TheNewOrleansRestaurantGuide2017

TheNewOrleansrestaurantsceneisconstantlyevolvingwithnewplacesopeningallthetime.BeforeHurricaneKatrina,thereweresome600restaurantsandnowtherearewellovertwiceasmany,oftensmallerplacesrunbywell-inkedyoungchefsturningouttastyfood.ThestandardtraditionalCreolerestaurantshaveupdatedandareservinglighterfoodaswellastraditionalfare.Moremoderntakes,usingthelocalbountyoffreshseafoodandwonderfulproduce,abound.Foroysteraficionados,rememberthattheycomerawonthehalfshell,“barbecued”(whichmeansgratinéed),orfried.Thepoorboysandwich,inventedinNewOrleans,featuresvariousfillingsfromroastbeeftofriedseafood,andthelatest“bestofpoorboys”shouldbelistedinthesourcesnotedbelow.TheMuffaletta(ham,cheese,salami,olivesaladonaroundbreadcutintoquarters)iscreditedtotheCentralGroceryonDecaturStreetintheQuarter.Hereisgenerallistofplacesthatcomewellrecommended,byneighborhood–pleasenotethisisbynomeansanexhaustivelist!Forthelatestnews,refertoGambitWeekly,WhereY'atMagazineandnola.comandtheirwebsites.Thosenotedbelowrangeinpricefrom$$$toquiteabitless,andsomeoffersmallplates.

TheFrenchQuarter• AcmeOysterHouse• Angeline

-GoodforbrunchSaturdayorSunday• Arnaud's

-WhereourPrixCharbonnierceremonyandcocktaildînatoirereceptionwillbeonFridayevening,inprivateroomsupstairs

• Bayona• Brennan's• Galatoire's• MeauxBar• NapoleonHouse

-Mainlyfordrinks• Sylvain

-GoodforbrunchSaturdayorSunday

TheMarigny/Bywater• BacchanalWineBar

-Greatoutsideexperienceandcasualwithgreatfood• DatDog

-StartedbytwolocalsafterKatrina,there'sabranchintheMarignyatthedowntownendoftheQuarter.Amoderntakeonthehotdog,variousmeats,allmadeforthem.

• Mariza• StRochMarketonRampartStreet

-Rehabbedmarketspacewithawiderangeofofferings,includingarawbarandcomfortableplacestodineinsideandout.

TheCentralBusinessDistrict(CBD)

• Balise• CochonandCochonButcher• Herbsaint• HotTinbaronthePontchartrainHotelroof

Uptown

• Casamentos-Goodforlunch

• Clancy's• CrepeNanou• LiletteandtheBoulignyTavernnextdoor• PetiteGrocery• Shaya

-TheymaketheirownPita(Sources:GambitWeekly,WhereY'atMagazine,Nola.com)

Otherdiversions

• FrenchmenStreetintheMarignyformusic• Sno-ballstands

-Asno-ballisnothinglikeasno-cone,astheiceisshavednotchopped,andthetoppingsrangefromcustom-blendedsyrupstochocolateandcondensedmilk.ThebestonesareUptown:PlumStreetSno-ballsandespeciallyHansen'sSno-Bliz,consideredthevanguardofthegenre.