At Vestal, much of chef Sullivan Zant’s stellar new Southern menu sizzles at the 14-foot fireplace central to the restaurant. But first, try some pristine, raw seafood, such as shucked-to-order Gulf ...

Eater editors recently visited New Orleans and ate through a long list of restaurants. We hit the classics, taking full ...

When it comes to specialties of the city, among its vast food iconography are the famous dishes invented by New Orleans restaurants, like oysters Rockefeller at Antoine’s, bananas Foster at Brennan’s, ...

Philly has cheesesteaks, Manhattan has subs, Chicago has Italian beef. But only New Orleans has po’ boys, the iconic, overstuffed sandwich that is a city-wide crave. As the story goes, po’ boys were ...

As the first African American woman to successfully own and operate her own praline company in this city, Loretta Harrison won the hearts of New Orleanians with her charm and her sweets. That legacy ...

Coastal Mississippi delivers much more than fun in the sun. Yes, there are sandy beaches stretching the 62 miles of coastline along the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi Sound. But, not unlike the way ...

When Mason Hereford of Turkey and the Wolf fame announced the publication of his first-ever cookbook shortly before the holidays, it quickly became one of the most hotly anticipated cookbooks of 2022 ...

The independent coffee shop scene has thrived in New Orleans for over a decade, beginning with the arrival of third-wave shops in the 2010s. In the last few years, neighborhood cafes have become ...

There’s no place more famous for its cocktails than New Orleans, and no wonder. The story goes that the cocktail itself was invented here, along with a slew of iconic drinks that are synonymous with ...

Here are some of the greatest of New Orleans’ classic restaurants, all of them decades if not centuries old. They range from legendary Creole stalwarts in the French Quarter to gritty po’ boy joints ...

Magazine Street is a jewel of an avenue, a treasure trove of hotels, dining, and retail that stretches some six miles from Canal Street in the CBD to Uptown and Audubon Park. Dotted with independent ...

Great news crawfish fanatics: Last year’s high prices are not in the forecast for spring 2025 boils. A quick check in early February found Rouse’s selling boiled crawfish at $4.99 a pound, down to ...