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CHAPTER 4 . WHERE TO DINE
Felix’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar SEAFOOD/CREOLE
Like its neighbor the Acme Oyster House, Felix’s is a crowded and
noisy place, full of locals and tourists taking advantage of the late
hours. It’s more or less the same as the Acme. Each has its die-hard
fans, convinced their particular choice is the superior one. Have
your oysters raw, in a stew, in a soup, Rockefeller- or Bienville-style,
in spaghetti, or even in an omelet. If oysters aren’t your bag, the fried
or grilled fish, chicken, steaks, spaghetti, omelets, and Creole cooking
are mighty good, too. If you want something blackened, they’ll
fry it up to order. They usually also have boiled crawfish in season.
In addition to this Post-K gussied up traditional location, they have
a newish Uptown location on Prytania Street (definitely open for
business) that’s well worth checking out!
739 Iberville St. & 504/522-4440. Half-dozen oysters $6.25; po’ boys under $15;
other main courses $10–$26. AE, DISC, MC, V. Also at 4938 Prytania St. & 504/
895-1330. Mon–Sat 10am–10pm; Sun 10am–9pm.
Johnny’s Po’ Boys SANDWICHES For location (right
near a busy part of the Quarter) and menu simplicity (po’ boys and
more po’ boys), you can’t ask for much more than Johnny’s, which
returned to the culinary scene around December 2005. They put
anything you could possibly imagine (and some things you couldn’t)
on huge hunks of French bread, including the archetypal fried
seafood (add some Tabasco, we strongly advise), deli meats, cheese
omelets, ham and eggs, and the starch-o-rama that is a french-fry
po’ boy. You need to try it. Really. Johnny boasts that “even my failures
are edible,” and that says it all. And they deliver!
511 St. Louis St. & 504/524-8129. Everything under $11. No credit cards. Daily
9am–3pm.
Louisiana Pizza Kitchen PIZZA The Louisiana Pizza Kitchen is
a local favorite for its creative pies and atmosphere. Pastas have a significant
place on the menu, but diners come for the pizzas and Caesar
salad. Individual-size pizzas, baked in a wood-fired oven, feature
a wide variety of toppings (shrimp and roasted garlic are two of the
most popular). The best thing about their pizza is that your toppings
won’t get lost in an overabundance of cheese and tomato sauce.
95 French Market Place. & 504/522-9500. www.louisianapizzakitchen.com. Pizzas
$8.25–$12; pastas $10–$16. AE, DC, DISC, MC, V. Sun–Thurs 11am–10pm; Fri–Sat
11am–11pm. Also at 615 S. Carrollton Ave. & 504/866-5900.
Napoleon House CREOLE/ITALIAN Folklore has it that
the name of this place derives from a bit of wishful thinking:
Around the time of Napoleon’s death, a plot was hatched here to