Someone wrote: > > >does anybody out there know of any good, inexpensive New Orleans restaurants? >thanks. >vincent. >[email removed] Depends on what you call "inexpensive." For example, Remoulade on Bourbon St. is owned/operated by the folks at Arnaud's around the corner, but you can get out of Remoulade for $50/couple instead of $100 for dinner (that's wine, drinks, etc.) Then there's Clover Grill, about five blocks further down Bourbon, which is an all-night diner. The places out in Bucktown like R&O's and Lama's St. Roch are solid neighborhood places, as are Mandina's and Liuzza's in Mid-City. You can escape from all four of those for $20-$30/couple. Another option for the person on a budget is dinner for lunch. Arnaud's, Antoine's and the Rib Room all have great lunch deals for $15/person. The food's the same as dinner (maybe a bit smaller portions), but the atmosphere and quality are still top-notch. Cheers, Ed.
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Inexpensive New Orleans restaurants?
Someone wrote: > >does anybody out there know of any good, inexpensive New Orleans restaurants? Try some of the "neighborhood" restuarants: Mandina's (perhaps the quintessential N.O. neighborhood place, 3800 Canal. Check the specials first!); Liuzza's, on Bienville in Mid-City (try the deep fried pickles for a starter, and check their specials' board too ... I live the shrimp-artichoke fettuccine too); Jack Dempsey's, on Poland Avenue down in the Ninth Ward (broiled and fried seafood in mind-boggling quantities, and very very good). There are oodles more, that's just a start. Chuck -- Chuck Taggart \/ [email removed] \/ KCRW, Santa Monica CA, 89.9 FM Stay up and listen to "Gumbo", Sunday nights from Midnight to 3:00am Visit The Gumbo Pages -- http://www.webcom.com/~gumbo/ "Whatever you is ... BE that!" -- Clifton Chenier's barber =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From [email removed] Sat Feb 18 23:13:16 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Sat, 18 Feb 95 19:49:36 CST Subject: Re: Teens visiting. Need safe... Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] X-Sender: [email removed] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Length: 982 Idaho writes: >You must be thinking of the Pirate's Pantry. They have a great roast beef >po-boy. Also, keep P & G's in mind, directly across from the new Comfort Inn >on Baronne. It used to be Mumphries, but they changed the name and moved two >blocks down the street. Yeah, I think that's the place. Mumphrey's! So that's what happened to it. We used to walk up to Mumphrey's often when I was down in the CNG building a few years ago. I noticed the other day driving by that the sign was gone, and I wondered what had happened. Now, there's a place for fried seafood po-boys. Fresh, good quality, nice people. Busy as all get-out at lunchtime, though. |Edward J. Branley [email removed] |Moderator, New Orleans Mailing List.| |Yatcom Communications, New Orleans, LA|To join, send a message to: | |Visit VIRTUALLY NEW ORLEANS: |[email removed]| |http://yatcom.com/neworl/vno.html |with SUB NEW-ORLEANS in the body. |
Edward B. wrote: >Another option for the person on a budget is dinner for lunch. Arnaud's, >Antoine's and the Rib Room all have great lunch deals for $15/person. The >food's the same as dinner (maybe a bit smaller portions), but the atmosphere >and quality are still top-notch. Another great place for lunch is the Bon Ton Cafe, on Magazine Street. The prices for lunch are terrific, and they have perhaps the best crawfish etouffee in town. Also try restaurants like Brigtsen's, Uptown at the Riverbend, which have "early-bird" dinner specials. If dine between 5:30 and 6:30pm, you can get a limited selection from the main menu for $15, appetizer, main course and dessert inclusive. A fabulous deal. Chuck -- Chuck Taggart \/ [email removed] \/ KCRW, Santa Monica CA, 89.9 FM Stay up and listen to "Gumbo", Sunday nights from Midnight to 3:00am Visit The Gumbo Pages -- http://www.webcom.com/~gumbo/ "Whatever you is ... BE that!" -- Clifton Chenier's barber =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From [email removed] Tue Feb 21 10:03:46 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Tue, 21 Feb 95 05:06:33 CST Subject: Re: Funky New Orleans Restaurants Sender: [email removed] To: , Cc: Reply-To: [email removed] X-Sender: [email removed] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Length: 1659 William McFee, M.D., writes: >Hi there, >I am a net user who is coming to the second weekend of Jazz Fest this >year and I would really appreciate it if you would recommend some >restaurants for me and my friends. What we enjoy are out of the way places >with funky atmosphere. Nothing fancy or too expensive. Nothing considered >'essential' in the tourist guides. Just good food at reasonable prices and >interesting setting and atmosphere. Oh, yeah, we love good beer. A place >which served microbrewery beer would be much enjoyed. >Thank you for responding if you have the time. Funky atmosphere. That's easy: Port of Call on Esplanade Ave. in the Quarter. There's no restaurant that can top it for atmosphere and overall funky attitude. Tujague's on Decatur is also a pretty funky place, but a bit pricier. For beer, Crescent City Brewhouse on Decatur is the only restaurant/microbrewery in town. Good beer, good food. If you're a beer person, The Bulldog on Magazine, and Cooter Brown's on Carrollton and St. Charles both have hundreds of brands, bottles and on tap. The food's not bad at Cooter's, either. For reasonable prices, but not as funky as Port of Call, there's Mandina's on Canal and Liuzza's on Bienville. Both are solid neighborhood restaurants, with good sandwiches and plates. Hope this helps! Cheers, Ed. |Edward J. Branley [email removed] |Moderator, New Orleans Mailing List.| |Yatcom Communications, New Orleans, LA|To join, send a message to: | |Visit VIRTUALLY NEW ORLEANS: |[email removed]| |http://yatcom.com/neworl/vno.html |with SUB NEW-ORLEANS in the body. |
A few other thoughts: Praline Connection (2 locations) Rocky & Carlo's (St. Bernard Parish - Chalmette) Barrow's (Fried catfish) Old Dog New Tricks (Veggie Food) Enjoy!
Don't forget the Courtyard of the Two Sisters on Bourbon Street. For $4.50 you can get half a Po Boy and a big serving of gumbo. Another two bucks gets you a big cup of Dixie beer. You can't visit New Orleans without at tasting Dixie Beer. -- Robert Patterson [email removed] From [email removed] Tue Feb 21 18:13:45 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Tue, 21 Feb 95 15:26:59 CST Subject: trip report Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 8740 We spent the long weekend in New Orleans and, except for a small run-in with crime, had a fantastic time! I'd like to share our impressions of this charming city: WEATHER: Thanks to the folks on the net for advising us to bring everything. You were right-- the weather changed all the time. Saturday was overcast, but not cold. It rained most of Sunday; Monday was sunny and warm enough to wear a tank top! DEJA VU: (not meant to be an insult or anything) Parts of the CBD and Canal St. reminded us of New York City while other parts looked like Brooklyn. Parts of the Garden District looked exactly like Key West (architecture in the same era? Caribbean influence?). The drive through Metaire on the way to the airport reminded me of Jacksonville. The funniest thing is when we first saw the French Quarter and the Mississippi, it reminded us of Disneyland! Obviously, the authentic ones are better, but having been to New Orleans, we are now even more impressed with Disneyland for making Orleans Square and their Mississippi look so good. CARNIVAL/ MARDI GRAS: I think we picked a good time for our first visit to NO-- it was exciting enough to give us a taste of Carnival, but not so crowded or crazy (like it'll be next week) to be scary or inconvenient. We went to the Sparta parade Sat. night; IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!! Bruce said it was somewhat of a shame to have throws because sometimes we were so caught up in catching the throws (no pun intended!) from the people on the float, that we didn't even look at the float itself. Well, we just need more practice :) We waited for Carrollton for a long time, then it rained, so we went to the aquarium instead. Frerret was cancelled/ rescheduled. To get more Mardi Gras exposure, we went to the Mardi Gras Museum in the Old Mint (pretty good exhibit and the Jazz exhibit was good too), the Germaine Wells Mardi Gras Museum (2nd floor of Arnaud's), and Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World (a lot of fun for us). Blaine Kern's had the floats for Bacchus's Color My World parade next week; it was so amazing! The best floats we've seen so far, but I won't ruin the surprise by telling y'all the details. We also stopped by a McKenzie's near our B & B and bought an iced king cake. It was so good that the two of us finished it while we were walking to a parade! I lugged three more onto the plane last night. CRIME: This is something I was worried about before we came. I didn't bring any jewelry, didn't look at maps or guidebooks in public, kept plane tickets, credit cards, etc. hidden under my clothes, and tried not to dress like a tourist. Sometimes I got nervous, like when we were waiting for the streetcar on Carrollton after 10pm, walking on Esplanade in the daytime to get to Le Richelieu, walking to Praline Connection in the daytime, and walking to and from Brigsten's from Carrollton (Riverbend is really dark at night!). For the most part, it was okay, but being victims of a semi-mugging/ expensive shoe shine by three men at the corner of Decatur and St. Peter Sunday night put a damper on our spirits. Luckily we weren't hurt and luckily we only had $20 on us (Bruce says we should have bought our friend Geoff a CD instead of a tape at Preservation Hall so we would have only had $15. Ha!). I'm not ashamed and I don't feel it was our own fault. It's not as if we're from some hick town in the midwest either. (We've been to New York City several times, had a great time in Miami, lived in San Francisco and Taipei; we've lived in cities all our lives.) I'm just glad we weren't #59 and #60 in the Numbers of Murders in NO This Year sign in front of one of the bars. (Boston has 11 so far, and someone had scribbled, "Yeah, but who the f--- wants to live in Boston anyway?) HIGHLIGHTS OF SIGHTS: Aquarium- We were surprised and impressed. We were afraid it would be an overrated tourist trap, but it was quite good. Did you know that rays like to eat romaine lettuce?!?! I never thought rays were cute until I saw them eating lettuce. It was neat to see fish swimming above you in the tunnel. It was also interesting to be able to see alligators from the side (usually see them from the top). We had never seen alligators standing on their hind legs before; from the neck down, they look just like dinosaurs! Riverwalk, Jax Brewery- A mall is a mall is a mall. Pharmacy Museum, Voodoo Museum- small, but interesting and worth seeing. We also spent about an hour in a store called the Witches' Closet, talking to Gina, the proprietor, who is a real witch (practices Wicca). They have a mixture of interesting Wicca and voodoo things in there. Preservation Hall- We're not big jazz fans, so we just listened outside for a while. Houses- neat to look at houses in the Garden District as we rode the trolley. Also, on the shuttle to Blaine Kern's, we had a tour of the historic houses in Algiers Point. I felt like I was on a Universal Studios tour; the houses were so unlike what I'm used to on the West Coast. It was a good way to see the houses, for I don't think it would have been a good idea to walk around that deserted area. Flea Market- great place to pick up souvenirs. I don't know why people bother paying higher prices at the souvenir stores. FOOD: First, let me say that we did not have one bad meal in NO and I can't believe how much we ate in two-and-a-half days! Following comments don't even include mini stops at Cookie Time, Le Madeleine Bakery, etc.! Antoine's- reminded me of the movie, "Somewhere In Time" with Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve. Good way to experience the 19th century. Interesting, must-do-at-least once, right? We got the Oysters Rockefeller too. Food was very good, but we still like Commander's the most. Brigsten's- top notch food in a cute house. The food was of the same caliber as Commander's, but for us, not memorable. A standard five-star place, not distinguishable from other five-star places. It's just our opinion, so don't get riled up. Cafe du Monde- glad I don't live near one because I'd be FAT from eating beignets all the time. Commander's Palace- THE BEST MEAL we had all weekend. What an innovative idea to have diners walk through the kitchen to get to their table! The atmosphere was great-- elegant and beautiful without being stuffy. Beautiful windows, courtyard, architecture in general. The food was excellent! Even the salads were great (usually, salads are just salads, a bridge between courses). The spinach salad had a yummy sweet dressing and the winter greens salad (with radicchio, endive, etc.) had fried finely shredded onions, the kind you get in the nouvelle gourmet restaurants. The garlic cream cheese spread was delectable as well. Very garlicky! I finished 2/3 of the tub by myself-- me, the health conscious, who usually doesn't even butter bread! And the dessert! That famed bread pudding souffle has a right to be famous! I don't like souffles and I'm not a big fan of bread pudding, but I LOVED the bread pudding souffle!!!! We didn't have coffee, but the people next to us had some kind of orange zest liquer coffee. It was an amazing spectacle to watch the server ladle flaming alcohol over one end of an orange peel, then see the flame travel in a spiral down to the other end of the orange peel. Napoleon House- I really liked the gumbo with bits of seafood in it. Bruce enjoyed his po' boy. It was neat to be in a bar with classical music in the background, almost an oxymoron. The front/bar was really dark; I preferred being in the brighter back/courtyard under the stars, where the music could still be heard, but didn't drown out conversation. Praline Connection- the neighborhood around it was a little scary and it wasn't much better to see bars on the windows of the restaurant, but inside, it was very clean, bright, and nice! The servers wore matching black pants, black hat, crisp white shirt, and cute ties (ours had a lovely red Pepe Le Pew Valentine tie); they looked really sharp! The food was good, not greasy either (but we didn't have fried chicken). Ralph and Kacoo's- went there for an exotic snack of blackened alligator, turtle soup, and hushpuppies. Solid, but not a gourmet hangout. Tujague's- maybe it was because we went for lunch, but we weren't impressed at all. The food was solid, but not memorable. Y'all were right about the horseradish. So, that was our trip in a nutshell. It'd be fun to hear any comments. Although in some parts, you might think I'm bashing NO (Deja Vu, Tujague's), we really liked the city. I'm ready to go back! Cynthia Liu From [email removed] Tue Feb 21 18:15:50 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Tue, 21 Feb 95 15:36:58 CST Subject: Re: Funky New Orleans Restaurants Sender: [email removed] To: , Cc: Reply-To: [email removed] X-Mailer: AIR Mail 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 6989 <---- Begin Included Message ----> William McFee, M.D., writes: >I am a net user who is coming to the second weekend of Jazz Fest this >year and I would really appreciate it if you would recommend some >restaurants for me and my friends. What we enjoy are out of the way places >with funky atmosphere. Nothing fancy or too expensive. Nothing considered >'essential' in the tourist guides. Just good food at reasonable prices and >interesting setting and atmosphere. <---- End Included Message ----> The group I hang with at Fest specialize in finding low cost, out-of-the-way, dress-as-you-are kind of restaurants. It'd be rare to find one of us wearing a collared shirt, not to mention a suit jacket and any money. Here's an excerpt from my 1993 Jazz Fest review (If interested, I can upload the complete review, but for this, I'm only including the restaurant information). ++++++++ excerpt from NO93.DOC: Eleven days in my life at Jazz Fest (A daily review of the 1993 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival) (c) 1993 by Steve Apple, Miami, Florida .....snip-snip-snip... During the week we tried a lot of restaurants and heard a lot of music. Friends are constantly asking me "Why do you keep going back year?" and saying "Sure the French Quarter is great, but after you go to Pat O'Brien's, drink a few hurricanes and puke on Bourbon Street what else is there?" ...<SNIP>..going on about there's more to new orleans than the french quarter... It's become sort of a tradition with me to go to Coops (on Decatur Street) my first day in town (Thursday, 4/22[/93]). I ordered some crispy fried chicken and a big ole portion of Rabbit Jambalya. It's a nice way to start the trip. .....snip-snip-snip... Friday (4/23) After the Fest, and showers, we met up at for dinner at a restaurant called Thirsty's on Jefferson Highway (in Jefferson Parish). It had limited seating, was a very loud room, and not very enjoyable. Thirsty's is a boiled crawfish and beer place. It's not very good and I won't go back. [steve's note-was picked by one guy because he's cheap and wanted an all-you-can-eat deal] .....snip-snip-snip... (4/24), Saturday night's dinner was the best of the trip. Seven of us ate at a place called Mandich's (3200 St. Claude Ave) in the Ninth Ward. They only serve dinner on Friday and Saturday nights. Great softshell crawfish appetizers, great entrees (of course we all tried a little bit of each other's). Generally it had great food, pleasant service and I will go back! .....snip-snip-snip... Sunday, (4/25), six of us skipped out of town early and headed to Lafayette for the Festival Internationale de Louisanne. After the street Fest we went to Crawfish Town for dinner. A big pass on this place. Don't waste your time. They were muddy, dirty and the extra happy staff who cheerfully said they serve the best crawfish in the state should be working at a Bennigans in Ohio. My clue to walk out should have been when the girl said "we serve *very* spicy crawfish here." It's a tourist trap to be avoided like the plague. .....snip-snip-snip... Monday, (4/26) we woke up and went straight to Mother's (401 Poydras, @ Tchoupitoulas Street) for a debris poboy. The one meal I was craving since last year. Like butter. Two sticks. Great lunch spot, two lines from either door, merging into one at the cashier, cramped tables, total chaos. I'm ready to go back right now. .....snip-snip-snip... We were all supposed to meet at Casamento's (4330 Magazine) for dinner, but it is closed on Monday's, our communication broke down and Mike and I found another place uptown along Magazine called Semolina, one of several locations. It was a great find! They serve original pasta dishes at reasonable prices. Definitely worth checking out. .....snip-snip-snip... Tuesday (4/27), stopped for lunch at Domilese's (5240 Annunciation) and filled up with some food. They got some great shrimp poboys there, stopped at P.J.'s Coffee & Tea shop (7624 Maple) for some coffee and sunshine. There were lots of students around trying to forget it's Jazz Fest and study for their finals. Then we started to bar hop. We went to The G Spot on Tchoupitoulas, Igors and Fat Harry's on St. Charles. Later, seven of us grouped up for dinner at Cafe Atchafalyia (901 Louisiana). The Cafe has expanded since last year. Now they have a private room where we could hoot and hollar without annoying the rest of the diners. It was the perfect location for our friend's birthday party. [steve's note-food seems to have slipped, didn't go back in '94 and no plans for '95]. .....snip-snip-snip... Then we stopped for some late night food at The Hummingbird Grill (804 St. Charles). Wednesday (4/28), we stopped for lunch at the Bon Ton Cafe (401 Magazine). During lunch, Bon Ton seems to cater mainly to the business crowd, but they tolerated us in shorts and t-shirts due to it being Jazz Fest. They have crawfish prepared many traditional ways. Bon Ton has a nice atmosphere and very good food. We had dinner at La Cuisine (225 W. Harrison, Lakefront). The food there wasn't outstanding, but I'd be willing to give it another try. .....snip-snip-snip... Thursday (4/29), started the final four days of the Fair Grounds. {...} Dinner Thursday night was at Feelings Cafe (2600 Chartres) in the Faubourg Marigny. We waited a while for the table in a cramped, but good, bar overlooking a nice courtyard. Good food, but service was the slowest of all places. .....snip-snip-snip... Friday (4/30), dinner was in the French Quarter, of all places. At Mike Anderson's (215 Bourbon). They served lots of fried seafood. Lots and lots of it. Did I mention the portions? Everyone in our group was very surprised how quickly we were seated and how great the service and food was. This was my Bourbon Street experience for the trip. (I guess not including the almost nightly four o'clock snacks at the Clover Grill, 900 Bourbon.) Saturday (5/1), dinner was in the Lakefront area of Metarie at Deanie's (1713 Lake Ave). It had an hour wait, which we found out wasn't worth five minutes. Food was big on size but small on taste. I wouldn't go back. I don't understand what everyone waits for here, but it sure didn't show up during my meal. Sunday (5/2)- {...} After a week and a half of that great Louisiana food, we finally broke down and had a big Italian dinner at Venezia's (134 N. Carrollton, Mid-City). Pretty okay family style Italian food. .....snip-snip-snip... and then it was a final late night meal at the Clover Grill. Between these two place (The Hummingbird Grill and the Clover Grill) we had some great late snacks, just the right amount of grease to sleep on. On Monday it was shopping for souvenirs at Schwegmann's supermarket. After a final shrimp poboy at the Mardi Gras Truck Stop, we were off to the airport. .....snip-snip-snip... ---------- Steve Apple - Miami, Florida [email removed] Just 65 days until Jazz Fest! From [email removed] Wed Feb 22 00:19:33 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Tue, 21 Feb 95 19:46:22 CST Subject: Re: Funky New Orleans Restaurants Sender: [email removed] To: , Cc: , , , , Reply-To: [email removed] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Length: 2078 Don't forget Cafe Mesparo's across from the old brewery. In my opinion, they have the best po-boys and prices in the quarter. I guess that's why they usually have a line. But don't be discouraged, it's worth the wait! :-) Michelle Poincot [email removed] Someone wrote: > William McFee, M.D., writes: > > >Hi there, > >I am a net user who is coming to the second weekend of Jazz Fest this > >year and I would really appreciate it if you would recommend some > >restaurants for me and my friends. What we enjoy are out of the way places > >with funky atmosphere. Nothing fancy or too expensive. Nothing considered > >'essential' in the tourist guides. Just good food at reasonable prices and > >interesting setting and atmosphere. Oh, yeah, we love good beer. A place > >which served microbrewery beer would be much enjoyed. > >Thank you for responding if you have the time. > > Funky atmosphere. That's easy: Port of Call on Esplanade Ave. in the > Quarter. There's no restaurant that can top it for atmosphere and overall > funky attitude. Tujague's on Decatur is also a pretty funky place, but a > bit pricier. > > For beer, Crescent City Brewhouse on Decatur is the only > restaurant/microbrewery in town. Good beer, good food. If you're a beer > person, The Bulldog on Magazine, and Cooter Brown's on Carrollton and St. > Charles both have hundreds of brands, bottles and on tap. The food's not > bad at Cooter's, either. > > For reasonable prices, but not as funky as Port of Call, there's Mandina's > on Canal and Liuzza's on Bienville. Both are solid neighborhood > restaurants, with good sandwiches and plates. > > Hope this helps! > > Cheers, > Ed. > > |Edward J. Branley [email removed] |Moderator, New Orleans Mailing List.| > |Yatcom Communications, New Orleans, LA|To join, send a message to: | > |Visit VIRTUALLY NEW ORLEANS: |[email removed]| > |http://yatcom.com/neworl/vno.html |with SUB NEW-ORLEANS in the body. | > > > > From [email removed] Thu Feb 23 09:05:39 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Thu, 23 Feb 95 04:08:39 CST Subject: Re: food Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] Organization: Minas Tirith BBS (Public Access Usenet for New Orleans) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2037 Helen H. wrote: > I noticed several people discussing where to eat that is off the beatne > path. I would like to suggest my two favorites since moving here. > > Benachin's on Carrollton and Canal. This quiet place serves up wonderful > African dishes that are to die for! It is also especially wonderful because > mixed parties of vegetarians and carnivores can eat together! All meals are > cooked vegetarian first and then the meat is added! Also, they specifically > ask if you would like it hot, mild, or medium spicy. My husband likes it > hot (eats habenaros in his omlettes) and he says they do it right! > Personnally, I like their chicken and garlic dishes. However, if you are in > a hurry, you might want to save this place for later. They have one > waitress (appropriately dressed in African garb) and one, sometimes two, > cooks. It takes a little longer, but it is well worth the wait! Try the > fried plantains for an appetizer. > > As for po'boys... We have tried most of the places recommended by Frommer's, > but for my money it's Guy's Po'Boys on Magazine. The bread is crispy on the > outside and soft on the inside and the juices from the roast beef run down > your arm! During lunch, it's standing room only. You'll find more locals > there than at Mesparo's any day. The people are friendly and the food it > hot and fresh. > > And just as a side note to Tom in NM. Sending resumes don't get you a job > here. I did that for a year. Finally, I up and moved here. Took me two > months (and lots of interviews with LSU Med Center) to finally land a job at > Tulane. If you really want it, you have to just go for it. > Helen "Vajsha" Sanders > "One cannot do great things, only small things with great love." > -Mother Theresa |Edward J. Branley [email removed]| |Seashell Software +1.504.455.5087 (voice)| |3508 North Woodlawn Ave, Metairie, LA 70006 +1.504.455.8665 (bbs)| From [email removed] Tue Feb 28 18:49:25 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Tue, 28 Feb 95 06:50:42 CST Subject: Bud's & funky Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] X-Vms-To: IN%"[email removed]" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Length: 933 I agree, Bud's goes past funcky but I love a #6, no mustard. Y're right that the joints are awful. Elysian Fields may be the least depressing because of all the windows. One day I was there with my 3 yr old grand- daughter. One of the employees had started a tray of those little paper cups of ketchup on one of the tables & it was unattented, After I placed our order, I turned around and saw Rachel licking ketchup from her fingers The employee returned to complete her task and I did not say anything. Several people that day had ketchup that Rachel had sampled. I,d add Sid Mar's to the list of funky restaurants...sure beats Deanie's if you're in Bucktown. But don't go there if you're the impatient type. You never can know how service will be. Good poboys & boiled seafood and they serve a weekday lunch special for $3.95 (or is it &4.95?) Either way, its a great deal & sorta feels like a mini-vacation for lunch. Diana From [email removed] Tue Feb 28 19:13:48 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Tue, 28 Feb 95 07:34:51 CST Subject: Re: Too Funky New Orleans Restaurants Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] X-Sender: [email removed] Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: <PC Eudora Version 1.4> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Length: 1769 >>3. You know where the closest Bud's Broiler is in relation to your current >Is anyone else filled with deeply ambivalent feelings about Bud's? It goes >Bud's seems to have crossed the boundary from funky to just plain dirty and >unprofessional. Take for example a recent quick stop at the Bud's on Vet's I think all of the Bud's are now "franchises". I stopped going many years ago. I've never had bad impressions such as that, but they do seem to have gone downhill in quality and uphill in price. >I know that my feelings are sacrilegde and I feel guilty for even >suggesting it, but wouldn't it be neat if Bud's were bought out by some >enterprising businessman sharp enough to realize the elements that make >Bud's great (the burgers, hot dogs, the piney wood benches, hickory sauce) >but savvy enough at marketing to, I don't know, spruce things up a bit? I could be entirely wrong, but I think the owner makes enough money from the franchises he's not interested in selling the name or in the businesses themselves. That's what I've heard anyway. Ray Jones **************************************************************************** Coming to New Orleans? Contact "Big Ray the Buggy Driver" Historical Tours through the romantic French Quarter in New Orleans, LA Ride in a mule-drawn "vis-a-vis" carriage while enjoying the surroundings and being informed about the history, points of interest and other info. Cellular Phone 504-884-9572 Beeper 504-547-8032 Internet [email removed] ABOVE SHOULD BE USED FOR ALL INTERNET MAIL -USE BELOW ONLY IN EMERGENCY [email removed] [email removed] [email removed] (AS A LAST ALTERNATIVE!!!) Fidonet Ray Jones, 1:396/17.38 From [email removed] Fri Mar 3 00:19:26 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Thu, 02 Mar 95 20:29:02 CST Subject: Re: Tourist or from outta town and multi-ethnic foods ala louisiana Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] X-Mailer: AIR Mail 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1172 Chuck T. wrote about outta towners and bring ethnic foods in: > And incidentally, I'd love to see what she and her relatives do to the > local cuisine. I love Creole-Italian, for instance; I can hardly wait to > try Creole-Vietnamese! I can just taste those cold, soft, fragrant spring > rolls but with crawfish instead of shrimp inside ... I've had "Dong Phuong" [Vietnamese], way out on Chef, on my list of places to check out for a while now. I still haven't been in, but it's supposed to have just what you describe... Crawfish Spring Rolls. On a similar vein, a friend of mine was told that "Five Happiness" on Carrollton was one of those local influenced places. I was all set for some kind of Kung Pao Crawfish type dish, but the 9 or 10 of us who went didn't see anything but the usual bland suburbia dishes on the menu. --------------------------------------- Steve Apple - Miami, Florida [email removed] --------------------------------------- Wondering what is the Pet De Kat Krewe? Check out the Krewe's web page: http://www.yatcom.com/neworl/jfest/petdekat.html "It Takes More Than A Weekly Paycheck..." Just 56 days until Jazz Fest! From [email removed] Fri Mar 3 18:54:21 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Fri, 03 Mar 95 16:36:44 CST Subject: Re: Tourist or from outta town and multi-ethnic foods ala louisiana Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] X-Sender: [email removed] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Length: 1594 Steve writes: >I've had "Dong Phuong" [Vietnamese], way out on Chef, on my list of places to >check out for a while now. I still haven't been in, but it's supposed to have >just what you describe... Crawfish Spring Rolls. Don't remember which place on the Chef I went to (it's been about four years), but crawfish spring rolls are truly a wonder! > >On a similar vein, a friend of mine was told that "Five Happiness" on >Carrollton was one of those local influenced places. I was all set for some >kind of Kung Pao Crawfish type dish, but the 9 or 10 of us who went didn't see >anything but the usual bland suburbia dishes on the menu. Five Happiness isn't all that local-influenced. It's not bad as your basic Chinese place goes, but it's still just your basic Chinese place. Actually, I've seen more innovation at the sushi places. Louisiana Rolls instead of California Rolls (replace the pollock with crawfish), Sushi and sashimi using gulf fish, etc. The only truly locally-influenced Chinese place would be Trey Yuen up in Mandeville, and formerly of the Jackson Brewery. You'll find "chinese food" up there that operates on the notion of what Chinese people would do if they lived here and used all-local ingredients cooked the way their momma taught them. |Edward J. Branley [email removed] |Moderator, New Orleans Mailing List.| |Yatcom Communications, New Orleans, LA|To join, send a message to: | |Visit VIRTUALLY NEW ORLEANS: |[email removed]| |http://yatcom.com/neworl/vno.html |with SUB NEW-ORLEANS in the body. | From [email removed] Fri Mar 3 22:00:16 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Fri, 03 Mar 95 19:55:33 CST Subject: Locally-influenced Chinese... Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 967 <<The only truly locally-influenced Chinese place would be Trey Yuen up in Mandeville, and formerly of the Jackson Brewery. You'll find "chinese food" up there that operates on the notion of what Chinese people would do if they lived here and used all-local ingredients cooked the way their momma taught them.>> Lucky Chang's is a new French Quarter restaurant that serves "pan-asian creole" food, as described by owner and Uptown native Hayne Suthon-Jason. Among the locally-influenced dishes are crawfish eggrolls. Chang's got a lot of attention when it first opened because all the waitresses are actually drag queens. Asian drag queens, precisely. Hayne, who lives in New York, opened Lucky Cheng's in New York about 2 years ago, and supposedly it's a very "hip" restaurant. The New Orleans location has been open since last fall. You can find Lucky Chang's on St. Louis, directly across from Antoine's. Andrew Bowser Editorial Services New Orleans From [email removed] Sun Mar 5 05:20:08 1995 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Sat, 04 Mar 95 19:59:53 CST Subject: Re: Brunch Sender: [email removed] To: , Reply-To: [email removed] X-Sender: [email removed] X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Length: 785 Heidi writes: >Hi, Can anyone recommend a good place for a nice brunch? Breakfast at Brennan's -- a classic Commander's Jazz Brunch -- weekends The Top of the Dome at The Hyatt -- the revolving restaurant at the Hyatt. Food's not bad at all. The Carribbean Room at the Pontchatrain Hotel -- another winner. I can't say personally that The Court of Two Sisters is worth it, but it's been recommended by more than one person in the last year or so. Anyone else? |Edward J. Branley [email removed] |Moderator, New Orleans Mailing List.| |Yatcom Communications, New Orleans, LA|To join, send a message to: | |Visit VIRTUALLY NEW ORLEANS: |[email removed]| |http://yatcom.com/neworl/vno.html |with SUB NEW-ORLEANS in the body. |