Baru Bistro & Tapas 3700 Magazine Street (504) 895-2225 How often do you come here? I come here once every couple of months with my girlfriend. It’s one of her favorite restaurants; she eats here a lot. What do you usually order? The deep-fried Louisiana oysters and the fried fish. They fry the whole thing; [...]
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New Orleans Seafood Festival 2011: Photos
September 13, 2011 – 2:04 pm
This past weekend, Lafayette Square filled up with food and music at the fifth-annual New Orleans Seafood Festival. The musical lineup included local favorites, including the Stooges Brass Band, Papa Grows Funk, and, as seen in the photos, Kermit Ruffins and Jon Cleary. In addition to the many local restaurant vendors selling seafood and other [...]
A Buffet Revival at East Buffet
September 6, 2011 – 3:05 pm
In these times of economic hardship, even food snobs need to get their noses out of the air and give those good ol’ fashioned all-you-can-eat buffets a second chance. This all-American creation has bred many restaurants with lackluster cuisine, but there are some gems hiding beneath the rubble, especially East Buffet on Severn Avenue in [...]
Get Good Gumbo
August 1, 2011 – 11:03 am
When you ask most New Orleanians where to get the best gumbo, they’ll likely say their mom or grandma. If you’re not from here and your grandma doesn’t know the difference between gummy bears and gumbo, there is a simple and affordable solution. Orleans Seafood Po-Boys & Grill, the restaurant that took over the old [...]
Jazz Fest Seafood One Year After the Oil Spill
May 1, 2011 – 12:20 am
During a memorable set at last year’s Jazz Fest, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam took to the bully pulpit and skewered BP for the disaster that was becoming the Deepwater Horizon. In not-so-kind words, he strongly encouraged BP’s executives to send down their sons and daughters to clean up the oil spill. At that time, [...]
New Orleans Seafood Festival Starts Friday
September 9, 2010 – 1:00 pm
The New Orleans Seafood Festival will hold its 4th annual celebration in Lafayette Square this weekend, Friday through Sunday, September 10-12. The festival is free and open to the public, and will feature live music, an artists’ market and food from over 20 of the city’s restaurants as well as daiquiris and snowballs. The festivities [...]
Hubris
May 19, 2010 – 4:48 pm
I need me some zen. And I don’t mean the absinthe, either. I’m worried about New Orleans and the Louisiana Gulf Coast. There’s an oil spill out there that will most certainly negatively impact not only the quality of my life, but my children’s. It’s another Katrina, except we haven’t experienced its full impact yet. [...]
Dining Out: Charlie’s Seafood
January 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
Natives of Harahan and River Ridge know Charlie’s Seafood (or “Charles,” for those who go by the sign outside) as a neighborhood restaurant which served casual seafood dishes for 50 years before being shuttered by Katrina. Chef Frank Brigtsen grew up in the neighborhood and often dined there in his youth, so he and his [...]
Tummys, Brace Yourselves for the Attempt to Eat EVERYTHING at Jazz Fest
May 1, 1993 – 12:01 am
Once again this year, 64 food vendors at the Jazz Fest will peddle twice as many culinary temptations. A gourmand’s dream—or nightmare—when faced with the challenge of fitting it all in, considering the time span of the fair and the limited capacity of the human stomach. If your ambition is to eat everything, this year’s [...]
