Home Cooking Café, Harvey, LA Report #206

I was in the mood for some home cooking today and I had heard good things about this place.  I looked up their menu online and it showed the only two entrées they had were meatloaf and fried chicken.  That sounded good to me, so we headed on in! When we got there we found…

Commander’s Palace, New Orleans, LA Report #200

It’s hard to believe this is my 200th report.  Long ago I wondered if I’d still be doing this long enough to get to 200.  Then I thought, “Why not?  It’s not like I’m doing anything else”.  So here I am. For my 200th report I knew I had to go somewhere special.  An old,…

Tsunami, New Orleans, LA Report #195

This place is located on the ground floor of the Pan-American Life Building, in the Central Business District.  Since the restaurant has a Poydras Street address, I entered on Poydras St.  I didn’t see a restaurant, so I started roaming around, until a security guard behind a desk stopped me.  Our exchange went like this:…

Danny & Bonnie Seafood, Gretna, LA Report #191

I always thought this was just a fresh and boiled seafood stand, until someone told me I had to stop here for one of their shrimp po-boys because they were so good.  If you come here, and your approaching from the east, drive the speed limit.  That white SUV you see parked on the side…

Copeland’s, Harvey, LA Report #189

Al Copeland was the New Orleans restaurant entrepreneur who started Popeye’s Chicken and Biscuits in a New Orleans suburb back in 1972.  He started franchising them in 1976, and the rest is history.  In 1983, he decided to get a little fancier and opened Copeland’s.  Copeland’s also became a franchise and at it’s peak there…

Banh Mi Boys, Metairie, LA Report #180

  This place has an address of 5001 Airline Dr., but if you’re driving down Airline looking for it, you might miss it.  It’s off Airline a bit, on Transcontinental Dr., right across the street from Short Stop Poboys .  But I tell you what.  After eating the sandwiches here, I’ll always opt for this…

Tony Mandina’s, Gretna, LA Report #166

  I can’t remember the last time I went to a restaurant that I could absolutely rave about, but this is it!  My new favorite Italian restaurant.  Even if I tried I couldn’t find anything to report negatively on after this dining experience. There’s ample off street parking, with an attendant to keep an eye…