re: You have one casual NOLA restaurant to go to, where? Non-FQ

Posted by Rouge

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 8:51 am to ELLSSUU

Parentons

Posted by Breesus

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 9:00 am to ELLSSUU

Depends on what kind of food I want lol:

Lime Leaf
Cafe 615
Thai D Jing
Tan Dinh
Blue Oak
Bayou Hot Wings
Milk Bar
El Patron
Brown Butter
Fantasy Taco
Francesca
SushiNami

This post was edited on 6/3/25 at 4:17 pm

Posted by lsuwhodat78

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 1:03 pm to ELLSSUU

Tessie's Place in Metry.
My all time favorite little gem of a restaurant.

Posted by Degas

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 1:37 pm to ELLSSUU

I find myself repeatedly at Peche.

Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 1:43 pm to ELLSSUU

consider Freret Street

High Hat Cafe
Ancora (pizza)
The Husky

or consider

Sidecar Patio & OYster Bar
Saba ( at the bar)
Rosedale
Mais Areapas

or consider perennial favs

Peche
Palm & Pine (FQ-adjacent)
Turkey and The Wolf

Posted by Bro Dad

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 1:46 pm to cgrand

quote:
R&Os every time

Tried this place twice. I just don’t get it. Never going back.

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Posted by REG861

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 2:18 pm to Bro Dad

Station 6

I wouldn’t call Peche fine dining but I don’t consider it particularly casual either.

This post was edited on 6/1/25 at 2:20 pm

Posted by SportsGuyNOLA

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 2:39 pm to ELLSSUU

Liuzza’s
R n O’s
Mandina’s
Katie’s

Posted by Turftoe

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 3:27 pm to ELLSSUU

Few places on the wank
Da Wabbit
Salvos
La fiesta

Posted by geauxpurple

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Posted on 6/1/25 at 3:55 pm to Turftoe

La Crepe Nanou

Posted by MrBobDobalina

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Posted on 6/2/25 at 7:32 am to ELLSSUU

I guess Patois might be one step above casual but that's my go to.

Posted by Crescent Connection

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Posted on 6/2/25 at 8:12 am to ELLSSUU

Toups' Meatery

Posted by danny d lsu

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Posted on 6/2/25 at 2:24 pm to Lester Earl

quote:
Palm & Pine (FQ-adjacent)

This place is excellent

Posted by caro81

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Posted on 6/2/25 at 3:14 pm to hobotiger

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Station 6 is a go to as well

Solid choice for metry area. Wife and I dine there a lot for last minute casual dinner.

This post was edited on 6/2/25 at 3:16 pm

Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 6/2/25 at 3:50 pm to Bro Dad

quote:
Tried this place twice. I just don’t get it. Never going back.

you don’t “get” R&Os? What’s there to get? It’s good food in generous portions in a casual atmosphere for reasonable money LOL

you might be the only person I’ve ever heard say they didn’t like it

Posted by L.A.

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Posted on 6/2/25 at 3:56 pm to ELLSSUU

Uglesich's on Baronne St. Tell Mr. Anthony that L.A. said hello.

P.s. I haven't lived in New Orleans since 1986

Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 6/2/25 at 4:08 pm to L.A.

quote:
Uglesich's on Baronne St

long been closed

…twenty years

Posted by xXLSUXx

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Posted on 6/2/25 at 4:32 pm to ELLSSUU

I guess you should define casual? Simply dress code? Plenty of places qualify for that. Or are you talking about price point?

Also, limited to NOLA proper or the metro area? If including greater NOLA area I'd say Rumba in Metairie.

And as someone said earlier, depends on your mood or cuisine. Plenty of options.

Pizza? Zee's, St Pizza, Forbidden.
Sandwich? Cochon Butcher
Indian? LUFU.
Southern? Gris-Gris, Joey K, Katie's.
Breakfast/Lunch? Bearcat
Poboy? Pick one.

Honestly not sure there's a single restaurant listed in this thread that I wouldn't go back to.

This post was edited on 6/2/25 at 5:11 pm

Posted by L.A.

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Posted on 6/2/25 at 4:52 pm to cgrand

I know. It was an attempt at humor