The 2014 Eater Awards for New Orleans

It is time now-drumroll, trumpets, gongs-to announce the winners of the 2014 Eater Awards. In over a dozen categories in 24 cities, the winners comprise a diverse group of the finest and most interesting chefs, operators, and characters in the continent that have defined this year in dining. We applaud them. You are hereby instructed to applaud them.

To recap, Eater's local editors in 24 cities nominated candidates for five major local categories: Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year, Bartender of the Year, So Hot Right Now Restaurant, and Stone Cold Stunner. Eater readers then voted to narrow the field to a final three in each category. From that final three, the Eater editorial team chose one to move forward and the Eater.com braintrust got together to decide the national winners. Without further ado, here's who came out on top in New Orleans.

Eater Awards 2014

Restaurant of the Year

Nominees: Square Root, MoPho, Pizza Delicious, La Petite Grocery, August

Finalists: La Petite Grocery, Pizza Delicious, MoPho

Winner: Pizza Delicious

Chef of the Year

Nominees: Isaac Toups, Cristina Quackenbush, Kristen Essig, Alex Harrell, Phillip Lopez

Finalists: Kristen Essig, Alex Harrel, Isaac Toups

Winner: Isaac Toups

So Hot Right Now

Nominees: Meauxbar, Johnny Sanchez, Milkfish, Del Fuego Taqueria, District Donuts. Sliders. Brew

Finalists: Johnny Sanchez, Milkfish, District Donuts. Sliders. Brew

Winner: District Donuts. Sliders. Brew

Bartender of the Year

Nominees: Steve Yamada, Abigail Gullo, Paul Gustings, Sonali Fernando, Liam Deegan

Finalists: Steve Yamada, Abigail Gullo, Liam Deegan

Winner: Abigail Gullo

Stone Cold Stunner

Nominees: Square Root, The Franklin, Doris Metropolitan, Carrollton Market, Pizza Domenica

Finalists: The Franklin, Doris Metropolitan, Pizza Domenica

Winner: Pizza Domenica

Saddest Shutter Of The Year

Winner: Iris