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WINEFOREST WILD FOODS
T: 707.944.8604
Napa Valley / California
Mushrooms / Wild Foods
For mushrooms.
BUBBA FREY’S RESTAURANT & MOWATA STORE
29017 Crowley Eunice Highway, Mowata, LA 70535 (view map)
T: 337.550.1992
Louisiana
Cajun
Acadiana
Cajun
HENCKELS TWIN PRO-S CHEF’S KNIFE (8 INCH)
Purchase at: Amazon.com
Knives
Always and forever.
For crawfish. Purge for 24 hours, big, beautiful and perfect. They are life changing even for a native.
Cajun Country
Crawfish / Seafood
870 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 (view map)
T: 504.208.9280 (make a reservation)
French Quarter
Italian
I think Adolfo Garcia has produced some great New Orleans restaurants.
ACME
Raw Oysters on the half. Great company and bad ass oyster shuckers, and it's fun.
French Quarter
Seafood
CASAMENTO’S
Uptown / Irish Channel
Seafood
For oysters.
BON TON CAFE
Classic.
Central Business District
Cajun
CYPRESS KNEE CAFE IN THE AUDUBON ZOO
www.auduboninstitute.org/visit/zoo/attractions/restaurants
6500 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70118 (view map)
T: 504.581.4629
Uptown
Cajun and Creole
Red Beans and Rice.
For the Muffaletta.
Warehouse District
Cajun/ Deli /Salumeria/Wine Bar
THE COLUMNS
3811 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115 (view map)
T: 504.899.9308
Uptown
Lounge
For cocktails, for its setting and view.
GALATOIRE’S
209 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, LA 70112 (view map)
T: 504.525.2021 (make a reservation)
French Quarter
Creole
Go there on a Friday, if you can.
DRAGO’S
Charbroiled Oysters.
Riverside
Seafood
857 Fulton Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 (view map)
T: 504.525.8205 (make a reservation)
Warehouse District
Argentine / Steaks
I think Adolfo Garcia has produced some great New Orleans restaurants.
GUY’S PO-BOYS
5259 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70195 (view map)
T: 504.891.5025
Fried catfish po-boy. It's always been my go to. They are just right.
Carrollton, Uptown
Sandwiches
FOOD @ NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
(End of April/Beginning of May)
Fair Grounds Race Course
1751 Gentilly Boulevard, New Orleans, La 70119 (view map)
City Park / Mid City
Creole / Cajun
Cochon de lait po-boy, crawfish pie, crawfish filo, mango freeze (ices with the vodka you snuck in, not me though), Natchitoches Meat Pies (www.natchitochesmeatpies.com).
LILETTE
3637 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70115 (view map)
T: 504.895.1636 (make a reservation)
One of my favorite restaurants.
Garden District
Contemporary American
POPEYES
Various locations throughout New Orleans. (view map)
Red Beans and Rice -Popeyes (yes, Popeyes)
Carrollton, Uptown
Sandwiches
800 South Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 (view map)
T: 504.525.FISH (3474) (make a reservation)
Warehouse District
Spanish/ Seafood
I think Adolfo Garcia has produced some great New Orleans restaurants.
TONY ANGELLO’S
6262 Fleur de Lis Drive, New Orleans, LA 70124 (view map)
T: 504.488.0888
Lakeview
Italian
Eggplant Tina.
R & O
216 Hammond Highway, Metairie, LA 70005 (view map)
T: 504.831.1248
The R & O special (hot roast beef and ham po-boy).
Lakeview / Metairie
Seafood
UPPERLINE
She preserves the true tradition of the classics.
Uptown
Creole
42 East 20th Street, New York, NY 10003 (view map)
T: 212.477.0777 (make a reservation)
Gramercy
American
One of my favorite restaurants.
SUSHI YASUDA
One of my favorite restaurants.
Midtown East
Japanese
OKAZU YA SUSHI
1735 Taraval Street, San Francisco, CA 94116 (view map)
T: 415.759.6850
Parkside
Japanese / Sushi
One of the places I love to go back to in San Francisco.
OKAZU YA SUSHI
2445 Noriega Street, San Francisco, CA 94122 (view map)
T: 415.661.5783
Parkside
Japanese / Sushi
One of the places I love to go back to in San Francisco.
TON KIANG
Outer Richmond
Chinese/ Dim Sum
One of the places I love to go back to in San Francisco.
VERGER DES PAPES
Rhone
French
COCHON, COCHON BUTCHER, HERBSAINT - NEW ORLEANS, LA
Who
Chef/Owner of Cochon, Cochon Butcher, and Herbsaint in New Orleans.
Why
Chef Link cooks authentic, real-deal Cajun food. Named 2007 Best Chef: South by the James Beard Foundation.
Chef Donald Link
April 22, 2010
Cookbook
Real Cajun: Rustic Home Cooking from Donald Link's Louisiana.
Recommended By
Chefs John Besh and Edgar Chase IV
Recommendations
Donald Link’s recommendations on where to eat in New Orleans, Louisiana, New York, and San Francisco.
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