New Orleans Restaurants

Katie's is the heartbeat of Mid-City dining — a neighborhood restaurant that's been feeding locals since 1984. The Italian-Creole menu is a love letter to old New Orleans cooking.

Gabrielle is a New Orleans resurrection story. Greg and Mary Sonnier reopened their beloved Treme restaurant after years away. The slow-roasted duck that made the original famous is back.

Mandina's on Canal Street has been feeding Mid-City since 1932. The trout meunière is a masterclass in simplicity, the turtle soup is legendary, and the Italian-Creole gumbo is a bowl of pure history.

Lil' Dizzy's Cafe on Esplanade is the Treme's soul food cathedral. The Baquet family's legendary fried chicken, Monday red beans and rice, and smothered pork chops have fed this community for generations.

Crescent City Steak House has been sizzling butter-basted steaks since 1934. The steaks arrive at the table in a cast iron pan, still bubbling in clarified butter. A Mid-City treasure.