re: Where would you rank New Orleans for dining in the U.S.?

Hahaha it kinda lets you know who's strayed further from home. Alotta chest-thumping from the Louisiana faction. I've overheard their ilk literally brag about the size of their bridges in relation to Mackinaw Island, as well as the intensity of their rain in relation to Seattle. For those keeping score, that's a bridge brag and a rain brag. :) A parochial sense of boastful defiance seems to permeate the region. It's not right or wrong. It just is.