New Orleans restaurants

Where Y'Eat: A Short Order Long-Timer Endures At Leni’s

Ian McNulty — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:30:00 +0000

New Orleans restaurant culture is abuzz with different flavors, new fashions and even a new lexicon these days. Some places set the pace and others struggle to keep up. But then there are those that ignore them altogether, and in some cases stand apart, by essentially standing still. Leni's Café is one example.

Where Y'Eat: Taking the "West Bank Shortcut" for a Cajun-Style Seafood Feasts

Ian McNulty — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:28:00 +0000

Taking the "West Bank shortcut" to get just a little closer to the source pays big dividends when it's time for a boiled seafood safari.

Where Y'Eat: Dining Out when the Super Bowl Runneth Over

Ian McNulty — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:29:00 +0000

With some creativity and finely-honed Mardi Gras survival skills, the New Orleans dining obsession need not take a knee just because the NFL’s big show is in town.

Where Y'Eat: Tribute Dishes to Our Dining Past

Ian McNulty — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:23:00 +0000

Famous "lost dishes" from New Orleans' dining past are turning up again at newer restaurants around town.

Where Y'Eat: Making a Detour for Café Dauphine

Ian McNulty — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:29:00 +0000

In a neighborhood not known as a restaurant destination, a new family-run eatery presents both classic and original arguments for paying a visit.

Where Y'Eat: A Sea Change at RioMar

Ian McNulty — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:24:00 +0000

It's long been the downtown destination for Latin-style seafood. But more recently, RioMar has also become an ongoing exploration of a nebulous question for the restaurant world — in our age of high-profile chefs, what happens to a restaurant when its name chef moves on?

Where Y'Eat: A Dining Deluge in New Orleans

Ian McNulty — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:29:00 +0000

As a restaurant boom unfolds in New Orleans, some ponder how much it's guided by business or by passion.

Where Y'Eat: A Holiday Diet of Nostalgia

Ian McNulty — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:28:00 +0000

While new restaurants and trends abound, New Orleans expats home for the holidays are heading straight for their old favorites. Don't even try to get in their way.

Where Y'Eat: Kimchi on Claiborne

Ian McNulty — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:23:00 +0000

Table-top grills and a palette of traditional side dishes mark a new Korean eatery.

Where Y'Eat: The Stuffed Wings of Destiny

Ian McNulty — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:11:00 +0000

How a butcher shop tradition, competitive vigor and football helped the unlikely turducken take wing across the nation's Thanksgiving tables.