{"id":8822,"date":"2013-02-26T16:19:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T00:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=8822"},"modified":"2013-02-26T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T00:19:26","slug":"orleans-la-casamentos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=8822","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans, LA – Casamento’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love old-timey places that have survived and thrived over the years, and certainly Casamento\u2019s fits that description.\u00a0 The consummate oyster restaurant in New Orleans, it\u2019s been open continuously since 1919.\u00a0 Except when they close every June, July, and August, much to the dismay of locals, who eagerly await it\u2019s reopening every year.<\/p>\n

With a menu long on locavore supplies and tradition, Casamento\u2019s dishes out raw oysters ($11 a dozen in 2013), and fried seafood plates and \u201cloafs\u201d, or poboys sandwiches, using their own special bread, and eschewing local tradition of French bread for poboys.<\/p>\n

While the joint had been the setting and backdrop for numerous movies and television shows over the years, it\u2019s the inner workings, the kitchen, that make this restaurant shine.\u00a0\u00a0 Try the gumbo, some of the area\u2019s best, as are the soft shelled crabs.\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s what Burgerdogdaughter had the other day when we dropped in.<\/p>\n

I went with a catfish poboy, as it\u2019s nearly impossible to be able to afford catfish in Portland, OR, where I reside.\u00a0\u00a0 Down these parts, it\u2019s dirt cheap and delicious.<\/p>\n

We split a dozen raw oysters to start.<\/p>\n

Casamento\u2019s should be on every tourist\u2019s list of \u2018must stops\u2019 in the Big Easy.\u00a0 Be prepared to wait for a table, and it\u2019s cash only. \u00a0Menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I love old-timey places that have survived and thrived over the years, and certainly Casamento\u2019s fits that description.\u00a0 The consummate oyster restaurant in New Orleans, it\u2019s been open continuously since 1919.\u00a0 Except when they close every June, July, and August, much to the dismay of locals, who eagerly await it\u2019s reopening every year. With a… Continue reading New Orleans, LA – Casamento’s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[75,368,650,2421,2690],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8822"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}