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New Orleans’ legendary grace lives on after years spent re-building in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. NIGHT+DAY New Orleans celebrates the spirit of this spectacular city by taking you inside the old-school jazz joints, the hip new restaurants, and the neighborhood bars that make it one of the coolest travel destinations in the world.
September Love Letter
The late-summer lull gives ambitious New Orleans restaurateurs just enough time to fine-tune their operations. Here are five new restaurants already generating buzz.
Bouligny Tavern is a next-door offshoot of Lilette, a bistro consistently ranked among the city’s top restaurants. The upscale wine and cocktail bar features the cooking of James Beard-nominated chef John Harris.
Dominique’s used to be located in the French Quarter. But after a two-year hiatus, Chef Dominique Macquet, a Mauritius native, has brought his global cuisine to a newly renovated shotgun house Uptown (dominiquesonmag.com). Also new Uptown is the wine bar, Oak, overseen by an impressive duo. Aaron Burgau, the soulful chef behind Patois, has put together a menu of small plates, while the wine list is being handled by Michelle Gueydan, a former sommelier at Restaurant August and Virginia’s Inn at Little Washington.
Taking over a hunk of steel that was once part of the Eiffel Tower, Eiffel Society, on St. Charles Ave., features live music, food by Ian Schnoebelen of Iris, and drinks by cocktail wizard Alan Walter, all in a space conceived by a cutting-edge artist collaborative (eiffelsociety.com).
Arguably the most anticipated debut this month is Three Muses on the Frenchmen St. strip. Chef Daniel Esses’ resume includes stints at many of the New Orleans’ top restaurants (August, Peristyle, Café Degas), as well as at New York’s Buddakan ( thethreemuses.com).
Todd Price
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NIGHT+DAY helps rebuild New Orleans
Night+Day is pleased to be contributing $1 of each Night+Day New
Orleans sale for Katrina relief. The funds will be divided between two
outstanding organizations: Sweet Home New Orleans (Renew Our Music Project) and Make It Right. We encourage you to learn more—and we thank
you for your help.
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NEW ORLEANS (2009/10):
Emeril Lagasse (Restaurateur)
 Emeril Lagasse is known for his big personality on TV, but the “Bam” man has also been quietly working to ensure the culinary future of New Orleans. Through his Emeril Lagasse Foundation and the annual Carnival du Vin auction and gala, he’s raised more than $8 million to benefit children’s arts, culinary, and education programs in New Orleans and across the Gulf South. And he’s had some help from a few friends, such as Michael Mina, Thomas Keller, and Mario Batali, who each cooked a course at the most recent Carnival du Vin dinner. “I’m amazed and inspired by how passionate today’s youth are about
food and cooking,” Lagasse says. Lagasse paid for the creation of an advanced culinary training center at Café Reconcile, a program that teaches job skills to inner-city youth and also serves a fine plate of white beans and shrimp. He started a culinary curriculum at NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts), a public high school for the arts that trained Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and actor Wendell Pierce of The Wire. And Lagasse built the outdoor classroom at New Orleans’ Edible Schoolyard, the first extension of Alice Waters’ Berkeley-based garden, which teaches children to eat well. “It’s my hope to inspire the future generation and help provide them with the tools they need to grow into creative, happy, and productive people,” he says. “We have to give back in order for things to evolve.”
Check out our choice for the
world's foremost Urbanistas in other cities:
The Urbie Awards.
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