New Orleans has a lot of its own peculiarities, such as giving directions as towards the river or towards the lake. The same is true for businesses and restaurants, often described as “before the storm,” or “after the storm,” a reference to Katrina. Ye Olde College Inn, before the storm, had been around since 1933,… Continue reading Ye Olde College Inn Review – New Orleans
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New Orleans, LA – Bourbon House Reviews
If there’s a “first family” or royalty of the restaurant biz in the US, one surely has to consider members of the Brennan family in New Orleans at the top of the list. Various family members own a dozen or more restaurants in the Crescent City and elsewhere, including the always highly touted Commander’s Palace.… Continue reading New Orleans, LA – Bourbon House Reviews
New Orleans – Theos Pizza Review
For the nearly ten years I lived in New Orleans, it was a city full of bad pizza and bad burgers; today it has its fair share of good outlets for both, and is the birthplace of one of America’s fastest growing pizza chains (which is awful, and I won’t bother to stop by and… Continue reading New Orleans – Theos Pizza Review
Lacombe, LA – Sal & Judy’s
(From our travel archives) Sal Impastato is from Sicily – having come to a America as a young man 50 years ago, and worked in restaurants in NOLA and TX, Sal finally got to open his own place several decades ago – on a quiet country road in Lacombe, Louisiana. “People” say “Italian” in New… Continue reading Lacombe, LA – Sal & Judy’s
New Orleans, LA – Pascal’s Manale
My father, who passed away last fall at age 99, regaled us for years of his memories of New Orleans, where he was stationed briefly during WW2. I knew his favorite haunts, hotel, the food and music he loved. I don’t think my siblings and I really understood his passions, on any level, certainly not… Continue reading New Orleans, LA – Pascal’s Manale