Messina’s Runway Cafe, New Orleans, LA Report #556

If you’ve flown into New Orleans before you most likely flew into Louis Armstrong International Airport. But since that airport is in the city of Kenner, you actually didn’t fly into New Orleans. However, we do have a small airport here in New Orleans. As you can see on the map in the second picture…

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…

The Sunflower Bakery & Cafe, Galveston, TX Report #472

This was my last meal in Galveston before we headed back to New Orleans. My Texas friend also recommended this place, so we decided to hit it for breakfast before we hit the road. Besides being a restaurant, it’s also a bakery with a lot of really good looking baked goods. I couldn’t believe it…

Dots Diner, Jefferson, LA Report #463

Even though it was about lunchtime, we were in the mood for breakfast. We headed to a great breakfast spot we hadn’t been to in a bit. The Panola Street Cafe. Since it was the busy time of the day, we tried to call first to see if there was a wait for a table,…

Waffles On Maple, Metairie, LA Report #349

This place is called Waffles on Maple because it’s original location was on Maple St., in Uptown New Orleans. I went to that location once years ago, and the place was tiny. I mean so tiny I had to walk sideways past other customers to get through it. That location is permanently closed now. The…

Bradford House, Oklahoma City, OK Report #330

This one will be short and sweet because this is more of a hotel report than a food report. Everything was good, but nothing was really extraordinary about the food. We were in Oklahoma City visiting my daughter. She had stayed in this hotel on a trip up there and really loved it, so we…

Riccobono’s Panola St. Café, New Orleans, LA Report #312

This place is owned by the same folks that own Riccobono’s Peppermill and Café Navarre, so I knew it was going to be good.  It’s located on a back street in a residential neighborhood, so you’ve got to be looking for it to find it. Our waitress recommended the Boudin omelet.  It sounded good and…

Daisy Dukes Diner, Kenner, LA Report #296

Back in March of 2019 I discovered this place called the American Pie Diner.  Loved the place!  I was going to be a regular.  So of course it promptly went out of business. At least the building didn’t stay vacant long.  Daisy Dukes opened another location there. I knew about their French Quarter location, but…

Slim Goodies Diner, New Orleans, LA Report #288

Thanks to the Coronavirus this is my first time dining INSIDE of a New Orleans restaurant since a lunch at Red’s Chinese on March 15th (which was delicious by the way).  Restaurants here were allowed to open up for dine in yesterday. Some people have been concerned about the so called “contact tracing” the media…

Metro Cafe Diner, Stone Mountain, GA Report #234

Ok, this should be my last out of town report on this road trip.  I’m heading back to New Orleans tomorrow.  I say “should be”, because no telling where I may stop and eat on the way home. We were staying at Stone Mountain Park and decided to leave the park for dinner.  This place…