re: Top Five Favorite Restaurants in N.O.

Lebanon
Jacques-Imo's
Luke
Cafe Giovanni

and drum roll....

Ye Olde College Inn

there isn't a 5th place that i have ever craved.

i like more than 5 places, but if i don't crave a place it won't be a favorite.

BR for example prob has 2-3 places i would consider "favorites".

sure, NYC, L.A., and Hoboken...but, those are only places where i have lived so i am sure there would be tons more if i lived in other places.

Hobo:
Fiore's
Sri Thai
Grimaldi's
Leo's Grandevous
El Flamboyan

NYC:
Grammercy Tavern
Papaya King
John's
Les Halles
Falafel Window near NYU

L.A.:
Thai Emporium
Oaxacan place om Santa Monica i am blanking on. in a little strip mall
El Tepayec
Father's Office
Melisse

probably my tastes as well the prominent styles of cuisine.

Not much of a fan of creole food, and never really crave cajun in a restaurant setting. I love oysters and boiled crawfish, but that's all i really crave....and boiled crawfish for me are more of a do at home thing.

I prefer thai, pizza, good cheap street carts/stands, puerto rican, fresh produce driven and cuban food to what is prominent in NOLA.

eta: i do really like Vietnamese food, but i did list Pho Bang.

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el tigre

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I know you lived here for a bit, and you seem to feel you're thoroughly aware of the restaurant fare and the totality of cuisine in N.O., but that doesn't seem to be the case from your posts. There is a lot more variation here than "Creole food" or "Cajun food". Now, it would be ridiculous for most restaurants not to use fresh local ingredients, but that's true anywhere.

I've got a pretty good handle on the restaurant scene in L.A., S.F., NYC, Chicago and most cities in the South. The only three cities that, in my opinion, have a restaurant scene that matches that of N.O. are SF, NYC, and Chicago. There are some good places in L.A., but I don't rank it that high. NYC is certainly number one.

Mine is as much about the company Ive been with and time I had as much as the food...which has to be good but good company always increases the flavor of food.


Irenes

Galatoires

Commanders

Mr. B's

Port o Call

The Grill Room

no clue man, but why does that matter?

go look at the cuisines or types of foods i said i generally crave. with those tastes, why is this so hard to understand?

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and you honestly think you have a handle on cities as big as L.A.

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I lived in L.A. and worked in S.F. I know both cities pretty well.

I spend substantial time in NYC three times a year (not the same as living there, but I know it pretty well).

I will acknowledge that I don't know Chicago as well as the cities above. But I I've eaten out there a lot.

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Outside of a handful of old guard type establishments, I can't think of any restaurants in New Orleans that really define themselves as "Creole."

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good lord man. What, in your opinion, is THE single most popular cuisine or influence in NOLA among well regarded restaurants? You can only pick one.