In response to a request for a repost of the New Orleans summary from a couple of years ago, here 'tis! I additional comment. I was down there about a year ago and found a wounderful little restaurant. It is not in the French Sector or even downtown. As a matter of fact it is around 2810 Tulane Avenue (right next to the Best Western at 2820 and across the street from... the jail). This place is on the corner and is call's Tom's Place or Tom's Restaurant. I ate here several times and was never disappointed. The catfish tasted clean (not muddy), his red-beans and rice was spicy and satisfying, and his breakfasts were tasty and he even special ordered some grapefruit for me! If you do go, you have to try both his bread pudding and pecan pie. this place only seat 20 people I think, but it has real New Orleans home cooking. It also cost about 1/2 of what the home-cooking places in the French Quarter charge. enjoy! Russ From Wed Mar 7 15:07:30 PST 1990
New Orleans, LA
Restaurants in New Orleans
RICHTER S. wrote: >Hi Netters! >I'll stay a few days in New Orleans in end of October. I'm looking for some >typical Louisisana/New Orleans restaurants. As I'm a student I won't spent too >much money on it. >Any other suggestions I shouldn't miss there. >Thanks > Simone >Please reply directly as I don't read this group regulary >e-mail adress [email removed] >private Simone Richter > Eckhardtstrasse 18 > 64289 Darmstadt/ Germany Well, I have a whole file that I got off this newsgroup on New Orleans joints. email me if you want a copy: . I ate at a place that isn't listed in the file called Greco's or Dreco's or something. It's on Decatur St., just south of the French Quarter. We had an excellent meal, and it was only $72 for the 4 of us. I've also eaten at Copeland's, which is another good place to go to. It's on the trolley line on St. Charles. Another place that will always get good reviews, but was out of our price range last March, is the Commander's Palace- the place must be the best restaurant in the city. I've never heard any bad reviews of the place. :-Dan
Someone wrote: > RICHTER S. wrote: > > >Hi Netters! > > >I'll stay a few days in New Orleans in end of October. I'm looking for some > >typical Louisisana/New Orleans restaurants. As I'm a student I won't spent too > >much money on it. > >Any other suggestions I shouldn't miss there. > > >Thanks > > Simone > > >Please reply directly as I don't read this group regulary > > >e-mail adress [email removed] > >private Simone Richter > > Eckhardtstrasse 18 > > 64289 Darmstadt/ Germany > > Well, I have a whole file that I got off this newsgroup on New Orleans > joints. email me if you want a copy: . > I ate at a place that isn't listed in the file called Greco's or Dreco's > or something. It's on Decatur St., just south of the French Quarter. We > had an excellent meal, and it was only $72 for the 4 of us. I've also > eaten at Copeland's, which is another good place to go to. It's on the > trolley line on St. Charles. Another place that will always get good > reviews, but was out of our price range last March, is the Commander's > Palace- the place must be the best restaurant in the city. I've never > heard any bad reviews of the place. > :-Dan I'm glad your'e going to New Orleans. I'm from ther, and I'm a student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. I'll tell y'all some good places: 1. The Palace Cafe on Canal Street 2. Geatreau's - Uptown 3. Hofbrau - Uptown. This is where alot of college age people hang out. 4. Cafe Du Monde - French Quarter.
Lookup "Deanies"(sp?) or ask a local when you get there- The best for fried seafood :-0)
JDKx wrote: > >Lookup "Deanies"(sp?) or ask a local when you get there- The best for >fried seafood :-0) My favorite is Sebastian's -- a small restaurant located on one of teh streets off Bourbon, away from Canal st. can't remember the street name. Moderately priced, nice atmosphere in the garden, and delicious food.
Someone wrote: > >Lookup "Deanies"(sp?) or ask a local when you get there- The best for >fried seafood :-0) Deanie's is mediocre at best. Try Bruning's at West End or Bozo's in Metairie near Causeway and Vets. Cheers, Ed.
First of all you will have to go 100 to 150 miles west of New Orleans to find (in my opinion) real Cajun food. Lafayette,Basile,Breaux Bridge etc. . . If you are looking for good New Orleans food you can go just about anywhere and find it. My favorite place in New Orleans to eat is in Bucktown which is an area by Lake Ponchatrain. Some of the places I go are Carmines(order the stuffed artichoke), Mr Ed's has some very good Po-Boys, R & O's has good Seafood and Po-Boys and Deannies has good boiled Crawfish, soft-shelled crab and good fried seafood. Another good Reataurant is in Metairie which is Barecca's - excellent food. Muffalatta's - there is only one place to go in the world and that is the Central Grocery in the French Quarter. When you hit Jackson Square walk towards the French Market and you can't miss it. A lot of people go to the famous restaurants to eat - I prefer where the locals eat. If you follow the locals your guaranteed a good meal and you really have to look hard to find a BAD restaurant in New Orleans.
Muffaletta? One place to go: Central Grocery on Dectaur St. I've had them @ Napoleon House- and whle they are well regarded, the Central version- especially with a beer or soda eaten on the riverfront is exceptional Cajun- go to Lafayette. But really, in New Orleans.......we've been tp Brigsten's- and though pricey, it's wonderful....I'm no native, so I assume there are scores of places.....
Matcon1 wrote: > > First of all you will have to go 100 to 150 miles west of New Orleans to > find (in my opinion) real Cajun food. Lafayette,Basile,Breaux Bridge etc. Agreed. New Orleans does Creole cuisine, not Cajun. Prudhomme isn't Cajun, either--he's Prudhomme. Alex Patout's place on Royal is good, and Michaul's and Mulates do a good job of re-creating the atmosphere of a place in Acadiana, but the quality just isn't the same. Sort of like eating at the Alfredo's at EPCOT. > . . > If you are looking for good New Orleans food you can go just about > anywhere and find it. My favorite place in New Orleans to eat is in > Bucktown which is an area by Lake Ponchatrain. Some of the places I go are > Carmines(order the stuffed artichoke), Mr Ed's has some very good Po-Boys, > R & O's has good Seafood and Po-Boys and Deannies has good boiled > Crawfish, soft-shelled crab and good fried seafood. Another good > Reataurant is in Metairie which is Barecca's - excellent food. Don't forget Laverne's Pizza Bowl, right next to R&O's (it's in the building that R&O's used to be in, before they built the place next door). Great pizza. I'd go there before R&O's if you want pizza. Agree with Carmine's 100%. Mr. Ed's service is weak--some of those waitresses act as if they're doing you a favor by being there. The noise from the video poker machines is also a tad bit too loud for my taste. > > Muffalatta's - there is only one place to go in the world and that is the > Central Grocery in the French Quarter. When you hit Jackson Square walk > towards the French Market and you can't miss it. A lot of people go to the > famous restaurants to eat - I prefer where the locals eat. If you follow > the locals your guaranteed a good meal and you really have to look hard to > find a BAD restaurant in New Orleans. While CG is still #1 on my top ten muffeletta list, there by far not the be-all and end-all as far as the sandwich is concerned. Napoleon House has a great muff, and it's a real restaurant, as opposed to having to sit out in Jackson Square and eating your CG muff. Cheers, Ed.
Go to http://www.yatcom.com/neworl/dining/restop.html, the Virtual New Orleans Dining pages. There are sample menus and reviews for several restaurants, including my fave, Tujague's. You might look around St. Peter Street and see if the Coffee Pot is still there. It's reasonable and good for all three meals.
M. J. wrote: > > Anna Capri in the Quarter > Second that suggestion! Anacapri is Chef Andrea Apuzzo's place on Decatur St. Andrea's in Metairie (his flagship restaurant) is great, and while Anacapri isn't as good (Andrea spends more time at the Metairie place), it's still good Creole-Italian/Northern Italian food. Cheers, Ed.
Someone else suggested following the locals. My favorite meal in New Orleans was in a place that looked remarkably tourist-free: the Acme Oyster House, on the western fringe of the Quarter. Cheap, too! Amy from Philadelphia, the most underrated food city in the Northeast