Franky & Johnny's Restaurant
321 Arabella St., 899-9146
Pick apart an artichoke between baskets of boiled crawfish.
Cafe Etienne
423 10th St., Gretna, 309-4072
Fried seafood and artichoke hearts are stuffed back inside the artichoke.
Mondo
900 Harrison Ave., 224-2633
In a scaled-down appetizer, an artichoke is quartered and roasted in the wood-burning oven.
R&O's Restaurant
216 Old Hammond Hwy., Metairie, 831-1248
An old-school recipe yields artichokes stuffed big enough to feed a family.
Zimmer's Seafood
4915 St. Anthony Ave., 282-7150
Steamed in the seafood boiling pots, these get plenty of ambient "boil" flavor.