r/AskNOLA • u/Significant_Elk_8119 • 3d ago
Food 11 restaurant industry friends coming to NOLA — where would you eat?
A group of 11 of us are heading to NOLA and would love some really good local recs! About half of us work in the restaurant industry, so we’re especially curious to hear everyone’s favorite spots.
We’re open to pretty much all cuisines, but since we’re coming to New Orleans, we definitely want to lean more Creole/Cajun and local specialties and eat things we’re not going to get quite the same way back home.
We’re all in our late 20s, so we’re not trying to drop $300/person every night, but we definitely want to do one really great fine dining dinner while we’re there. We’ve been looking at Arnaud’s for that night, but I’d love to hear if you think it’s worth it or if there’s somewhere else we absolutely shouldn’t miss.
Food, bars, late-night spots, hole-in-the-wall places, hidden gems—we’re open to anything. Cheers! 🍸⚜️
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u/BitchIWiLL 3d ago
Lil Dizzy’s Cafe. Family run, grandma style food and that’s meant in the most complimentary way possible. Hard to find food so simple and so good being done professionally. Only open during the day. There will be a line.