Posts Tagged New Orleans

Food Court of Appeal

Author’s Note: According to the New Orleans Culinary Rating Standard, ‘food court’ and ‘vending machine’ share the same subgroup. While it’s true that cost and convenience generally excuse mass-provisioning, quality exceptions should be noted. Even in a city of destination dining.

Like other tenants at the Place St. Charles office tower (PSC), I too may be guilty of taking our food court for granted. We really ought to celebrate the apparent quality and multinational variety of lunch options here.

For my part, I hope to persuade the many CBD lunch-goers, who’d otherwise settle for a Subwich, to come enjoy the fast, fresh world’s fare at PSC. Observe this is not ‘fast food,’ it’s just expedited.

PSC’s food court also follows that familiar convention which establishes 4 requisite court offerings: Burger, Italian, Mexican and Chinese. Enjoyable as these choices are, I include only their neighbors’ profiles below.

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BBQ in New Orleans at The Joint

img 0613 150x150 BBQ in New Orleans at The JointNew Orleans isn’t exactly known for its BBQ.   That said, The Joint in the Bywater neighborhood is dishing up the best the city has to offer.

The place is a little off the beaten path especially for those not familiar with the area but the end result well worth it.  The Joint started smoking in 2004 and has been serving the some of the best BBQ in the city ever since then.

From the outside of the restaurant you can smell the delectable smoke of the meats being prepared.  This alone is enough to make your stomach start turning in excitement and anticipation of what awaits inside.

The interior of the establishment is quite small with around ten tables for customers to enjoy the BBQ offerings. That said, just outside on the “patio” offers more seating.  This is also where the magic takes place in the form of smoker which is churning out the delicious BBQ that The Joint is serving up.  You order your BBQ at the counter once inside and then sit wherever you’re content while waiting in anticipation for the food to arrive.

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Update:We’re going to the Louisiana Roadfood Festival in New Orleans!

On April 4-5, the 1st Annual Louisiana Roadfood Festival is going to be held in the French Quarter and we’re going to have a tent set upon the corner of Royal and Conti (check out the map below), where we’ll be doing a bunch of eating, drinking and chatting about all the good food at the festival and throughout this great state! Check out their website and continue reading for more info:

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If you’re going to New Orleans this weekend, check out Hogs for the Cause!

Like you need a reason to eat pig cooked on a spit, smoked oysters and grilled chickens.  If you did, you probably wouldn’t be reading this blog!

If you need a little push over the edge though and you live near New Orleans, what if I told you that you could eat all that goodness for a great cause?

This weekend, March 28, Hogs for the Cause is smoking some great food at the Audubon Fly in New Orleans to raise money for Ben Sarrat, Jr., a five year old New Orleanian with an inoperable brain tumor.  If you have nothing better to do, you should be there.  Heck, even if you do have something better to do, if you can make it, you should be there!

They’ll be going at it all day long with the pig projected to be done between 12 and 4 and you can check them out at http://hogsforthecause.org/ or on Facebook for more information!

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Elizabeth’s Restaurant in the Bywater area of New Orleans

img 0140 225x300 Elizabeths Restaurant in the Bywater area of New OrleansElizabeth’s Restaurant is a funky little shack in the Bywater area of New Orleans serving up some great food and a lot of taglines. Walking up to the front door, you’re greeted with one of them; “Eat here or we both go hungry” is drawn on the side of the building luring people in. If the art doesn’t get you though, maybe their menus will, starting with what is arguably one of the most talked-about appetizers these days – praline bacon!

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