On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:22:15 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
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>ScottDar@webtv.net wrote:
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>> Does anyone have any special memories of the city they would like to
>> share? I traveled to that city a couple of years ago and enjoyed the
>> city very much. A book at an antique shop caught my attention "Dinner At
>> Antoines". Has anyone ever eaten at this famous New Orlean restaurant?
>> If you have, please give us a review of the atmosphere, the food, etc..
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>I ate there years ago in the late 60's. I was pretty unimpressed. I
>suspect it may have been on one of it's down cycles. I tend to like the
>little places in town. Often ones not in the quarter. I wonder which
>of them will survive.
I visited NO in the late 70's. Invited to dinner at Brennan's, also a
notable restaurant. And it was a wonderful meal -- crabmeat and oysters
as a starter. I was on a company trip and was not paying the bill:)
I also liked the oyster po boy sandwiches but then I'm a
fresh seafood junkie. I read the oyster beds will be a long time
recovering. I found NO great to visit for 3 to 4 days, eat some good food,
take in some jazz, visit the cemeteries, etc. Kept thinking I'd like to
repeat the visit and actually looked up air fares, etc., but now I don't
imagine I'll return. To some degree such a visit to NO was a bit like a
visit to a theme park, but the food and jazz made up for the tourist
schlock.
We visited about a week before a Mardi Gras and coming into the city
from the airport we heard sirens everywhere. Thought there was a riot
or something like that but it was just the pre-Mardi Gras time. Checked
into the Hotel Sonesta in Bourbon Street and sat in a bar facing the
street and watched all the revelers who already were crowding the city.
Then we hooked up with a person at our meeting who knew the city
well and took us around.
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