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[Tom]

Unless we move to New Orleans, we'll never be able to visit all the restaurants that look great. We're going to be in New Orleans for five days, two during the French Quarter Festival. Thanks to your comments, we've tentatively planned our meals. Some of these places are higher end than we'd normally choose, so comparable food for less money would be helpful.

We'd be very grateful for your comments.

breakfast: Cafe du Monde, The Coffee Pot

lunches: Dooky Chase (or Bon Ton Cafe), Bayona, Mahoneys (or Tracey's or Mother's), Acme (or Casamento or Franky and Johnny's)

dinners: Brigsten's, Marigny Brasserie, Cochon, Herbsaint

Thanks for your improvements!

Tom

[gfweb]

August is a must. John Besh's first, I think. Its great, serious NO-inflected food and pretty reasonably priced, esp at lunch when it is downright cheap. It is located behind the Windsor Court hotel near the casino.

[highchef]

If you are still there, the Irish house has good upscale pub food...Anya was playing there this last weekend. Chicken curry is really good.
I just have to go to Camillia Grill at some point, but couldn't get in the door this weekend, and muffalottas were out as well for the same reason from central grocery. If I had been there for the French Quarter fest I would have been on foot, but I just wanted to grab it to go.
If you are still there, things have surely calmed down and getting in won't be an issue.
It's a wonderful time to be there, Sunday was soo beautiful to cruise down magazine and St. Charles. Hope you enjoyed the stay....perfect timing. Next week will be New Orleans crazy time...I like Jazz Fest better than Mardi GRAS!

[Tom]

Many thanks for all the good ideas . . . in this topic and others. We had a wonderful trip during the French Quarter Festival . . . visiting the Quarter, taking the ferry to Algiers Point, walking the Botanical Gardens, swinging at the clubs on Frenchmen Street and much more. Eating, as it often is for us, was the highlight . . . and here are those highlights. We owe a big shout out to Corbin Evans, now Executive Chef at the Inn at Ole Miss, formerly Chef at Lulu's in NOLA, for his suggestions.



Dooky Chase
2301 Orleans Ave
504-821-0600
Gumbo, fried chicken, rice and beans with sausage.

Brigsten's
723 Dante St
504-861-7610
shrimp remoulade, seafood platter, soft-shell crab (maybe the best dish of our trip), pecan pie with caramel sauce (second-best dish)


Cafe du Monde
800 Decatur Street
504-525-4544
The beignets and chicory coffee are a tradition, but not as good as we remembered. Notable for the waitress from Vietnam who promised us either monkey brains or monkey bottom if we'd come back the next day.

Bayona
430 Dauphine St
504-525-4455
Greek salad, sea scallops with bacon and leek puree

Marigny Brasserie
640 Frenchmen Street
504-945-4472
Crispy goat cheese cake with strawberry sauce, crab cake, BBQ shrimp with cheese grits and slow-cooked andouille collards,

Mahoneys Po'boys
3454 Magazine St.
504-899-3374
fried green tomatoes, the Peacemaker (fried oysters, bacon, cheddar cheese, dressed), fried oyster, soft-shell crab

Cochon Our favorite restaurant
930 Tchoupitoulas Street
504-588-2123
grilled drum fish, duck, chocolate pecan tart, lemon pie

Franky and Johnny's
321 Arabella Street
(504) 899-9146
boiled crawfish!, grilled shrimp

Edited by Tom, 24 April 2012 - 06:13 PM.