Let Them Eat Crab Cakes!
Here’s Where to Find the Best on Planet New Orleans
While people have always used crab in recipes, the first usage of the term “crab cakes” appeared in the 1930s in Crosby Gaige’s New York World’s Fair Cookbook. And while Gaige’s “Baltimore Crab Cakes,” were all the rage, here in New Orleans, folks have been combining the sweet meat of our local blue crab with spices and breadcrumbs or crackers for years as well. Here, several restaurants serve their own versions of lump blue crab meat, broiled, baked or pan-sautéed, into a golden brown patty of deliciousness, sometimes drizzled with even more awesomeness. Here are our picks from around town.
Oceana’s “Jazzy” Crab Cake Platter, topped with fa fresh crawfish mushroom cream sauce, is proof that not all crab cakes are created equal. So good.
Head to the rooftop at Mambo’s where our favorite place to enjoy crab cakes is in their Crab Cake Pasta dish, over a bed of penne noodles, tossed with Alfredo sauce.
The Who Dat! Crab Cakes at Bobby Hebert’s, topped with crawfish & mushroom cream sauce, are truly something to write home about.
Olde NOLA Cookery’s most popular appetizer is its Louisiana Crabmeat Cakes, topped with mushroom cream sauce. Get thee to Bourbon Street!
Felix's Oyster Bar and Restaurant
Felxi's is raw oysters and so much more. Their crab cakes are TDF.
Take a seat on one of the best balconies in the French Quarter and order Bourbon Street Crab Cakes, fresh crab cakes and fried green tomato smothered in a crawfish Monica sauce
Rizzuto’s Ristorante & Chop House
The Jumbo Lump Crab Cake on the Rizzuto’s menu in Lakeview is 96% Louisiana jumbo lump crab meat, 4% seasoning and 100% delicious. It’s served on a sizzling platter so watch out!
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