American restaurants in New Orleans
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Yo Mama's
Let us lay it on the line: peanut butter and bacon burger. Sorry; scrape the brains back into your ear, because we just blew your mind. That's right: looks like a cheeseburger, but that ain't melted cheddar on top. Honestly, it's great: somehow the stickiness of the peanut butter compliments the char-grilled edge of the meat and, if you've got the backbone, a heaping mound of sour cream, butter and bacon bits on the accompanying baked potato. There's lots of other awesome burgers on the menu, but it is incumbent on you, dear traveler, to eat the native cuisine of a city. In Hanoi, that's pho, in Marrakech, tagine, and in New Orleans: peanut butter and bacon burger.
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Trolley Stop
When last we stopped in at this 24-hour diner – in the wee hours, of course – we were called about every variation of ‘baby, ’ ‘darling, ’ ‘sweetie, ’ ‘honeychile’ and ‘sugar’ out there. We only regret we didn’t propose to that waiter after our meal, which was a very hefty mushroom-and-Swiss burger. This sort of food isn’t particularly original (although it is very good), but hey sweetie-honeychile-sugarplum-darlin’-gooeycheeks, who’s complaining when the service is this friendly?
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La Peniché
In the lazy twilight hour, La Peniché qualifies as an unassuming corner restaurant, a few blocks from the Frenchmen St scene. But it’s open 24 hours, and tends to get interesting later on when night owls, club-hoppers, drag queens and insomniacs (you know, interesting folks) file through its doors. The waiters are incredibly friendly; we’d gladly eat their seafood platters, fried chicken, steaks, chops and po’boys – none of it exceptional, all of it reasonably priced – off the floor if they asked. Alright, maybe not.
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Elizabeth's
Elizabeth's is deceptively divey. It looks like - hell it is - a neighborhood joint. But it tastes as good as the best haute New Orleans chefs can offer. Be sure to order some praline bacon: fried up in brown sugar and, as far as we can tell, God's own cooking oil. It's probably an utter sin to consume, but y'know what? Consider us happily banished from the garden.
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Marigny Brasserie
Marigny Brasserie is as chic as the Marigny gets. The food is modern American with a bit of a Louisiana kick; think blackened drum with wild rice and orange cardamom chutney, and roasted lamb with garlic grits. The overarching vibe is friendly, even laid back, but the food is as rich and refined as the sort you find in the city’s poshest restaurants.
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Surrey’s Juice Bar
Here comes the controversial assessment: Surrey’s does the best cheap breakfast, and perhaps the best breakfast period, in New Orleans. Boudin (Cajun sausage) biscuits, eggs scrambled with salmon and a shrimp-grits-and-bacon dish that should be illegal – you won’t go wrong. And the juice, as you might guess, is blessedly fresh.
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Frady’s One Stop Food Store
This grocery store has inconvenient hours (look Frady’s, we like to shop after we get off work), but it makes up for it with good produce and some very fine po’boys at the deli counter.
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