New Orleans Cookery is on our list of 'next time we eat in Chapel Hill' places -- I've heard good things about it. Since we didn't try the cajun fare at Tony's, I can't say good or bad, but it looked and smelled right -- many of my husband's relatives are still running around barefoot in the Louisiana bayous (I kid you not). We visited last summer and I got my fill of "real" cajun cooking for a long while. (BTW -- you haven't heard _Twas the Night Before Christmas_ until you've heard it in cajun!) We'll try Tony's again. Hopefully our experience Friday night wasn't a fluke -- if it was I'll post again. Perhaps they've improved (a lot?) since you were there, Brett. If not, we sure got lucky. ;) (emailed to Brett and posted in triangle.dining) Sherry Brett L. wrote: >I have to disagree strongly with this post. Sorry Sherry. I tried the >place a few months ago. IMO, the service was not too great, the food >is overpriced, the quality of the food is average at best and as for >it being anything close to "cajun"......it's not. If you want cajun, >the best bet I've found so far is Chapel Hill's New Orleans Cookery. >I really just didn't like the place. >Brett
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Tony's Oyster Bar
Chris C. wrote: >Brett L. wrote: >>I have to disagree strongly with this post. Sorry Sherry. >>If you want cajun, the best bet I've found so far is Chapel Hill's >>New Orleans Cookery. >i have to disagree strongly with this post. sorry, brett. if you want standard >french cuisine, new orleans style, it's pretty ok at new orleans cookery. but >pretty pale for cajun. the closest authentic cajun i've found is, again, the long >drive to charlotte, for either cajun queen or bayou kitchen. >i'd love for someone to correct me, so i can go find something very cajun >around here. please tell me i'm wrong. thank you in advance. No offense taken Chris. I never did claim that NOC was "authentic" t I. wrote: it was the best I've found so far (re: in the Triangle). If there is better I would love to hear about it. I'll give Cajun Queen and Bayou Kitchen a try next time I'm in the Queen City. Brett
Brett L. wrote: >I have to disagree strongly with this post. Sorry Sherry. >If you want cajun, the best bet I've found so far is Chapel Hill's >New Orleans Cookery. i have to disagree strongly with this post. sorry, brett. if you want standard french cuisine, new orleans style, it's pretty ok at new orleans cookery. but pretty pale for cajun. the closest authentic cajun i've found is, again, the long drive to charlotte, for either cajun queen or bayou kitchen. i'd love for someone to correct me, so i can go find something very cajun around here. please tell me i'm wrong. thank you in advance. steve dominick of new orleans cookery is, however, opening up a new place to be called, modestly enough, dominick's. location is the former la grillade (which itself was the former claire's) on chapel hill road in durham. crawdad etouffe, chris