Hello. I made my 2nd trip to New Orleans a month ago.
My 1st was last April. I'm going again in September. Here's where I ate this time and some pictures I took. I stayed at the Astor Crowne Plaza. I met a friend there that was staying at the Hotel Provincial. She lived in NOLA for awhile and got washed out by Katrina & is back in Milwaukee but goes back down 3 times a year or so. I had a great time even though it rained a lot.

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I met my friend at Lucky's Bar on St Charles and we walked to Cafe Reconcile for lunch.

I had the smothered chicken, with potato salad. My friend had the blackened catfish. It was good, not great. A good start to the trip though. Very cool concept for a restaurant.

For dinner we went to Herbsaint. We met my friend's sister and her friend who were down there for a nursing convention. We started at a table outside but it started raining in the middle of the meal and we had to come inside.

I had the pork belly, which is one of the best things I've ever eaten.

Sazerac

Chicken & andouille gumbo

Short ribs

Shrimp & rice

Shrimp & grits with collard greens

Baked asiago with lemon & oregano

Raw porcini mushrooms with olive oil & sea salt

I'm not big on dessert but this chocolate pudding cake with caramel and cashew ice cream, and caramel corn with cocoa nibs was fantastic.

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Breakfast at Stanley

Eggs Stanley, another highlight of the trip. Perfect fried oysters.

For lunch we went to Dooky Chase's and had the buffet.

Fried chicken and catfish among the best I've ever eaten.

Peach cobbler

Dinner was at The Irish Pub. It was OK. I met some friends who just bought a house in the neighborhood near Jacque Imo's. It was nice to see them.

Gulf fish

Garden District Salad

Crab Cake Lyonnaise

Classic Beer Battered Fish & Chips

Afterwards we went to the Avenue Pub. I was blown away by the beer selection.

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Ate at The Grill (French Quarter) for breakfast.

Chef's Special Omelette. Tasty. And filling, to say the least.

Classic Southern Breakfast

Bourbon House for lunch. Which is in the hotel I stayed at. Fantastic meal all around. One of the highlights of the trip.

Shrimp Deviled Eggs

Catfish Pecan. Awesome.

Oysters

Frozen Bourbon Milk Punch

Dinner was pop-up BBQ by Black Label BBQ at Lucky's

Crack Poppers (Jalapeño stuffed with cream cheese, and wrapped in bacon, rolled in brown sugar & smoked). Awesome.

Cowboy From Hell

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Breakfest at Cafe Fleur De Lis
Seafood Benedict. Nothing to write home about.

Crescent City Brewhouse
Oysters

Shrimp & Grits

Then we stopped at the Oyster Festival for awhile between rain showers.

Drago's charbroiled oysters

Praline bacon from Elizabeth's. Which is actually the only thing I ate this time that I ate on my last trip.

We ate at Galvez for dinner. Which was really really good. The paella was incredible. But I was sweating a lot because I'm a fat mess. And I was so full. I'd like to go again when I can enjoy myself more.

Manchego Bombas

Roasted Beet Salad

Roasted Mixed Olives

Paella De Mariscos

BBQ Shrimp Galvez

Bread Pudding Galvez. Excellent.

This post was edited on 6/29/14 at 11:44 pm