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re: Not so great food cities
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:12 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:12 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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It just always strikes me as inexcusable, though, that it can's support at least one sort of inventive "New American" (for lack of a better term) type restaurant that is owned and/or operated by a forward thinking chef (I don't care if he/she is "professionally" trained or not) that serves a seasonal menu utilizing truly thoughtfully procured ingredients.
but i really think that concept is a tougher sell in La b/c of it's own unique food culture slanted to cajun/creole. Even in NOLA, a destination food city, that concept is not very common.
I think too much emphasis is put on that type of place, while more home cooking, soul food, dive spots are overlooked when evaluating a city. I definitely value a forward thinking american place with a chef/proprietor using local ingredients, but it's starting to become a cliched barometer, imo.
eta: and if the Boswell to the Shaw Center buzz is true, i guess we will see.
This post was edited on 2/24/10 at 1:13 pm
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Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:13 pm to Tiger Attorney
Not sure what the demographic parameters are on this scientific study, but Alexandria, LA needs to be at the top of this list in bold, italicized, neon green, size 24 font.
Freaking awful.
Freaking awful.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:15 pm to Tiger Attorney
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Sorry, tigre, but given its size and location...there are no excuses for what that restaurant scene is.
I agree with everything that Y.A. said...Asheville, Chatty and even Jackson can support that type of restaurant...no excuse...it is what it is.
you don't think that is evaluating cities from an elitist standpoint? i do.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:15 pm to el tigre
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Even in NOLA, a destination food city, that concept is not very common.
Really? Seems to me, just about every restaurant that has opened uptown in the past 15 or so years, fits this description. Along with many in the Warehouse District/French Quarter. I could probably reel off the names of 20-25 without thinking much at all.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:16 pm to el tigre
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Orlando
This
Knew I was in trouble when the "Foodies award" for best seafood, went to Red Lobster and best "overall" restaurant was Season's 52 (Darden chain).
These people do not have a clue.
This post was edited on 2/24/10 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:18 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I could probably reel off the names of 20-25 without thinking much at all.
i think you have a much more liberal definition of the concept than i have.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:19 pm to el tigre
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eta: and if the Boswell to the Shaw Center buzz is true, i guess we will see.
Never heard this, but it's sort of emblamatic of another tiresome BR trend.
They won't generally consider something unless its established itself elsewhere first.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:20 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Really? Seems to me, just about every restaurant that has opened uptown in the past 15 or so years, fits this description. Along with many in the Warehouse District/French Quarter. I could probably reel off the names of 20-25 without thinking much at all.
Yep...
This is putting me in the mood for Coquette.
Tigre...just to make this simple, I am not talking about a MiLa in BR...I am talking about a Dick and Jenny's...BR is surrounded by the cities that invented cajun and creole foods and yet can't think of one interesting contemprary take on either.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:21 pm to Tiger Attorney
Birmingham & all of Alabama north of I-10 is as bad as Iowa, and they like it that way. You can go eat at some Italian place that is Franco-American canned pasta bad and the locals rave about it. They have an extremely low food IQ.
The worst thing about BR food is it is 75 miles from NO. The same set of restaurants in many other places would be a food mecca.
The worst thing about BR food is it is 75 miles from NO. The same set of restaurants in many other places would be a food mecca.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:22 pm to andouille
Corpus Christi
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:22 pm to el tigre
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i think you have a much more liberal definition of the concept than i have.
What do you call Herbsaint, Lilette, Gautreaus, Coquette, Patois, La Petit Grocery, Mila, Cuvee, August, Bayonna, hell even Emeril's places, etc.?
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:23 pm to el tigre
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think you have a much more liberal definition of the concept than i have.
Possibly, But just Uptown you have more than a handful.
Commander's- Doing great things.
Coquette
Lilette
Vizard's
Bistro Daisy
Boucherie
Restuarant One
Gautreau's
Patois
La Petite Grocery
Dick and Jenny's
This post was edited on 2/24/10 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:24 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Never heard this, but it's sort of emblamatic of another tiresome BR trend.
word is Tsunami might not be able to keep it's lease, and that Shaw Center was looking to bring in a big local name to the space. Someone on this board linked Boswell's Twitter and it said "been spending a lot of time here recently" with a pic of the Shaw Center.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:27 pm to el tigre
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People saying BR really need to get out more, or at least get more familiar with parts of BR besides those right next to LSU or within 1 mile of I-10.
YOU, of all people, saying this with your stance on all things New Orleans makes me chuckle.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:28 pm to Tigertown in ATL
New Orleans
They try so hard to be inventive and cutting edge, but just can't keep up with the big boys. The national scene will continue to pat N.O. chefs on the head, give them a nice write-up, come and visit so they can get a photo op in a shitty neighborhood, get their freak on for a night or two and beat a hasty retreat back to the airport. Food in New Orleans continues to be and always will be a cliche'.
They try so hard to be inventive and cutting edge, but just can't keep up with the big boys. The national scene will continue to pat N.O. chefs on the head, give them a nice write-up, come and visit so they can get a photo op in a shitty neighborhood, get their freak on for a night or two and beat a hasty retreat back to the airport. Food in New Orleans continues to be and always will be a cliche'.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:28 pm to MightyYat
HEY!...He biked in a concentric circle in Uptown for a few months when he lived here...he knows what up in this town.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:29 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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What do you call Herbsaint, Lilette, Gautreaus, Coquette, Patois, La Petit Grocery, Mila, Cuvee, August, Bayonna, hell even Emeril's places, etc.?
good restaurants serving a lot new american fare, some of the seafood being local.
I was thinking more of a pacific NW type place where virtually every single thing on the menu is VERY specifically sourced, and usually local. Stella! would meet this, probably Mila as well. Not LaPetit, while i do like it. But, i don't look down on a restaurant or a city b/c it doesn't meet one specific parameter. I tend to look for "good" combined with value.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:30 pm to glassman
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Bistro Daisy
Has one of my favorite dishes on the planet. The shrimp w/ garlic grits and roasted mirliton beurre blanc sauce.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:30 pm to MightyYat
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with your stance on all things New Orleans
which is?
i really don't care for the NOLA apologists, but i do like many things about the city.
Posted on 2/24/10 at 1:31 pm to Tiger Attorney
TA, why not "Metairie" in your location on your profile?
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