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Fogo de Chao - New Orleans
2119 reviews4.2Brazilian$$$$French QuarterBooked 56 times today New Orleans Creole Cookery
2619 reviews3.8Creole / Cajun / Southern$$$$French QuarterBooked 54 times todayLegacy Kitchen's Tacklebox
233 reviews3.7Seafood$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 4 times today- Promoted
3rd Block Depot Kitchen + Bar
2629 reviews4.3Creole / Cajun / Southern$$$$French QuarterBooked 24 times today Josephine Estelle
2185 reviews4.3Contemporary Italian$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 32 times todayDomenica
6685 reviews4.5Italian$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 72 times todayDesi Vega's Steakhouse
2332 reviews4.8Steakhouse$$$$Warehouse DistrictBooked 45 times todayLuke
8273 reviews4.5French$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 104 times todayCopper Vine
1669 reviews4.7Contemporary American$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 72 times todayWilla Jean
1986 reviews4.7Regional American (Southern)$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 77 times todayTrenasse
1816 reviews4.3Seafood$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 38 times todayGyu-Kaku - New Orleans, LA
510 reviews4.7Japanese$$$$Warehouse DistrictBooked 29 times todayTrue Food Kitchen - New Orleans
560 reviews4.4American$$$$Warehouse DistrictBooked 14 times todayQRU Lounge
0 reviews4.6American$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 2 times todayDave & Buster's - New Orleans
53 reviews3.4American$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 11 times today
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San Lorenzo at Hotel Saint Vincent
525 reviews4.7Contemporary Italian$$$$Garden DistrictBooked 28 times todayTrenasse
1816 reviews4.3Seafood$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 38 times todayChemin à la Mer
634 reviews4.6Contemporary French / American$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 33 times todayTableau
4126 reviews4.5Creole / Cajun / Southern$$$$French QuarterBooked 62 times todayMiss River
808 reviews4.7Creole / Cajun / Southern$$$$Central Business DistrictBooked 40 times todayLa Petite Grocery
5139 reviews4.8French$$$$Garden DistrictBooked 88 times todayThe Italian Barrel
2969 reviews4.5Italian$$$$French QuarterBooked 18 times todayBirdy's Behind The Bower
411 reviews4.5American$$$$Garden DistrictBooked 21 times todayFlamingo A-Go-Go
1181 reviews4.3American$$$$Warehouse DistrictBooked 20 times todayCrescent City Brewhouse
1230 reviews4.3Pub$$$$French QuarterBooked 15 times todayToups Meatery
2093 reviews4.6Cajun$$$$Mid-City / City ParkBooked 33 times todayMonday Restaurant + Bar
177 reviews4.3American$$$$Mid-City / City ParkBooked 45 times todayJunior’s on Harrison
143 reviews4.5American$$$$Lakeview/GentillyBooked 28 times today
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Le Petit Chef
Criollo at Hotel MonteleoneFrench QuarterUS$135.00 per personReserveSpecial menu
2 Course Brunch
Red Fish GrillFrench QuarterUS$28.00 per personReserveSpecial menu
Slam Dunk Deal
Dave & Buster's - New OrleansCentral Business DistrictUS$29.99 per personReserveSpecial menu
$24 Two Course Lunch
Antoine'sFrench QuarterUS$24.00 per personReserveSpecial menu
Burlesque Brunch: Legs and Eggs
3rd Block Depot Kitchen + BarFrench QuarterUS$29.00 per personReserveSpecial menu
2 Course Lunch
Ralph's on the ParkMid-City / City ParkUS$25.00 per personReserveSpecial menu
High Tea
The Davenport LoungeFrench QuarterUS$55.00 per personReserve
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French, Spanish and Creole influences evolved New Orleans cuisine into a genre all its own. Combine Gulf coast seafood, a butter-based sauce and Cajun spices, and you’re looking at a classic Nola dish. Take the famed crawfish boil, for instance, which locals advise is best eaten as a family. In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, the restaurant industry banded together to support their city in the wake of serious devastation. New restaurants began opening their doors, and today you’ll find a wealth of cuisines that span the classics to modern reinventions to everything in between.
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