The casual restaurant in the Maison Dupuy serves burgers, sandwiches, salads, flatbread pizzas, and entrees including crawfish etouffee and steak frites. Shrimp tacos feature shrimp tossed in spicy sauce and come with guacamole and salsa. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
This lounge is a plush perch for sipping martinis and sampling Italian-style tapas. Opera singers who perform in the adjoining Cafe Giovanni sometimes pop in, too. Daily happy hour is 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., while there is a second late-night happy hour from 10 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. Open daily. Smoking: no.
Chef Duke LoCicero dubs his cuisine New World Italian. The spaghetti and meatballs feature two veal, pork and beef meatballs and spaghetti marinara. Shrimp and duck Decatur features grilled shrimp and marinated Cajun duck breast in spicy tasso and mushroom sauce with vegetable orzo. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
Rabbit and sausage jambalaya is kicked up to "supreme" with the addition of shrimp, tasso and crawfish tails. Smoked duck quesadillas are topped with orange marmalade. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$
Steak or chicken fajitas come with sauteed onions and green peppers, tomato, lettuce and flour tortillas. Po-boy options include oysters, shrimp, roast beef and turkey. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$
Thin-cut, pan-fried pork belly is served in a banh mi with shrimp, foie gras mousse, cucumber, carrots, jalapenos, arugula, basil and chili sauce. Beef daube features local beef braised with onions, tomatoes and red wine and is served with a truffled grit cake and broiled tomato. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$
Dine on a balcony overlooking the French Quarter or sit at the Chef's Food Bar overlooking the open kitchen. Caprese salad features mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes, basil leaves and a balsamic drizzle and lump crabmeat is an optional addition. Spring vegetable soup is made with thyme, house-made pesto, leeks, carrots, tomatoes, new potatoes, green beans and zucchini. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
Le Meritage organizes its menu around wine and food pairings, and dishes are available in both small and large portions. The tuna tartare Napoleon features layers of rare tuna, guacamole and corn on top of a tortilla. Lobster ravioli are served with asparagus, peas, tomato and corn. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$
Eggs Melanzana features fried eggplant rounds topped with ham, poached eggs, grilled tomato and hollandaise. Deep-fried crab cakes are served with crawfish cream sauce. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$
A blackened redfish po-boy features a half-pound grilled fillet dressed and served on French bread with fries. Biscuits and gravy is made with two country-style house-made biscuits drenched in white cream sausage gravy. Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $
Death by Gumbo is a reinvented dish featuring a whole semi-boneless quail stuffed with oysters, andouille and rice with gumbo poured around the bird, which is then carved tableside. Crawfish-stuffed flounder Napoleon features the fish filled with crawfish and shrimp mousse, cooked sous-vide and served with artichoke and oyster stew and fried crawfish boulettes. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
Contemporary Louisiana dishes highlight the menu at this elegant French Quarter restaurant. A whole crispy flounder is served with chili black bean sauce with sea scallops and shrimp. Barbecue shrimp is prepared in a clay pot. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$
Pakistani and Indian fare are featured here and there are several vegetarian and gluten-free dishes. The samosas are served with chickpeas, salad and raita. Pepperoni, sausage and cheese pizzas are available by the slice or whole pie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $
This gastro pub serves dishes like house-made pickled vegetables or a Southern antipasti of seasonal pickles, artisan cheese, pickled farmer's egg, country ham and house-made mustard. The pan-fried pork shoulder features Coosa Valley Milling grits, braised greens and mustard jus. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$