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This Louisiana Restaurant Serves Giant Plates Of Mac And Cheese With Gravy

A small order of mac and cheese here can leave you full before the rest of your food arrives. That’s the kind of portion size people talk about in this corner of Louisiana. The menu leans Creole-Italian, with big plates of down-home comfort food. The dining room has a retro 1950s look that fits the cooking perfectly.

Chalmette, LA · 3d

Cheapism

12 Restaurant Where Ordering the Famous Dish Is Actually Worth It

Discover 12 restaurants across the United States known for their signature dishes and distinctive cooking techniques. From Louisville's Hot Brown to Chicago's Italian beef sandwich, these iconic meals reflect local culinary traditions and decades of history.

New Orleans, LA · 18h

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These Louisiana Sandwich Shops Have Deli Meat Fans Coming Back For Another Bite

One New Orleans sandwich shop has five full-time butchers who craft, smoke, and cure over 2,000 pounds of meat every single week. I had to read that twice. That’s a serious amount of salami love. The deli scene here goes way beyond one meaty overachiever. One counter still serves...

NOLA.com

Parkway’s ‘monster’ Thanksgiving po-boy for a good cause is back. Here’s when, how to get one.

The Thanksgiving sandwich has become almost as common as pumpkin spice this time of year, with big brands now heavily promoting their own renditions. But the Thanksgiving turkey po-boy from Parkway Bakery & Tavern is something different, a phenomenon in its own right that has been harnessed for a good cause by two New Orleans restaurant families.

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Lesbian bar opens in historic Marigny location with ties to a New Orleans gay-rights icon

Women haven’t always been allowed on ships, maritime superstitions being what they once were. But at Capt. Mary’s Pub in the Marigny, women are at the helm. The new, nautical-themed queer bar geared toward lesbians and other sapphics is up and running each day from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. at 940 Elysian Fields Ave., a historic location with deep roots in New Orleans’ LGBTQ community.

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At Po-Boy Fest, find sandwiches from the past, lost NOLA restaurants, one-day wonders

How far can a po-boy stray from the familiar template and still be a po-boy? Explorations of that question and fodder for hearty debate will be directly at hand Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival. Creative interpretations of the po-boy are fueled by the many vendors’ own...

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This Wood-Paneled New Orleans Steakhouse Cooks Prime Ribeyes With A Creole Twist In The French Quarter

Craving a serious steak in the middle of the French Quarter, where the classics get a Louisiana accent? There is a wood-paneled dining room just off Bourbon Street that has been quietly turning out prime cuts with Creole seasoning for years, and locals keep coming back for it. The ribeyes...

New Orleans, LA · 3d

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Blue Dog Paintings Line The Walls Of This Louisiana Casino Steakhouse Serving Prime Ribeyes Worth The Drive To New Orleans

A blue dog with yellow eyes is staring at you from the wall, and nobody at the next table seems surprised. That is just dinner in one corner of downtown New Orleans, where a casino hides a steakhouse behind a door that looks like part of the wall. The art...

New Orleans, LA · 23h

Timeless Dishes

New Orleans Beignet Fest Returns November 7 With Sweet and Savory Creations

Beignet Fest returns to New Orleans City Park November 7 with sweet and savory beignets, live music, family activities, and free entry for children 10 and younger. The post New Orleans Beignet Fest Returns November 7 With Sweet and Savory Creations appeared first on Timeless Dishes .

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This Louisiana Sandwich Shop Is Bringing Back Its Famous Thanksgiving Po’ Boy For November

Turkey, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce, and gravy are getting stuffed into French bread again. The whole Thanksgiving plate fits in your hands, and it only shows up on November Wednesdays. I love that this sandwich does good while it tastes good. A portion of every sale supports cancer research through...

New Orleans, LA · 3d

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At least 16 new restaurants have opened in New Orleans since September. Here’s the list.

After a slow summer season for New Orleans’ dining scene, at least 16 restaurants have opened across the city — in hotels, drive-thrus and bars — between September and the first week of November. The additions reflect the growth of an eclectic local restaurant scene that continues...

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Canal Street Hyatt Preparing to Launch New Restaurant

Maison Creole will be an all-day restaurant offering table service inside the Hyatt on Canal

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Lunchtime Lagniappe: Celebrating National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day with Krispy Krunchy

Nov. 9 is National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day, so Krispy Krunchy Chicken brought sandwiches to "Lunchtime Lagniappe."

New Orleans, LA · 15h

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NOLA-Born Hospitality Group Lands Riverfront Park Restaurant and Bar Deal

Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park — Site of Planned Crew Restaurant. A restaurant and bar group with deep New Orleans roots is coming home to run the food and drink program at one of the city's newest public spaces. Audubon Nature Institute has selected Crew, the New York-founded hospitality company led by New Orleans natives Alex and Miles Pincus, to operate a waterfront restaurant and bar at Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park.

New Orleans, LA · 15h

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Four Seasons NOLA hotel opens new Italian restaurant with salumi bar, sweeping river view

The view is captivating as ever, though the restaurant that now gives a vantage to appreciate is bringing something different with fresh pasta, Italian cocktails and a salumi bar. Trattoria Varco is a new Italian restaurant in the Four Seasons New Orleans hotel that overlooks a majestic sweep of the...

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Oysters, cocktails at new French Quarter restaurant are an instant hit. Next up: brunch

Holywater hasn’t been open long in a historic building just off Royal Street, but New Orleans diners are already loving the yacht club-esque bar with cool cocktails and a big oyster collection. But what I haven’t seen on my TikTok algorithm yet are people trying the restaurant’s weekend brunch....

New Orleans, LA · 22h

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New Orleans favorite Hubig’s sweet potato pies return for a limited time

New Orleans bakery Hubig's released a new seasonal sweet potato pie flavor made with Louisiana jumbo yams for a limited time.

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Maison Revant brings flavors of Martinique and the French Caribbean to the French Quarter

That’s what the name of the new restaurant Maison Revant means in French. It also speaks directly to the hopes and imaginings of its chef and co-owner Laura-Inès René-Corail. Maison Revant. What. Maison Revant. Where. 1014 N. Rampart St., maisonrevantnola.com. When. Dinner Tue.-Sat. How. Dine-in Check it...

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‘House of Snacks’: Slavic chef turns pop-up into Marigny restaurant

Chef Katya Simkhovich opened Dom Zakuski in the Marigny on Oct. 30, bringing Slavic flavors to New Orleans. Simkhovich opened Dom Zakuski, which translates from Russian to “house of snacks,” as a pop-up after moving to New Orleans in 2023. Now a brick-and-mortar restaurant at 2440 Chartres St., the restaurant serves everything from caviar crepes to beet-pickled deviled eggs.

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