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…

WeGeaux Cafe, Westwego, LA Report #535

I ended up down in Westwego today, and as usual, hungry. I wasn’t looking for a gourmet meal, but just a nice plate of food to fill my greedy belly. This place fit the bill. I decided on the chicken fried steak with creamed potatoes. It came with a salad. ===== THE FOOD ===== Very…

Segnette Landing Restaurant, Westwego, LA Report #480

Besides being an expert eater, I also happen to be a pretty good cook. I’m cooking a chicken dish that also calls for shrimp. About the only time I drive down to Westwego is to go to this place we call the shrimp lot. It’s a big parking lot with seafood vendors on both sides.…

LeBrane’s Creole Cuisine, Westwego, LA Report #407

This place boast that it has a real, New Orleans born Creole chef. Well, I happen to be a real, New Orleans born Creole person myself. Just not a chef. BUT, I happen to be a well trained, expert, eater of the HIGHEST order. Part of my training consist of the fact that I’ve been…

Mo’s Pizza, Westwego, LA Report #122

  I hadn’t thought about Mo’s in years until a guy I work with mentioned it.  He was born here in New Orleans but his parents are from Sicily.  And when someone calls him Italian he says, “I’m not Italian, I’m Sicilian”.  But then he also brags he wasn’t in the Navy, but in the…