Annual trip to New Orleans for Thanksgiving!

[crnelson]

Hi Chowhounds,

My father and little brother will be visiting me in New Orleans for Thanksgiving this year. I am currently a senior at Loyola so its their last Thanksgiving trip here! In years previous we have had Thanksgiving dinner service at Commander's and August. both amazing but I am looking for something a bit more low key-more of a local delectable favorite versus the over the top August experience.

Could anyone tell me if Coquette or Lilette are open for Thanksgiving dinner? Or any other suggestions for a quaint, low key but intimate Thanksgiving dinner spot?

Their trips always revolve around good food and drink so this is the list I have so far. Suggestions welcome!!

St James Cheese-lunch
Bouligny Tavern-lite dinner and drinks
Patois-Sunday Brunch
Surrey's-Breakfast
Coquette-Dinner
Lilette-Dinner
Luke or Domenica-Dinner
Il Posto-Lunch

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Lilette
3637 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70115

[califkatie]

neworleansonline.com just posted some restaurants open on Thanksgiving. not sure if that's all or just some of them.

[thenolaconcierge]

To answer your question Lilette and Coquette are not open on Thanksgiving Day. I have been calling around to a few of my favorite places and the smaller places like the ones you mentioned along with Clancy’s and Brightsen's are not open either. I’m starting to see trend here-nice small neighborhood restaurants= closed on Thanksgiving and probably Christmas too. Therefore, my suggestion would be The Bombay Club. This restaurant fits your description of what I believe you are looking for. If you have any other questions about anything New Orleans please let me know!

Sincerely,
Ask Amy! Your New Orleans Concierge

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Lilette
3637 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70115

[montuori]

We had a a low-key, sit at the bar and eat turducken affair at Luke last T-day. I'd do that again in a heartbeat ... the food was great and the service exactly what we were looking for. (Mind you, the pot luck spreads at a few of the bars we frequent weren't so bad either ... but that seems not what you're after.)

[califkatie]

and, if you haven't read it already, the turducken chapter in Sara Roahen's book Gumbo Tales is hilarious.

[JazzyB]

Call them.

[paz5559]

Recognizing this is not anything like those you had in mind, the quintessential New Orlelinean Thanksgiving is to be had at the Fair Grounds (http://goo.gl/mr2un)

[CharlieH]

+1 on the Fairgrounds, this is a quintessential New Orleans experience, entirely unique, and its been going on for decades. You can get bistro food anywhere.