eat & drink in new orleans
Lilette, Photo By Paul Costello, May 2006
- New Orleans Restaurants
- Casamento's Restaurant
- 4330 Magazine Street
(504) 895-9761 The ultimate New Orleans oyster bar. It has tiled walls and expert shuckers. The amazing fried oyster (or shrimp) loaves are on thick pan bread rather than the usual French bread.
- Herbsaint
- 701 St. Charles Avenue
(504) 524-4114 Chef Donald Link was the first "white tablecloth" restaurant to reopen after The Storm. He's cooking post-Katrina comfort foods like Black Angus meat loaf and more. The warm chocolate beignets are worth the trip alone.
- Langenstein's Supermarket
- 1330 Arabella Street
(504) 899-9283 The quintessential Uptown neighborhood grocery, with the city's best butchers (and just about the only ones left who cut meat to order) and the best local seafood. The market also sells authentic Creole prepared foods. Even better—if the post-Katrina staff is able to—they'll ship dry goods anywhere in the country.
- Lilette
- 3637 Magazine Street
(504) 895-1636 John Harris is one of the most talented chefs in the city, and Lilette has the feel of an authentic bistro. Try the terrific hanger steak with potatoes roasted in duck fat, or the daily creative preparation of local black drum fish.
