Food, Restaurants and Eateries

Local "down home cuisine"

Camellia Grill
An old classic diner, with a counter and those little round stools. Hamburger buns are grilled along side of the hamburgers, using melted butter and grilled onions, all before your eyes. The streetcars pass right in front.

Ye Olde College Inn Restaurant
Po-Boy Sandwiches, (Shrimp, Ham & Swiss, Roast Beef), hot plate meals, such as Breaded Veal Cutlets, with mashed potatoes and vegetables, and drinks from the bar.

Rocky & Carlo's Restaurant in Chalmette
A generous helpings of good, old fashion country cooking and a healthy helping of local atmosphere.

Good Food, Casual Atmosphere

Gumbo Shop
In the heart of the French Quarter, Gumbo, Jambalaya, sea food, other favoritesand drinks from the bar.

Mother's Restaurant
Located on Poydras St, good food, an favorite for the lunch crowd.

Elegant Dining

Antoine's Restaurant
Oldest restaurant in New Orleans, founded in 1840, and a favorite with locals, visitors and presidents.

Bacco Restaurant
On Chartres Street in the French Quarter.

Bayona
In a 200-year old Creole cottage on Dauphine Street of the French Quarter, serving flavors of the Mediterranean, Alsace, Asia, India and the Southwest.

Brennan's
You know the saying, "Breakfast at Brennnan's." On Royal Street.

Commander's Palace
One of the finest, with several dining rooms, including the patio and the garden room (in the trees). Once visited by Mark Twain.

Court of Two Sisters
A long time favorite is to dine on the patio. Entrances from Royal St. and Bourbon St.

Coffee, Dessert

Cafe du Monde
Cafe au lait and beignets, located at Jackson Square in the French Quarter.

Food Resources

Leah's Pralines
New Orleans Style Pralines made fresh in the historic French Quarter, along with fine chocolates, a large variety of creole candies, foods and sauces.

Cookin' Cajun Cooking School
Learn to make Gumbo, Jambalaya, Shrimp Creole, Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce and more. In the Riverwalk.

Luzianne
Tea, Luzianne and CDM coffee, Blue Plate Mayonnaise, salad dressings, recipes and more.

Recipe for Jambalaya
Recepie from Chuck Taggart's Gumbo Pages.

Recipe for Muffulettas
Recepie from Chuck Taggart's Gumbo Pages.

Recipe for Po-Boys
Recepie from Chuck Taggart's Gumbo Pages.

Tabasco Sauce
The local's favorite red hot pepper sauce.

Zatarain's Seasonings
Zatarain's has the flavor that makes New Orleans cooking so distinctive and delicious, since 1889.