Up&Adam Eatz, New Orleans, LA Report #585

Last Saturday, at about 10:50 AM, we came here to eat. Thinking we beat the lunchtime crowd we were surprised to see about 15 people sitting and standing outside waiting for a table! We ended up going to El Pavo Real. Today we got here at about 10:30 AM and were lucky enough to get…

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…

Mandina’s Restaurant, New Orleans, LA Report #507

This place has been around a long time. In fact, it’ll make its 100th birthday in a decade. I haven’t been here since back in the early 1990’s. A friend of mine and I used to work in the area and spent many a night after work closing down the bar here. Around that same…

Clesi’s, New Orleans, LA Report #498

It’s COOLinary month here in New Orleans and this is my second meal. Had a good one last night at Charlie’s Steak House. When I was online perusing menus, the one for this place looked pretty good, so I had to get in here and give it a try. There isn’t much room at all…

Marjie’s Grill, New Orleans, LA Report #457

I had no idea this place existed. My daughter knows I love of food, and trying different restaurants. So when it’s time to give me a gift, she looks at my restaurant reports to find a place I haven’t tried yet, and gets me a gift certificate for it. For Christmas, in conjunction with her…

Trep’s, New Orleans, LA Report #365

******** PERMANENTLY CLOSED ******** I like the way this place is designed. Especially during this pandemic. Almost all of the seating is outdoor seating, most of it under tents. The area in front of the bar is kind of inside, but with the garage style doors wide open that’s basically outside too. Very nice on…

Vessel NOLA, New Orleans, LA Report #350

Obviously, this building used to be a church. It was built in 1914. It’s been a restaurant as long as a I can remember, which is a long time. In fact, back in the 1970’s I went to high school within walking distance of this place. I always used to see it and think that…

Juan’s Flying Burrito, New Orleans, LA Report #344

This place has been slinging Mexican food in New Orleans since 1997. It’s pretty popular, so I can’t believe I’ve never been here! Their website says when they came into being they were loosely based on San Francisco Mission-style burrito joints, that were in vogue during the 1980’s and early 90’s. Well, tonight was my…

Fullblast Brunch, New Orleans, LA Report #341

Back in Report #334, I explained how my rewards credit card gives me points for dining at certain restaurants. This one was on the list. Being located on a back street in a residential area, that’s the only way I would have found out about it! Nice looking little place. You can tell a lot…

Bayou Bistro, New Orleans, LA Report #334

Let me tell you how I found out about this place. I have a rewards credit card for a popular hotel chain. Last month they sent me this email saying if you dine at certain participating restaurants and use their credit card, they’ll give you a bunch of reward points. NOLA Caye was on that…