re: Where should my wife take me for birthday dinner?

If were in New Orleans tonight I would go to Brigtsen's, but that's because it might be the only great New Orleans restaurant I've never been to. My wife and I had a trip to New Orleans planned for late August, 2005. We were going to eat at Brigtsen's, among other places. Then Katrina arrived, and that was that. We've been back to New Orleans several times since then, but never made it to Brigtsen's.