Open Photo Gallery

Coop's Place was recommended by the Maison Dupuy concierge Roy, and the only place we hit twice... this is the "Coop's Taste Plate": A cup of seafood gumbo, shrimp creole, cajun fried chicken, red beans & rice with sausage, and rabbit & sausage jambalaya


Street corn from the French Market... a little mushy but seasoned so well, loved it.


Grasshopper for the frog. Err, me. Never thought just being able to wander a street with a cup of booze would feel so liberating...

That night from the Court Tavern (I think) - muffuletta for Melissa, alligator sausage on a bun for me... I sort of loved the ingenious detachable handle to let you hold a large cheap plastic cup of cold beer without things collapsing.


Mahoney's was a bit too commercial maybe? Though friendly. I'm an idiot not getting my Po'Boy dressed, and we got onion rings and fried green tomatoes... at some point we realized maybe we were leaning into the friedness a bit much...


Beignet from the New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Co in the Garden District...


At the Insectarium - waxworms and crickets to sample... just shows you the power of proper seasoning!


Well, not actually something we sampled, but Moxie at the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum...


Dinner at the Red Fish Grill (one of our tour drivers mentioned her son is a chef there, and grilled seem like a nice diversion from all the fried) I got Blackened Catfish (Cajun shrimp rice, shrimp veloute, green tomato chow chow) and Melissa's wood grilled snapper with Canelli beans, collard greens, and a veal sauce


Double Bourbon Pecan Pie.


District Donuts... mine was Hot Chicken & Honey Butter French Toast Biscuit, hers was Croque Madame (Applewood smoked ham, Havarti cheese, dijon, bechamel, sandwiched on a griddled donut topped with a sunny-side-up egg)


Fancying it up at Galatoire's - on my NOLA checklist was Turtle Soup (here "au Sherry"...)


My Shrimp Etouffée..


Melissa's Crabmeat Ravigote (Louisiana jumbo lump crab, green onions, béchamel sauce, hollandaise, and a side of sauteed spinach). For this meal and Red Fish Grill and District Donuts, Melissa's getting annoyed that we're both liking my choices a bit more than hers...

Brunch at Stanley of New Orleans... kind of mundane breakfast for me though I wanted to try authentic grits, Melissa had red beans and rice and fried soft shell crab


That crab again...


For our last night, back to Coop's Place. I finally got a properly dressed Po'boy (fried crawfish to boot)


Melissa met her craving for fried chicken, with their famous rabbit & sausage jambalaya.