Where Y'Eat

New Orleans writer Ian McNulty hosts Where Y'Eat, a weekly exploration and celebration of food culture in the Crescent City and south Louisiana.

Ian gives listeners the low-down on the hottest new restaurants, old local favorites, and hidden hole-in-the-wall joints alike, and he profiles the new trends, the cherished traditions, and the people and personalities keeping America's most distinctive food scene cooking.

 

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Where Y’Eat: Restaurant Round Up - Big Tables, Shared Meals for the Holiday Season

By • Dec 12, 2019
Ian McNulty

In my job chasing the New Orleans restaurant scene I try to keep up with it all, so today I’m offering a quick round up of what’s been on my mind and in my notebook.

Where Y’Eat: In New Orleans, a New Frontier for Family Dining Emerges Just Outside

By • Dec 5, 2019
Ian McNulty

Children, they’re precious. They’re worth everything we do for them. They are the future. But let’s face it, sometimes children are aggravating, especially when they’re at a restaurant where you just want to unwind and they’re just revving up.

Where Y’Eat: How New Orleans Makes All-American Thanksgiving Its Own

By • Nov 21, 2019
Ian McNulty

New Orleans is famous for restaurants. But if you really want to understand New Orleans food culture, there’s no better place than around the home table. This is where the bigger picture of the New Orleans food obsession unfurls.

Where Y’Eat: Food Finally Takes Flight at the New Orleans Airport

By • Nov 14, 2019
Ian McNulty

We have a new airport in New Orleans, and you have questions. How do we get there, how long does security take, where’s my Uber? Right now, I think the answers vary.

But when it comes to the food at the New Orleans airport now, I can tell you this: it’s a game changer.

Where Y’Eat: Boudin Season is Now, and New Orleans is Stuffed with It

By • Nov 7, 2019
Ian McNulty

Boudin is classic Louisiana road food, and for a long time if you lived around New Orleans that was by necessity. If you wanted boudin, you had to travel for it, and the destination was Acadiana, the boudin heartland.

Where Y’Eat: After a Collapse, Standing Tall for Restaurants In Its Shadow

By • Oct 31, 2019
Ian McNulty

The deadly collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel construction site has riveted New Orleans. Right now, what also needs more attention are the businesses contending with the slow-motion disaster still unfolding around it.

Where Y'Eat: Halloween In New Orleans, A Social Pact Renewed Through Candy

By • Oct 24, 2019
Ian McNulty

Halloween comes down to one word: candy. And making Halloween matter comes down to you.

Where Y’Eat: With Tujague’s On the Move, A Test Case for a Restaurant’s Identity

By • Oct 17, 2019
Ian McNulty

The news was hard for some to believe. Tujague’s Restaurant, the second-oldest restaurant in New Orleans, will relocate. But it is happening, and when the move is complete the question may be, do people still believe in Tujague’s?

Where Y’Eat: Restaurant Round Up: Mixing Classic, New Flavors for Fall Cravings in New Orleans

By • Oct 10, 2019
Ian McNulty

Where y’eat? How about where y’eatin’ next? That’s no small question, not in New Orleans, where new restaurants keep coming and our connection to old favorites endure.

In my job chasing the New Orleans restaurant scene I try to keep up with it all, so today I’m offering a quick round up of what’s been on my mind and in my notebook.


Where Y’Eat: Tracking a Heroic Hot Sausage Po-Boy Down Elysian Fields

By • Oct 3, 2019
Ian McNulty

In ancient times, heroes spent the afterlife in Elysian Fields. Here in New Orleans, Elysian Fields Avenue is the connection for a heroic hot sausage po-boy that lives on.

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