Food in New Orleans

    I would reccomend the following:
    1.  Commanders Palace - creole and pricey
    2.  Emeril's - haute creole and pricey
    3.  NOLA - less expensive version of above
    4.  Mother's - poor boy sandwiches`e}c.; down home
    5.  Felix - poor boys, oysters - inexpensive
    6.  Acme - same as above
    7.  anywhere else in New Orleans - there are few bad restaurants

Someone wrote:
>
>I am going to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.  I've been there before and ate
>at cafe de monde or whatever, with the beignets.  Where else should I eat?
>

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and you'll get my restaurant FAQ mailed back to you.  Some good choices there.  In terms of specific choices, I'd suggest:

Brunings (West End Park) -- Good fried and broiled seafood. Liuzza's (Bienville and N. Telemachus) -- good po-boys, Italian plates. Mr. B's (Royal St. in the Quarter) -- "classic" Creole cooking, not as expensive as some of the other places. Tujague's (Decatur one block from Jackson Square) -- Good Creole basics. Streetcar Sandwiches (S. Carrollton and Willow uptown) -- Great po-boys.

I'm assuming from your address that you're a student, so I've tried to keep my suggestions in line with the typical student budget.  If you've got the extra bucks, don't miss Antoine's, Arnaud's, Emeril's, and Bayona.  Antoine's and Arnaud's are old-line Creole-French places in the Quarter that do reasonable lunch specials.  Emeril's and Bayona are more in the "nouvelle" category, and are expensive, but still great.

Enjoy!

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Someone wrote:

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> i sure hope you sum up your *good* dining experiences next!  besides food
> at my folks' house, my best meal was dat dressed roast beef po boy from
> Streetcar Sandwiches.  (what a timely thread to see when i get back!)

Oh yeah!  I remember that little place that we went to now- that was really great.  I must say- NO has the best fast food joints I have ever eaten at!  Let's see- where else did we go- ....

The Gumbo Shop- had the Revellion there- incredible oyster and artechoke soup, crawfish etouffe, the roumelade was much more refined as I mentioned earlier, Great Bread pudding and Pecan Pie, and Cafe Brulot. he service was also wonderful, we strolled in at 11pm- 5 minutes before closing and got great service and a great meal- one of the best I had in NO last week.  The waitress was also extremely generous with cooking tips from the kitchen- in fact, they have pre-printed recipes (possible minus 1 secret ingrediant- but whatever).  I finally discovered a mahor ingrediant for this type of Cuisine- Herbsaint.  They even put that stuff in the creamed spinach there.  And very reasonable priced.

The Praline Connection- I had dinner at the Chartres Street location at Esplanade- they serve until midnite and have very cheap dinners (under $10).  Most NO specialties are on the menu (a bit over $10 for the crawfish ettouffee) , I had fried Catfish which was perfect for $7, greens, potatoe salad and all deserts are covered in homemade praline sauce.  The only thing that was a bit off was the gumbo- very thin - but extremely tasty.  Tried the praline's in the adjoining bakery and they were very fudgelike in consistancy- unlike my hommade version (like the one's I made for everybodies X-mas presents at one point)- which are a bit thinner.  Fast service, modern fun decor- just a block away from the :"R" Bar which reminded me of several Lower Haight Street bars here in San Francisco.  Cutting edge but very low key and relaxed.  Marc and I hung out there one night and were happy to see that somebody was trying to do something a bit progressive on the club/bar circuit.

Roumelade (owned by Arnaud) on Bourbon Street- decor is like Denny's, with lots of Brass- well I guess like a French Bistro version of Denny's then-.  Pretty reasonable, the BBQ shrimp is the same as Arnaud, great that is, although the sauce could have used a bit more pepper.  Great Gumbo, great shrimp roumelade, friendly waiter- serves until 12 midnite ( I always eat late- so this is a plus for me) Surprisingly- they had great Beinet's.  Cafe Du Monde's day cook serves a great, light pastry- but if you go at 3am- you get a ball of dough- wierd.

I wanted to check outr POrt of Call- which is supposed to have the best Burger in NO- but didn;t get the chance.  The meals I had were so filling due to generous helpings at all locations- I only ate once a day- so I suppose my restaurant experiences for one week's time seem quite limited.  I do regret not trying the gator on a stick in the French Market- which does have some bargins if you have time to wade through all the junk to find it.

See ya,

Deb

>>>>I am going to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.  I've been there before and
ate
at cafe de monde or whatever, with the beignets.  Where else should I eat?<<<

Mother's is a good choice -- great food, big portions. It's a diner style place where you can try excellent gumbo & jambalaya.

Charles in N.O.