Ella Scheuerell The Reuben at Stein’s Market and Deli inspires awe and art ..read more

The Franklin closed its doors this month. | The Frankllin Tonti’s in Algiers and the Franklin in Marigny both shutter While spring brings a flurry of openings around town, sadly there are also multiple closings this month. Here are the restaurants that closed their doors in New Orleans in March 2025. Tonti’s Bistro closes after two years in Algiers Point Situated in a charming cottage setting in residential Algiers Point, Tonti’s delivered a blend of American and French fare since opening in 2022. The bistro had an identity crisis from the start, when it was bizarrely named Tonti’s Hand after ..read more

A whole chicken from Here Today Rotisserie. | Here Today Rotisserie Bodega reinvents a corner store, Patula unveils a hidden courtyard, Dr. Jones ups the game in Metairie, and Here Today Rotisserie gets creative with chicken Spring brings a flurry of new restaurant openings around town, one with an inviting outdoor space. Here are the latest additions to the scene this month. Bodega reinvents a corner po-boy shop Barcia’s Grocery commanded the corner at 3633 Annunciation Street for decades, a corner store with a brisk po’ boy business. When the owners opted for retirement, Jaryd Kase saw an op ..read more

The Hakurei Turnip Ravigote at Junebug. | Randy Schmidt A new restaurant is paying homage to a building rooted in New Orleans R&B and funk It makes perfect sense that there are two turntables behind the long, spacious bar at Junebug, the nineteenth concept from the Alexandria, Virginia-based Neighborhood Restaurant Group and its third restaurant in New Orleans. It opens on Tuesday, March 18. To music fans, Junebug’s home at 744 Camp Street in the Warehouse District is holy ground, a seminal link to the New Orleans R&B and funk sound. Between 1967 and 1978, this was the headquarters of ..read more

The Carousel Bar at Criollio Restaurant. | Criollo Restaurant The best places to dine amid Mardi Gras revelry this year Bless their collective hearts. A big shout out to the restaurant managers, cooks, servers and bartenders who forgo their personal Mardi Gras revelry to take care of the rest of us. These restaurants are open, sometimes with limited menus, to feed guests along or close to the parade route. For New Orleanians with zero interest in planning ahead, these are some of the restaurants open on Mardi Gras Day. Some offer wrist bands for bathroom use (it’s worth it). Please be kind, do ..read more

Gumbo from Dooky Chase. | Josh Brasted/Eater NOLA The Treme institution has received the honor recognizing community trailblazers Dooky Chase, the late Leah Chase’s iconic Treme restaurant, has received a James Beard America’s Classics Award. According to the foundation, Dooky Chase was recognized for being “a cornerstone of Creole cuisine and Black American culture” for more than 80 years. The award speaks to the restaurant’s history: it opened in 1939 as a convenience store and sandwich shop and became famous under Chase’s leadership for its Creole dishes, as well as a gathering for civil ri ..read more

Chicken with loroco cream sauce from Alma Cafe Mid-City. | Alma Cafe Honduran tamales in Mid-City, oxtail hand pies in the Warehouse District, and schiacciata sandwiches in Uptown This is Eater New Orleans’s periodic compilation spotlighting under-the-radar restaurants, bars, and bakeries opening across New Orleans. For Eater’s guide to the hottest new restaurants in New Orleans this month, see here, and if we’ve missed something, send us an email. Alma Cafe Mid-City 301 North Carrolton Avenue, Mid-City Randy Schmidt/Eater NOLA Huevos rancheros from Alma Cafe. Alma Cafe has been a consistent h ..read more

The Caesars Superdome. | Getty Where to eat, watch, and party during Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans Super Bowl mania has taken over New Orleans, blanketing the city with brand activations, sponsored parties, tourists, and celebrities. In advance of the game at the Superdome on Sunday, February 9, Eater has been tracking all the activity, rounding up events that are open to the public, getting an inside look at New Orleans’s only Eagles bar, and gathering dining suggestions for the biggest superstar guests expected to be in attendance during Super Bowl weekend. Here it is all in one place fo ..read more

Kelce and Swift at the AFC Championship Game on January 26, 2025. | Jamie Squire/Getty Images Wild speculation on the celebrity-friendly restaurants the couple — or you — should visit in New Orleans The Kansas City Chiefs, the Philadelphia Eagles, and thousands of their fans have descended on New Orleans this week in advance of Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, February 9. And while Chiefs fans are looking for a three-peat following the team’s back-to-back Super Bowl wins in 2023 and 2024, a likely equally large contingent is on total Taylor Swift watch. As in: Will Swift be in attendance to support h ..read more

Pableaux Johnson was a beloved New Orleans icon, especially known for his red beans and rice dinners. | Pableaux Johnson The writer and photographer died at 59, and Hotel Peter and Paul, among others, will host a celebration of life Pableaux Johnson, a New Orleans-based photographer and writer known for regularly dishing out red beans and rice to friends and strangers at his Uptown home and on the road, died Sunday, January 26, 2025. He was 59 years old. A fixture at New Orleans second line parades, Johnson was photographing the Ladies and Men of Unity second line when he had a heart attack an ..read more