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Enjoying a Good Book and Baked Eggs at Cafe Malou

Baked eggs are a speciality here. In the gravy eggs and boudin, eggs are situated in a deep well of grits, and topped with a ...
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Extra Sugar and Spice Draws a Crowd At Lagniappe Bakehouse

The grains of paradise bun, which is like a Swedish Kanelbullar cinnamon bun, is presented like a bow here. The cardamom-like ...
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James Beard Award Nominee Ana Castro Will Open a Mexican Mariscos Restaurant, Close Lengua Madre

Clair Lorell is the former editor of Eater NOLA, covering New Orleans food, drinking, and dining trends for over six years. There’s big news from one of New Orleans’s most lauded chef talents, Ana ...
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Where to Eat in New Orleans’s Garden District

Beth D’Addono is an award-winning food and travel writer living in New Orleans. Her work has appeared in Atlas Obscura, The Local Palate, and the Los Angeles Times. Taking the streetcar up St. Charles ...
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Le Chat Noir Closes Abruptly, Citing New Orleans’s Slow Summer Season

Clair Lorell is the former editor of Eater NOLA, covering New Orleans food, drinking, and dining trends for over six years. Le Chat Noir firmly established itself in New Orleans’s dining scene upon ...
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Bennachin’s West African Dishes Reflect the Soul of New Orleans Cuisine

New Orleans restaurant Bennachin’s namesake is one of the West Africa region’s most popular dishes — a plate of fluffy jollof rice, winkingly described on the menu as “African jambalaya.” Accompanied ...
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Best Dishes and Cocktails Eater Editors Had in NOLA This Week

The annual Tales of the Cocktail, a gathering for cocktail and spirits industry professionals, is in full swing in New Orleans this week. Bartenders from around the country have gathered in the city ...
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Two Major New Orleans Restaurant Closings to Know This Month

All good things must come to an end. Chef Sophina Uong’s stint with the Maidstone is done with the summer season. The twice James Beard-nominated chef created Mister Mao Swim Club for the boutique ...
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Famed Cajun Restaurant K-Paul’s Closes After Forty Years

Clair Lorell is the former editor of Eater NOLA, covering New Orleans food, drinking, and dining trends for over six years. French Quarter dining institution K-Paul’s, founded by the late, famed Cajun ...
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Pancho’s Mexican Super Buffet in Metairie Closes

The New Michelin Guide to the American South will cover Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, in addition to the existing guide in Atlanta ...
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Introducing the 2024 Eater New Orleans Award Winners

Clair Lorell is the former editor of Eater NOLA, covering New Orleans food, drinking, and dining trends for over six years. At this point in the evolution of the restaurant and bar industry, one ...