Ate at Copper Vine last May, and saw their new inn. The room are gorgeous and the food is top notch! https://www.coppervine.com/
Good to know! We thought it looked good too (plus the GF options) and have a dinner reservation later this month. Any food recs?
I am not familiar. Thanks for the heads up.
I’m convinced they have one of my favorite Gumbos as well. I walked there from the quarter recently and that first Abita after that trek was sublime.
Something off the beaten path which I’d like to try again was Manolito. I just went in for the Daiquiris (which were great) but left really wanting to try the food. It looked and smelled incredible, but I didn’t have a meal to spend on non Cajun/creole on the short trip.
Going again in May, can’t wait.
Liuzza’s gumbo is fantastic! If you head up that way again, you might consider strolling through the cemetery that is on the way to the New Orleans Museum of Art, which has a fantastic sculpture garden.
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Appreciate the tip, I didn’t know that.
One funny thing that I did on my last trip. Let’s start by saying I had a late night or early morning filled of Jazz.
Come 10 am I couldn’t wait any longer so I started walking to Parkway for a Po-Boy and Gumbo. I got quite a few blocks on the other side of Armstrong park and the heat just hit me so hard.
I gave up the fight to get there on foot and summoned an Uber. By the time I looked up and got out I was at ParkView bar 
That heat fried my brain.
I think I was just as far northeast of a Po-boy than when I started. I took it as a sign I hadn’t worked enough and walked my ass back to Parkway.
We can all argue who has the best, but I tell you at that point in time I knew which one it was for me lol
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It’s tradition for us to stop at Liuzza’s for a bloody before going into jazzfest each day (unless we are running really late).
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Manolito is an absolute treasure. Great people that run it too. One of my must-stops when I’m back there.
We got back from New Orleans last week.
Every single meal that we had was fantastic. I’m not going to describe my meals because they were all veg, and meat/fish seems to be the appeal here. We did share quite a bit, but that didn’t stop my husband from ordering meat/fish. He also ate many of his New Orleans favorites at JazzFest.
Zasu- 3rd yr in a row. Menu doesn’t change much, but it doesn’t need to. We love it.
Jewel of the South- Amazing food and cocktails. Really great options for me, too. We will definitely be back. Need to try more of those cocktails.
BABS - We were so excited that Nina Compton was working in the kitchen while we were there, and we could watch her from our table. We are huge Top Chef fans. We ate here years ago, and I’m so glad that we went back.
34 - Emeril’s new restaurant. It’s Portuguese and wonderful. We shared a bunch of different plates. Highly recommend. Their Gin and Tonics are fantastic. They make their own tonic and have two different styles of G&T. We got one of each and shared. So so good.
Mister Mao- My Birthday dinner, although, my husband told each of the restaurants that we went to that week that it was my birthday. Love this place so much. We sat at the kitchen counter. We were there early because we were attending a show at Tip’s, which is around the corner. We took advantage of their happy hour and ordered a bunch of small plates off the dinner menu. Very creative, original food. Everyone needs to eat here. They describe it as a “tropical roadhouse” w/global cuisine.
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Totally forgot to checkout this place. 
Next year…
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Recently returned from NOLA just before Jazz Fest.
Saint Germain was good but wasn’t anything I couldn’t get in another city. The main meat course was a rather sad looking schnitzel:
The refurbished Emeril’s was fantastic. Elegant, local, flavorful. The wine list is deep, deep. As my wife wasn’t drinking, I went with a pairing (they have three price points, I went with the “prestige” at $750)
2015 Dom Perignon
2003 Chave Hermitage Blanc (WOTN)
2022 Sadie Family Palladius
2015 AF Gros Echezeaux Grand Cru
2011 Angelus
2004 Chateau de Fargues
I have still been laughing at this amuse bouche from Emeril’s several weeks later
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Just returned from Jazzfest. Ate at a lot of great places and for me New Orleans consistently delivers. We did not have a bad meal the whole trip. An added bonus is the spirits selections are great at most restaurants with much lower prices than we see out west. Fortaleza at almost every bar! We ate at:
Coquette- Pretty straight ahead menu that hasn’t changed much over the years but the execution is high and the service is always great. We had crab maison, a delicious little gem salad, gumbo and redfish.
Barrel Proof- Mainly a bar but their bourbon selection is incredible and they have revolving popups for food.
Jewel of the South- Amazing cocktails, very polished service and the food might be the highlight. It was the most creative/elevated food of the trip, we had the zucchini dish Abbie posted above, the snapper and the fried rabbit.
Frady’s- My favorite roast beef po boy in New Orleans and such a cool spot.
Molly’s Rise and Shine- My favorite casual breakfast spot anywhere. Don’t miss the crispy rice, the carrot yogurt dish, the hashbrowns with creme fraiche and trout row or the collards and grits.
Clancy’s- A yearly stop for us. The best professional, old school service of anywhere I’ve been. Classic Nola food executed perfectly. Every bite was delicious and somehow not as rich as it should be. Under market burgundy although maybe less than it used to be.
Peche- Another one that consistently delivers. The whole fish is always great.
Atchafalya- Maybe a step below Clancy’s but similar menus and maybe a bit more seasonal/creative. Similar cool, neighborhood locals vibe.
Cochon Butcher- Another annual stop. Duck pastrami sandwiches and my favorite muffalatta in the city.
Jazzfest- The best music festival anywhere ever. The food is also incredible for a music fest. Soft shell poboy, BBQ oysters, crawfish sack are all delicious.
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When I lived in NOLA it was just two blocks from there. Neighborhood vibe indeed. Sounds like you had a great trip.
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Mr Maos brunch is a steal. And outstanding.
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Agree on Mister Mao. Dined solo at the kitchen counter and it was great.
Unfortunately Bywater American Bistro has closed.
Compere Lapin continues.
Maypop and MoPho have also closed, btw.
I haven’t been to NO for a while now and not sure when i’ll get back, but do want to try the revised Emerils. It seems like the one restaurant that might actually earn a Michelin star. I just don’t see it for anyone else, the proposed list from Ian McNulty was fantasy I think.
(I would link, but NOLA.com is fully paywalled now)
Commanders for service maybe, but not the food. Perhaps Restaurant August?
Yeah I hate that paywall. I get through sometimes but not always. It’s kind of weird.
Regards Michelin. I would think Emerils deserves at least 1 star if not two. Service is impeccable and food really inventive and above all delicious.
Commanders will likely get two.
August deserves one.
Then there are the oddities. Michelin seems to have added more “casual 1 stars” as a category.
There might be some surprises there.
Something like a dookies or Jacques wouldn’t surprise me.
NO!!! Didn’t they just re-open or revamp under BABs?
We had such a great meal there.
Their instagram account announced the permanent closure on June 1.
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We lived (and dined) in NYC 1992-1998, and San Francisco 1998-2009 so that is my Michelin frame of reference. Probably very out of date I suppose. We moved to Seattle in 2009 and no Michelin ratings here, and to me only maybe 2-3 would qualify to my understanding of the criteria.
Don’t follow along so never heard of Michelin ‘casual’ and wonder how that plays in say Paris or Lyon? Don’t actually give a damn about Michelin, and don’t think New Orleans (or Seattle) really needs it.
If they offered nola.com for $4-5 I might go for it, but not shelling out $20 a month on top of my NY and Seattle Times subscriptions
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They now have the equivalent of street vendors listed in some cities is what I have gleaned. And if you take the meaning of one star as worth a detour that would make sense.