re: 1st Annual Louisiana Restaurant Tournament

I think Louisville needs to take Duke's place if you're matching them with Stella/August...

Duke would be more aligned with Galatoire's - long-standing tradition of excellence and all that.

If only one person from the NOLA suburbs participates, it should be you, TA. But feel free to call on me as an outside consultant if you like. I won't bill as exorbitantly as you do.

Due
Due to concerns about ignorance Plan #1 has been scrapped. Plan #2 is in effect.

Plan #2.

The regionals will be as follows.

Old New Orleans
(7 FQ, 5 Uptown, 4 at large bids)


Yat New Orleans
(3 Mid-City/Lakeview, 1 Gentilly/ 8th and 9th Wards, 1 Chalmette, 5 East Jefferson, 2 West Jefferson, 4 at large bids)

Florida Parishes to Acadiana
(3 Northshore, 4 Baton Rouge, 3 Lafayette, 2 Acadiana, 5 at large bids)

North Louisiana and Etcetera
(2 Houma/Thibodaux, 1 Lake Charles, 2 Alexandria, 3 Shreveport, 2 Monroe, 5 at large bids)

glassman, clooneyisgod, and niknik are responsible for Old New Orleans seeding.

Brock Landers and Tiger Attorney are responsible for seeding the 16 Yat New Orleans restaurants.

Catman and supatigah, with help from others for Northshore restaurants, are responsible for seeding the 16 Florida Parishes to Acadiana regional.

LSUZombie and LSUGUMBO (and another unnamed Monroe member) are responsible for the North Louisiana and Etcetera seeding.

AT LARGE bids do not, I repeat, do not, have to come from your regional geography. An Old New Orleans member can pick Johnny's if they want.





We are still looking for a worthwhile Monroe/Alexandria member.


Plan #1

Each of the Selection Committee members will submit a list of their 64 top restaurants. These choices must fit into the geographical parameters in the beginning of this thread (i.e., 8 from the French Quarter, 5 from Uptown, etc.) Your 15 at large bids can come from any place. These lists should be informed by expert opinions, so do not fail to look at what others have to say. When making your list, you should write the number of points, not position, of the restaurant. In other words, if you think Johnny's Pizza is the #1 restaurant in Louisiana, do not put #1; put 64. If Cane's is your #64 choice, do not put 64, put 1.

A restaurant that gets voted #1 by a committee member gets 64 points. A restaurant that gets voted #10 gets 55 points. A restaurant that gets voted #64 gets 1 point. A volunteer (who?) will put together the votes and we will have a consensus top 64.

Seeding will then take place. The top four restaurants will get #1 seeds. The 5 to 8 seeds will get #2 seeds. The 61 to 64 seeds will get #16 seeds. The committee will then determine together to which regional each restaurant is sent. The four regionals are Old New Orleans, Yat New Orleans, Bayou Country, and North Louisiana.

Committee members must remember that this is not necessarily an elitist competition. The finest and most expensive restaurants do not necessarily deserve a higher seed than a more popular, populist restaurant.