American Pie Diner, Kenner, LA Report #188

**********  PERMANENTLY CLOSED  **********     I’ve passed by this place dozens of times and never thought about stopping in.  Soon I have to pick up someone from the airport with a late flight, and was trying to find restaurants open late in the area.  This place is open 24/7, so I looked at the…

Warbucks, New Orleans, LA Report #174

********** PERMANENTLY CLOSED  ********** Glad I found this place.  The food is great!  We started off with the Laquered Pork Belly and Shrimp Rings. The Laquered Pork Belly was honestly one of the best things I have EVER eaten!  Delicious, tender pork belly wrapped in lettuce leave with very thinly sliced peppers (it’s not too…

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…

Café Adelaide, New Orleans, LA Report #128

********** PERMANENTLY CLOSED **********   If you’re driving around looking for a sign for Café Adelaide you’d never find it.  It’s located inside the Loews Hotel, which, if you’re a gambler, is right across the street from Harrah’s Casino.  In fact, once you’re in the lobby of the hotel you STILL won’t see a sign…

Bud’s Broiler, New Orleans, LA Report #123

********** PERMANENTLY CLOSED **********   I’m a big fan of burgers and this is my lifetime favorite burger joint.  The original Bud’s Broiler opened up in a New Orleans suburb in 1952.  This was the next location, and the first one to open in the city of New Orleans, at 500 City Park Ave., in…

The Big Cheezy, New Orleans, LA Report #44

********** PERMANENTLY CLOSED **********   New Orleans is known as the “Big Easy”.  The name of this place is obviously a play on that.  I was playing around on Facebook and saw an ad where if you signed up for their VIP club you get a free grilled cheese sandwich.  I signed up, they e-mailed…

Mellow Mushroom, Metarie, LA Report #43

********** PERMANENTLY CLOSED **********   I first ate at a Mellow Mushroom somewhere in southern Alabama maybe15 years ago and fell in love with it.  It was a long time before they opened this location in Metairie and they also have a location in Uptown New Orleans now.  This one is located on the top…

Sucre’, Metairie, LA Report #28

********** PERMANENTLY CLOSED **********   I’ve always took the same attitude towards my desserts as I did my women.  I don’t care if they’re ugly, as long as they’re sweet.  But, if you’re not like me and like pretty dessert, this is the place for you. This was the Metairie location.  They also have a…

VooDoo BBQ & Grill, Harvey, LA Report #23

MANHATTAN LOCATION PERMANENTLY CLOSED.  ST. CHARLES LOCATION OPEN   Pretty good BBQ at this place.  There are other locations, including one right on historic St. Charles Avenue.  I’ve been to that one too and the food is pretty consistent between these two locations. You wouldn’t expect to find good gumbo, or gumbo period at a…

Smashburger, New Orleans, LA Report #17

********** PERMANENTLY CLOSED **********   If you’re in the mood for a great burger this is the place for you!  You can order a regular burger, which is a 5oz patty, or big, which is a 6oz patty.  Seems like the “big” should be bigger than one more ounce of meat, but that’s the way…