In article , you say: > >It's time to ask for a list of vegan and vegetarian restaurants, as >well as natural food grocery stores, in New Orleans, LA for the USENIX >conferene in January. The Conference is at the New Orleans Marriott >Hotel adjacent to the French Quarter. > >Please e-mail suggestions to me, and I'll summarize the week before >the conference. It would be helpful if you used this form in replying: > >Name: >Address: >Phone: >Kinds of Food Served: >Price range: >Distance in miles from the hotel: >Distance in driving time from the hotel: >Directions via Public Transit: >Distance in driving time via Public Transit: >Etc: > The only place that I know of in the downtown/French Quarter area that is vegetarian/vegan is: The Apple Seed Shoppe 336 Camp St. 504.529.3442 advertises itself as a vegetarian/health food place cheap appx. 6 blocks walking distance not necessary Note: This is primarily a lunch place for folks who work in the CBD. I don't think it's got dinner hours. Additionally, there are the following restaurants, all within walking distance of the downtown Marriott that are sympathetic to the needs of the vegetarian diner. I can't say specifically that they'll be able to accomodate the requirements of a strict vegan, but a phone call to any of them will settle that. The Italian places (Anacapri and Bacco) as well as La. Pizza Kitchen should be able to handle most requests, since their menus are olive oil and semolina flour-based. Wish I could help more, but Creole cuisine doesn't really lend itself to vegetarian interpretations. Anacapri 320 Decatur 504.522.9056 When I put the question of vegetarian restaurants to local food critic Tom Fitzmorris about a year ago, he first suggested Andrea's in Metairie, and Anacapri, both owned by Chef Andrea Appuzzo. Chef Andrea will make just about anything anyone asks for, if he's got the ingredients in the kitchen. Bacco 310 Chartres St. 504.522.2426 Owned by the same folks as Commander's Palace and Mr. B's. Italian, should be able to handle a pasta/veggie type vegetarian dinner. Cafe' Sbisa 1101 Decatur St. 504.522.5565 Should be able to accomodate vegetarians. Louisiana Pizza Kitchen 95 French Market Place (in the old French Market) 504.522.9500 Gourmet pizza place, regularly has "vegetarian" pizzas on the menu. Samuari Sushi 609 Decatur 504.525.9595 Sushi Bar a few blocks away from the Marriott. Can accomodate vegetarians to the extent that just about any sushi bar can. >If there are any relevant regional newsgroups I've missed, or local >BBSes to post this to, please do. > >thanx -len I'm copying this message and sending it to my New Orleans Mailing list. Will forward any additional replies that pop up there. |Edward J. Branley |Moderator, New Orleans Mailing List.| |[email removed] |To join, send a message to: | |Seashell Software, New Orleans, LA |[email removed]| |+1.504.455.5087 |with JOIN NEW-ORLEANS in the body. | From [email removed] Sat Dec 17 21:21:33 1994 Sender: [email removed] To: "New Orleans Mailing List" Reply-To: "New Orleans Mailing List" Organization: Minas Tirith BBS (Public Access Usenet for New Orleans) Subject: Re: Re: veggie restaurants X-Mailserver: Waffle File Server (WFS), Release 3.0.2 X-Article: 107 Content-Length: 3518 >>There's a really fantastic Indian restaurant in Metairie that serves veggie >>meals. The name has "Taj" in it and it's on Metairie Blvd (st.? rd?) in >>the 700 block. It's hard to see from the road but well worth the search. >>We try to include a meal there with every visit to NO. >>later, >>John (a veg except during crawfish season or when softshell crab is available) I'll take this one, Mark... Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine, 923 Metairie Rd (from N.O. get off I-10 and hang a left) My rating: 2.5 beans, 2 beans if dead cockroaches ruffle you (apologies to Gene Bourg) So at the beginning of the meal they bring you this crispy tortilla-like bread, right? They bring it with your water. One of my dining companions reached for a piece, but stopped short because there was a fat, freshly dead roach teetering on top of it. We're fairly laid back, so we laughed it off and cheerfully ate our meal. Everyone knows that roaches are a fact of life down here, even at the most venerable and well-respected eateries. And in earlier days, I inadvertently served tidbits of "local flavor," shall I say, to visitors (Riverside Cafe, Riverwalk; Original Papa Joes, Bourbon St.). But when the check came, one member of our party thought there should have been some discount or comp applied to the bill. There was some disagreement over this point. The whole experience did give me a very bad feeling an I don't think I'd recommend the place to visitors. We sampled the vegetarian fare as well as a lamb dish (baa!) and a chicken dish. I know nothing about Indian food, but it my guess is that it's more authentic than your typical Indian restaurant. The 'vegetable salad' which I was looking forward to tasted canned and was a big disappointment. They serve Indian beer for 3.50 a bottle, though I would not recommend the Indian Lager, which tasted like a sweet malt liquor. Try the other one. If you dig Indian food, Taj Mahal is worth a try. But as a former vegetarian, I'd say there are some great choices IN the city for decent veg-o-meals. Lunch at All Natural Foods (5517 Magazine). Usually the lunch special is delicious and reasonably priced (stir fried veggies comes to mind) but avoid the dry and atrocious Vegetarian Jambalaya. Check out Beaucoups Books and Lenny's News across the street while you're there. Pie In The Sky Pizza (1818 Magazine) is still a personal favorite. They have an all-veggie menu (not vegan, however) and a highlight is their Son Of Sky pizza (marinated artichokes, pesto, bermuda onions, tomato slices...). They also have superb salads and Focaccia (sp?) sandwiches. Word is still out on Jack Sprat's Vegetarian Grill on Carrollton. Unless I hear a report, I think I'll wait and see if it's still here in six months. Bennachin (133 N. Carrollton, formerly in Metairie) has some great Afro-veggie choices but I was not thrilled by their fried blackeyed pea po-boy nor their version of veggie jambalaya. A super-cheap lunch spot, though. Never been to Old Dog New Trick Cafe, though I have wanted to try it for years and I just never get around to it. I'd love to see a review. Anybody? Andy B [email removed] Oh yeah, for you AOL watchers, rumor has it that the much-maligned network will be accepting advertising soon. It will be interesting to see if this is the flip side of Steve Case's oh-so-benevolent decision to drop hourly rates come Jan 1. Hopefully for us N.O. AOLers, Communique will drop its rates by then too ;} ... From [email removed] Mon Dec 19 10:13:42 1994 >Received: by mintir.new-orleans.la.us (1.65/waf) via UUCP; Mon, 19 Dec 94 04:03:20 CST Sender: [email removed] To: "New Orleans Mailing List" Reply-To: "New Orleans Mailing List" Organization: Minas Tirith BBS (Public Access Usenet for New Orleans) Subject: Re: Re: 24 Hour Places X-Mailserver: Waffle File Server (WFS), Release 3.0.2 X-Article: 139 Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2259 >I am visiting NO this coming week (12/20-12/25). DO any of you know of >any 24 hour restaurants/cafe's, or any music clubs or local bands in the >Industrial/Goth genre? I can't believe no one on the list remembered La Peniche! (Dauphine St. in the Marigny). Delicious food, well prepared, and well within the budget of any Industrial/Goth or Visigoth. The Hummingbird (on St. Charles Ave.) is beyond cheap and has some incredible biscuits. It's a favorite hangout for cops, indigents, and slumming youngsters. Ignore the roaches. For music: no 'Goth' bands or dance clubs to speak of, but buy the Friday edition of the Times-Picayune newspaper for the weekend section (called 'Lagniappe'). Check the listings for Checkpoint Charlie's, Howlin' Wolf, Tipitina's, N.O. Music Hall (this club may have a new name), *R.C. Bridge Lounge*, the Warehouse Cafe, the Rendon Inn, and the State Palace Theatre. Check out local band Weedeater if you can. I have heard that they are an 'alternative' band worth seeing (comparisons include Big Black). But you can see that stuff anywhere, much like you can find McDonald's everywhere. Please, check out some of the local stuff. If you're here on a Thursday, check out Kermit Rufffins at Vaughn's. See the Rebirth Brass Band or the Soul Rebels Brass Band. Go to Cafe Brazil and Cafe Istanbul on Frenchmen St. for some reggae and some crazy proto-Brazilian music. Experience post-beatnik Blues worship with John Sinclair, who has been known to play at the Howlin' Wolf and Buffa's Lounge on Esplanade. On Sunday nights, Peter Holsapple (ex-dB's) plays for free at Carrollton Station, with friends. Friends in the past have included Mike Mills of REM, members of the Cowsills, Uncle Tupelo, and other dB's. Pussycat Caverns in the Bywater is one 'alternative' venue you should check out. Very sporadic events. It's truly a DIY scene run by young people reminiscent of Andy Warhol's entourage. One recent night included drawings for door prizes (such as prison rodeo belt buckles), an oyster bar, a wet bar featuring ginseng drinks, and a scary naked guy. Bars where you can bond with your ilk include Kagan's on Decatur St., the R Bar in the Marigny, and the Blue Crystal. Andy B [email removed]
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