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Lost Restaurants of New Orleans
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:31 pm
Anyone own this book?
My parents got a copy and I was amazed at all the great places that don't exist. Awesome book and even includes recipes from some of the great places. A must own for nola food snobs/historians
My parents got a copy and I was amazed at all the great places that don't exist. Awesome book and even includes recipes from some of the great places. A must own for nola food snobs/historians
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:36 pm to Geauxld Finger
I bet Andrea Apuzzo got a book one Christmas.
Compliments of Tom Fitz
Compliments of Tom Fitz
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:40 pm to Geauxld Finger
Its a good book and covers a lot of New Orleans restaurant history. Of course, one has to wonder just how "great" all of these places were. And if they were so great, why arent they still around.
Fact is, we are living in probably the single greatest restaurant epoch of New Orleans history.
Fact is, we are living in probably the single greatest restaurant epoch of New Orleans history.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:44 pm to BlackenedOut
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Its a good book and covers a lot of New Orleans restaurant history. Of course, one has to wonder just how "great" all of these places were. And if they were so great, why aren't they still around.
good point. I think most of these went way downhill at some point. this is more or less celebrating them at their peaks. Some closed just due to the fact that interest wasn't there anymore to pass down in the family, location around the place went downhill, or the cost of rebuilding just didn't permit rebuilding.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:46 pm to Geauxld Finger
Any word on whether there will be an updated edition adding Taco Tico (RIP) ?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:46 pm to Geauxld Finger
Some, like LeRuth's and Brunings, were great throughout. Others, like the Caribbean Room, not so much.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:52 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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Any word on whether there will be an updated edition adding Taco Tico (RIP)
it will be in the metairie edition along with the shoney's near vets and bonnabal
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:01 pm to Geauxld Finger
Hell you could fill a book with "lost restaurants of veterans boulevard"
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:02 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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Hell you could fill a book with "lost chains of veterans boulevard"
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:05 pm to BlackenedOut
quote:Don't have the book so I don't know but I'm willing to bet a lot of it just has to do with people dying and families not wanting to run the business or changing something with a new generation and it falls apart, stuff like that.
Of course, one has to wonder just how "great" all of these places were. And if they were so great, why arent they still around.
Oh and could there be two more annoying people to write a book together? damn.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:06 pm to Matisyeezy
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Hell you could fill a book with "lost chains of veterans boulevard"
House of Lee was not a chain, hth.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:07 pm to Cold Cous Cous
Let's go to Carmines!!!! :kids voice:
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:07 pm to Fat Harry
Brunings was amazing. I think the interesting thing about that book is some of the theories why certain places failed. Or maybe theories is the wrong word, but the reasoning. Basically any place in the East rose in the late 60s/early 70s to prominence and then crashed when NOLA East became da East instead of Lakeview East.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:12 pm to BlackenedOut
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Basically any place in the East rose in the late 60s/early 70s to prominence and then crashed when NOLA East became da East instead of Lakeview East
exactly what i said. also from what my parents say plaes like Laruth's and Berdue's were great. they just died out
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:12 pm to Winkface
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Oh and could there be two more annoying people to write a book together
No room for Poppy Tooker?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:19 pm to Fat Harry
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Others, like the Caribbean Room, not so much.
The Mile High Pie was excellent!
The food was decent, but not spectacular.
We often went on my birthday while I was growing up.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:23 pm to Oenophile Brah
Poppy Tookers voice makes my skin crawl
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:37 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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Any word on whether there will be an updated edition adding Taco Tico (RIP) ?
It would need to be a sequel, not an update.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 3:48 pm to Geauxld Finger
don't have the book, but have seen the special on PBS. I love those damn shows
Posted on 7/9/14 at 4:21 pm to Geauxld Finger
Got it as a wedding gift, great read
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