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Why does Kenner get no love on the food board?

Posted on 11/13/11 at 11:22 pm
Posted by Powerman
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Posted on 11/13/11 at 11:22 pm
I know it's Kenner bra but there are a few restaurants there that can't be matched by anything else in the metro area IMO

Best Italian restaurant in the metro area and the best Chinese restaurant in the metro area. A few serviceable Mexican and Latin joints as well.

Definitely not the overall dining scene that some other cities in the metro area have to offer but there is just enough to get by IMO
Posted by Tiger Authority
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Posted on 11/13/11 at 11:30 pm to
Name some I'm curious.
Posted by Powerman
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Posted on 11/13/11 at 11:36 pm to
Ristorante da Piero in Rivertown - Probably better than any Italian in New Orleans and I've even seen some of the most ardent NOLA knights agree with this statement.

Little Chinatown - Best Chinese restaurant in the metro area. Not even close really.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
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Posted on 11/13/11 at 11:41 pm to
I live in Kenner and agree with Piero, but IMO Young's Chinese Garden(on Williams) is the best Chinese food in the metro area. But I have not tried this place you speak off. I will this week probably, always looking for good take out.

Kenner also has Brick Oven which is pretty good, Kenner Seafood, ........damn, I always go to NOLA for dinner, I hit a blank. Besides take out, sea-food, and Italian, I usually go to the city.

Though I am curious as to some Kenner suggestions.
Posted by Powerman
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Posted on 11/13/11 at 11:50 pm to
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Young's Chinese Garden

I think I've been there before. If I remember the General Tso's chicken was really good.

I prefer Little Chinatown but I'll give Young's another look.

quote:


Though I am curious as to some Kenner suggestions.

I like going to Celina's market sometimes for Mexican/Honduran food

Adela's is good Latin cuisine

Las Carnitas to my knowledge is the only place you can get any Peruvian food in the area

I've been meaning to try Mi Pueblito

Fiesta Latina is a pretty good Latin place not far from the airport. Good Honduran style breakfast there if they're still serving that. It's been a while since I've been. I've heard the place has changed some.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 11/13/11 at 11:59 pm to
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Young's Chinese Garden(

Is that the place that Mae Fong tried to burn down?
Posted by tigersownall
Thibodaux
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 12:42 am to
Youngs, Kenner Seafood, THE HARBOR, Smittys.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 6:23 am to
Check In Check Out has a killer BLT and Club sandwich.

That's all I got.
Posted by TulaneLSU
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 6:46 am to
You missed out Kenner's biggest strength, the triangle of seafood, Harbor, Kenner Seafood, and Smitty's. These are, IMO, the essence of what New Orleans seafood restaurants used to be. Franky and Johnny's, Casamento's, and even Bozo's and Sid Mar's sold out to high prices for a richer clientele. Kenner's Three are still where the working class eats and the seafood and experience are great because of it.
Posted by ladytiger118
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 6:50 am to
I agree with you. I've heard that since Sid Mars moved that they haven't had as much business.

Kenner does have great seafood. I've never been to any of the Latin restaurants but they all look authentic.
Posted by TigerWise
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 9:28 am to
Grew up on the places in kennerbrah. My new favorite out there is Mr.Eds. The Chinatown place is good but I like 5 Happiness better.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 9:32 am to
quote:

You missed out Kenner's biggest strength, the triangle of seafood, Harbor, Kenner Seafood, and Smitty's

We at at Kenner Seafood all the time for lunch

I went to Harbor Seafood once on the weekend and they were slammed and no one ever came to greet me so I left. I'll give it another chance.

I didn't list Kenner Seafood because I just blindly assumed there would be a plethora of better options in the area. Is that not the case? Honestly I'd compare it to the similar places in Houma.
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
170685 posts
Posted on 11/14/11 at 9:34 am to
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My new favorite out there is Mr.Eds.

Yeah they have good deals for lunch, great fried chicken, and definitely good enough for dinner.

quote:

The Chinatown place is good but I like 5 Happiness better.


Fair enough. And to be honest I haven't been to 5 happiness in years.

My only complaint about Chinatown is I don't care for their egg rolls. Everything else I've ordered there is fantastic.
Posted by TigerWise
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 9:40 am to
I dont care for the way they cut duck at chinatown. Too many little pieces.
Posted by MNCscripper
St. George
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 9:48 am to
quote:

My new favorite out there is Mr.Eds.



Yeah they have good deals for lunch, great fried chicken, and definitely good enough for dinner.


Used to eat at the one in Bucktown once a week, very solid lunch

Got to get the crab cake poboy at Kenner Seafood
Posted by TulaneLSU
Member since Aug 2003
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 9:48 am to
Top ten restaurants, IMO, in Kenner:

1) Ristorante da Piero
2) Harbor Seafood
3) Thanh Truc Bistro
4) Mr. Ed's
5) Kenner Seafood
6) Mi Pueblito
7) Williams Seafood & Po-Boy
8) Smitty's
9) Celina's
10) Adela's

I have not eaten at the River House, which is where the old Le Parvenue was, nor have I eaten at Little Chinatown. The Kenner Tastee's is the best donut shop in the Metro area, IMO. Kenner has the best seafood and the best Latin food in the Metro area as well.
This post was edited on 11/14/11 at 9:50 am
Posted by Count Chocula
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Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 9:51 am to
Viewpoint from an outsider:

Once I get off the spillway bridge on I10 going east, I consider everything to be NOLA. I really dont know where Kenner, Metairie and NOLA begin or end.
Posted by TulaneLSU
Member since Aug 2003
Member since Dec 2007
13615 posts
Posted on 11/14/11 at 9:54 am to
Here's some helpful knowledge:

When you pass between Bonnabel High on your left and beneath the Power Blvd bridge, you have entered Metairie from Kenner. When you go over the 17th St. Canal, which is now not visible from I-10, but is about a mile past the Bonnabel Blvd entrance, you have entered New Orleans.
Posted by Winkface
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 10:00 am to
Posted by Count Chocula
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Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 11/14/11 at 10:04 am to
Thanks TulaneLSU, but if-in you don't mind, I liked my way better. Less is best sometimes.
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