GW Fins' Fish Feast; Beaujolais Nouveau Time

QUARTER? On Thursday, December 13th GW Fins' Chef de Cuisine Michael Nelson will host a Feast of the Seven Fishes, a replica of the Italian dinner, "La Vigilia," that is traditionally held on Christmas Eve. Cost for dinner/wine is $70/person. Reservations at (504) 581-3467. Website here. [EaterWire]

QUARTER? Poppy Tooker, The Yat Pack, Café Degas, and a slew of wine/spirit purveyors will be on hand tomorrow at the J.W. Marriot to celebrate the release of this year's Beaujolais Nouveau tomorrow from 7-10p.m. As NoDef says, "partake in the festivities while you pick out this year's Thanksgiving libations." $65 at the door. [NolaDefender]

ORLEANS PARISH? Alex Woodward was certain Travel and Leisure had "us pegged as a smelly town with some OK food likely eaten by total freaks or whatever you think hipsters are," but the mag just voted New Orleans as the best city to visit in the country. We scored in the top five in more than half of the survey's categories, including fine dining and the music scene. [Gambit]

Café Degas [Photo: flickr/Paul Broussard]