New Orleans...Few Cities Celebrate Food, Fun and French Architecture Quite Like New Orleans
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Welcome to New Orleans...Few cities celebrate food, fun and French architecture quite like New Orleans. And what else would you expect from the city that gave us jazz, Creole cooking, Poker and the world-famous Bourbon Street? New Orleans is a dense melting pot of so many different cultures, languages and influences from around the world, which makes it a culinary and nightlife experience like no other. While you don’t have to go far for a good bite to eat or drink, we’ve created this handy “Insider’s Guide” to help you find the best beignet, jambalaya and po’ boy while strolling through the French Quarter. So, enjoy your time experiencing the most historical, haunted and hell-raising city this side of the Mississippi! Insider’s Guide to NEW ORLEANS Downtown/French Quarter Antoine’s Restaurant Brennan’s Coop’s Place French-Creole Creole Cajun (504) 581-4422 (504) 525-9711 (504) 525-9053 https://antoines.com www.brennansneworleans.com www.coopsplace.net World-renowned French-Creole cuisine since Fine-dining landmark famed for Creole Coop’s is the real deal since 1893. Staples 1840. Known as the birthplace of such culinary cuisine, posh breakfasts and bananas Foster like shrimp Creole, Cajun-fried chicken, fried classics as Oysters Rockefeller, Eggs Sardou for dessert. The menus are rooted in Creole oysters and rabbit and sausage jambalaya (poached eggs over artichoke bottoms with traditions and are bolstered with contempo- are always good bets for lunch, or order the anchovies, topped with hollandaise sauce) rary New Orleans influences, marrying classic tasting plate, which features the items above and Pommes de Terre Souffles. and modern techniques enhancing the local, along with scrumptious portions of seafood seasonal offerings. gumbo and red beans and rice with sausage. Arnaud’s Restaurant Creole Broussard’s Deanie’s Seafood in the French Quarter (504) 523-5433 Creole Seafood www.arnaudsrestaurant.com (504) 581-3866 (504) 581-1316 Arnaud’s Restaurant has been serving classic https://broussards.com www.deanies.com Creole cuisine in the French Quarter since Broussard’s has been around since 1920, For more than 50 years, Deanie’s has been 1918. A number of menu items have been offering tasty executions of Creole standbys serving giant seafood platters, so bring your served since the restaurant opened, including such as veal and crawfish in a béchamel sauce, appetite (or a few people with you) when Shrimp Arnaud, Trout Meuniere Amandine, and redfish stuffed with shrimp, crabmeat and dining on the best boiled, broiled and fried Clemenceau, Fried Soft Shell Crabs and oysters, as well as bottomless mimosas. The seafood of deep-fried oysters, shrimp, catfish, Turtle Soup. Don’t leave without having a cup on-site Empire Bar does for classic cocktails soft-shell crabs and crawfish croquettes. of their “Cafe Brulot,” which they prepare what the restaurant does for old-line Creole tableside. cuisine. Dian Xin Dim Sum Attiki Bar & Grill Café Du Monde (504) 266-2828 Mediterranean Café www.facebook.com/dianxinnola (504) 587-3756 (504) 525-4544 Its expansive menu runs the gamut of small www.attikineworleans.com www.cafedumonde.com plates like Xiaolongbao and complete entrees, The owners, Jordanian natives, use family Iconic New Orleans cafe known for café au plus an expansive salt-and-pepper menu, the recipes handed down from generations in laits, chicory coffee and beignets since 1862. squid being a particular standout. Not a single order to ensure that their guests experience Scrumptious, piping hot beignets sprinkled dish on the menu misses, be it breakfast favor- genuine Mediterranean cuisine. Relaxed, with “magic fairy dust” (aka confectionery ites like jianbing or American Chinese comfort group-friendly restaurant with hookah pipes sugar) and out-of-this-world coffee, including staples like General Tso’s chicken. and belly dancers. a wonderful chicory version, make this legend- ary French Quarter cafe one of “the best ways to start your day in the Big Easy” – or end it (it’s open 24 hours). Downtown/French Quarter (cont.) Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse Galatoire’s Steak House French/Creole (504) 522-2467 (504) 525-2021 www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com www.galatoires.com Serving up reliable, full-flavored Cajun and Shrimp remoulade and pompano with crab Creole fare for nearly 60 years. New Orleans, meat are must-orders at this jackets-required a city of seafood and swamp ingredients, Bourbon Street grand dame dating back to isn’t known as a steak town. Yet this steak- 1905. High-end Creole food has been beauti- house is considered one of the greatest in the fully executed here for more than a hundred South. Meats such as a 24-ounce ribeye and years, including the best of traditional French- a roasted prime rib get rubbed with Creole Creole dishes like escargot, souffle potatoes, seasoning. crabmeat Yvonne, shrimp étouffée, Gulf fish a la meunière amandine and seafood okra gumbo. Doris Metropolitan Steak House (504) 267-3500 Irene’s La Mensa Italian Italian https://dorismetropolitan.com/en/new-orleans (504) 529-8811 (504) 325-5789 Expertly prepared menus using flavors and techniques that play on Middle Eastern https://irenesnola.com www.lamensanola.com heritage to shine a spotlight on dry-aged Upscale Italian classics draw crowds to this This is a place for a plate of carpaccio or beef and the highest quality meats, which are homey yet elegant dining room with a piano arancini, stuffed squash blossoms and octopus offered alongside vegetable-forward appetiz- bar. Cannelloni to die for, irresistible duck, salad, pizza, pasta and a short list of more ers, exotic and local seafood, a thoughtfully lamb chops both delicate in flavor and hearty composed entrees, like the fire-roasted scal- sourced caviar menu and seasonal sides. enough for any appetite. Roasted eggplant lops with grapefruit butter over risotto. soup and extraordinary, complimentary bruschetta everyone is served when they are Faubourg Bistro seated! Mr. B’s Bistro American Creole (504) 439-5842 (504) 523-2078 Justine www.mrbsbistro.com https://faubourgbistro.com Seafood BBQ shrimp worth getting sauce up to your The menu features a fun mix of burgers, sand- (504) 218-8533 wiches and some specialty items you’ll only elbows (bibs are provided) and gumbo Ya Ya find here at Faubourg Bistro. Be sure and try www.justinenola.com pure joy rave fans. The bistro has a lively vibe the PBB&J Wings which is a thai-style peanut Decadent starters like bone marrow borde- that many consider it a go-to for family enter- sauce, crumbled bacon and spiced grape laise and foie gras torchon anchor an impres- taining as well as a gold standard for business jelly sauce. But let’s talk about the real hidden sive offering of steaks and brasserie classics dining. This bistro’s atmosphere is a mix of gem on the menu here—the fries! Piggyback like poisson amandine and moules frites. casual and chic. Fries—these bad boys are topped with cheese sauce, BBQ pulled pork, bacon, ranch, scal- lions and jalapeños. Add a fried egg on top Katie’s Port of Call for a whole new flavor combo! Creole/Italian Burger/Steak House (504) 488-6582 (504) 523-0120 Felix’s https://katiesinmidcity.com https://portofcallnola.com Seafood Katie’s Restaurant is known for serving top- Port of Call is famous for its burger. When the (504) 522-2440 notch local cuisine, including a seafood sand- restaurant opened in the 60s, it was primarily wich so large it’s known as The Barge. When a steakhouse known for its filet mignon and www.felixs.com Guy Fieri swung by on Diners, Drive-Ins and ribeye, and the burger was an afterthought. The place is loud, lively and has been dishing Dives, he couldn’t help but praise the hand- The burger is considered the original New fresh seafood for more than 70 years. Besides made pizza topped with Cajun pork. Orleans-style burger; the huge patty is topped freshly shucked bi-valves, you can feast on with shredded cold cheddar cheese and char-grilled, Bienville and Rockefeller, along served with a hot potato on the side. Port of with fried everything, all kinds of po-boys and Killer Poboys Call still serves steaks and chops, as well as delicious crab claws. Sandwich Shop beer and strong cocktails, but everyone is (504) 252-6745 there for the burger. GW Fins www.killerpoboys.com Seafood The po’ boy—a baguette-like loaf of French Restaurant R’evolution (504) 581-3467 bread stuffed with meat or fried seafood—is Cajun as New Orleans as it gets. But with hundreds (504) 553-2277 https://gwfins.com of places serving up countless variations, Chef Tenney Flynn changes the entrées daily, standing out is no easy feat. Killer Poboys has www.revolutionnola.com depending on what maritime delights his miraculously managed it, though, with inven- Swanky hotel restaurant with an extensive dockside sources have for him. The most tive fillings like “Black Beer Beef” and chicken menu of Creole fare, plus a 10,000-bottle wine sought-after dish, though, is the Scalibut, a confit. High-quality ingredients elevate the cellar. Offering modern, imaginative reinter- halibut and scallop combination that’s a true classics like the shrimp spiked with coriander pretations of classic Cajun and Creole cuisine. original. Appetizers include glorious lobster and lime and ham gussied up with caramel- dumplings and a seafood gumbo. ized onions and Creole mustard. Downtown/French Quarter (cont.) Stanley Tujague’s Restaurant Vacherie Restaurant American Cajun Cajun (504) 587-0093 (504) 525-8676 (504) 598-5005 https://stanleyrestaurant.com https://tujaguesrestaurant.com http://vacherierestaurant.com/ Delicious sandwiches, Italian sodas, Grande dame of New Orleans dining founded Vacherie has some great breakfast items, such house-made ice creams, milkshakes and in 1856, serving a traditional Creole menu.