Where Y'Eat

Where Y'Eat: Raising A Glass To Honor An Icon

Ian McNulty — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:25:00 +0000

When the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience honors Leah Chase this weekend, it will be using a potent symbol of hospitality to toast one of the city's enduring examples of what hospitality is all about.

Where Y’Eat: Marvelous First Impressions At Mariza

Ian McNulty — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:11:44 +0000

If New Orleans was not specifically pining for a modern coastal Italian dining experience in a refurbished industrial space at the border of the Marigny and Bywater, well, you wouldn't know it by the scene at Mariza on any given night.

Where Y'Eat: A Short Order Long-Timer Endures At Leni’s

Ian McNulty — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:30:00 +0000

New Orleans restaurant culture is abuzz with different flavors, new fashions and even a new lexicon these days. Some places set the pace and others struggle to keep up. But then there are those that ignore them altogether, and in some cases stand apart, by essentially standing still. Leni's Café is one example.

Feeding the Fest in Overtime

Ian McNulty — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:35:00 +0000

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New Orleans, La. – The procedure for ordering at Jazz Fest food booths is pretty straightforward: you name your dish and fork over cash. At some booths, however, it's common for festival-goers to try to make dinner reservations too. Among the 60-odd food vendors who provide the rightfully famous food at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival each year, a handful of the vendors you see out at the Fair Grounds also run standalone eateries.

Where Y'Eat: Meals With A Mission At Nonprofit Cafés

Ian McNulty — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000

At a clutch of nonprofit restaurants, the notion of service extends far beyond waiting tables.

Where Y'Eat: A Bit of Buffalo on Tulane

Ian McNulty — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:20:00 +0000

A family-run po-boy joint where New Orleans beef meets Buffalo shrimp.

Where Y'Eat: Parsing Peruvian Food in Kenner

Ian McNulty — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:21:00 +0000

A hole-in-the-wall Peruvian cafe doesn't look like the next big thing, but it's still the spot in the New Orleans area to sample a poly-ethnic cuisine that has foodies across the country buzzing.

Where Y'Eat: Stalking Greens at the Vietnamese Market

Ian McNulty — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:23:00 +0000

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To the first-time visitor, however — and to anyone uninitiated to the local Vietnamese-American culture -- the Vietnamese farmers market in far eastern New Orleans is like a postcard of foreign travel come to life, complete with all the smells, sounds, tastes and touches of a bustling marketplace.

Where Y'Eat: Food Seasons in the Dentist’s Chair

Ian McNulty — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:32:00 +0000

Some deeply-ingrained food traditions follow the seasons in Louisiana, and some dentists can read those seasons by the types of injuries they see in their patients’ mouths.

Where Y'Eat: Taking the "West Bank Shortcut" for a Cajun-Style Seafood Feasts

Ian McNulty — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:28:00 +0000

Taking the "West Bank shortcut" to get just a little closer to the source pays big dividends when it's time for a boiled seafood safari.