Table Talk

By Gary Fonville

March 10, 2007 3:35 PM | Link to this

Has Pampy’s reopened? The food was great!

By Carolyn O'Neil

March 10, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this

I’m headed to New Orleans next weekend for a friend’s wedding which will be held at Commander’s Palace. That weekend also marks the 16th birthday of Palace Cafe. I haven’t visited post Katrina, so I’m really anxious to see how my restaurant friends are doing. It’s interesting that the couple getting married are both from NY and are very involved in James Beard Foundation and they chose to have their wedding in New Orleans because they love the food there. So a whole slew of their foodie friends will be there to support NOLA’s eateries next weekend.

By prechrchet

March 10, 2007 9:00 PM | Link to this

I would hope that Copelands would survive. It’s the best cajun restaurant on the planet. (I use to go there a lot after church, since it was across the street.)

By greg miller

March 11, 2007 3:23 AM | Link to this

i know of one great resturant that is open. lillette’s on magazine. this is one hot young new orleans chef. as for me my favorite new orleans resturant closed years ago. buster holmes. red beans and rice with sausage and the best greens i’ve ever had.

By Maureen Grimes

March 11, 2007 7:09 AM | Link to this

The Court of Two Sisters served the best turtle soup. Bring it on again!

By ron

March 11, 2007 7:45 AM | Link to this

Perhaps the good people of New Orleans could throw another party on donated money like they did in 2006.The half that left New Orleans are the smart ones.They can start new restaurants somewhere on higher ground.The ones they are rebuilding in New Orleans now are only going to be reflooded sometime in the future.

By Peachy

March 11, 2007 8:00 AM | Link to this

ron is right. Why would anyone stay/go to NO now? let the restaurants move to cities where Entitlement Fever isn’t so rampant, is not the national headquarters for Thugs R Us and doesn’t keep electing a useless mayor. Nope, my tourista dollars won’t go there.

By sandra

March 11, 2007 9:17 AM | Link to this

The main point about eating in New Orleans is that New Orleans and eating are the same. I lived there for four years and there is definitely no difference between excellent food and being in New Orleans…Yes. The restaurants are a MUST. Just like the music is a MUST..It s their culture. There is no New Orleans without good food.

By Dale

March 11, 2007 9:52 AM | Link to this

Central Grocery-best sandwiches in the city and having the best aroma as you walk around the store and pick out your favorite coffee and sausage. Also the friendliest staff to prepare your to- geaux meals.

By jc

March 11, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

Who give a crap about New Orleans

By Bob

March 11, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

Only been to NO once (post Katrina) and the food was the best I’ve had in years!

By chuck

March 11, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

Mother’s on Poydras Ave., Cooter Brown’s in Carrollton, and The Gumbo Shop, Brennan’s and K Paul’s in the Quarter

By PJ

March 11, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

Mandina’s & Bruning’s.

By chefboy

March 11, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this

yes, pampy’s has reopened and like many others out there (like mandina’s) is better than ever.

isn’t there an irony to the folks of atl talking about “thugs”? nola is no more afflicted with crime than any other major metropolitan area… including atlanta, though it is currently suffering a spike just like everyone else sees in times of trouble.

new orleans is a beautiful city burgeoning with culture, art, history and, yes, some of the finest food in the country. in is the south’s most vital international shipping port (with activity up 50% since the passing of the storm), so believe it or not, it is a crucial business hub for the american south.

if you don’t want to spend your “touista” dollars there, fine, head on back to myrtle beach, pigeon forge, gatlinburg or wherever it is thay makes you feel safe, but there is a very dangerous precident being set in letting one of the country’s great cities die on the vine.

try to remember, it wasn’t the storm that got the city. it was a failure on the part of the U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS to provide adequate protection that got new orleans.

By reality check

March 11, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this

Mothers, definitely. I’m going to NO in about 3 weeks and have to check it out.

By Grrtch

March 11, 2007 1:52 PM | Link to this

on Road Food.com where they rate restaurants by how many miles out of the way one should drive to sample their grub, I rated Uglesich’s at 553.. the distance from my doorstep to theirs.

I stood in line for three bloomin’ hours and got the absolute worst sunburn ever just so I could taste the very last fleeting season of Uglesich’s barbecue oysters… gah, have never ever tasted anything like what that joint could serve.. Never thought I’d say this, especially when I turned the corner on Erato and caught sight of that line way way down Barrone, but the wait and the sunpoisoning were incidental after enjoying such a sublime meal… all made more pleasant when we discovered that cutting inline for a Bloody Mary was permissable and then you realize that the kind of folks who would stand in line from the types in, say, the grumpy tag line at the DMV….

I know Mr. Anthony and Miss Gail were all set to retire and close the 81 year old establishment, but before Katrina, there was a glimmer of a chance that retirement would bore them and they’d reopen during certain seasons with a limited menu. That sure isn’t gonna happen now, but if I could click my ruby heels, that’s be the eatery I’d bring back…

By Friend to N'awlins

March 11, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

Folks like tough-guy “Ron” and (Peachy?) have obviously never been to New Orleans nor would they “get it” if they bothered. You know the type..they head to their Friday night Olive Garden dinner, come home to their ranch-style house with their overweight kids and critize what they don’t understand. Fun, huh? Not sure what “entitlement fever” means and also not sure what is meant by “throwing a party on donated funds.” If this is supposed to mean Mardi Gras, City of New Orleans tax dollars pay for police and floats are built by a private company (Blaine Kern) on the Westbank. The marching bands volunteer and it’s ALL free for the public. New Orleans was flooded due to levee failures that are SUPPOSED to be maintained by the Federal Gov’t. Would you not re-build NYC after another terrorist attack? Or San Fran. when the big one hits out there (just a matter of time). Venice, Tokyo, Amsterdam and countless other great cities lie below sea level and THEIR countries maintain the water systems that protect them. I guess we’ve got too many wars to fight to protect our most beauftiful and unique city. New Orleans really is unique and has more to offer than any other American city for music, food, beautiful architecture, the shipping industry, and straight ahead good X’s. I guess those things are not important to some but they mean alot to others. To Ron the dork, NEW ORLEANS DOESN’T WANT YOU OR NEED YOU! As prev. mentioned, stay in your white-washed hell hole and spend your vacations in Conyers.

~MG

By Sherri Frey

March 11, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this

I have been to NOLA 3 times, twice before Katrina hit and once after. I am so glad I was there to see Mardi Gras before Katrina. I always stay with a friend that cooks anything I want! It is always soooo good! We ate at the french quarter once and I was not impressed for the price.

We rarely go to a restaurant. Why do that when Mike makes it all? We have had shrimp and oyster poor boys on carryout. Those were good.

He showed me some of the damage from Katrina. He would not take me to the 9th ward because it was so dangerous.

I leave there every time 10 pounds heavier LOL

By lawyerdaggett

March 11, 2007 7:38 PM | Link to this

Hands down…the Acme Oyster House.

By GWJ

March 11, 2007 11:21 PM | Link to this

I just returned from New Orleans. I have been back 3 times since Katrina. The restaurant situation (more openings)has improved with each visit. In my opinion, the food as well as the service in my favorite restaurants is equalivent to pre Katrina. As someone who loves New Orleans (visited over 65 times), I would encourage everyone to go and visit…..simply the best food in the world!!

By Al

March 12, 2007 6:44 AM | Link to this

My favorite N’awlins restaurants: 1. Acme Oyster House (seafood platter) 2. Napolean House (muffuletta sandwich) 3. Mother’s (breakfast or lunch) 4. Arnaud’s (Sunday brunch) 5. Brennan’s (breakfast) 6. Cafe Du Monde (beignets & coffee)

By skeeter

March 12, 2007 8:06 AM | Link to this

I grew up in New Orleans, although I haven’t lived there in many years. One of my fav restaurants was Ralph & Kacoo’s for seafood. I think it was located on Bienville (or maybe d’Iberville) in the French Quarter. A lovely huge old building, dark and cavernous, a quintessenial local flavor and decor. Loved it.

By Hunter

March 12, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

How about Gallitroies on Bourbon? (sp?) I was very impressed with their amazing food AND amazing service as their polished waiters NEVER write down a thing…Probably the most impressive dining experience of my life thus far…(pre Katrina experience)…

By Bill

March 12, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this

I heard R&O’s reopened recently, best poboys in the whole NO area. :)

Dunbar’s was uptown right near Tulane & Loyola, and probably survived the hurricane, I haven’t heard, but it was the place to go for the best fried chicken and red beans & rice.

Whoever mentioned Copeland’s, um, they have those here in Atlanta too.

By Jan

March 12, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this

I agree with Skeeter. Ralph & Kacoo’s is the best!!

By jray

March 12, 2007 9:04 AM | Link to this

Jacimo’s. period. I ate in the kitchen there once…

By Jan

March 12, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this

I agree with Skeeter. Ralph & Kacoo’s is the best!!

By Erica

March 12, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this

2 places:

Deanie’s and Cafe du Monde

I STILL dream about that mile high crawfish plate there…Man….

By OverNO

March 12, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this

None! I am sick and tired of hearing about New Orleans…No other city has ever recieved as much aide as they have and there is little or not progress. Gulf state cities in Mississippi, Florida and Alabama all have had hurricane devistation and YES it is comparable to Katrina, but no other city has had its sorry excuse for human residents use and abuse the system and basically STEAL money from the government, even the small town of Enterprise Alabama which was recently devistated by tornados has done more recovery in two weeks than the crap hole of New Orleans has done in over a year. I could not be more disgusted

By Rob Smith

March 14, 2007 2:51 PM | Link to this

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