In 1952, Charles Louis Passauer set up a bar and restaurant at the corner of Third and Constance Streets in New Orleans’ Irish Channel neighborhood. He named it Parasol’s because he thought Passauer would be too difficult to pronounce. In the seven decades since, the bar has survived Hurricane Katrina, multiple ownership changes, a nearly […]
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Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 5Surrey’s Café and Juice Bar sits on Magazine Street in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District, in a small, warm space that has been filling up every morning since it opened. The café earned its reputation on house-made bagels, fresh-squeezed organic juices, boudin hash with andouille, and shrimp and grits that belong in the conversation about
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Breakfast, Louisiana, Restaurants, Season 5Surrey’s Café and Juice Bar sits on Magazine Street in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District, in a small, warm space that has been filling up every morning since it opened. The café earned its reputation on house-made bagels, fresh-squeezed organic juices, boudin hash with andouille, and shrimp and grits that belong in the conversation about
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Breakfast, Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 5Casamento’s Restaurant on Magazine Street in New Orleans has been one of the city’s beloved oyster houses since Joseph Casamento opened it in 1919, building a reputation on oysters served raw, fried, and in loaves on white bread that has endured for more than a century. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 10 of Diners,
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Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 4The Creole Creamery opened in February 2004 in a building on Prytania Street in Uptown New Orleans that had previously housed a McKenzie’s Bakery, a beloved local chain. Owner David Bergeron converted the space into an ice cream parlor with pink walls, chalkboard paint, and a flavor program built around New Orleans culinary identity: Lavender
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Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 4Joey K’s Restaurant and Bar started as Tony’s in the 1970s, one block from its current location on the corner of Seventh and Magazine Street in the Garden District. It has been under the name Joey K’s since the transition that brought it to this address, and it has been serving the same New Orleans
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Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 5, SouthernPete and Jenny Breen moved to New Orleans and took to BBQ the way transplants to the city tend to take to whatever they fall in love with: completely. They opened The Joint in 2004 on Poland Avenue in the Bywater District and built a reputation that put them on Bon Appétit and Zagat top
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Barbecue, Louisiana, New Orleans, Restaurants, Season 3The Rivershack Tavern sits on River Road in Jefferson, a few miles upriver from New Orleans, with a patio that looks out toward the Mississippi and a kitchen that takes Cajun pub food seriously enough to build a reputation well beyond the neighborhood. It appeared in Season 3, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,
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