say that there were many occasions where my mom (always my mom) would purchase something for me that I simply did not want. Every time I look back on my actions

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The best Christmas gift I’ve ever received wasn’t something that you could put in a box or wrap up in colorful paper.

My mom, when she thinks something I have looks hideous, has a knack of getting it replaced with something better right under my nose. So, when I was a junior in college, my mom called me before I came home for Christmas and said, “By the way, I’m getting your room redone. Merry Christmas.” So, my bedroom, which hadn’t been changed since middle school, got a complete overhaul. The best addition to the entire package was a narrow table on wheels that I can move up and down the length of my bed.

The worst Christmas gift I’ve ever gotten was during a Christmas Day party when my folks invited all of my elementary school classmates to our house (like, as a play date). Well, one of the kids who I never talked to (and I still can’t, for the life of me, even remember his name) went up to me and said, “I didn’t know what to get you, so here’s a brick.” I actually spent the rest of the party throwing that brick at the other kids. –Burke Bischoff The worst gift I ever received had to be from my brother a few years ago. He likes

to give random gifts, and I received a Chia Pet (pictured below). I’m not knocking the weird little plant holder, but anyone who knows me knows that I am horrible at maintaining any plants. So, a random animal-shape made of terracotta that sprouts chia is not my idea of a great gift.

I did not want to waste the gift, however, so I followed the directions. In the end, of course, the chia didn’t survive my black thumb and has made the Chia Pet number one on my “worst gifts I have received” list. –Krystral Cooper Christen It was a dark and stormy night. Literally.

I was nursing a bad liver and a broken heart a week before Christmas, was going to assuage my heartbreak by making some Christmas pudding, and had procured a bottle of brandy for the recipe.

Cheap brandy.

One hell of a storm put an end to that enterprise by issuing a lightning bolt the size of Cinemascope, effectively killing the electricity in households as far as the eye could see. The phone rang and it was her, asking after my welfare. What am I to say, “I’m freaking miserable”? Not me, not after a ruinous affair in which she got off scotfree and I got the dirty end of the stick.

I hung up and opened the bottle.

Eight hours later, I woke up gibbering like a gibbon, being held to a chair by four people. I’d had a blackout, scared everyone out of the house, and was

captured heading for my car. Somebody gave me a phone number to call.

I called and was told that the service was free and that I could learn a lot about myself; I began with the introduction, “Hello, my name is Phil, and I’m an alcoholic.” My best Christmas gift is a little wooden nickel that proclaimed that I had sobered up. –Phil LaMancusa As a child, the New Kids on the Block (pictured on page 46) were the best thing that ever entered my life!

On Christmas Eve of the year that the New Kids were coming to New Orleans, all of my siblings and my four cousins received a similarly wrapped gift.

All seven children opened the gifts simultaneously and, low and behold, they all received New Kids on the Block tickets.

I was shocked that I was left out of a gift that was better suited for me than any of them. I immediately started crying. My parents were less than thrilled with my reaction and threatened punishment if I didn’t get over it.

On Christmas morning I woke up, still saddened by the fact that I was forgotten.

I opened my gifts and acted excited because I didn’t want to seem ungrateful, but I could not stop thinking about the concert. Just as we were picking up, my mom came in with one last gift. I opened it, and there it was—the GOLDEN ticket!

I jumped up so quickly that I fell over

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and exposed my underwear to the video camera that my dad had set up to record my reaction. I cried in excitement! That Christmas ended in happy tears, but I realize how deranged my parents were to make me wait overnight, thinking that I was the only one not going to that concert. Kind of messed up, but I also realize now that those are the little joys that parenthood brings! –Kelly Sherlock The best Christmas gift came from my parents. It was a gift mutually agreed upon and shared by them, my sister, and me—the gift of not giving gifts. The four of us were all relieved when Christmas no longer involved returning ill-fitting gifts, or guilt at not spending enough or too much, or, as we grew older and farther away, the hassle of packing or shipping gifts. It frankly had come down to an exchange of money rather than something special. So, my practical parents let us off the hook to concentrate on the festivities. If money was spent, it could go towards food and drink, and perhaps some dining-out extravagance.

The best thing about this was it gave me the freedom to tell friends that I simply do not exchange Christmas gifts—a family tradition! I would rather buy a round of drinks and over-tip, take a friend out to lunch, and/or do the gift thing as a “happy” when one is not expecting a treat or trinket. Giving should be a year-round activity that comes without strings attached. However, if

circumstances dictate, bake or procure some sweets (at a local green market), and give the gift of indulgence! –Debbie Lindsey The best/worst present I ever received came from my parents in 2014.

Previously, when my mother made her annual call to cross-examine me for gift ideas, I suggested she buy me an Amazon gift card that I could put towards camera equipment. Imagine my surprise when Christmas morning, I discovered she bypassed the middle man and stashed a brand-new Canon ultra-wide-angle zoom lens in my stocking.

While my heartrate raced like eightyear-old me opening my first present of the season, something felt off. First, my mother generally reserved our stockings for small treats like candy and cocoa—this was a nearly $1,000 lens. Second, the equipment felt weightless, and its outer physique was rigid, as if petrified … it lacked the density and delicate finesse one expects from such an expensive specimen. My fortune quickly eroded to a brick of coal when I popped off the lens to discover, in a cruel act of taxidermy, that the lens had been hallowed out and transformed into a coffee tumbler.

But, when the holidays give you lemons, you make boozy lemonade. I now use the mug to smuggle liquor in my camera bag during Jazz Fest. –Greg Roques

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T Excessive Festin’

By Landon Murray

Introduction by Kathy Bradshaw

here’s not really any such thing as “festival season” in New Orleans anymore. Festivals are held all year long, and plenty of them. And most people think that’s a good thing. Any excuse to party, get out, listen to some music, and eat some good grub—no matter the theme. Love Cheez Whiz? Let’s have a Cheez Whiz Fest!

Construction on Bourbon Street? That seems fest-worthy as well. But, it just might be true that you can have too much of a good thing. Landon Murray looks at our festivalcrazed city and wonders if we’re not going overboard. Are we on festival overkill? Let’s take a break from our coolers, foldable chairs, and fried okra for a minute, and examine: when it comes to festivals, how much is too much?

A little over a year ago, some friends and I were on our way to a local festival.

Tummies were empty, drinks were in hand, and appetites were being prepared for disintegration. Eventually, drinks emptied into stomachs and heat began to overcome most of my group. One thing that didn’t happen on that fateful day was—you guessed it—getting some festival food. The lines were severely long, with some people waiting in the same spot for hours. Sure, the sounds of local musicians were a nice distraction, but we weren’t there for that. We were there for fried goodness.

I later learned a few things from the talkative folks meandering through the fest: Some people waited hours for food.

Others, like my friends, gave up after 45 minutes of non-eating events. As with some of the more popular local fests, thousands were forced to leave without the greasy residue of festival grub glistening off their fingertips. For me, the highlight of that day came afterwards with the delicious greasiness I enjoyed later at the Ideal Mart next to Bayou St. John.

To be fair, this and many other festivals were drastically improved the next year, as organizers took into consideration any difficulties and made appropriate changes.

And obviously, the huge crowds only confirm that many people are fest-aholics.

When I think about it, it seems obvious that a place as glorious and fun-filled as New Orleans needs a multitude of things to do for the unrelenting throngs of tourists that grace our lovely city for some rest, relaxation, and good food. Especially the good food. Many of these festivals are huge for both our residents and tourists. I know artists from all areas of creativity who thrive during these events, often selling more things than you can imagine, and hoping for one more good weekend before the city inevitably slows down during the dog days of July, August, and September.

These can be good things, but I must ask the question: Do we have a festival problem?

The answer is: probably. Every year, we have an Oyster Festival in June—which is akin to Boston having a snowball festival in August.

And there are a hundred more things of this nature.

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food culture, which is understandable. What's not understood is why we need an entire event centered around something that's as easy to track down in New Orleans as a Saints jersey. Are people just that lazy that they can't find beignets all year, or is it just throwing a party for the sake of throwing a party?

Also, isn’t New Orleans as a whole more interesting than any other place in terms of culture? We don’t need these things for people as much as we think. New Orleanians have been marching to their own beat for hundreds of years without needing a seafood festival to make us remember that, hey, we like seafood! With the way things are, if you told me that Andrew Jackson and other prominent NOLA residents threw fancy hat festivals during the time when fancy hats were a thing,

I’d believe it.

Looking at the New Orleans festivals calendar, you can see that in Orleans Parish alone this year, we have over 130 festivals or big events happening. Now, some of these are major music festivals (Voodoo, Jazz Fest, Buku, and Essence), and while these events are targeted more toward certain groups of people, many of these other festivals are for a wide range of people looking to get hold of whatever novelty each fest has to offer.

The problem here in town is similar to that of music festivals nationwide. Since the early days, Coachella, Bonnaroo, and a few others have been mainstays, but thousands of other festivals have popped up all over the country.

Some thrive, others drown out and fade pretty quickly due to the high number of options

for festival-goers. We won’t be delving into that terrain extensively, but by and large, New Orleans and the rest of the country seem to have a festival bubble that could soon implode under the weight of so many different options.

The truth is, we love a good festival here; it’s a way of life for us. But, the question is, do we really need all these different things? What happens when our thirst for events gets to the point where we’re having Saints-themed festivals during the offseason, or we have a pothole festival in every part of the city and make fruity drinks that we drink out of the rubble from our streets? And what of all the others that are going to be organized because it’s seen as a surefire way to make money and give everyone the good time they’re so eager for in New Orleans? The impact remains to be seen. And while the big-time, older, entrenched festivals aren’t going anywhere,

what does this mean for a city whose festival schedule is saturated with literally twice as many events as there are weeks in the year?

All of these aren’t going to last, and perhaps that’s just what needs to be if we want to have quality events instead of packing something in every week in order to celebrate—oh, I don’t know—po-boys of all things (which, of course, are also readily available at dozens of places throughout our area). It should be quality over quantity, and I think people forget that. Survival of the fittest is the name of the game, and if these events can sustain themselves and truly bring something unique and rare to our Crescent City, then I’m all for it. But, next time, let’s ask ourselves if we need all these festivals for things that are already commonplace here in town, or if we’re just that desperate for things to constantly stimulate us.

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Studio Inferno

The Chic of Arabi The once-sleepy St. Bernard Parish hamlet, just over New Orleans city limits, is increasingly bustling

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subletting to other artists. rtists, performers, and adventurous “It seems like it’s where everybody wants nightlife fans are flocking to St. to be lately,” Meraux Foundation board Claude Avenue. member Bill Haines said. “Arabi has just No, not in the Marigny, or even the got a real good vibe going now.”

Bywater. That’s old news. In 2017, they’re Studios and galleries, including Mitchell headed another few miles down Gaudet’s Studio Inferno the road and across the St. glassblowing space (6601 Bernard Parish line to St. Claude Ave.), attract Arabi. visitors from across the That’s where a region, including a two-city-block arts fair share from both complex called Orleans and St. Studio Arabi hosts Bernard parishes. a dozen artists’ And at night, they studios, plus the stop by for shows 210-seat Valiant at the Valiant, Theatre and where recent Lounge (6621 St. performances Claude Ave.) The have included complex is managed Triassic Parq, a by artists Mitchell musical parody of and Erica Gaudet, Jurassic Park told from who previously ran the dinosaurs’ point of Va e studios in the Bywater lia ng view, and a concert from nt T u o and the Bayou St. John local artists Typical Stereo heatre and L neighborhoods. They moved and Billsberry Flowboy. operations to Arabi in 2014, and “Once I get someone through are now leasing Studio Arabi from the St. the door of the Valiant, I start seeing Bernard nonprofit Meraux Foundation and them pretty regularly,” Executive Director

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Richard Mayer, who previously owned the Old Marquer Theatre in the Marigny, said.

“Once people realize how close Arabi is to New Orleans—it’s literally 30 feet away.”

But despite being just a few minutes’ drive from the French Quarter, much of the area was initially slow to redevelop after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures. But all of that has started to change in the last few years, Haines said, partially thanks to the area still being a relative bargain compared to areas like the Marigny and Bywater. “There are lots of things that are going to be happening in Arabi that it’s great to be out in front of,” he said.

Just down the street from the Arts District is Pirogue’s Whiskey Bayou (6940 St. Claude Ave.), which Pi r serves bourbon, as well ogu e's as craft and basic beer, in a hipster roadhouse-styled space. Its founders previously worked as bartenders in the Bywater, and coowner Muriel Altikriti said some of the bar’s first customers were regulars from Orleans Parish. But lately, they’ve seen a healthy mix from New Orleans, Arabi, and elsewhere. “We’ve been really blessed, because this area has just really welcomed us with open arms,” she said.

Pirogue’s hosts regular pop-up dining events and hopes to have a permanent kitchen tenant soon. But it’s not the only place to eat or drink in the area. The Kitchen Table Café (7005 St. Claude Ave.) has healthy lunch and dinner, including local seafood, at a reasonable

price in a cute location close to the action.

The Coffee House (7265 St. Claude Ave.) serves coffee, tea, smoothies, and pastries, along with free Wi-fi. And Gerald’s Donuts (6901 St. Claude Ave.) offers a classic diner-style menu and ambiance, open 24 hours a day.

A few blocks away, along the Mississippi River, the 40 Arpent Brewing Co. (6809 N. Peters St.) opened its tap room last year, where visitors can watch live sports on TV, enjoy frequent food truck visits, and naturally, try the brewery’s beers. And steps from the brewery is the Old Arabi Bar (6701 N. Peters St.). It’s a classic, ou New Orleans-style ay neighborhood pub that B Whiskey hosts regular live music and has inexpensive drinks, increasingly drawing fans from around the area.

More development along the waterfront could be in the works, Haines said, and a supermarket and food hall also might be on the way for St. Claude Avenue. A six-unit apartment building between the Studio Arabi complex and the Valiant Theatre is likely to turn into artists’ residences, and studios are popping up throughout the area.

“There are waiting lists everywhere that I know of for artists to come in,” he said.

“Arabi is an affordable, exciting area to be in."

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Backspace Bar 139 Chartres St. 322-2245

Stimulate your mind (and taste buds) at this literarythemed haunt that, while specializing in classic cocktails and comfort food, is known for their milk and cookies.

Bar Tonique 820 N. Rampart St. 324-6045

This joint is the embodiment of the craft cocktail movement, and their impressive cocktail list is only rivaled by the extensive knowledge of their bartenders.

Buffa’s Bar & Restaurant 1001 Esplanade Ave. 949-0038

This neighborhood gem has been “on the border of the Quarter since 1939,” with 24/7 full service at an affordable price and a live music backroom.

Crescent City Brewhouse Opened in 1991, this microbrewery in the heart of the Quarter became the first brewpub in New Orleans and 527 Decatur St. Louisiana; so grab a pint—prost!

522-3901 Effervescence 1036 N. Rampart St. 509-7644

The perfect date spot, this champagne bar oozes elegance all around, and their extensive sparkling wine list is perfectly complemented by their small plates menu.

Finn McCool's 3701 Banks St. 486-9080

This Mid-City Irish pub has ample outdoor seating, an extensive list of whiskies, and it’s the perfect place to enjoy beer. Soccer fans will rejoice!

Gattuso’s 435 Huey P. Long Ave. 368-1114

Head to Gretna’s Historic District for this Westbank gem with 14 beers on tap and a full menu stocked with New Orleans favorites like crawfish dip.

Golden Lantern 1239 Royal St. 529-2860

Famous not only for the founding of Southern Decadence, the Golden Lantern is also reputed to have one of the best Bloody Marys in the city.

Hermes Bar at Antoine's 725 St. Louis St. 581-4422

Featuring encased Mardi Gras memorabilia, the Hermes Bar is about as Old New Orleans as it gets. Try their takes on the Sazerac or Ramos Gin Fizz.

Hot Tin 2031 St. Charles Ave. 323-1500

This penthouse-turned-bar on the rooftop of The Pontchartrain Hotel offers a 270-degree view of Downtown, the Mississippi River, and St. Charles Avenue.

House of Blues 225 Decatur St. 310-4999

This well-established concert venue also houses its own bar and restaurant with a menu featuring regional dishes from Nashville hot wings to Voodoo Shrimp.

Jimani 141 Chartres St. 524-0493

If you’re looking for somewhere to end your late-night (or early-morning) adventures, Jimani is the French Quarter spot. Be sure to try their Bacon Bloody Mary.

Kerry Irish Pub 331 Decatur St. 527-5954

With no cover charge, you can enjoy live music at Kerry’s almost nightly. They are also reputed to pour the best Guinness in town, so grab a pint or two today!

Martine's Lounge 2347 Metairie Rd. 831-8637

This Metairie neighborhood hideout does Happy Hour right—every day from 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. Come grab a domestic beer for only $2 or try a seasonal cocktail.

Pal's Lounge 949 N. Rendon St. 488-7257

Located in a nondescript house in Mid-City, Pal’s Lounge will make you feel right at home with affordable drinks, plenty of pool tables, and food pop-ups.

Pat O'Brien's Bar 718 St. Peter St. 525-4823

As the inventor of the Hurricane, this bar has been a longstanding destination for visitors clamoring to try the fruity rum concoction in their gorgeous courtyard.

Port Orleans Brewing Co. 4124 Tchoupitoulas St. 266-2332

This up-and-coming brewery has already established itself through the off-beat beer it crafts, so go enjoy one of their brews on their outdoor, dog-friendly patio.

Rick’s Cabaret 315 Bourbon St. 524-4222

Rick’s Cabaret sets itself apart from the rest of Bourbon Street with over 18,000 square feet and two floors; so stop in for a drink and stay for the show.

Rick's Sporting Saloon 522 Bourbon St. 552-2510

Rick’s has all the amenities of a sports bar and gentlemen’s club. Drinks are half price every day until 7 p.m., making it well worth the stop on Bourbon Street.

Rivershack Tavern 3449 River Rd. 834-4938

Only in New Orleans is there a bar with a barter system involving free drinks for tacky ashtrays. Rivershack Tavern is off the beaten path, but it is well worth the visit.

Shamrock Bar & Grill 4133 S. Carrollton Ave. 307-4350

With 16,000 square feet of fun, this neighborhood bar is great for groups of friends, with 23 pool tables and dozens of games, including ping-pong and shuffleboard.

The Country Club 634 Louisa St. 945-0742

A Bywater secret for over 40 years, this newly renovated restaurant and bar is an absolute tropical oasis for dining in or drinking with friends.

Tracey's 2604 Magazine St. 897-5413

Established in 1949, Tracey’s is the original Irish Channel bar and has been consistently serving cold beer paired with their amazing roast beef po-boys for years.

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The two previous Thor films always seemed like placeholders to quell audiences’ excitement for upcoming bigger and better Marvel comic book movie adaptations. Yes, the Thor films are mildly entertaining, but no great shakes ... until now.

Thor: Ragnarok is by far the best of the Thor movies, thanks to a gleefully tongue-incheek approach.

The God of Thunder, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), must battle his wicked sister Hela (Cate Blanchett) from destroying his home of Asgard. Along the way, an oppressive ruler (a hilarious Jeff Goldblum) forces him into arena combat, which is where Thor reunites with Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). Thor also teams up with his adopted trickster brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), as well as the hard-drinking Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson).

Director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows) has fashioned Ragnarok as an action-comedy with the emphasis on comedy. This really is the funniest Marvel movie to date. Waititi takes so many typical action movie moments and completely turns them on their ear. For example, in one scene, Thor delivers an impassioned speech about how he is the one to save Asgard. To emphasize his point, he intends to throw a concrete ball through a window. However, the ball bounces off the shatterproof window and hits our hero in the head, knocking him out cold. Something silly like that happens every few minutes in Ragnarok, making this film completely disarming, even if it is a little longish.

As for the action scenes, they are very exciting, and to have Led Zeppelin's “Immigrant Song” play during not one, but two big action moments is pretty bad-ass.

Murder on the Orient Express

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Among Agatha Christie’s work, Murder on the Orient Express has been adapted more than any other, except And Then There Were None (a.k.a. Ten Little Indians). For those familiar with the story, it can either be wearying or like hearing talented musicians perform covers of the same song. For the most part, director/star Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express is a fun one.

Branagh plays legendary detective Hercule Poirot. He finds himself stranded on the Orient Express train during a blizzard. Other passengers include a gangster (Johnny Depp), a princess (Judi Dench), a governess (Daisy Ridley), a racist professor (Willem Dafoe), and others. Before too long, one of them is murdered.

There’s a reason filmmakers and TV producers keep coming back to Murder on the Orient Express through the years– it’s a good story. Following Christie’s blueprint with a strong cast that also includes Michelle Pfeiffer and Derek Jacobi, keeps Branagh’s film on solid ground for most of its running time.

There’s an awkward fight scene late in the film that’s not in the book, but other than that, Branagh keeps things zipping along and commands the screen well in the lead role of Poirot.

The script (by Michael Green) emphasizes the sadness of the film’s resolution to good effect (the biggest flaw in Sidney Lumet’s 1974 adaptation is the way it handles the conclusion).

If you’re a fan of mysteries, Murder on the Orient Express is worth seeing. It would be nice if it does well and encourages Hollywood to put more whodunits on the big screen.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

By Fritz Esker Writer-director Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) has made his strongest film to date with the black comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. It’s a movie that’s likely to see some Oscar nominations, especially for lead actress Frances McDormand (Fargo).

Several months after the grisly murder of Mildred Hayes’s (McDormand) teenage daughter, the police still have no leads. So, she rents three billboards and puts messages on them calling out the town’s beloved, cancer-stricken sheriff (Woody Harrelson) for the lack of progress. Soon, the town is turning on McDormand, no one more forcefully than a lunkheaded deputy (Sam Rockwell) with a history of violence.

McDonagh’s script and McDormand’s portrayal of Mildred keep her from being a pure-hearted victim. She’s confrontational, biting, and sometimes cruel. A flashback shows that her nasty edge existed even before her daughter’s death, and another character describes her as “never having a kind word for anyone.” But McDormand keeps her character grounded and human. She’s funny, heartbreaking, and a force of nature.

The story is at turns sad, bitter, and angry, but it never feels like nihilism for nihilism’s sake.

Despite all of the darkness, there is a beleaguered hope and humanity on display. Lastly, in this era of people screaming at each other endlessly online, there’s a refreshing message here about how the best way to get through to others is by appealing to the better angles of their nature.

If you’re looking for Hollywood to make original, intelligent, adult-oriented films, Three Billboards is exactly the kind of movie you need to go see in the theater.

Suburbicon

By Fritz Esker George Clooney has made a solid career for himself as a director. He has a few critically acclaimed films (Good Night and Good Luck, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) under his belt. I also enjoyed Leatherheads and The Monuments Men, which both received a less-than-enthusiastic response from many critics. So, it pains me to say that Suburbicon is a misfire.

Clooney and his writing/producing partner Grant Heslov updated a decadesold Coen Brothers script set in 1950s small-town America. Matt Damon is living with his paralyzed wife (Julianne Moore) and son (Noah Jupe). Damon’s sister-in-law (also Julianne Moore) is a frequent visitor.

But one night, there is a home invasion that leaves Damon’s wife dead. Soon, it becomes clear that there’s more to the case than a burglary gone wrong.

Among all of this is a subplot about the first African American family to move into Suburbicon. The subplot seems like it belongs in an entirely different movie. It doesn’t fit into the main story, and the minority characters have no traits other than put-upon decency.

Unfortunately, the main plot has its problems, too. Sometimes, when an accomplished filmmaker has a decades-old script that he hasn’t made, there’s a good reason for that. One of Woody Allen’s weakest films is 2009’s Whatever Works, which was also from a decades-old script that got dusted off and put into production. Suburbicon feels like a rehash of elements of other, better Coen Bros. films like Fargo and Blood Simple. But Suburbicon doesn’t have the cleverness of Blood Simple or the soul that Frances McDormand brought to Fargo.

The bright spots of the film are Jupe’s strong performance as Damon’s son and the alwaysentertaining Oscar Isaac’s too-brief role as an insurance claims investigator. They aren’t enough to sustain the rest, which is an ugly mess.

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TalesFromTheQuarter

By Debbie Lindsey

Friendship—A Labor of Love

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riend (frend), n. 1. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. 2. a patron or supporter. 3. a person who is not hostile. 4. a member of the Society of Friends: Quaker.

My dictionary gives a slightly broader definition of what it takes to be or to have a friend. In one sense, it lets me off the hook for not being a more diligent friend. According to Random House, just not being hostile is enough to qualify as someone’s “friend.” I don’t think so. And I am not a Quaker, so we will skip #4. A patron or supporter could mean I am “friends” with Winn-Dixie … not exactly; but perhaps patronage to my bartender has lead to a solid relationship. I believe the first interpretation is the one with a bit more bearing on friendships. Although, I will fall back on the meaning behind curtain #3 when feeling guilty about not being there for someone, or putting myself ahead of their welfare, or not sharing that last slice of pizza with them.

A friendship has always been something that I was taught to revere, to cherish, to be proud of. Somewhere along the way, the word was given more meaning and importance than that of a mere “acquaintance.” You could be friendly to a neighbor, customer, coworker, or someone you merely pass on the street, without them becoming a part of your life and you theirs. My parents and my sister always placed their friends in very high regard. They were special in the hierarchy of folks they knew. Sure, I was taught to respect any and all, but the people you take on as your confidants are those who have your back and you damn well better have theirs.

Did I grow up placing too much importance upon these people who enter my life, or has the world become too friendly? I answer: no, no, and well, maybe yes. You can never underestimate the power and value of a friendship. However, Facebook has certainly diluted and undermined the credibility of the term “friend.” They have taken the noun and turned it into a verb and allowed mere strangers to wedge themselves into your

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personal world. Sure, most on social media invite, approve, and encourage this acquisition of people, and some might go for the numbers—just how many “friends” they can garner seems to be a goal for some. Harmless, I assume, but it is still trivializing a real relationship (or so I feel).

But just how stuck on the word should I be? Why shouldn’t I introduce a customer as my friend or elevate the rapport I have with a neighbor to, “This is my friend, Shelley.”

Perhaps the dictionary has it right—anyone not hostile can be a friend! But then, what about the dear and loyal friend of many years that just has that small nasty gene that makes that person hostile from time to time? Does she love me any less? No. Sure, it would be nice to forgo the sh*tty attitude … but not the friend.

Oh, and this leads me to the “BEST FRIEND” category. How can I call her my best friend when she is also my best friend; and what about him? He has been my best friend since high school. And then there are my best friends from the old neighborhood; and what about the old Mobile gang of BFF (swore I would never use this sophomoric acronym)? I feel guilty or rude to reference someone as a BEST and not another dear friend. Oh, screw it—all my friends will now be best friends. Hell, if they can put up with me, they deserve a medal of honor (and one for bravery).

Years ago, a boyfriend (yeah, here’s another whole category. Girlfriend: platonic, unless I’m gay; boyfriend: romantic, unless he is gay—then I am confused and so is he; and so on and on…) Wait, where was I? Okay, some years back, this boyfriend said I had too many friends and that he just couldn’t have that many. At the time, I thought he was so wrong, and I felt sorry for him not wanting more friends. Now, I think he was on to something.

If you ascribe to definition #1 and feel that friendships come with responsibility and are treasures you work for and maintain, then he was correct. How do you possibly have the resources, emotions, and time to be there fully for more than a few? I have come to realize I have taken on more friends than I am capable of caring for. In “caring for,” I mean giving unselfishly of myself. I am just too damn selfish. And when not being selfish, I simply have not the time to be there for them. Should I “break up” with these wonderful people?

Or might I hope they are fully aware of my shortcomings, glean something of worth from me, and not dump me?

An old saying of mine: “My friends are the best thing about me.” And now I realize, the worst thing about me is when I take them for granted. One can never have too many friends. But one must know that these are the most important acquisitions you will ever make, and that friendships do come in the form of family, neighbors, co-workers, and co-conspirators, and even the stranger that walks into your life—never to be a stranger again—and simply connects.

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By Phil LaMancusa

A la Mode OR Café Quips

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weave into The Hummingbird Restaurant at dawn’s crack, and the cashier yells to the cook/server, “Burn one with whiskey, cuppa Joe!” And I sit, knowing a well-done burger on rye toast and a cup of coffee is on the way. Mama, I’m home.

Pair of drawers. Adam and Eve on a raft. Burn one with frog sticks. Gimme a Pittsburgh with wheels. One Blue Plate.

86 Eve with a lid, and fire table 12. Hubba hubba! All restaurant lingo—ask any waitress who’s spent time slingin’ hash front of the house or a shoemaker who’s worked a lefthanded spatula on a turn-and-burn hot line.

“Comin’ through; make a hole; on your ass; I’ll burn you!” is food-service speak for “Get the fork out of the way (!),” and anyone who has done time behind an apron (and who hasn’t?) is familiar with words strung together like shorthand commands barked in kitchens, indicating instructions to avoid mayhem or confusion. Unless I’m totally ignorant of the way kitchens around the globe work efficiently, there are probably the same types of phrases used in Brighton, Brittany, Bangkok, Bombay, Bangladesh, and Beijing.

Equivalent to verbal skeet shooting, they are power punches to your cerebral cortex, signaling immediate action on your part in a cacophonic madhouse. There may be such a thing as a quiet kitchen—I think, perhaps, in a monastery.

Pearl divers in the pit (dishwashers) are rattling racks of utensils, computer terminals are spitting out tickets, the wheelman is barking “all day’s” or “dragging kitten fish for my four-top!” Pots and pans beating like timpani on fiery stovetops, oven doors being slammed open and kicked shut, the hiss of steam, the smell of sweat, and the prospect of bloodshed and temper flare-ups are all part of the job, and when someone yells “HOT STUFF!”, they ain’t talking about your mama. The dash and dare of demented dervishes, timing food orders—getting food “right,” in line, on time, and with everyone at the table being served in the same minute—is an art unapparent to customers. In the dining room, it’s all a Vienna waltz; in the kitchen, it’s like a prison riot. I’ve been part of both sides and I kid you not.

“I need this on the rail; put a wiggle on it; rush me an order of fries; where’s that steak?

Fire the salad; goddammit, who’s got table three? Soup’s low! ORDERING!” is part and parcel of communications between gourmet gladiators and hash-slinging heroes alike.

To work the front of the house in the home of the brave, you have to know the difference between a deuce and a dumpster, a four-top from a fork lift, a banquette from a biscuit. You have to know that when a cook slides a plate at you and says—no matter how softly—“hot plate,” that they are very seldom joking. That when a bartender says, loudly, to the world:

“PICK UP!”, you turn to make sure that he’s not talking about you; when someone at your back yells, “Behind you!”, he’s not getting fresh.

You dread the triple-seating that can occur during the rush, shift double-backs; you grow to hate campers; you’re constantly on the lookout for dine-and-dashers, and roll your eyes at that verbal tip.

Approaching the kitchen is as demeaning as asking for alms: “Chef, do we fry in peanut oil? Is there any dairy in the soup? Can we make that gluten-free? Can we split the main course? Can we heat up this baby bottle?”

“The customer says that this is not medium rare; they say they found a hair; they said that they didn’t like it (but they ate most of it); here’s that ice water you wanted.”

No matter what capacity you work in at a place of eating, it’s an exercise in humility and in training, running the gamut of a sadomasochistic pecking-order survival course. “Tenderfoot is in the weeds; her food’s dying in the window; she’s buried, slammed, in the sh*t.” “PANS DOWN! ORDERING!” The more experienced staff members can be cruel to newbies; in many cases, it’s a get-tough-or-die sandbox mentality with managers looking on to see where/who the weak links are. Schedules are arbitrary and nebulous in logic; you work when you’re needed and “get cut” when you’re not. It’s easy to cop an attitude and become cynical about the whole restaurant experience. I believe “kiss my grits” is an apt way of putting thoughts into feelings.

The examples that the media and motion pictures have portrayed give us pause to consider the workings of food service as anything but cheap theatrics: Mel’s Diner; Frank’s Place; Frankie and Johnny; Chef; Feeding the Beast; Julie and Julia; Burnt; The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Babette’s Feast; Chocolat; A Chef in Love; Like Water for Chocolate; to name a few—showing romance, adventure, mystery, and buffoonery.

Books like Kitchen Confidential, Roasting in Hell’s Kitchen, Heat, The Soul of a Chef, How I Learned to Cook, Kitchens, White Heat, The Perfectionist, The Apprentice, and Iron Chef all show how being a chef is a man’s job. A job that goes by title and demands no disrespect.

As usual, a woman in the same position has to work twice as hard for less money (and be capable of being twice as malevolent) to accomplish the job and will still be excluded from “celebrity” status. Waiters must use guile, charm, dexterity, intuition, resourcefulness, and bladder control to survive.

From a long and exhaustive tenure in food service, I can look back and say that it is theater, an ad-lib performance that happens every shift of every day. The cast assembles, the curtain rises, and the person in charge looks knowingly and announces, “Showtime!”

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Below are our staff's favorite #NOLA hashtags on Instagram for November. Tag us @WhereYatNola or #WhereYatNola to be featured in an upcoming issue.

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@_BloodyAwesome: Heading to #NewOrleans for a little #business. Never forget the #BloodyAwesome to kick up the #BloodyMary.

BUKU Music & Art Project has released the first installment of their 2018 lineup. The annual two-day festival will return to Mardi Gras World on March 9 and 10. The first phase lineup guarantees performances

by Bassnectar, MGMT, SZA, Alison Wonderland, Borgore, and Flatbush Zombies, to name a few. The first tier of two-day passes have already sold out; tickets are now available starting at $175.

TaylorSwiftToMakeNOLATourStopIn2018 Taylor Swift has released the first round of dates for her 2018 stadium tour days after the release of her sixth studio album Reputation. The 10time Grammy winner will kick off her world tour in Arizona on May 8. Swift is slated to play in New Orleans on September 22, 2018, at the MercedesBenz Superdome. Tickets will become available for the general public starting on December 13.

@dankie1982: If you come over to MY HOUSE, you BETTER root for The #Saints or GTF OUT! @Saints #WhoDatNation @PizzaNOLA: The big #Nola economic announcement is that king cakes return in 54 days. #YouHeardItHereFirst @ElexaDixon: #OneTimeInNOLA I randomly wandered into Lucky’s and found a ridiculously talented assortment of musicians for open mic night #followyournola @LeadHospitality: 2 weeks ago, I was pretty sick and lost 10 lbs…thanks to 7 days in the #bigeasy #NOLA I am pretty sure I’ve gained 20…@LaBoulanderieNO @WickedWitch89: Waking up to the smell of Cajun cooking is the only way to wake up #FollowYourNOLA

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Top Taco’s Shane Finkelstein enjoyed The Morning 40 Federation on Halloween night with wife Courtney.

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Emeril Lagasse and Nina Compton of Compère Lapin attended Bourbon, Boudin, and Beer.

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Fats Domino was remembered fondly at his memorial second line.

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The Boystown of New Orleans’s Retro Re-Prom at Grand Oaks Mansion was prom revisited.

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The best costumes on Halloween night were found on Frenchmen Street.

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DJ Quickie Mart dressed the part for the party hosted by Baron Samedi Spiced Rum.

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The LA-SPCA’s Howlin’ Success Fundraiser featured a theme of “Out of This World.”

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The Metro's Halloween Party featured great costumes and music.

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Joseph Riccobono and sister Heather celebrated the one-year anniversary and launch of lunch service at Sala Restaurant.

10. The WW II Museum’s Victory Ball honored handsome soldiers in uniform.

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The Circle Bar was established in 1999. The building, at 1032 St. Charles Ave., has a history as interesting as its current look. One of the oldest structures on Lee Circle, it was built around 1883, replacing an antebellum frame house. Its unique look comes from the various periods of architectural styles–including Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, and late Victorian–all joined together to create a look unlike any other, with cocktails and live music, too.

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La Crepe Nanou.

Irish/Italian sgetti, Gizney stew, and devilish eggs.

Squash.

Banana nut pie. Enough said!

Henri Maison Poup-De Long.

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Chophouse. Blows me away!

Cornbread dressing, fried turkey, and cannolis.

Yams.

Oreo pie. Cuz I'm layered!

My Uncle Kerry. He's a vacuum!

Where Y’at Chat Questions: 1. It's Where Y'at's Holiday Dining Guide issue! At what restaurant would you have your holiday feast?

2. Name three of your favorite holiday food items.

3. What holiday food did you not favor as a kid that, as an adult, you do?

4. What kind of cake or pie best describes you?

5. Who among your family or friends eats the most during the holidays?

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Commander's Palace.

Prime rib, horseradish cream, and creamed spinach.

Fruit cake.

Strawberry rhubarb pie. Sweet, yet strong!

My brother, Kalin. He’s 6'5'' storage!

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Muriel's Jackson Square.

Gumbo, mashed taters with gravy, and chicken fried steak!

Creamed spinach.

Sweet and tart cherry pie. Cuz, I am.

My mother, Maxine! The "Sign Lady."

New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood Co. Mac-n-cheese, seafood dressing, and turkey.

Spice.

Fresh banana pudding pie. I'm natural!

My brother, Larry! Capable man.

Domenica!

Yams, erster dressing, and mirlitons.

Creamed spinach.

Rouse's Gentilly Lace. I'm simple.

My cousin, Ray. Big time!

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Anyone in the Where Y'at issue.

Turkey, oyster dressing, and cranberry sauce.

Nothing … not even one!

Original, home-baked cake. I'm from scratch!

YOU! My daughter.

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Cornbread dressing, stuffed peppers, and, oh yeah, fried turkey.

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German chocolate cake. Because I'm rich and flavorful!

My nephew, Joseph—again and again and...

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Pasole, beans-n-franks, and a quarter pounder with cheese.

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Marion Berry pie. I'm elusive!

THE CAT, Malei.

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My house! Just renovated my kitchen.

Pickle spears with Kool-Aid mix, stovetop s'mores, and potato chip chicken.

Jameson!

Anything upside down. Self-explanatory.

RuPaul! She's on the Tic Tac diet.