Issue Articles — OffBeat Eats
Dining Out: Mat and Naddie’s
Mat and Naddie’s nestles along the levee, just below the waters of the Mississippi. Only blocks from the bustle of Carrollton Avenue, it feels remote, like a roadhouse along a […]
Behind the Green Flap
It’s hot and you’re hungry. A five-minute wait for a cochon de lait po-boy or a bowl of crawfish Monica can seem like an hour when the band you want […]
The Countdown: Chef Scott Boswell
Scott Boswell is an ambitious man. Scott Boswell wants to be New Orleans’ top chef. And Boswell, the chef and owner of Stella and the soon to open Hoshi, knows […]
Dining Out: Café Amelie
Walking the French Quarter’s cramped streets, I sometimes glimpsed more expansive spaces. Beyond the clumps of tourists who seemed to have multiplied in recent months, private oases of fountains and […]
Dining Out: Tucker’s Tavern
Two guys jogged past me as I approached Tucker’s Tavern. They were getting a midday workout and I was headed to the home of the deep-fried burger. I felt guilty […]
Don’t Fear the Green Space
It’s seven o’clock at night in the Lower Ninth Ward. What is there to eat? “Nothing is open,” says Greta Gladney, 42, who founded the Renaissance Project in 2001 to […]
Dining Out: Dunbar’s
At Dunbar’s new location inside Loyola’s Broadway Activity Center, you’re not likely to see a meeting of officers from Zulu. And at the original location on Freret, I don’t remember […]
Cook Me Something, Mister
On Twelfth Night, members of the Garden District Citizens Command Post gathered to plot their strategy for Carnival. Laminated signs had been printed. A port-a-potty had been rented. Last year, […]
Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement Award in Music Education: Harold Battiste
The words “The Future of Our Past” printed on the upper right cover of Harold Battiste’s sheet music/workbook, The Silverbook, speak volumes about the musician and the man. Generally, when […]
What’s in a Name?: Michael Sichel of 7 on Fulton
“I’m listening, I’m listening. Michael Sichel bounces around the kitchen at 7 on Fulton, where he took over as Executive Chef in October. Tall, thin, with a crop of tight […]
