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Winter Restaurant Guide by Cuisine
MUSIC & FOOD
AQUA 7306 Lakeshore
Drive 282-6660
While you hitting the holiday-party circuit, Aqua opened up its combination
restaurant and nightclub on Dec. 20 -- bringing longtime New Orleans chef Andre
Bitoun (Commander's Palace, Arnaud's, Galatoire's) out of retirement to oversee
the Creole menu. He's assisted by Chef de cuisine Chris Mathis, who's worked
at Emeril's and Alex Patout's. Call for live music acts on Thursday and Sunday,
while a DJ will spin out hits from the '70s to today for the adult crowd. Reservations
recommended. Dinner and late-night Tuesday through Sunday. Credit cards. $$
FUNKY BUTT
714 N. Rampart St. 558-0872
It's such a great place to go see live jazz and funk bands, you'd never know
there's a happening kitchen downstairs cooking up some great meals and desserts.
Try the crawfish cakes or the chicken Marsala: roasted chicken in a Marsala wine
and mushroom sauce with rosemary, served over rice. For dessert, try bread pudding
or the Creole brownie sundae. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit
cards. $
HOUSE OF BLUES 225
Decatur St. 529-BLUE (2583)
www.hob.com
Dig into the Southern-inspired menu here for choices that include slow-smoked
baby back ribs with Jack Daniel's BBQ sauce, a Cajun catfish tortilla wrap
and "The Elwood" blackened chicken sandwich. Save room for dessert: the Florida
key lime pie and vanilla-scented two-tone cheesecake are two winners. Reservations
recommended. Lunch and dinner
daily, brunch Sunday. Credit cards. $
HOWL AT THE MOON 135
Bourbon St. 410-9000
www.howlatthemoon.com
The Howl's piano bar features dueling pianos, sing- (or howl-) alongs, and
party tunes seven nights a week. When you work up an appetite with all that fun,
order up some New Orleans bar food including chicken wings and fingers, jambalaya,
barbecue shrimp etouffee or a po-boy. No reservations. Lunch Saturday and Sunday,
dinner daily and late-night Friday and Saturday. Credit cards.
LOUNGE LIZARDS 200
Decatur St. 598-1500
There's more than great live music most nights at this fairly new club and
eatery. Dishes flying out of the kitchen here include the barbecue beef brisket,
yellowfin tuna steak sandwich, baked macaroni and cheese, and the ever-popular
crispy crawfish spring rolls. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily.
Credit cards.
PALM COURT JAZZ CAFE 1204
Decatur St. 525-0200
It's not easy to find fine dining and live music under one roof in the French
Quarter, unless you find Palm Court. Entrees include crawfish tails in brandy
cream sauce over rice (crawfish Nantua) and shrimp sauteed with sesame seeds
and ginger. You may choose the Traditional Creole menu instead, which features
gumbo, bread pudding and your choice of shrimp Creole, jambalaya, red beans or
garlic chicken. Reservations recommended. Dinner Wednesday through Sunday. Credit
cards. $
SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO 626
Frenchmen St. 949-0696
www.snugjazz.com
The menu here contains all the standard New Orleans favorites appropriate
to the live jazz performances for which Snug Harbor is known. The Snug Harbor
Gumbo is a classic version containing shrimp, chicken, sausage, okra and rice,
and the spicy barbecued shrimp are sauteed with butter, garlic, rosemary and
cayenne. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
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