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Spring Restaurant Guide
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WAREHOUSE DISTRICT PIZZA
1068 Magazine St. 529-1466
This innovative pizzeria has settled into new digs on Magazine Street. To feed a hungry mob, you can't beat the Warehouse District Special, a 20-inch pizza with a variety of toppings to choose from -- one pie feeds four or five people. Specialties of the house include pizzas topped with venison sausage, duck sausage, rabbit sausage, pheasant sausage, smoked salmon and filet mignon. Lunch Tuesday through Saturday, dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
WASABI
900 Frenchmen St. 943-9433;
www.wasabirestaurant.com
Fancy enough for a nice date but casual enough for the regulars who order a bottle of sake and the enormous Big Easy Roll: wasabi and tobiko, tuna, salmon, yellowtail, snow crab, avocado, and asparagus, sliced into eight pieces and served with a mayo sauce on the side. Lunch weekdays, dinner daily, late-night Friday and Saturday. $$
WEAVER'S PO-BOYS
800 Navarre Ave. 488-9267
This butcher-shop-turned-lunch-stop serves up hot-lunch specials daily: grilled pork chop and jambalaya (Tuesdays), baked chicken (Wednesdays) and Salisbury steak and mashed potatoes (Thursdays). Another fave is the Weaver's Club po-boy: hot roast beef with gravy, hot turkey, ham and cheese. Lunch Monday through Saturday. Credit cards. $
WEST END CAFE
8536 Pontchartrain Blvd. 288-0711
Perennial favorites here are oysters, shrimp, softshell crab, catfish, or nightly specials like Maine lobster and prime rib. Weekend mornings, try grillades and grits or omelettes. Reservations accepted for parties of six or more. Breakfast Saturday and Sunday, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
WHOLE FOODS MARKET
3135 Esplanade Ave. 943-1626;
5600 Magazine St. 899-9119;
www.wholefoodsmarket.com
The spacious new Whole Foods Market on Magazine Street has both an inside dining area and outside tables where you can enjoy prepared meals and fresh cooking. Try the classic turkey loaf, where ground turkey is blended with breadcrumbs, garlic, spinach and carrots and topped with red sauce. Lunch daily, dinner and late-night Tuesday through Sunday, breakfast Saturday and Sunday. Credit cards and checks. $
WILLIAMS RESTAURANT
3100 Toledano St. 821-5023
With Big Daddy Cole manning the barbecue pit, diners are in for a treat. The Saturday and Sunday lunch specials give the masses what they want, with barbecued smoked sausage, chicken, ribs, and ribeye steaks. For dinner, try a seafood platter served with homemade rolls or cornbread. A special lunch menu for those counting calories offers a charbroiled chicken breast on Thursdays and grilled shrimp on Fridays. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards and checks. $
THE WINE LOFT
752 Tchoupitoulas St. 561-0116;
www.thewineloft.net
The Wine Loft offers light European fare in addition to its full bar and wine selection -- more than 80 by the glass, 200 by the bottle. Try escargot bourguignonne, wrapped in a pastry shell and drizzled with Herbsaint cream, and the baked brie en croute, served with seasonal fruit and a black walnut vinaigrette. Reservations recommended for parties of eight or more. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
WINNER'S FOOD AND SPIRITS
2216 Hickory Ave., Harahan 737-3148
Creole, Italian and seafood specialties are all on the menu at Winner's. The house recommends the Crab on Crab, a jumbo softshell crab deep fried and topped with creamy crabmeat sauce, served with angel hair pasta. The Veal Sorrentine is one of several veal dishes: this one serves paneed veal between two slices of eggplant, topped with red sauce and mozzarella and served with angel hair. Reservations recommended. Breakfast Friday through Sunday, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
WINSTON'S PUB AND PATIO
531 Metairie Road, Metairie 831-8705
Here is bar food you can count on -- half-pound burgers, chicken sandwiches, fish and chips. Appetizers include the popular $4.50 cheese fries or the pub sampler -- broccoli bits, mozzarella sticks, and onion rings. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $
WOLFE'S OF NEW ORLEANS
7224 Pontchartrain Blvd. 284-6004;
www.wolfesofneworleans.com
Topping this menu is the potato-wrapped Maine lobster, parboiled, wrapped in shoestring potatoes and pan-seared to a crisp. Diners are also wild about the slow-roasted Steen's cane-syrup duck with duck crackling, sweet-potato mash, seared foie gras, and a blueberry balsamic duck reduction. Reservations recommended. Lunch Monday through Friday, dinner Monday through Saturday. Credit cards. $$$
WOW CAFE & EATERY
1600 N. Hwy. 190, Suite No. 1, Covington (985) 898-4WOW;
2890 E. Causeway Approach, Mandeville (985) 674-2WOW;
3100 Severn Ave., Metairie 885-1322;
4436 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie 889-WOW3;
www.wingery.com
Fly over to WOW for popular wings including the spicy Cajun and the honey barbecue. Or get your dose of bird, grilled or fried, in entrees like the Monterey salad: chicken over mixed lettuce, tomatoes, tortilla strips and cheese with a honey lime and peanut vinaigrette. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $
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