Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Katie's Restaurant Reopens in Mid-City
Posted by Ian McNulty on Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Katie's Restaurant (3701 Bienville St., 484-0580) reopened today at long last.
- This backstreet restaurant has been closed since Katrina. Owner Scot Craig pledged to return early on, when its Mid-City neighborhood was still in ruins from the levee failures (see above, circa October 2005), so Katie's has been on the watch list for reopening for the last few years as a prolonged renovation took shape.
- Though the building looks largely the same from the outside (albeit with a toned down color scheme from the previous Grimace purple), the interior of the restaurant and its menu have been thoroughly redone. The bar is now lined with beautiful bare cypress (see below) and at the far end of the long dining room an open kitchen gives views of all the new stainless steel equipment.
- That kitchen once again prepares the familiar mix of local seafood and red-sauce Italian dishes, but there's a lot more on the menu now, including deli sandwiches (like a Reuben), offbeat po-boys (like fried shrinp with crabmeat dressing on French) and specialty pizzas (like the Boudreaux, topped with cochon de lait, garlic and spinach).
- Katie's serves lunch and dinner.
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We were there today. Wonderful. One good New Orleans neighborhood restaurant may be worth two or three high end places for the soul of this city. Katy's off Bienville is really good.
I am a NOLA fanatic. In 2003, my father, son, and I went to New Orleans for a "dad-n-lad" trip following my mother's passing. We went to Bozo's, Dooky Chase, and Sid-Mar's. But on Monday, we went to Katies's , which I had read about in Tom Fitzmorris' books, for red beans. It was the College World Series, so everybody was watching and discussing the game; I have never seen such a groovy neighborhood-restaurant-and-bar scene. I had the best red beans I'd ever had ( and I make 'em well when I have ham hocks and tasso), and we felt so at home. I've been to NOLA many times since then, including post- the flood, and soon my son and I ( Dad has passed) will return to mighty ground in New Orleans. We hope to visit Katie's. God bless; laissez les bons temps roulez.
Hi Scot and Stephanie - we are sooooo excited for you guys, and can't wait to visit Katie's again! I look foward to having a cocktail at that BEAUTIFUL bar and must try one of the new pizzas, and the Fried Shrimp with Crabmeat Dressing Po-Boy, yum! Save us a spot at the bar and a table near the slick open kitchen. Love you and thanks for re-opening, we needed another place in Mid-City. Anne-Marie & Chris
