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Commander's Commanders

Peter Ricchiuti — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:00:00 +0000

In a city known for fine restaurants, Commander’s Palace is both a New Orleans legend and an ever-evolving enterprise, as revered behind the scenes among chefs and service industry workers as it is to the dining public.

Lafourche public library opens Wi-Fi Café

The Associated Press — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:22:47 +0000

More than wireless Internet access is free at the Lafourche Parish Public Library System's new Wi-Fi Café. The coffee's free, too.

The Daily Comet reports the cafe is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays in the old Thibodaux Library.

Where Y'Eat: Big Flavor at Little Chinatown

Ian McNulty — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:30:17 +0000

Exploring Cantonese comfort food at an unconventional Chinese restaurant in Kenner.

Where Y'Eat: A Lost Lakeview Restaurant Revives

Ian McNulty — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:29:42 +0000

A lost Lakeview restaurant emerges again in Metairie with a menu full of recipes from an old Louisiana oyster family.

Where Y'Eat: Exploring Salt-Baked Seafood at Kim Son

Ian McNulty — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:16:55 +0000

The "salt-baked" dishes at a Gretna Vietnamese restaurant are neither baked, nor particularly salty, but they sure are delicious.

The Road to Redemption

Ian McNulty — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:34:09 +0000

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As word got around last year that a new restaurant called Redemption would open at the Mid-City address that had for so long been Christian's, it naturally kindled expectations, and even specific food cravings. Christian's was one of the few major restaurants that didn't return after Hurricane Katrina, and its setting, inside a century-old church, gave it an ambiance like nowhere else in town. But Redemption is no Christian's replica, nor did its owners intend it to be.

In Synch with the Season at Irish House

Ian McNulty — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:19:27 +0000

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You might expect meatloaf at a pub, and the way things are going with the gastropub trend these days you might even expect a few high-brow touches along with it. Still, I wasn't initially expecting one made of heritage cattle from a family-run ranch in New Iberia, nor that it would be slathered with foie gras butter, balanced on fried walnut bread, and served at the Irish House bar by the same guy who just took the two minutes necessary to properly draw off my Guinness pint.

South by Southeast Louisiana at High Hat Café

Ian McNulty — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:19:54 +0000

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It's the dishes with a bit of a drawl that jump off the menu at High Hat Café — the Delta-style tamales napped neatly in their cornhusks, a pimento cheese plate, homey sides of beans and greens and the restaurant's centerpiece, fried catfish with hushpuppies, a dish that's practically the fish and chips of cotton country. But before you get the idea that High Hat is a Southern outpost in this Creole city, you have to try the gumbo and the shrimp remoulade, because High Hat is a hybrid.

Radio Diner: 7-3-08

Stacey Meyer — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:07:03 +0000

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Chef Stacey Meyer reviews New Orleans' Taqueria Guerrero in the North Carrollton neighborhood.