re: Not so great food cities

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with your stance on all things New Orleans




which is?

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Frustration for the most part. Correct, Tigre?

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But, i don't look down on a restaurant or a city b/c it doesn't meet one specific parameter. I tend to look for "good" combined with value.

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I think this is more than just one specific parameter, though. And I really take issue with the notion that it is somehow an "elitist" notion, to feel like I want to go to a place where I have some idea that the person putting out what he/she is serving me feels passionate about what they are doing. It's hard to say that about many places, if any, in Baton Rouge, no?

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They try so hard to be inventive and cutting edge, but just can't keep up with the big boys. The national scene will continue to pat N.O. chefs on the head, give them a nice write-up, come and visit so they can get a photo op in a shitty neighborhood, get their freak on for a night or two and beat a hasty retreat back to the airport. Food in New Orleans continues to be and always will be a cliche'.

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If only Besh could have cooked that egg correctly.

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Food in New Orleans continues to be and always will be a cliche'.

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This has not been true since the 1980's...certainly not Post-K...Domenica, La Boca, Rio Mar, A Mano, Coquette, Vizard's, Boucherie, Stella!, MiLa....things are not cliche anymore.

The opening of Upperline, Gautreau's and the like changed what food is in NOLA....I think since 2000 and specifically after K we have embraced other types of cuisines...NOLA has experienced a food revolution in my lifetime...we are smack dab in the middle of it right now.

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Frustration for the most part. Correct, Tigre?

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absolutely, well was when i lived there. SO SLOW to change or progress. Now, not my problem so i don't really care as much at all. If i ever move back to La it will prob be to New Orleans, so i will prob get frustrated again unless it changes.

But, the retards (not you) that excuse every fault of the city, put down other cities, and claim they are the "best" in all kinds of random shite still make me cringe.

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I explicitly pointed out I didn't care how the chef was trained

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when you say "chef" i was taking it to mean a classically trained "chef" generally cooking higher priced food inaccessible to a lot of the population.

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just look at the restaurants you listed. What % of NOLA locals can actually afford to experience these places with any regularity?

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The places I listed, besides Commander's are certainly supported much more by locals than tourists. So I would say plenty. Look, people like spending disposable income on eating out in NO. Always have and always will.

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I realize that you may see this locally, but for the majority of people outside of N.O., it remains a cliche'.

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it is definitely true.

Butcher
American Sector

two prime examples of chefs giving a shite at a cheap place as well...