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…

Fisherman’s Wharf, Galveston, TX Report #470

I ended up taking a little vacation in Galveston, TX! First stop playing tourist in this beautiful city was to visit this historic ship called the Elissa. That’s it pictured above. Unfortunately, you have to pay to park in the lot in front of the ship. When we bought the tickets, we asked if they…

Kanno, Metairie, LA Report #454

Today was my son’s birthday. He, like me, is a sushi lover. I heard a lot of good things about this place but neither of us had tried it yet, so I invited him for a sushi birthday feast! Let’s back up about a week. That’s when I invited him. He was going to a…

Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian, Metairie, LA Report #444

Normally when I go to restaurants that have more than one location, I don’t do a separate report for each location. I just add to the original report I did on the first one I went to. Well, when I walked into this Mr. Ed’s I asked them if they were affiliated with the one…

Mama Thai, Metairie, LA Report #295

There’s a restaurant right down the street from here called New Orleans Food & Spirits which everyone raves about.  They don’t take reservations.  Strictly first come first serve. That’s where we tried to go, and they told us it’d be a 25 minute wait.  With the number of people waiting for a table, looked more…

Jasmine Rice Thai Cuisine, Gretna, LA Report #241

I was in the mood for Thai food tonight.  I live on the Westbank of New Orleans, and didn’t feel like crossing the river.  My favorite Thai place on the Westbank is Banana Blossom, but I felt like trying a different place.  There’s a place called “A Taste Of Thailand” that I’ve been hearing good…

Bravo, Metairie, LA Report #178

***************  PERMANENTLY CLOSED  *************** We tried to go to a restaurant near this place and there was an hour wait for a table.  I was too hungry to wait an hour.  I get grumpy when I get hungry.  And mean.  So we started driving around aimlessly not knowing where we were going to eat dinner…

Café B, Metairie, LA Report #146

********** PERMANENTLY CLOSED **********   My birthday was last month and I got an email from the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group offering me a free dessert for my birthday!  It’s the least they could do after all I’ve done for them.  They listed Cafe B, the Red Fish Grill and Ralph’s On The Park as…

Banana Blossom Thai Cafe’, Gretna, LA Report #12

I love this place.  I’ve never had a bad dish here.  As you can see the sign over the restaurant just says “Thai”, so don’t look for a sign saying “Banana Blossom”.  It’s actually kind of hard to find.  If you can find the Winn Dixie supermarket at the intersection of Belle Chasse Hwy and…