[78-L] Whither NOLA

[Cary Ginell]

My favorite little hideaway was Mena's Palace at Chartres and Iberville. It's only open for breakfast and lunch and has an unfancy Creole menu. I had some terrific crab cakes for lunch that only cost $8.00 - came with vegetables and corn bread. And yes, Mike, food IS special when you go to New Orleans. What, are you going to go have a BMT at Subway? Half the fun at ARSC is exploring the restaurants. I make it a point when I go away to stay away from chains and eat where the locals eat. If I'm in Philly, I'll have a cheese steak. In St. Louis, I'll have Missouri barbecue, and in New Orleans, I'm eating seafood. I had the best catfish I've ever had at the Praline Connection on Frenchmen Street. The waiters AND waitresses wore tuxedo shirts, bow ties, dark slacks, and black top hats. Even the hotel had a great spread (and after the rich meal we all had at the banquet Saturday night, so do I...). I had pecan-encrusted fish which was excellent. Beats a turkey sandwich any old day.

The problem with L.A. is that you can get great food of ANY type there, so you'd better start planning what you want now. 

Cary Ginell

> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 20:28:37 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Whither NOLA
> 
> From: bradc944 at comcast.net
> 
> > anyways, one of the most brilliant restaurant finds I made in LawzAnnglehz
> > was a place on the far end of Ontiveras St called Restaurant Alicia.
> > Plate FULL of Huevos Machaca for 4 or 5 bucks! Brilliant also in that the
> > interior of the place was this obnoxious hot pink... not good if one is
> > hung over :) dunno if it is still there or not, either.    Brad
> 
> What is with all you guys and FOOD???!!!  We no sooner announce NEXT
> YEAR'S location and out come the restaurant reviews!  Most of the
> postings over on ARSC-List for the past month were about food in NOLA. 
> O my way down there, all my nephew in Bham could talk about were NOLA
> restaurants!  For the record, Rich Markow, Leah and I ate at a nice
> little place across the corner from the hotel named Annette's, and there
> was a whole group of other ARSCers already there.  In the evening we
> found a place on the corner in front of the La State Museum on Jackson
> Sq, and Sunday afternoon had lunch at the River View also on Jackson Sq.
>  None of them pretentious or expensive.  And during the conf, if we were
> short on time, Leah made some turkey sandwiches from the food we brought
> with us.  We still have some left over for the drive to Brooklyn in a
> few days, but if anyone wants some, c'mon over!
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 
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