By staff writer, Sal Mannino

The Crescent City Brewhouse, located in the French Quarter near the
river, is not only a really good restaurant but it’s also the only micro-brewery
in the Vieux Carre. Dining for lunch or dinner in a casual atmosphere
is relaxed and festive. You can listen to live Jazz on most nights or
just sit outside on the upstairs balcony overlooking the Mississippi.
Upstairs makes a...

by Sal Mannino

There are many reasons visitors keep coming back to New Orleans but our fabulous food is always at the top of every list. For tourism and conventions to return to our great city post Hurricane Katrina, restaurants will be the driving force that brings our city back. Since New Orleans restaurants employ thousands of local workers, we celebrate each time one of our precious jewels re-opens.

While Mardi Gras 2006 is...

By John DeMers & Rhonda Findley

RHONDA: Creole vs. Cajun? John, you make it sound like Ali vs. Frazier or something. Is it a championship bout at the Louisiana Superdome, or are we talking great New Orleans cooking here?

JOHN: Maybe a little bit of both, I’m afraid. The fact is, we New Orleanians don’t mind telling everybody about all our history. But we sometimes get tired of insisting...

By John DeMers

If you’re eating right now, you might be seeing us that way already. Gazing down hungrily into a bowl of dark brown seafood or chicken gumbo, butter-lush crawfish or shrimp etouffee, scarlet shrimp or chicken Creole, a heaping helping of jambalaya made from everything in the kitchen. You might like experiencing New Orleans by the bowl, as long as the bowls keep coming.

But as the author of a new cookbook titled...