French Quarter Dining Featured Stories

During the holiday season in New Orleans, the city’s predilection for spectacle goes into overdrive. Here are some of the sights and shows that make for an unforgettable December visit, plus our picks on where to eat, including some of the best Reveillon dinners going on in the city. What to...

New Orleans and the French Quarter in particular are fantastic options for Mother's Day, from the elegant perfection of jazz brunches and the relaxing stroll on the scenic Mississippi River waterfront to exploring the magnificent architecture of the centuries-old streets and shopping in the chic...

Despite the soaring temps, summer in New Orleans is packed with festivals. While you won’t go hungry at any of this summer’s music and culture festivals like Satchmo SummerFest, here are four summer events that focus on local food and drink specifically. French Market Creole Tomato...

[caption id="attachment_5380" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Tujague's Crab Cake Benedict. Image by Sam Hanna.[/caption]Now, with Lenten season upon us (February 22 - April 6, 2023), some of New Orleans’ top restaurants are offering tasty and Lent-friendly dishes and specials. From Fish...

Every Reveillon dinner is a feast to reawaken the senses and celebrate the joys of the seasonIt’s hard to picture a city that takes culinary tradition more seriously than New Orleans, where old dining customs and iconic dishes contribute so much to the distinctive local cuisine. But even here...

New Orleans is rife with culinary traditions — over 300 years’ worth of them. One of those wonderful traditions is Reveillon. For a few years now the increasing number of restaurants (over 60 last year) is participating in bringing special Reveillon menus to the table.Alongside the...

Photo courtesy of Antoine's Restaurant on FacebookNot that we need any encouragement to eat, and eat well, in this city, but the dining deals didn’t end in August with COOLinary. New Orleans is heading into Restaurant Week, with over 100 restaurants listed as participants this year (some,...

Photo courtesy of Coolinary New OrleansThere’s no better time to dine at an award-winning restaurant during your visit to New Orleans (or while you play tourist in your own city) than August. Not only do you get to experience cuisine that is an integral part of the New Orleans heritage, but...

Photo courtesy of McClure's Barbecue on FacebookBarbecue is probably the most famous sub-genre of Southern cooking, and New Orleans is the best food city in the South (if not the country), but ironically, our city isn’t known as a traditional barbecue stronghold. Our cuisine has always...

Photo courtesey of Galatoire's 33 Bar & Steak on FacebookThe 13-block strip of Bourbon Street is not all neon hustle and gigantic drinks in souvenir cups. It's actually home to some of the most vibrant restaurants in the city — high and low, round-the-clock, world-famous — and just...