125631 Thu Jul 30 19:16:31 -0700 1998 5 9 New Orleans 0 681897 I will be in New Orleans for a week starting tomorrow night. Can anyone suggest unpublicized places with local flavor. (By local, I mean creole, not cajun. I spend roughly a week every month in Baton Rouge and am pretty much cajuned out.) If anyone knows of good, moderately priced or neighborhood places, or anything unusual, those would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Thu Jul 30 19:16:31 -0700 1998 0 George Kappus 1 681898 Try Frankie & Johnnies for a great local place. We really liked the Alligator pie and the crawfish pie as appetizers. The Praline Connection was first rate too for soul food. The fried chicken liver appetizer with Jalapeno jelly dipping sauce was a meal (for 2) by itself Thu Jul 30 23:13:40 -0700 1998 681897 0 Bruce Berger 2 681899 What's the name of that grocery store that serves the wonderful muffaletta (sp?) sandwich? It's near the Bourbon St strip, but down by the river. It was one of my all-time favorite sandwich memories. Janet Thu Jul 30 23:47:03 -0700 1998 681898 0 Janet Traub 3 681900 Central Grocery I think it is! George, if you enjoy a good sandwich, chk this one out. Janet Fri Jul 31 00:10:57 -0700 1998 681899 0 Janet Traub 4 681901 Janet, I'm sure you're thinking of Central Grocery, home of the muffalata sandwich. And it's a stone's throw from Cafe du Monde, and its wonderful beignets and chicory coffee. A few of my favorite hangouts in New Orleans: Acme Oyster House -- my favorite "other meal" when I'm going to pig out for dinner. You can do worse than a dozen oysters on the half-shell and a beer or a Barq's. Mothers, especially for breakfast or lunch. Uglesich's, but wouldn't suggest walking there by yourself. Eddies -- this WAS my favorite restaurant in N.O., but I haven't been there since Eddie died and for all I know it is closed or gone downhill. But both the gumbo and bread pudding here are the best I've ever had, and the pork chops with oyster stuffing are celestial. Eddie's children opened Zachary, a slightly more upscale restaurant in the Garden District. It isn't as good, but it's extremely pleasant, and the bread pudding is a close approximation. Some of my favorite upscale standbys: Bayona, especially for the salmon in Gewurtztraminer sauce; Galatoire's, but really only for the trout or redfish in menieure sauce (with or without almonds) and the remoulade; Nola, which I find more reliable than Emeril's. Dave Fri Jul 31 01:44:10 -0700 1998 681900 0 Dave Feldman 1 681902 We stayed in New Orleans for eleven days at New Year, and were a bit disappointed. We had lovely French and Italian food (I had the best ossobuco I've ever tasted in an Italian restaurant down by the river), but French and Italian was not what we came for. I had expected New Orleans' food to be full of life and sparkle. The nearest I came was at the Alpine Cafe, but there I told the waitress that the chef could be on the liberal side with both herbs, garlic and peppers. But apart from that, we came to New Orleans to recover from the utterly boring Orlando, FL. We recovered, allright! (but didn't see any of the eleven breakfasts we paid for) Mon Aug 03 07:47:11 -0700 1998 681897 0 Ragnar Kolstad