Issue Articles — Dining Out
Dining Out: CellarDoor
Like so many ancient buildings in New Orleans, the Swoop-Duggins House has a checkered past worthy of a novel. Dating back to the mid-to-early 1800s, the three-story brick townhouse served […]
Dining Out: Johnny Sánchez
Celebrity chefs tend to travel in packs. So last spring, when I spotted John Besh scarfing down chicken wings at Mopho with Food Network poster boy Aaron Sánchez, I inferred […]
Dining Out: Red’s Chinese
In Chapter 47 of the Bywater’s Post-K metamorphosis, a veteran of the venerable Mission Chinese Food serves his own Creolized interpretations of inauthentic Southeast Asian cuisine on St. Claude Avenue. […]
Dining Out: 1000 Figs
“Do one thing and do it well.” When Theresa Galli and Gavin Cady left their fine dining jobs to start the Fat Falafel food truck in December 2012, they adopted […]
Dining Out: Doris Metropolitan
The transformation of the corner of Chartres Street and Wilkinson Street over the last three years is a miniature display of the last decade’s culinary redevelopment throughout the city. Up […]
Dining Out: Bevi Seafood Co.
Over a 15-year stretch of working in fine dining restaurants, Chef Justin Leblanc seared his fair share of foie gras. He also toiled under the watchful eye of Gerard Crozier […]
Dining Out: Martin Wine Cellar
In 1946, David Martin, Jr. opened the original Martin Wine Cellar in half of a shotgun double on Baronne Street at the corner of General Taylor. As legend has it, […]
Dining Out at The Half Shell
As seasons are measured by the corresponding zenith in the quality of a particular local seafood, the winter solstice marks the start of the oyster bounty. As the temperature drops […]
Dining Out at Bellegarde Bakery
Graison Gill is a shining beacon of hope in a food world becoming increasingly obsessed with gluten free and paleo diets. The logo of his Bellegarde Bakery (and often his […]
OffBeat Eats: MoPho
When Chef Michael Gulotta announced his departure from his post as Chef de Cuisine at Restaurant August to open a Southeast Asian restaurant in Mid-City, fine-dining aficionados were left wondering […]


