I love old-timey places that have survived and thrived over the years, and certainly Casamento’s fits that description. The consummate oyster restaurant in New Orleans, it’s been open continuously since 1919. Except when they close every June, July, and August, much to the dismay of locals, who eagerly await it’s reopening every year. With a [...]
A pal invited me to the haute dog place in New Orleans, “Dat Dog”, and it was over the top delicious on the tubular nutrition vehicle offerings. Unimpressive website that tells you nothing, but the experience and first bite tell you everything. These are quality sausages, made by a variety of purveyors. My pal went [...]
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No Comments »(From our travel archives) Where do ex-spouses of great restaurants go? Why, down the street to start their own. Tommy Andrade (nee “Irene’s”) is happily serving the public a little bit of Italian and a little bit of Creole at “Tommy’s Cuisine,” 744 Tchoupitoulas. I had noticed this place out of the corner of my [...]
Posted in Hot off the Grill, Miscellany, Other, Sausage Tags: #Nola, #Nolaeats, New Orleans No Comments »(From our travel archives) Sal Impastato is from Sicily – having come to a America as a young man 50 years ago, and worked in restaurants in NOLA and TX, Sal finally got to open his own place several decades ago – on a quiet country road in Lacombe, Louisiana. “People” say “Italian” in New [...]
Posted in Hot off the Grill, Miscellany, Other Tags: #Nola, New Orleans, New Orleans Italian, New Orleans restaurants 1 Comment »(From our travel archives) I am in buffet heaven, if there is such a thing. I’ve previously written about a couple; I hit the other two “main attractions” in the past few weeks. Number one, in all manners of speaking, was the House of Seafood Buffet, at 81790 Highway 21, in Bush. Like most restaurants [...]
Posted in Hot off the Grill, Miscellany, Other Tags: Buffet, Bush Louisiana, New Orleans No Comments »(From our archives) I had some out of town visitors the other day – eschewing my dining suggestions, they wanted to go to the Pelican Club, on Exchange Place in the Quarter. The owner chefs, Richard Hughes, and Chin Ling, despite having heritages that come from tenures at other fine dining establishments, carry fusion a [...]
Posted in Hot off the Grill, Miscellany, Other Tags: #Nola, #Nolaeats, French Quarter, New Orleans No Comments »(From our archives) In a city known for great seafood, and as I have written before, I’m delighted there are so many great steakhouses here. Especially ones that have endured w/o change over the years. For the past 70 years, Charlie’s has been selling the “sizzle” right along side the best of them, but doing [...]
Posted in Hot off the Grill, Miscellany, Other Tags: #Nola, New Orleans, New Orleans Steak No Comments »(From our archives) Proving once again that, as in most categories, reviewers don’t know shit from shinola, Tom Fitzmorris gave the Upperline “Four Stars;” the Times-Picayune lauded it with “Four Beans;” it has received the Wine Spectator’s “Award of Excellence,’ and Frommer’s called it “Best Contemporary Creole” in the city. What a load of hooey. [...]
The Simon Hubig Pie company didn’t get its start in New Orleans, but it is where it moved from “baker” to “legend”. Opening in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood (adjacent to the French Quarter) in 1922, Hubig’s has been making up and distributing its wide line of pocket sized fried pies ever since. Surviving Katrina, Hubig’s [...]
(from our archives) My daughter and (then) her boyfriend were in town last week, she wanted “classic cuisine,” and although there aren’t many places I favor more than Gallatoires, for some reason (DOH!) I decided to take them to Antoine’s. The good news is, having two underage guests at dinner greatly cuts down on the [...]
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