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Mother's, in the business district. And it's not even close.

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NO.

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Never been there, but this is always a good place to start.

New Orleans Top 10

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Eat at Coop's. www.coopsplace.net Get the taste plate or something with tasso; they smoke their own.

Liuzza's by the Track has great BBQ Shrimp PoBoys and Seafood Gumbo http://www.nola.com/sites/liuzzas/.

Christian's http://www.christiansrestaurantneworleans.com/

Marisol http://www.marisolrestaurant.com/

Dante's http://danteskitchen.com/

Commander's, of course http://commanderspalace.com/new_orleans/index.php

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Er, and I've heard Ralph's is tasty http://www.ralphsonthepark.com/info.php.

HUGE no to Cobalt (although I ate there when Susan Spicer was still there, and she's moved on).

Also, I say no to Crescent City Brewhouse and Acme Oyster Co.

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I second the motion for Mother's, and also add the Camellia Grill for breakfast or late night food.

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Camellia is a must for hungover Sunday morning breakfast. I would add NOLA also.

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Trust me on either of these two these two...

Brigtsen's It's uptown, and the streetcer takes you within 2 blocks.

Gabrielle Up Esplanade in Mid city, take a taxi.

Both of these chefs trained under Paul Prudhomme and are the best contemporary creole restaurants in the city. Easily better than K-Paul's.

Also, and I say this to everyone, an afternoon at Napoleon house, drinking old fashioned drinks that you'd ordinarily never order, is mandatory.

The Grill Room in the CBD has a $75 dollar tasting menu (maybe another $60 or so with paired wines) that is top notch indeed.

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Both of these chefs trained under Paul Prudhomme

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Sorry for mention of the dirty word, but you've got a decent shot at playing against Chef Paul if you go play poker at Harrah's. He'll sit down at limits as low as 3/6 and move up limit to limit as his name comes up on each list.

Also, he's already got one of those cemetery houses (sorry - I forget the name for them) in the big cemetery that all the tours go to. I played poker against him one day during the week, then saw his grave a couple days later when friends came to town and we took the city tour.

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Trust me on either of these two these two...

<a href="www.brigtsens.com/index.html" target="_blank">Brigtsen's</a> It's uptown, and the streetcer takes you within 2 blocks.

Gabrielle Up Esplanade in Mid city, take a taxi.

Both of these chefs trained under Paul Prudhomme and are the best contemporary creole restaurants in the city. Easily better than K-Paul's.

Also, and I say this to everyone, an afternoon at Napoleon house, drinking old fashioned drinks that you'd ordinarily never order, is mandatory.

The Grill Room in the CBD has a $75 dollar tasting menu (maybe another $60 or so with paired wines) that is top notch indeed.

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Nice avatar. That's one of my favorite books.

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Mother's, in the business district. And it's not even close.

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Everyone told me that but we didnt like it.

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Mother's, in the business district. And it's not even close.

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Everyone told me that but we didnt like it.

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Probably because it's overrated and not that good.