re: Tell me about Galatoires

I love Galatoire;s. It is my favorite restaurant in town.

First of all, if you have reservations, that means that they are going to seat you upstairs, and that is not where you want to be. Ask for downstairs, even if you have to wait.


We usually park in the garage on Iberville and Dauphine behind the Ritz Carlton, but they don't validate.

My usual meal there is a souffle potatoes to go with cocktails or the first bottle of wine, then seafood goutte as an appetizer. This is shrimp remoulade, crabmeat ravigotte (they call it maison) and one other seafood dish, depending on the season. For dinner I hope they have a nice piece of pompano which I get grilled with meuniere sauce. My wife gets trout amandine. Bread pudding or sweet potato cheesecake for dessert.

The quintessential New Orleans meal.