By: Marica Mackenroth

With recent news of a tomato health scare, we at NewOrleansRestaurants.com think that it’s a perfect opportunity to shed some light on our beloved Creole tomatoes.

Grown only in certain parts of southern Louisiana, Creole tomatoes are revered in a city known for good food. This tasty fruit - yes fruit - has become the basis for so many southern dishes that locals have created an event in which to celebrate...

By Marica Mackenroth

Typically the start of the work week brings things like morning traffic or football to mind.

Compucast Interactive (owned by Judy Weitz) is the company that hosts New Orleans Restaurants, which is the premiere website to recommend some of New Orleans’ very best restaurants. Since 1999, Compucast has been an internet pioneer in the city and has brought many of New Orleans’ famous restaurants and businesses to the web.

We hope...

In polling our restaurants to see which ones were offering specials for Mother’s Day, we received replies from this great list of restaurants who are offering Mother’s Day specials.

Andrea’s Restaurant (Metairie)
Begue’s Restaurant in the Royal Sonesta Hotel (French Quarter)
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Welcome to the New Orleans Restaurant Scene!

There are many reasons visitors keep coming back to New Orleans but our fabulous food is always at the top of every list. It is impossible to think of New Orleans without talking about its food. Visitors and locals alike can dine at the finest restaurants in the world, many located in the historic French Quarter and most in walking distance from our great...

For many visitors to New Orleans, the oyster bar is the first stop to enjoying a gastronomical tour of the Crescent City. Placed on a bed of rock salt and shaved ice served raw in their natural juice, or “liquor,” Louisiana Oysters are fresh, plump and salty.

And, if Louisiana is for Seafood Lovers, oysters are the perfect starter. Louisiana waters supply 40 percent of the nation’s oysters, making it the top oyster-producing state...

By staff writer, Sal Mannino

New Orleans is a city that is famous for its food. It’s the #1 reason visitors love to come to New Orleans and a big part of why we locals are so proud to call New Orleans home . The city is full of restaurants, Creole, French, Cajun, Italian…just to name a few. However, for locals and visitors alike, a popular tradition in New Orleans is the Oyster Bar.

By staff writer, Sal Mannino

The Crescent City Brewhouse, located in the French Quarter near the
river, is not only a really good restaurant but it’s also the only micro-brewery
in the Vieux Carre. Dining for lunch or dinner in a casual atmosphere
is relaxed and festive. You can listen to live Jazz on most nights or
just sit outside on the upstairs balcony overlooking the Mississippi.
Upstairs makes a...

by Sal Mannino

There are many reasons visitors keep coming back to New Orleans but our fabulous food is always at the top of every list. For tourism and conventions to return to our great city post Hurricane Katrina, restaurants will be the driving force that brings our city back. Since New Orleans restaurants employ thousands of local workers, we celebrate each time one of our precious jewels re-opens.

While Mardi Gras 2006 is...

By John DeMers & Rhonda Findley

RHONDA: Creole vs. Cajun? John, you make it sound like Ali vs. Frazier or something. Is it a championship bout at the Louisiana Superdome, or are we talking great New Orleans cooking here?

JOHN: Maybe a little bit of both, I’m afraid. The fact is, we New Orleanians don’t mind telling everybody about all our history. But we sometimes get tired of insisting...