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New Orleans Restaurant Guide700 Club Restaurant, 700 Burgundy St., 561.1095, 700ClubNewOrleans.COM, is

serving sliders, paninis, quesadillas, and more at the popular club in the French Quarter.Restaurant hours are 7pm til Wed.-Sun. with extended Decadence hours.

Cafe Amelie, 912 Royal St., 412.8965, CafeAmelie.COM, offers romantic courtyardor indoor dining along with both eclectic culinary creations and cocktails. Open Wed.-Sat. 11am-9pm, Sat.-Sun. brunch 11am-3pm.

Cajun Cafe Market, 1100 N. Peters in the French Market, 905.3212, offers localCajun specialties where you can dine in or take out. Great selection of Louisianaproducts available here. Open 10am-6pm.

Candy Bar, 908 Bourbon, 504.52.CANDY, is an upscale dessert & specialty foodstore, open Tues.-Sun. with weekends 24 hours. Best in desserts, snacks, cheeses,crackers, candies, NY bagels & knishes, smoked meats, po-boys, wraps & sandwiches.PLUS PLUS PLUS many organic, all natural & gluten free items, also DOG TREATS.

Clover Grill, 900 Bourbon St., 598.1010, CloverGrill.COM, is open 7 days andfeatures breakfast including build your own omelettes. But let’s not forget their fabburgers grilled right under a hub cap and then there’s all those sandwiches, sides,desserts and shakes.

Country Club Restaurant, 634 Louisa St., 945.0742,TheCountryClubNewOrleans.COM. The chef has paid attention to detail and ingredient,and focused on a more contemporary menu at an even more affordable price point. Stillthe best food, but at even more unbelievable value! Serving 7 days 11am-10pm andSunday Brunch 11am-3pm.

The Decadence Shoppe, 806 N. Rampart, 529.8874, DecadenceShoppeCafe.COMis part coffee shop, part cafe, and part bakery. "We take pride doing all our own baking,and you can order your next special treat from us," says owners Matt and Kevin. This littleneighborhood place will fulfill your sweet tooth or both your breakfast or lunch cravingsin a quiet setting while serving "desserts like Mom use to make". Located across thestreet by the Armstrong Park arch, the cafe is open Wed.-Sun. 7am - 3pm.

Frady's One Stop Grocery & Deli, 3231 Dauphine St., 949.9688, has bothgroceries and a fantastic deli whipping up local favorites each day on special. OpenMon.-Fri. 7:30am-6pm, Sat. 9am-3pm, closed Sun.

Krystal, 116 Bourbon at Canal, 523.4030. Open 24 hours, it's one of the best stopsfor fast food with tasty burgers, hot dogs and breakfast.

Louisiana Pizza Kitchen, 95 French Market Place, 522.9500 or visitLouisianaPizzaKitchen.COM, is famous for its wood fired gourmet pizzas, pastas,salads and appetizers. Open 7 days from 11am-10pm.

Matassa's Market, 1001 Dauphine St., 512.8700, a full service grocery and deliserving great food, fine wine and spirits with free delivery. Open Sun.-Wed. 6am-9pm,Thurs.-Sat. 6am-10pm.

Mona Lisa Restaurant, 1212 Royal St., 522.6746, features Italian specialtiesincluding salads, pizzas, sandwiches and both lunch and dinner entrees. Open Mon.-Thurs. 5-10pm, Fri. Sun. 11am-10pm.

Orleans Grapevine Wine & Bar Bistro, 720 Orleans, 523.1930, is located in abeautiful renovated 1809 building offering a pleasant atmosphere, extensive wine listwith 200 selections, and delicious food including soups, salads, appetizers, entrees andhouse made desserts that will delight any palate. Open daily at 4pm serving dinner Sun.-Thurs. 5-10:30pm, Fri.-Sat. 5-11pm.

Quartermaster: The Nellie Deli, 1100 Bourbon St., 529.1416,QuartermasterDeli.NET, voted Restaurant/Deli of the Year, is open 24 hours 7 days.Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and late night menu, the deli offers free delivery.

Royal House Restaurant, 441 Royal St., 528.2601, RoyalHouseRestaurant.COM.This casual dining New Orleans Restaurant has delectable delights created by itsrenowned Louisiana executive chef. Step into this dining paradise and be swept awayby the romantic lighting, the smell of fresh steamed seafood in the famous crawfish boil,raw oysters at one of the city’s largest oyster bars. Sip on a glass of wine or a true NewOrleans cocktail with any of their specialty drinks. Let great southern hospitality andcasual yet romantic atmosphere help you escape right into the true heart of New Orleans!Open 11am-11pm Sun.-Sat., 11am-12midnight Fri.-Sat.

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chop chop

Special Combo Pizza (pepperoni,Italian sausage, ham, onions,

mushrooms, green peppers & blackolives with jalapenos & anchoviesoptional) @ Mona Lisa Restaurant,

1212 Royal St.

New Orleans Muffuletta (generoushelping of ham, salami, provolone andolive salad) @ Restaurant/Deli of theYear Quartermaster: The Nellie Deli,

1100 Bourbon St.

Club Sandwich with Zapp's PotatoChips @ The Decadence Shoppe, 806

N. Rampart St.

Glazed 10 oz. Pork Chop with Steen'sCane Syrup & Creole Mustard servedwith duck fat potatoes & green beans

@ The Country Club, 634 Louisa St.

3-Layer Carrot Cake @ Candy Bar, 908Bourbon St.

Garlic Shrimp Pasta (jumbo shrimpwith garlic butter sauce over angel

hair pasta) @ Louisiana PizzaKitchen, 95 French Market Place

Gourmet Sliders with Onion Rings @700 Club Restaurant, 700 Burgundy

Royal House Maine Lobster,served with drawn butter, Cajun

potatoes & corn on the cob @ Royal House, 441 Royal St.

Louisiana Jambalaya @ Cajun CafeMarket, 1100 N. Peters

Roast Beef Special@ Frady's One Stop Grocery & Deli,

1001 Dauphine

Pan Seared Wild Pacific Salmon@ Cafe Amelie, 912 Royal St.

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I travel a lot on my own and asmany know, love to check out the barscene in places. I find that going tobars by yourself in new cities can be alittle intimidating. The bartender is thefirst person you end up speaking withand he or she actually can set the tonefor the rest of the night. If you getsomeone personable all your insecuri-ties fade and instantaneously you feelwelcome. That is exactly what Keishadid when I went into Crystal’s. She isfunny, flamboyant and fabulous. So goto Crystal’s and check out Keisha ei-ther behind the bar or performing inone of their shows. Crystal’s is locatedin Lake Charles at 112 W. Broad Street.

Fall Movie Preview

The holidays are right aroundthe corner and that meansone thing: Fall Movie Sea-

son. Being a huge movie fanatic, I amlooking so forward to seeing the hot-test new film releases this year. Hereis a list of movies and dates to checkout.

STRAW DOGS – 9/16/11 – Davidand Amy Sumner (James Marsdenand Kate Bosworth), a Hollywoodscreenwriter and his actress wife, re-turn to her small hometown in the deepSouth to prepare the family home forsale after her father’s death. Oncethere, tensions build in their marriageand old conflicts re-emerge with thelocals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriendCharlie (Alexander Skarsgård), lead-ing to a violent confrontation.

MONEYBALL – 9/23/11 – basedon a true story, Moneyball is a moviefor anybody who has ever dreamed oftaking on the system. Brad Pitt stars asBilly Beane, the general manager ofthe Oakland A’s and the guy who as-sembles the team, who has anepiphany: all of baseball’s conventionalwisdom is wrong. Forced to reinventhis team on a tight budget, Beane will

have to outsmart the richer clubs. Theonetime jock teams with Ivy Leaguegrad Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in anunlikely partnership, recruiting bargainplayers that the scouts call flawed, butall of whom have an ability to get onbase, score runs, and win games. It’smore than baseball, it’s a revolution –one that challenges old school tradi-tions and puts Beane in the crosshairsof those who say he’s tearing out theheart and soul of the game.

MACHINE GUN PREACHER – 9/23/11 - Machine Gun Preacher is theinspirational true story of Sam Childers,a former drug-dealing criminal whoundergoes an astonishing transforma-tion and finds an unexpected calling asthe savior of hundreds of kidnappedand orphaned children. Gerard Butler(300) delivers a searing performanceas Childers, the impassioned founderof the Angels of East Africa rescueorganization in Golden Globe-nomi-nated director Marc Forster ’s(Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland)moving story of violence and redemp-tion. When ex-biker-gang member SamChilders makes the life-changing deci-sion to go to East Africa to help repairhomes destroyed by civil war, he isoutraged by the unspeakable horrorsfaced by the region’s vulnerable popu-lace, especially the children. Ignoringthe warnings of more experienced aideworkers, Sam breaks ground for anorphanage where it’s most needed—inthe middle of territory controlled by thebrutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA),a renegade militia that forces young-sters to become soldiers before theyeven reach their teens. But for Sam, itis not enough to shelter the LRA’sintended victims. Determined to saveas many as possible, he leads armedmissions deep into enemy territory toretrieve kidnapped children, restoringpeace to their lives—and eventuallyhis own. The explosive, real-life tale ofa man who has rescued over a thou-sand orphans from starvation, diseaseand enslavement.

MARGARET – 9/30/11 - centerson a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain thatshe inadvertently played a role in atraffic accident that has claimed awoman’s life. In her attempts to setthings right she meets with oppositionat every step. Torn apart with frustra-tion, she begins emotionally brutalizingher family, her friends, her teachers,and most of all, herself. She has beenconfronted quite unexpectedly with abasic truth: that her youthful ideals areon a collision course against the reali-ties and compromises of the adultworld.

REEL STEEL - 10/7/11 - Real Steelis an action drama about a formerboxer (Hugh Jackman) who, againstall odds, gets one last shot at a come-back when he teams up with his es-tranged son (Dakota Goyo) to build

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Amon-Ra isBroadway Bound

The Krewe of Amon-Ra pre-sents Girls Gone Broad-way on Saturday, Septem-

ber 24 at JohnPaul’s. Come enjoy allyour favorite krewe members as theyperform all your favorite Broadway hitsfrom the hottest shows past and presentin show stopping group numbers. Thisall star extravaganza begins at 7pm.Tickets are $25 and include a gourmetdinner in addition to the entertainingshow. For tickets or more information,go to www.kreweofamonra.com.JohnPaul’s is located at 940 ElysianFields.

Do You NeedA Chaperone?

The Mystic Krewe of Satyriconis presenting the openingnight of The Drowsy Chap-

erone on Thursday, September 29 atthe Westwego Performing Arts The-atre. The show is directed by GaryRucker with choreography by KellyFouchi and stars Brian Peterson, RickyGraham and Janet Shea.

A rare combination of unprec-edented originality and blinding talent,The Drowsy Chaperone boldly ad-dresses a great unspoken desire in allof our hearts: to be entertained. If you’veever sat in a dark theatre and thought,“Dear Lord in heaven, please let it begood,” this is the show for you! It allbegins when a die-hard musical-the-ater fan plays his favorite cast albumon his turntable, and the musical liter-ally bursts to life in his living room,telling the rambunctious tale of a bra-zen Broadway starlet trying to find, andkeep, her true love.

Tickets are $30. To buy tickets arefor more information, call504.525.4498. The Westwego Per-forming Arts Theatre is located at 177Sala Avenue.

New CabaretSeries Debuts

Music lovers rejoice, the his-toric Eiffel Society is in-troducing a new cabaret

series beginning Friday, September 16.The opening performance will featurethe multiple Big Easy Theater Awardwinning singer/actress, Amy Alvarez,and her talented accompanist,Jefferson Turner, both of whom havejust returned from taking their showNothing Like A Dame: The Womenof Rodgers and Hammerstein to Bal-

timore and New York City, where theyappeared at the well-known Metropoli-tan Room. They are now bringing theirshow back to New Orleans, where itfirst appeared to sold-out crowds at thedearly missed Le Chat Noir.

There will be three levels of ticketssold. The first is $30, and this includesadmission as well as a complimentarycocktail. The $60 ticket includes ad-mission, a 3-course prix fixe meal anda complimentary cocktail. There arealso a limited number of $15 tickets forseating at the bar.

You cannot go wrong with this win-ning combination of harmonious mu-sic in an elegant atmosphere. Thisbeautiful venue was brought over inthe 1980’s in over 11,000 pieces afterbeing dismantled in Paris. It was thenrebuilt on St. Charles Ave. and openedas The Restaurant Tour de Eiffel. To-day, it is now known as Eiffel Society,owned and operated by Roger Ivensand Jeff Gapultos, and strives to be anall-inclusive artistic special eventsvenue.

Petronius Offers PeopleTheir Just Desserts

The Krewe is hostingPetronius: Queen of theDesserts on September 17

at 8pm at Kajun's Pub. The cover forthis event is $10 for this cake walk andshow where guests will bid on the sump-tuous desserts being modeled by ourfavorite performers. Kajun's Pub islocated at 2256 St. Claude Avenue.For information or tickets, go towww.kreweofpetronius.org.

Bartender of the Month:September

Last issue you heard aboutthe marvelous time I had inLake Charles. One of the

major sources of my fun was the barCrystal’s, which is Lake Charles onlygay bar. And one of the people whokept me entertained (and cocktailed) ismy choice for bartender for Septem-ber, Keisha. She is a sassy, exuberantand highly engaging bartender.

She works that bar like a pro; pour-ing drinks, giving advice and keepingthe patrons laughing. But she not onlyserves the cocktails, she is one of thebar’s premier performers. It is hard tofind that combination in one person. Iwas amazed by how everyone in thebar just warms up to her immediately.Her gregarious nature and personalityinstantly made me feel at home.

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September Bartender of theMonth Keisha from Crystal's

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THE IDES OF MARCH – 10/7/11 –The Ides of March takes place duringthe frantic last days before a heavilycontested Ohio presidential primary,when an up-and-coming campaignpress secretary (Ryan Gosling) findshimself involved in a political scandalthat threatens to upend his candidate’sshot at the presidency.

MARTHA MARCY MAYMARLENE – 10/21/11 - a powerfulpsychological thriller starring ElizabethOlsen as Martha, a young woman rap-idly unraveling amidst her attempt toreclaim a normal life after fleeing froma cult and its charismatic leader (JohnHawkes). Seeking help from her es-tranged older sister Lucy (SarahPaulson) and brother-in-law (HughDancy), Martha is unable and unwillingto reveal the truth about her disappear-ance. When her memories trigger achilling paranoia that her former cultcould still be pursuing her, the linebetween Martha’s reality and delusionbegins to blur.

ANONYMOUS – 10/28/11 – Set inthe political snake-pit of ElizabethanEngland, Anonymous speculates onan issue that has for centuries intriguedacademics and brilliant minds rangingfrom Mark Twain and Charles Dickensto Henry James and Sigmund Freud,namely: who was the author of theplays credited to William Shakespeare?Experts have debated, books havebeen written, and scholars have de-voted their lives to protecting or de-bunking theories surrounding the au-thorship of the most renowned worksin English literature. Anonymousposes one possible answer, focusingon a time when cloak-and-dagger po-litical intrigue, illicit romances in theRoyal Court, and the schemes of greedynobles hungry for the power of thethrone were exposed in the most un-likely of places: the London stage.

JACK AND JILL – 11/11/11 – Jackand Jill is a comedy focusing on JackSadelstein (Adam Sandler), a success-ful advertising executive in Los Ange-les with a beautiful wife and kids, whodreads one event each year: theThanksgiving visit of his identical twinsister Jill (also Adam Sandler). Jill’sneediness and passive-aggressive-ness is maddening to Jack, turning hisnormally tranquil life upside down. KatieHolmes plays Erin, Jack’s wife.

IMMORTALS – 11/11/11 - Vision-ary director Tarsem Singh (The Cell,The Fall) transports us in this epic taleof treachery, vengeance and destiny inImmortals, a stylish and visually spec-tacular 3D action adventure. As apower-hungry king razes ancientGreece in search of a legendaryweapon, a heroic young villager risesup against him in a thrilling quest astimeless as it is powerful. The brutaland bloodthirsty King Hyperion (Mickey

Rourke) and his murderous Heraklionarmy rampage across Greece in searchof the long lost Bow of Epirus. With theinvincible Bow, the king will be able tooverthrow the Gods of Olympus andbecome the undisputed master of hisworld. With ruthless efficiency, Hyperionand his legions destroy everything intheir wake, and it seems nothing willstop the evil king’s mission. As villageafter village is obliterated, a stonema-son named Theseus (Henry Cavill)vows to avenge his mother, who waskilled in one of Hyperion’s brutal raids.When Theseus meets the SybellineOracle, Phaedra (Freida Pinto), herdisturbing visions of the young man’sfuture convince her that he is the key tostopping the destruction. With her help,Theseus assembles a small band offollowers and embraces his destiny in

a final, desperate battle for the future ofhumanity.

TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY- 11/18/11 - Based on the classic novelof the same name, the internationalthriller is set at the height of the ColdWar years of the mid-20th Century.George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a dis-graced British spy, is rehired in secretby his government - which fears thatthe British Secret Intelligence Service,a.k.a. MI-6, has been compromised bya double agent working for the Soviets.

THE DESCENDANTS – 11/23/11- From Alexander Payne, the creator ofthe Oscar-winning SIDEWAYS, set inHawaii, THE DESCENDANTS is asometimes humorous, sometimestragic journey for Matt King (GeorgeClooney) an indifferent husband andfather of two girls, who is forced to re-

examine his past and embrace hisfuture when his wife suffers a boatingaccident off of Waikiki. The event leadsto a rapprochement with his youngdaughters while Matt wrestles with adecision to sell the family’s land handeddown from Hawaiian royalty and mis-sionaries.

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS – 11/23/11 – The 3D, CG-animated family com-edy Arthur Christmas at last revealsthe incredible, never-before seen an-swer to every child’s question: ‘So howdoes Santa deliver all those presentsin one night?’ The answer: Santa’sexhilarating, ultra-high-tech operationhidden beneath the North Pole. But atthe heart of the film is a story with theingredients of a Christmas classic - a

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