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What part of town are you staying in?

 

completely understandable.

 

If some of you venture out to some spots outside of the quarter, I recommend checking out Rosella in mid-city. I really dig the vibe of this place and enjoyed the cocktails (get the "10 minutes from everywhere")

 

I'm a HUGE fan of Midcity, I think there's a compelling argument it's the best 'hood in the city.

Treme is probably my fav, but mainly for the dive bars and general vibe. Midcity is a close second. Bywater prolly third.

But, if you're tourist'n then can't really argue against the Quarter.

 

I've got a group of 4-5 good friends from the PNW coming to Nola for Jazzfest, none of them have ever been here before. We are going to gourge and otherwise make very poor decisions.

 

Gorge?

 

normal words are spelled with a "u" when NOLA is concerned

 

Anyone done brunch at Brennan's?
We're going to just wander into places most of the weekend but wanted to get a brunch spot on Sunday before our flight home

 

Oranjello I believe

 

Arnaud's for dinner Friday, Palm & Pine for Sunday brunch, St. Louis Cemetery tour on Friday.
Want to eat at Luke and get up to Parkway at some point.
The rest of the time will just be wandering and listening.
Sucks that the weather won't be better on Friday and Saturday but looks like it will only be about 24 hours worth.
Never been to town so close after Mardi Gras, will be interesting to see what the vibe is.

 

• Went 2 weeks ago for a conference. Vendors paid for all the meals so I didn't pick them but went to Chophouse and Josephines. Chophouse was just a typical steak house nothing really unqiue about it. The steak was good but all steakhouse steak is pretty good. Seafood tower was pretty legit. Justine’s we had mussells to start then hanger steak frites and a snapper dish. This was an excellent meal and they have a great wine list too. I would go back.

 

1 day late, but:


Give me C1Y

 

A1X

**Bananas Foster is better than all three of those desserts, imo and should be the official dessert of New Orleans.

 

moving to the north shore later this year and very excited about having cajun food all the time

 

One of my favorite internet past times is to read the #RexComus post on Twitter. Some gems from last night:

 

The police superintendent is happy Gilmores grandmother

 

A3Z
or
B1Z

Can't double up on crawfish. Def the poboy if it's fried oysters

Anyone that chooses pralines should be drawn and quartered.

 

Not a huge dessert guy, but cake and adjacent fluffy foods (donuts, cupcakes, etc.) are my least favorite dessert options.

 

Jambalaya is a very overrated dish.

 

B1Z

 

it also isn’t a New Orleans thing, like etoufee.
The Creoles and Cajuns could not have been two more opposite groups. It’s like the redneck that thinks all Asian food is the same because they’re near each other.

Red beans would have been an obvious one to list.

Also the best jambalaya is zatarains and no I won’t be taking comments

 

A1X for me.
Never had Etouffee, will have to try that this time.

 

Not sure where else to put this, but WTF is going on with live crawfish prices?

 

Bad central Louisiana crop especially because of drought I believe. Should be a little bit more later in the season but not sure it'll be enough to drive prices down this year.

My instagram algo has kept me abreast of the situation.

 

Local joint selling them for 12.99 a lb. That's $520 for a 40lb sack. Gotta put down a $200 deposit to order. What in the actual fuck.

 

My kid is graduating HS this year and wanted to do a crawfish boil. Sorry bruh. Unless you can get a crawfish scholarship, I don't see that happening for 100 people. Might need to sell tickets to a VIP tent in the backyard.

 

This is fair.

 

The good news is you can get 20,000 lbs of shrimp for about 25 cents right now.

 

Imagine not catching your own crawfish

 

B, 1, Z. Really torn on A/B/C. All epic. Same with 1/2/3. Not as passionated about X/Y/Z although I like all of them

 

Fried Chicken Liver Po Boy from Mahony’s

 

Pretty stoked for this. Have a pretty aggressive food itinerary planned for the first-timers. We're rolling 6-7 deep so wanted to get reservations at most places:

• Wednesday AM: Dooky Chase
• Wednesday PM: Pascal's Manale (subject to change)
• Thursday AM: Atchafalaya brunch
• Thursday PM: Blue Oak (after first day of festival)
• Friday AM: Cochon
• Friday PM: no plans/wing it
• Saturday AM: Peche
• Saturday PM: Superior Seafood for Oysters (9:00 PM show at Tipitina's, right around the corner)
• Sunday AM: Poboys - Parkway, Guy's, Domilise's
• Sunday PM: sleep

 

Solid list. Jealous.

 

got to get some of those chargrilled oysters from somewhere. The bar at dragos is always good

 

I love Dragos so much.

 

Is Friday AM actually Cochon or Cochon Butcher? Cochon is fine, just never been too impressed. It's little brother next door, however, is wonderful.

Either way, solid list.

Also - if you are looking for a nice cocktail bar, try Cure or Jewel of the South. Both are ranked in the Top 50 bars in North America. Jewel ranked higher, but I think I actually prefer Cure.

 

I know it's in a touristy spot, but NOLA Poboys on Bourbon down past Dumaine St next to the Clover Grill has really solid Poboys. My favorite being the extra spicy fried gator. I tried Domilise and Liuzza's by the Track last time and it was easily on par with those.

 

I love Liuzza's.

 

It's so good, their bloody's