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Sum up the 2016 restaurant world in one word.
Kim Ranjbar, writer, Suck The Heads: Barbecue.
B.E. Mintz, founder, Neat Pour (launching Winter 2016): One word— Delivery.
Rene Louapre, cofounder, Hogs For The Cause: Barbecue. Blue Oak and Frey staked their claim in making Carrollton Ave between Bienville and City Park Ave the corridor of meat, with Toups of course.
Nora McGunnigle, contributor, Eater Nola: Exhausting.
Josh Brasted, photographer, Eater Nola: Comfort reimagined?
Gwendolyn Knapp, editor, Eater Nola: Expansive.