French Quarter Dining Featured Stories

These days, many guides to New Orleans will tell you to ‘get off of Bourbon Street’, the implication being that the 13 block strip of neon, bars, clubs, restaurants and more bars is too lowbrow for your time. To which we say: well, OK, when you’ve seen your tenth tourist sip out of a...Read More

By: Ian McNulty The name for New Orleans' most famous sandwich, the po-boy, harkens back to its humble, scrappy origins. That heritage must have given the po-boy some special resilience because, as New Orleans rebuilt from Hurricane Katrina, po-boys were one of the most prevalent of local culinary...Read More

Visitors can be forgiven for some confusion over the difference between Cajun and Creole cuisines. After all, many life-long New Orleanians have trouble articulating just what separates one from the other, while national chain restaurants have long obscured the distinction with vague menu...Read More

By: Renee Kientz New Orleans is known for its food and the French Quarter, in particular, has long been home to many of the city's finest and most high-end eateries. You can expect to experience quintessential New Orleans fare at places like Antoines, Brennan's, Galatoire's and others, and every...Read More

By: Ian McNultyNew Orleans Pralines, photo courtesy of Southern Candymakers on FacebookMr. Clark - A New Orleans Praline LandmarkWhen the historic St. Charles Avenue streetcar comes to its rattling, end-of-the-line halt at the edge of the French Quarter, visitors step out of...Read More

By: Ian McNultyTop to Bottom: Brennan's Restaurant; Bacco Restaurant; Palace Cafe; Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse; Dickie Brennan's Bourbon HouseNew Orleans is famous for its Creole interpretation of French cuisine, but one of the most famous names in the New Orleans culinary scene...Read More

By: Ian McNultyTop to Bottom: Holy Smokes Cafe, Hand-rolled cigars from New Orleans Cigar Factory, Cigar Rolling Demonstration at Cigar Factory, Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse.Cigars may not be native to Louisiana, but they have certainly taken firm root in the city's celebrated...Read More

By: Ian McNultyTop to Bottom: Galatoire's, Antoine's & Brennan's RestaurantsOnly in New Orleans - and perhaps only at Galatoire's Restaurant (209 Bourbon St., 504-525-2021) - would people greet with apprehension the news that soon they would no longer need to stand in line on...Read More

By: Ian McNultyVisitors who think a clutch of plastic beads, a hurricane glass and an obscene T-shirt are the best they can bring back home from a trip to New Orleans clearly haven’t experienced one of the city’s distinctive cooking schools.Anne Gormly has, and after a lunchtime class...Read More

By: Ian McNultyTop to Bottom: K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen; Chef Paul Prudhomme; Chef Susan Spicer; Bayona Restaurant; Emeril Lagasse's NOLA Restaurant.For the past century, the musicians of New Orleans have used instruments, concert halls and recordings to tell the world about the...Read More

By: Ian McNultyDelicious Culinary Team CreationsFood-lovers from casual tourists to cultural scholars have long been fascinated by the long and winding road that is New Orleans’ distinctive culinary heritage, with its rich traditions and polyglot influences. But when it comes to...Read More

Bananas Foster, a type of dessert made with bananas and vanilla ice cream, was made famous by way of New Orleans. Today, this decadent dessert remains a staple, impressively served flambéed tableside as it was intended, or in many delicious variations (as a pie, ice cream, or French toast) in...

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 Creole dining customs and iconic dishes contribute so much to the distinctive local cuisine. But...

One of New Orleans' most celebrated creations is a tall, bready Sicilian-Cajun invention that reflects the city's diverse cultural and culinary heritage. The muffuletta goes back to the 19th century, when the French Quarter was sometimes referred to as "Little Palermo," and its Sicilian...

The French Quarter is truly a 24-hour neighborhood where “making a night of it” can easily mean greeting the daybreak in last night’s clothes. But even the most spirited reveler must eat, if only to keep up stamina. Fortunately, late-night Quarter restaurants offer a wide variety of...

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...

Photo courtesy of Coolinary New OrleansThere's no better time to try out an award-winning restaurant during your visit to New Orleans (or play a tourist in your own city) than August.COOLinary is orchestrated by the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau and was conceived as a...

Spring means crawfish season in New Orleans, and that means picking the best spot to enjoy an old fashioned boil. This list far from exhaustive – in fact it’s more like a drop in the bucket, and that’s a good thing. We’re lucky enough to live in a place where boils happen in bars,...