Curio, New Orleans, LA Report #551

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! A philosopher once said you can’t love other people until you love yourself. To prove my love for myself I decided to take me out to dinner in the French Quarter tonight! My significant other asked if she could come with me for some reason. I didn’t care for the idea of…

Schnell’s, Marrero, LA Report #550

I was surfing the web in search of new and potentially fantastic restaurants to try, and I came upon this place. Looking at their menu I noticed the last picture above. The Sunday daily special. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Read it carefully. A choice of either baked, stewed or fried chicken, with…

China Rose, Metairie, LA Report #549

I once worked with a Chinese guy. He was born and raised in China and didn’t come to the United States until he was in his 30’s. Loving food the way I do I asked him if there were any really authentic Chinese restaurants here in New Orleans. He told me Vietnamese, yes. Chinese no.…

Bubbie’s Sno-balls & Ice Cream, Kenner, LA Report #548

It gets hot in New Orleans, so snowball stands are very popular. For some reason most of them close over the winter. I’ve never understood that because we can have hot days down here year-round. In fact, driving around today we have the air conditioner on in the car because the temperature was in the…

The 70123, Harahan, LA Report #547

I guess this place is called The 70123 because that’s the zip code where it’s located, in Harahan, La. Funny thing about that is I used to live in the 70122 zip code, which is in New Orleans, and nowhere close to the 70123 zip code! Whoever numbered the zip codes for the post office…

Don Jose’s Grill, Kenner, LA Report #546

This place is located at the corner of a major intersection in Kenner. Catty-cornered from it is a great Italian place called the Brick Oven Cafe. I’ve been there several times, and every time I went I looked at this place thinking, “I’ve got to try that Mexican joint one day”. Besides that, I’ve driven…

Sandros Trattoria, Metairie LA Report #545

I have a friend who’s an authentic, New Orleans Italian. She’s never shown me any paperwork to prove it, but I believe her. She’s the one that told me about this place. I tried to get here once before but couldn’t get a reservation. It was kind of last minute. Today I happened to be…

The Little Easy, New Orleans, LA Report #544

I heard this place had good pressed poboys. I checked out their menu online and saw this: Tamales? Cheese curds? And look at those crawfish nachos! I had to get in here! My greediness blinded me to the fact that time marches on and menus change. We got here and none of that was on…

Westbank Grill, Westwego, LA Report #543

I’ve been eyeballing this joint for some time. There’s a place in Westwego we call The Shrimp Lot. It’s like an open air seafood flea market. If I’m making a big pot of gumbo, or something else where I need a bunch of shrimp, I take the drive down there to buy them. You can’t…

Avo, New Orleans, LA Report #542

I get emails from this website called Eater New Orleans. They sent me this one entiltled, “Here are the tastiest Italian eats in New Orleans“. Click on that title if you want to see the list. Man, I wish they haden’t done that. If they hadn’t, I might have stayed home tonight and ate a…