Morning Call, New Orleans, LA Report #577

Nowadays a bunch of restaurants you walk into have beignets and café au lait on the menu. But back in the day if you wanted that you had two choices. Café du Monde or Morning Call. I guess you can call Morning Call the new kid on the block. They opened in the French Quarter…

Dough Nguyener’s Bakery, Gretna, LA Report #572

There’s a food critic here in New Orleans named Tom Fitzmorris who’s been critiquing New Orleans food and restaurants since the 1970’s. He knows his stuff. He has a rule that he never goes to a new restaurant right when they open. His logic is when a place first opens, they need time to get…

Stuph’D Beignets & Burgers, New Orleans, LA Report #492

I’m pretty sure everyone knows what beignets are. Those wonderful pieces of fried dough sprinkled with powdered sugar. Thanks to the iconic Café du Monde, New Orleans is famous for them. This place takes beignets to the next level, serving savory ones as well as sweet. We decided to sample both. For the savory we…

Fontenot’s Cajun Café, Natchitoches, LA Report #436

Ever saw the movie Steel Magnolias? With Sally Field and Julie Roberts? One claim to fame this city has is it was set and filmed here. I never saw that movie, so let’s move on. Another thing that this city is known for are their meat pies. A lot of menus in New Orleans will…

Luca Eats, New Orleans, LA Report #332

This place is located back in a residential neighborhood, well off any main drag. If you see that cemetery, which is right across the street from the restaurant, you know you’re close! If you look at that cemetery (3rd pic) you’ll notice the graves are above ground. That’s because here in New Orleans we’re below…

The Vintage, New Orleans, LA Report #239

I heard about this place because of their beignets.  But they have other food too, so we decided to come here for dinner.  Seems this place is a bar first, and a restaurant second.  I could be wrong about that, but the drink menu is longer than the food menu.  I’m not a drinker, but…

Shipley Do-nuts, Metairie, LA Report #107

  HAPPY JULY 4TH!! I’ve always heard of Shipley Do-nuts and knew they were popular in other southern states, but I didn’t know we had one in the New Orleans area.  And with good reason.  This is the first one and it only opened three months ago.  The building looks brand new.  Small dining area…

Café Du Monde, Metairie, LA Report #32

If you visit New Orleans you MUST go to the Café du Monde.  Preferably the original one in the French Quarter.  It’s best to eat beignets sitting on the Mississippi River, listening to the calliope music from the steamboat Natchez and looking at Jackson Square across the street.  BUT, if you can’t make it to…