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Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:37 am to
Posted by pmacneworleans
Member since Dec 2013
2213 posts
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:37 am to
Gabriel's is a great creole restaurant that is reasonably price, and in a non-touristy area of the city. Highly recommend.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131589 posts
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:44 am to
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Mandinas is a can’t-miss spot


Disagree bigly

Mandinas is a the very definition of can miss
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
11332 posts
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:50 am to
quote:

Mandinas is a the very definition of can miss


How’s that?

Great menu. Great service. Great atmosphere. And the food has always been great for me.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
82254 posts
Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:54 am to
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OP if you want to eat in Metairie, may I also recommend Rosedale? This is Susan Spicer’s baby & it’s really good


Bobby Hebert's Cajun Cannon is another good spot in Metairie. Not cheap but reasonable for a special event.
Posted by NOFOX
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2014
10128 posts
Posted on 1/19/24 at 12:13 pm to
Station 6
Rosedale
Gabrielle
Patois
Toup's
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131589 posts
Posted on 1/19/24 at 12:50 pm to
quote:

Great menu. Great service. Great atmosphere. And the food has always been great for me.



I disagree. I have never understood it. Its old people food done mediocre. But hey different strokes
Posted by vistajay
Member since Oct 2012
2928 posts
Posted on 1/19/24 at 1:58 pm to
If it were up to me, I'd take them to Mandina's. But wife does not like it. She somehow thinks a huge fried soft shell crab or trout covered in meuniere sauce atop a bed of hot, greaseless fries is "too heavy." Women!

Between Sunday night closures, booked restaurants and wife's pickiness, I tossed my original parameters and we are going to Peche. On the plus side, it's right by my friends' hotel and they love seafood.

Thanks for all the suggestions!
Posted by KillTheGophers
Member since Jan 2016
6808 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 8:40 am to
This board is amazing. Some great recs.

I would have fallen for drinks at Patios then walk over to Clancy’s.

Peche will be awesome. I hear that their Mexican style steak is really good if you don’t want seafood.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
291591 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 8:48 am to
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Bobby Hebert's Cajun Cannon


arse cheeks

and you could not pay for me to eat anywhere on Veterans between Clearview and the Lake due to the traffic. There is no place even worthy of discussing except maybe Chik Fila, because the line moves fast.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78636 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 11:43 am to
Mulate’s
Posted by HeyCap
Member since Nov 2014
1112 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 4:48 pm to
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Between Sunday night closures, booked restaurants and wife's pickiness, I tossed my original parameters and we are going to Peche.

As long as you realize Peche isn’t representative of typical New Orleans cuisine. Good? Yes. Also can be very loud.
I think Restaurant Rebirth or Galliano would have been a better fit if they were available and you were going to stay in the WD.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
32770 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 6:03 pm to
Toup's Meatery, Brigtsen's, Clancy's, Katie's, and Station 6 are good suggestions. I also like Cibo and Bourree on Carrollton. Jacques-Imo's and Oak Street Brewery are very close to each other and two places I like too.
Posted by BlackCoffeeKid
Member since Mar 2016
12889 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 6:45 pm to
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Bourree on Carrollton

I was never huge on the food there, but their frozen daiquiris are unique and refreshing compared to the usual sugary ones you’ll get elsewhere.
Posted by kayjay
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
730 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 6:49 pm to
Amen to this
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
41576 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:34 pm to
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Them damn Lakeview people keep propping that place up.


My wife is not a lakeview person... but her and her friends are doing their level best to keep that place in business.

I simply do not understand. It is meh food at best, horribly overpriced, and even the margs aren't that good anymore.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
41576 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:35 pm to
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Rocky & Carlo’s in Chalmette


Came to say this, but not open on Sunday or Monday.

And close at 7 the rest of the week.

Good food and definetly not an experience you will find in the touristy areas.
Posted by pmacneworleans
Member since Dec 2013
2213 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 9:17 am to
Decades ago (80s) was in Rocky's with another couple. Woman behind the counter making sanwiches, has a lit cigarette dangling from her lips, and an oil dripping towel through her waist band. Another guy behind the counter walks up to her and says something in her ear. To which she responds by grabbing the oil drenched towel from her waist band, throwing it forciby on the ground, removing the cigarette from her lips and throwing it on the towel and then grinding it with her shoe: "frick all you all, I fricking quit!" My buddy looks at me and says, "Oh gee, the floor show started!"
Posted by Demshoes
Up in here
Member since Aug 2015
10757 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:35 am to
Just went to Katie's recently and it was great.
Posted by Demshoes
Up in here
Member since Aug 2015
10757 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:37 am to
Just went there recently too and loved it. The appetizers steal the show especially the wings but all the food was good.
Posted by NOLATiger71
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2017
1834 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 2:00 pm to
Fury’s I don’t think was mentioned.
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