New Orleans Dining
All the Hottest New Orleans Restaurants to Dine At This Spring!
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AFRICAN Bennachin’s West African flavors are a welcome break from conventional New Orleans fare. Their lunch menu is incredibly affordable—and it’s BYOB. They serve delicious vegetarian dishes and sides, like coconut rice, pounded cassava, and...
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15 Ways To Get Invited to the Next Crawfish Boil
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While there are definitely a few spots around town that serve excellent boiled crawfish (Bevi Seafood, Clesi's, Big Fisherman, Seither's, etc.), some of the best and most memorable boils are typically held in a friend’s and/or family's backyard. While important,...
New Orleans’s Top 20 Spring Veggie Dishes: Part 2 (No. 10-1)
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Click here for New Orleans's Top 20 Spring Veggie Dishes Part 1: Dishes #20-11!
10. Poke Loa's Veggie Bowl
Poke Loa: Multiple locations, eatpokeloa.com
Poke seems to have exploded in popularity in New Orleans, and no one does it better than Poke Loa. The custom veggie bowl, ringing in at $12.00 for a two-scoop bowl and $14.00 for a three-scoop, is a vegetarian's dream. The bowl boasts baby cucumbers, sweet onion,...
New Orleans’s Top 20 Spring Veggie Dishes: Part 1 (No. 20-11)
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New Orleans is widely known for its gastrointestinal-tantalizing masterpieces. Crawfish beignets, king cake milkshakes, and even the french fry po-boy—we love you so much. In a fried seafood-loving city, however, one can’t help but wonder: What does the healthier world of NOLA eating have to offer? Can a salad really hold a carrot to a classic New Orleans indulgence like shrimp and grits? I spent the last month combing...
Native Nibbles: Exotic Foods of New Orleans and Louisiana
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People have said that Louisiana (New Orleans in particular) has the best food in the world so often throughout its history, it’s become a cliché or a stereotype by this point. But there has to be a definite truth to that cliché if so many people have said it. Whether it’s beignets, muffulettas, po-boys, etc., our state is recognized as a crowning achievement of culinary excellence. That being said, there are some...
Holy Snoballs! The Search for the Best Snoball in New Orleans
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Temperatures are rising in the Big Easy, and there’s only one way to beat this climate-change-induced thirst trap: the New Orleans snoball. The snoball, a hallmark of the city, has an origin largely accredited to a machine created by Ernest Hansen of Hansen’s Sno-Bliz in the 1930s. The number of snoball stands in New Orleans is now skyrocketing faster than a tourist’s blood alcohol level during a night on Bourbon...
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In The Raw
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Once again springtime has arrived, the flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing, the birds are singing and everyone is feeling that oh-so natural feeling of excitement, stimulation, and arousal. It's no surprise that at the onset of spring, our pagan ancestors would dance naked under the sun, make love with horned strangers and tear raw...
Bowwow Brunch
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Bowwow Brunch Springtime is upon us and along with blooming flowers and warmer weather, a literal multitude of festivals will be filling the city with food, music and fun. Amidst all of this frivolity, one can't help but consider our furry friends who are left at home, watching us walk through the door for yet another event to which they...
Return of the Reuben
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Don't start. Reubens have never actually left the New Orleans restaurant scene, it just seems like they're popping up on menus everywhere recently and not only because St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. One can theorize that as a side effect of chefs' renewed interest in making everything themselves, from baking their own table...
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A Black Fly in My Chardonnay
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I recently passed the Introductory Course Sommelier Exam, which was a pretty exciting feat, and one which I was shocked to have accomplished. The test and the two-day wine class leading up to it were grueling, intense, and slightly painful—somewhere between the SAT’s, the bar exam, and a bikini wax. For instance, there are...
When Cocktails Become Cocky
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The Craft Cocktail Culture As Tales of the Cocktail 2015 is kicking off this week, New Orleans will soon be inundated with people in the cocktail biz coming to take part in the various festivities and events. At last count, an estimated 17,000 “bar professionals” are anticipated in the city for the week-long affair. ...
In the Weeds
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There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, she didn't know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
Every job has its own demands. Every job can be stressful. But...