Does anyone know any good restaurants in New Orleans?
so please be nice & I will do the same too
Originally Posted by Nia Baby
Welcome to New Orleans (NOLA). I'll try to be nice but sweetheart--you can't post "does anyone know any good restaurants in New Orleans?" & not have people tease you a little. I've lived in decent restaurant towns before, but there is NOTHING to compare to New Orleans. Even San Francisco doesn't. Closest I've come in the US is Santa Fe, and that's a one-trick pony: the food there is GREAT if you love New Mexico (I do!). NOLA, although known for creole & creole-Italian, does have an incredible variety. New Orleans is the food capital of the WORLD. There's nothing but good food here--I've had food that was OK in 3 yrs., but I don't think I've ever had anything actually BAD the entire time. So you can't ask if there's anywhere good to eat.
You can ask where's BEST. Where's GOOD. Where's INEXPENSIVE but still TASTY. Where's a CAN'T-MISS-LANDMARK. You'll still get several hundred answers in each category. What are you in the mood for sweetheart?
Like everyone--I have my favorites. If you know where you're staying & what's walking distance to you it helps. NOTE: MANY locals will tell the best food is NOT in the Fr. Qtr. Welllll... My favorite places are outside the Qtr. too, but there's some mighty-good-food inside it as well. Muriel's. Gumbo Shop. I swear I've never loved another person or animal or truck as much as I love that chicken-&-andouille gumbo. Central Grocery. Arnauld's. Deanie's (its the potatoes in crab-boil they serve instead of bread)...
Talk to the local women on the board. They can tell you where to stay (very important) & then they'll let you know where they like to go for food which is close by. Or when you know roughly what area, ask again & you can probably get suggestions a short ride or walk from where you stay.
I'll go ahead & plug my favorite restaurant in NOLA: Jacques Imo's. Eat there at least once. Loud, not elegant, but the best in creole cooking. Never had a fish there that wasn't perfect. Order the alligator-sausage-&-shrimp-cheesecake @ the bar while you wait for your table. Sounds (and w/the sauce, looks) disgusting. Tastes INCREDIBLE. Seriously.