French restaurants in New Orleans
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Café Degas
A full-grown pecan tree thrusts through the floor and ceiling of the enclosed deck that serves as Café Degas’ congenial dining room. This is a rustic and romantic little spot that warms the heart with first-rate, very reasonably priced French fare. The casual atmosphere is accentuated by eccentric, exceedingly polite waiters. Meals that sound familiar on the menu – steak frites au poivre, parmesan-crusted veal medallions, seared duck breast with mushroom spaetzle – are arranged with extraordinary beauty on their plates. You might feel guilty for disturbing art like this, but it’s a crime for which you will be amply rewarded.
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Café Amelie
We’ve waxed rhapsodic over the Quarter’s beautiful backyard gardens, but Amelie’s takes the cake. This may be the most romantic dining spot in the city, an alfresco restaurant that’s practically as cute as the movie of the same name, tucked behind an old carriage house and surrounded by high brick walls and lush shade trees. Fresh seafood and local produce are the basis of a modest, ever-changing menu. Lunch is lovely, when you can nibble sandwiches amid the green, but an evening dinner under starlight while feasting on shrimp and mushroom linguine is just as magic.
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Lilette
Lilette is a lively little bistro with a very traditional European vibe, although tradition is not an obsession, as chef John Harris works wonders with familiar dishes, making them subtly new. Lunch here is a nice way to pass a Magazine St afternoon; the pulled pork sandwich in its own gravy is gorgeous. Dinner’s nice, too; start your meal with the white-truffle parmigiana toast with wild mushrooms, then pick from a solid lineup of mains, such as grilled hanger steak, which comes with fries and marrowed bordelaise sauce.
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La Crepe Nanou
New Orleans is a city that loves its bistros, but it all too often Creole-izes steak frites, and sometimes, you want your sweetbreads simple and unadorned by crawfish. Crepe Nanou feels your pain; it stays true to classically French form here, slinging mussels, steaks, excellent frites and, of course, some very fine crepes.
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La Petite Grocery
La Petite is one of the many cozy bistros squeezed into the crowded Uptown dining scene. The dinners are good but not great for the price, consisting of bistro mainstays such as braised lamb shanks. We prefer the lunches, which consist of some very fine sandwiches and salads, including sweet pepper and eggplant with goat cheese and aioli.
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