- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Warbucks on Magazine - NOLA
Posted on 11/12/18 at 9:46 am
Posted on 11/12/18 at 9:46 am
This place finally opened. Have not gone yet but I will give it a shot this week sometime.
Skateboard punk cuisine:
Warbucks is an ultra-magnetic neighborhood restaurant that mixes technique and creativity in equal measure. Located on Magazine Street in New Orleans' historic Uptown neighborhood, Warbucks is the brainchild of Executive Chef Todd Pulsinelli, formerly Executive Chef at BRG Hospitality flagship restaurant, August. Here, Chef Pulsinelli takes the commitment to quality and the techniques of a fine-dining restaurant and reinterprets them for a playful and laidback environment with a casual selection of small plates, sandwiches, and salads. With a name inspired by his rapper persona, Chef Pulsinelli’s menu and décor harness the essence of 90s rap, skateboarding, and hip-hop culture to serve up imaginative and eclectic dishes including Shrimp Rings with Finger Lime Cocktail Sauce, Burrata and Short Rib Hand Pies, Oxtail-Stuffed Tater Tots with Blackberry Ketchup, and Zapps-Crusted Drum with Green Gribiche for lunch and dinner daily. In true New Orleans fashion, Warbucks features classic and large-format to-go cocktails and frozen drinks, as well as a full bar with rotating wines and beers
www.warbucksnola.com
instagram
Skateboard punk cuisine:
Warbucks is an ultra-magnetic neighborhood restaurant that mixes technique and creativity in equal measure. Located on Magazine Street in New Orleans' historic Uptown neighborhood, Warbucks is the brainchild of Executive Chef Todd Pulsinelli, formerly Executive Chef at BRG Hospitality flagship restaurant, August. Here, Chef Pulsinelli takes the commitment to quality and the techniques of a fine-dining restaurant and reinterprets them for a playful and laidback environment with a casual selection of small plates, sandwiches, and salads. With a name inspired by his rapper persona, Chef Pulsinelli’s menu and décor harness the essence of 90s rap, skateboarding, and hip-hop culture to serve up imaginative and eclectic dishes including Shrimp Rings with Finger Lime Cocktail Sauce, Burrata and Short Rib Hand Pies, Oxtail-Stuffed Tater Tots with Blackberry Ketchup, and Zapps-Crusted Drum with Green Gribiche for lunch and dinner daily. In true New Orleans fashion, Warbucks features classic and large-format to-go cocktails and frozen drinks, as well as a full bar with rotating wines and beers
www.warbucksnola.com
This post was edited on 11/12/18 at 10:05 am
15
Posted on 11/12/18 at 9:55 am to t00f
quote:
Skateboard punk cuisine:
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:00 am to t00f
quote:
Skateboard punk cuisine
Wut?
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:19 am to t00f
quote:
Skateboard punk cuisine:
I wasn't aware that this was a thing. Something tells me it'll rival Turkey and the Wolf in hipserness.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:31 am to LSUbase13
quote:
Skateboard punk cuisine:
I may have embellished on that description but that's my take.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:33 am to t00f
quote:
Skateboard punk cuisine
I bet this is the only seating you see there...
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:37 am to t00f
I wish them nothing but success...
BUT...you've got to wonder at such an overt "style" and identity being presented ahead of the food. If a person doesn't identify with the style, or is turned off by the skater theme, you've lost a potential customer without ever putting food in front of them.
Feels kinda "try too hard" to me. Using the term "ultra magnetic" was an instant eyeroll.
BUT...you've got to wonder at such an overt "style" and identity being presented ahead of the food. If a person doesn't identify with the style, or is turned off by the skater theme, you've lost a potential customer without ever putting food in front of them.
Feels kinda "try too hard" to me. Using the term "ultra magnetic" was an instant eyeroll.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:41 am to hungryone
quote:
Feels kinda "try too hard" to me.
Definitely. Dude is supposed to be a pretty good chef and has some great experience.
But since the first day I heard of the concept I thought it was way try hard.
I'll give it a shot though.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:46 am to hungryone
quote:
potential customer without ever putting food in front of them.
Kinda reminds me of our boy Ben and the mural he was getting shite about.
Obviously the food will be a lot different though, and if good, some would look past the aesthetics.
This post was edited on 11/12/18 at 10:49 am
Posted on 11/12/18 at 10:56 am to t00f
quote:
Kinda reminds me of our boy Ben and the mural he was getting shite about.
Obviously the food will be a lot different though, and if good, some would look past the aesthetics.
Yes--I thought the same thing. Of course, the business owner should do what he/she wants....but restaurants are notoriously difficult to keep profitable, and we've seen a plague of closings this year....including places w/pretty good food that just couldn't draw a regular crowd.
I was also thinking about places like Kebab. Solid food, downtown vibe without really trying too damn hard, but still kicking. Not sure that "sk8er" = Magazine St. Seems like an odd location for the concept.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:06 am to t00f
(no message)
This post was edited on 4/6/21 at 5:29 am
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:07 am to Lakeboy7
Well, it is a Besh restaurant group place so it will probably last awhile.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:07 am to t00f
Reading all that it seems they were inspired by Dallas restaurants where marketing and hype is the key to success.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:07 am to Lakeboy7
quote:
his rapper persona
So fricking cringey.
Of course, I know he's just being "ironic."
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:09 am to Fun Bunch
(no message)
This post was edited on 4/6/21 at 5:27 am
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:13 am to Fun Bunch
And Pulsinelli will be putting out some great food. But from a marketing standpoint, there will be peoeple who read the press releases and question if a skatboard, hip hop, mural whatever restaurant is a place they want to go to. They shouldve just let that concept grow organically. You can still be eclectic and relaxed and carefree, just dont push it down peoples' throats. I don mind it personally but you know there will be people who are turned off by it
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:15 am to GynoSandberg
Yeah I never care too much what the concept is as long as I'm interested in the food, and I am.
Just an FYI, one of the first customers: the Turkey and the Wolf chef, and it was all over his insta. I'm sure the people here will love that.
Just an FYI, one of the first customers: the Turkey and the Wolf chef, and it was all over his insta. I'm sure the people here will love that.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:16 am to t00f
The place will do very well....classically trained, high end chef doing casual, fun nostalgia dishes elevated with fine dining techniques at an accesible price point and backed by a massive restaurant group with the full force of their PR machine.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:22 am to GynoSandberg
quote:
ust dont push it down peoples' throats. I don mind it personally but you know there will be people who are turned off by it
Guarantee you they have focus grouped the crap out of this and forcing the matter will gain them more attention and customers than it loses. Frankly, the customers it turns off, they probably do not care about. They want that Turkey & the Wolf PR and customer base.
Do the casual, high end nostalgia schtick half arse to please everyone and you end up with a boring iteration like picnic provisions.
Posted on 11/12/18 at 11:22 am to t00f
Shows y'all how much I know, I am officially old.
I passed it on Magazine Street coming from Lafayette Cemetery on All Saints' Day. I saw the name and the red/orange background in the "branding" and immediately thought of the old Daddy Warbucks character in Little Orphan Annie/Annie the musical.
I passed it on Magazine Street coming from Lafayette Cemetery on All Saints' Day. I saw the name and the red/orange background in the "branding" and immediately thought of the old Daddy Warbucks character in Little Orphan Annie/Annie the musical.
Page 1 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News