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Drago's coming to Mandeville
Posted on 5/1/25 at 10:59 am
Posted on 5/1/25 at 10:59 am
Talked to some industry folks last night and they are telling me that Drago's has reached an agreement with Rip's to open a raw and grilled oyster bar under Rip's building.
Looks to me like they are seeing the success of Pat's Rest A While raw bar and decided to get in on the action.
Apparently the boyfriend (husband?) of the lady that now owns Rip's used to work for Cvitanovich which probably explains how the deal went through.
They said they are shooting for an early summer opening in the next month. Aggressive time line for sure.
Anyone else hear anything on this?
Looks to me like they are seeing the success of Pat's Rest A While raw bar and decided to get in on the action.
Apparently the boyfriend (husband?) of the lady that now owns Rip's used to work for Cvitanovich which probably explains how the deal went through.
They said they are shooting for an early summer opening in the next month. Aggressive time line for sure.
Anyone else hear anything on this?
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Posted on 5/1/25 at 11:33 am to jbgleason
Need one in Bay St Louis or Pass Christian.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 11:56 am to jbgleason
Great. Now we'll have shitty seafood and awful service on two floors of that building.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 12:22 pm to jmon
Dragos in Metairie is good. Or used to be. Been a while. The one in the CBD isn’t.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 12:26 pm to jbgleason
No but if they make them reasonably priced especially if good happy hours, we'll be there once a week or so.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 1:01 pm to jmon
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Now we'll have shitty seafood and awful service on two floors of that building.
Rips is overpriced dogshit.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 1:38 pm to Dixie2023
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Dragos in Metairie is good. Or used to be.
Even the oysters have fallen off, and that is really all they had going for them.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 1:47 pm to jbgleason
If it lasts as long as the one in Baton Rouge, you'll have about 6 months to not enjoy Drago's.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 1:53 pm to BlackAdam
Baton Rouge is akin to Hospice for restaurants
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:30 pm to jbgleason
Hopefully it lasts longer than the one in Laffy.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 6:01 pm to jmon
That’s a shame. It’s been a good while since I’ve been. I saw online folks were saying they’d been disappointed lately. Jaegers over in Elmwood had decent charbroiled, but it’s been a few years. Don’t know if still good.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 8:39 pm to mylsuhat
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Baton Rouge is akin to Hospice for restaurants
The northshore isn’t much better
Posted on 5/1/25 at 8:47 pm to Lester Earl
Did the the guy fricking the onlyfans model that you donate to every month live on the northshore or something?
Posted on 5/1/25 at 8:59 pm to jmon
Had theirs and Acmes oysters at the Zurich. Both were pretty bad, but Acmes were far better. I was surprised.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 9:09 pm to Lester Earl
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The northshore isn’t much better
This post was edited on 5/1/25 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 5/2/25 at 6:57 am to tigahfan747
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Had theirs and Acmes oysters at the Zurich. Both were pretty bad, but Acmes were far better. I was surprised.
Where did you get Acme's oysters? And Drago's blows theirs out the water IMO, even thought though the ones I had at Zurich on Friday were admittedly not the best.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:30 am to tigahfan747
Drago's does one thing well and its the charbroiled, and traditionally they do them very well. The rest is pretty dogshit.
ACME's are not good at all in my opinion, terrible even. Felix's are a lot better than they should be imo. They are really solid.
ACME's are not good at all in my opinion, terrible even. Felix's are a lot better than they should be imo. They are really solid.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:32 am to jbgleason
I was excited when Drago's came to BR, after holding a meeting for 12 there, maybe 4 more visits, I gave up. Metairie stands as the only Drago's that I enjoy, apparently the concept does not travel well.
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:34 am to andouille
Its amazing how different the Oysters taste between Metairie and elsewhere
Posted on 5/2/25 at 8:54 am to Fun Bunch
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Its amazing how different the Oysters taste between Metairie and elsewhere
I didn't say that, I like the grilled oysters, cremated? I'll pass. I'll be surprised if the BR location actually re-opens, they weren't exactly killing it.
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