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Tee-Eva's Creole Soul Food
This colorful take-out stand serves snacks that can cool you off or satiate a sweet tooth. Snowballs and pralines are the specialties, but owner Tee-Eva often prepares hot lunches - baked chicken or plates of red beans and rice. She's a hot number herself, having sung backup vocals with the late, great Ernie K-Doe's Burn K-Doe Burn Band. When we dropped by, in early 2006, Tee Eva still wasn't up and running, but expect her to return.
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Trolley Stop
This old standbye has several virtues, none of which is the greasy food. First and foremost, the diner is set in a former gas station, and locals now regard it as a filling station of another sort. New Orleanians of all stripes pull up to this convenient pit-stop along the St Charles Ave corridor for ham and eggs and the usual assortment of sandwiches and burgers. There's always an interesting crowd on hand.
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Tujague's
Tujague's (' two -jacks') has been quietly holdling down its corner forever - since 1856, making it the second-oldest eatery in New Orleans. It's classy and old-fashioned, but far more casual than insitutions like Antoine's. Patrons enter the small dining room via a narrow barroom, where you can still envision a past century's moustachio'd, jauntily hatted crowd.
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Upperline Restaurant
An excellent choice for contemporary Creole food in romantic surroundings. Owner JoAnn Clevenger loves her city - it's art, its architecture, its cuisine - and Upperline reflects these passions. She plays the charming hostess, making sure each guest feels welcome in her beautiful old house, its walls covered with vibrant paintings. Diners are then treated to exquisite Creole dishes.
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Verti Marte
Handy for a quick, sodium-rich meal after everything else is closed. The take-out menu seems endless, but stick with basics like po'boys, seafood sandwiches and the daily chef specials and you'll do all right. The main selling points are the traditional seamy atmosphere and free delivery within the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny.
