Bud And Alley's Pizza Bar Review

From reading prior threads, it seems there's a general consensus that the main restaurant itself is a bit touristy and over-priced.

However, the Pizza Bar was great. Apparently it's the only wood burning oven pizza joint in the area. We had the Prosciutto di Parma (Tomato, Prosciutto, Whittaker's Arugula, Mozzarella & Garlic). It's head and shoulders above any attempt at Neapolitan pizza currently happening in New Orleans. The wine list is small but has a few decent Italian bottles and by the glass offerings. We went with a Barbera d'Asti which had just enough acidity to provide a cut for the richness of the pizza.

They also had 3-4 different Italian beers and numerous specialty Italian cocktails, like Bellini (think Hemingway at Harry's Bar in Venice) and Campari with soda and bitters.

Overall, this is a great place for lunch or a casual dinner.

The Tarpon Club has a cool atmosphere and was a lot of fun. That being said, the bar offerings were pretty weak. Terrible wine selection and there did not appear to be any type of signature cocktail, although they were making generic, low grade mojitos. Just not what I was expecting.

ETA: Not that I was looking for a 30 page wine list at the Tarpon Club, but I was surprised that there weren't a few good, low priced Sauvignon blancs by the glass offered. There are so many of those on the market these days.