Bon appétit. Enjoy this Summer Restaurant Guide featuring some of the hottest spots in the Crescent City. Find a restaurant featured in this issue, and try someplace new.
Happy 80th to Brennan’s Restaurant. This legendary locale, famous for inventing Bananas Foster, is celebrating with special menus and more. Emily Hingle chats with Ralph Brennan about the Brennan family history within the New Orleans restaurant scene.
Speaking of famous local food families, Carrie Sagen-Severino interviews Emeril Lagasse about the passing of the torch to his son E.J. You’ll also love Kim Ranjbar’s profile of Frank and Marna Brigtsen as their restaurant, Brigtsen’s, celebrates 40 years of serving classic Creole cuisine.
Juneteenth is commemorated with Kimmie Tubré’s piece on how New Orleans Black folks find ways to be resilient during moments of oppression. In addition, Jeff Boudreaux explores movies for Juneteenth with his look at classic Black cinema shot in New Orleans.
