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Where to Order Family-Style Meals for Takeout and Delivery in New Orleans

Mix up dinner at home with family meals from these favorite NOLA restaurants

by Beth D'Addono
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Gianna’s Sunday supper
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Nothing could be easier than stopping at a favorite restaurant and picking up a meal portioned to feed the gang. One of the primary ways restaurants have pivoted to add a new income source into the mix, offering group meals for pickup and delivery is a win/win. Most restaurants offer a rotating menu, usually posted on Instagram or Facebook and updated regularly. Most, but not all, require ordering the day before, so plan ahead to keep the kin happy.

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Copeland's of New Orleans

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Copeland’s offers dinner for two for $35 with all kinds of choices. Start with soup or salad, or artichoke spinach dip and choose two entrees from a long list that ranges from butterfly shrimp Creole to shrimp and tasso pasta and blackened catfish. Maybe Al’s chocolate cake for dessert? But blueberry cheesecake crumble is hard to resist.

1001 S Clearview Pkwy, Jefferson, LA 70121
(504) 620-7800
(504) 620-7800
Copeland’s family meal for two
Copeland’s/Facebook

Los Jefes Grill

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Los Jefes Grill in Metairie is open for dining in, curbside pickup and no contact delivery — free within two miles of the restaurant and through delivery service Waitr for those farther afield. Family lunch and dinner packs featuring specialties including tacos, burritos, and fajitas kits.

3224 Edenborn Ave, Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 516-2861
(504) 516-2861
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Brigtsen's Restaurant

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Like so many iconic New Orleans restaurants, Brigtsen’s has shifted its business model to meet customer needs during the pandemic. Chef Frank Brigsten now heads up a kitchen where waiters and managers take phone orders; and the line packs gumbo and butternut shrimp bisque by the quart, and boxes whole pies and pans of brownies. Order a quart of shrimp and okra gumbo with andouille sausage, local Jazzmen aromatic rice on the side, for a real treat.

723 Dante St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 861-7610
(504) 861-7610
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Tartine

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Tucked away in a small cottage along the Mississippi River bend, Tartine is a sweet little French-style cafe that serves breakfast and lunch and also does a great job on family meals Wednesdays and Thursdays. Available for pick up the day of from 12-3, meals feed four to six people and the menu changes weekly. Usually priced at $55, supper might be braised pork chops with white bean and sausage ragout, served with bread and salad or a homestyle lamb shepherd’s pie.

7217 Perrier St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 866-4860
(504) 866-4860

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Luca Eats

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Choose from a selection of chilled or frozen family meals from Luca Eats, like the yummy chicken salad and creamy tomato soup for lunch, and frozen red beans and sausage, various gumbos, vegetarian lentil soup, and even a shrimp boil for dinner. Order online for pickup and throw in one of the top-notch desserts or fresh juices.

7329 Cohn St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 866-1166
(504) 866-1166

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Saba

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A Saba Cares package is the next best thing to strolling the shuks in Tel Aviv to graze local flavors. Alon Shaya and his team compile a changing menu of special dishes, that might include pickles, harissa chicken salad, hummus, baba ganoush, and of course his famous pita, which tastes best heated at 450 degrees for five minutes. Delivered in an insulated cooler, the $100 smorgasbord offers plenty for group munching.

5757 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 324-7770
(504) 324-7770
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Brown Butter Southern Kitchen and Bar

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Mid City neighborhood spot Brown Butter is offering a Coolinary dinner for four people (three courses for each, a good deal at $95), with chilled corn soup with crab or a peach, greens, and goat cheese salad to start; coriander spiced tuna, crispy lasagna, or beef short rib for the main; and either brown butter cake or a flourless chocolate tort with rose petal jam for dessert. Order online for curbside pickup Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m.

231 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 609-3871
(504) 609-3871
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Red Gravy

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Roseann and Lou Rostoker reopen their homey Northeast style Italian restaurant Red Gravy September 2 at their new location Uptown at 4206 Magazine street. Opening for dine-in and patio dining, Red Gravy also offers a family meal pack of that features a quart of Roseann’s swoon-worthy sauce, a pound of handmade spaghetti (to cook at home), and six of her Nonna-style meatballs for $45.

4206 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 561-8844
(504) 561-8844
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Toups’ Meatery

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Toups’ Meatery does a different take on family meal — offering a free, yep, free version of the family meal served to staff for anyone in need, especially folks in the service industry. Call ahead to order and pass by the restaurant to pick up between 3 and 4 p.m. seven days a week. Support Issac and Amanda and their team by ordering lunch Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., brunch on weekends, and dinner Monday through Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m.

845 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 252-4999
(504) 252-4999

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Blue Oak BBQ

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If an order of “all meat and all sides” gets the juices flowing, get on the horn with the Blue Oak BBQ team and order up. At $65, you get it all — from beef brisket to ribs, sausage and chicken and sides like roasted garlic mac and cheese and ginger slaw. The takeout menu also features cold-packed family meals featuring pulled pork, chopped brisket, and chopped barbecue chicken. 

900 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 822-2583
(504) 822-2583

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Commander's Palace

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Order family meals from storied Commander’s Palace seven days a week from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., or stop by and order at the front door. Bundled for four and priced in the $39-$88 range, options might include wild shrimp and corn enchiladas with garlic wilted spinach and soft shell fondue; or smoked whole chicken, served warm with veggie brochettes, preserved lemon spiked rice, and tangy white BBQ sauce.

1403 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 899-8221
(504) 899-8221
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Dooky Chase’s Restaurant

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Dooky Chase offers a limited takeout menu Tuesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Menus post on the restaurant’s Facebook page including family meals, packaged for four for $35. Red beans and rice, fried chicken, and mustard greens will be available daily, with other options rotating each day — including stewed turkey necks and fried catfish. Place orders by calling the restaurant.

2301 Orleans Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 821-0600
(504) 821-0600

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Galatoire’s

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Call, email, or order online for chef Phillip Lopez’s to-go family style meals from Galatoire’s, a first for the storied Bourbon Street restaurant. The hot meal for four, which hovers in the $100 range, might include favorites like grilled drum, fried chicken, or chicken Clemenceau. Add oysters Rockefeller if you like or grab-and-go cold options like shrimp remoulade. The menu posts at 3 p.m. for the following day.

209 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 525-2021
(504) 525-2021
Shrimp remoulade from Galatoire’s
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Gianna Restaurant

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Sunday supper is a thing in Italian households, as Gianna chef Rebecca Wilcomb knows from experience. Her three course version, available for takeout and delivery, always include antipasti, main course, and dessert. Priced at $35 per person (plus tax and gratuity), options might include gnocchi fritto, chicken cacciatore, or porchetta with rosemary potatoes.

700 Magazine St #101, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 399-0816
(504) 399-0816
Gianna’s Sunday supper starts with Italian chopped salad
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Sylvain

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All four restaurants in the LeBlanc + Smith group — Sylvain, Longway Tavern, Cavan and Meauxbar, offer family meals for four to go, delivered by D’livery Nola. At Sylvain, that means seared pork loin with an apple cider glaze, bacon braised collard greens, and southern potato salad. Longway, order a pasta bake with homemade pasta, wagyu beef meatballs, kale, and ricotta cheese, alongside an Italian salad and bread and butter. Cavan dishes four grilled airline chicken breasts with dirty farro. Meauxbar offers stuffed peppers with sides. Prices range from $45-$55.

625 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 265-8123
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Copeland's of New Orleans

1001 S Clearview Pkwy, Jefferson, LA 70121

Copeland’s offers dinner for two for $35 with all kinds of choices. Start with soup or salad, or artichoke spinach dip and choose two entrees from a long list that ranges from butterfly shrimp Creole to shrimp and tasso pasta and blackened catfish. Maybe Al’s chocolate cake for dessert? But blueberry cheesecake crumble is hard to resist.

1001 S Clearview Pkwy, Jefferson, LA 70121
(504) 620-7800
(504) 620-7800
Copeland’s family meal for two
Copeland’s/Facebook

Los Jefes Grill

3224 Edenborn Ave, Metairie, LA 70002

Los Jefes Grill in Metairie is open for dining in, curbside pickup and no contact delivery — free within two miles of the restaurant and through delivery service Waitr for those farther afield. Family lunch and dinner packs featuring specialties including tacos, burritos, and fajitas kits.

3224 Edenborn Ave, Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 516-2861
(504) 516-2861
Los Jefes Grill/Facebook

Brigtsen's Restaurant

723 Dante St, New Orleans, LA 70118

Like so many iconic New Orleans restaurants, Brigtsen’s has shifted its business model to meet customer needs during the pandemic. Chef Frank Brigsten now heads up a kitchen where waiters and managers take phone orders; and the line packs gumbo and butternut shrimp bisque by the quart, and boxes whole pies and pans of brownies. Order a quart of shrimp and okra gumbo with andouille sausage, local Jazzmen aromatic rice on the side, for a real treat.

723 Dante St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 861-7610
(504) 861-7610
Brigsten’s/Facebook

Tartine

7217 Perrier St, New Orleans, LA 70118

Tucked away in a small cottage along the Mississippi River bend, Tartine is a sweet little French-style cafe that serves breakfast and lunch and also does a great job on family meals Wednesdays and Thursdays. Available for pick up the day of from 12-3, meals feed four to six people and the menu changes weekly. Usually priced at $55, supper might be braised pork chops with white bean and sausage ragout, served with bread and salad or a homestyle lamb shepherd’s pie.

7217 Perrier St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 866-4860
(504) 866-4860

Luca Eats

7329 Cohn St, New Orleans, LA 70118

Choose from a selection of chilled or frozen family meals from Luca Eats, like the yummy chicken salad and creamy tomato soup for lunch, and frozen red beans and sausage, various gumbos, vegetarian lentil soup, and even a shrimp boil for dinner. Order online for pickup and throw in one of the top-notch desserts or fresh juices.

7329 Cohn St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 866-1166
(504) 866-1166

Saba

5757 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

A Saba Cares package is the next best thing to strolling the shuks in Tel Aviv to graze local flavors. Alon Shaya and his team compile a changing menu of special dishes, that might include pickles, harissa chicken salad, hummus, baba ganoush, and of course his famous pita, which tastes best heated at 450 degrees for five minutes. Delivered in an insulated cooler, the $100 smorgasbord offers plenty for group munching.

5757 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 324-7770
(504) 324-7770
Saba/Facebook

Brown Butter Southern Kitchen and Bar

231 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119

Mid City neighborhood spot Brown Butter is offering a Coolinary dinner for four people (three courses for each, a good deal at $95), with chilled corn soup with crab or a peach, greens, and goat cheese salad to start; coriander spiced tuna, crispy lasagna, or beef short rib for the main; and either brown butter cake or a flourless chocolate tort with rose petal jam for dessert. Order online for curbside pickup Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m.

231 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 609-3871
(504) 609-3871
Brown Butter/Facebook

Red Gravy

4206 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

Roseann and Lou Rostoker reopen their homey Northeast style Italian restaurant Red Gravy September 2 at their new location Uptown at 4206 Magazine street. Opening for dine-in and patio dining, Red Gravy also offers a family meal pack of that features a quart of Roseann’s swoon-worthy sauce, a pound of handmade spaghetti (to cook at home), and six of her Nonna-style meatballs for $45.

4206 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 561-8844
(504) 561-8844
Red Gravy/Facebook

Toups’ Meatery

845 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119

Toups’ Meatery does a different take on family meal — offering a free, yep, free version of the family meal served to staff for anyone in need, especially folks in the service industry. Call ahead to order and pass by the restaurant to pick up between 3 and 4 p.m. seven days a week. Support Issac and Amanda and their team by ordering lunch Thursday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., brunch on weekends, and dinner Monday through Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m.

845 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 252-4999
(504) 252-4999

Blue Oak BBQ

900 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119

If an order of “all meat and all sides” gets the juices flowing, get on the horn with the Blue Oak BBQ team and order up. At $65, you get it all — from beef brisket to ribs, sausage and chicken and sides like roasted garlic mac and cheese and ginger slaw. The takeout menu also features cold-packed family meals featuring pulled pork, chopped brisket, and chopped barbecue chicken. 

900 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 822-2583
(504) 822-2583

Commander's Palace

1403 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

Order family meals from storied Commander’s Palace seven days a week from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., or stop by and order at the front door. Bundled for four and priced in the $39-$88 range, options might include wild shrimp and corn enchiladas with garlic wilted spinach and soft shell fondue; or smoked whole chicken, served warm with veggie brochettes, preserved lemon spiked rice, and tangy white BBQ sauce.

1403 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 899-8221
(504) 899-8221
Commander’s Palace/Facebook

Dooky Chase’s Restaurant

2301 Orleans Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119

Dooky Chase offers a limited takeout menu Tuesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Menus post on the restaurant’s Facebook page including family meals, packaged for four for $35. Red beans and rice, fried chicken, and mustard greens will be available daily, with other options rotating each day — including stewed turkey necks and fried catfish. Place orders by calling the restaurant.

2301 Orleans Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 821-0600
(504) 821-0600

Galatoire’s

209 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Call, email, or order online for chef Phillip Lopez’s to-go family style meals from Galatoire’s, a first for the storied Bourbon Street restaurant. The hot meal for four, which hovers in the $100 range, might include favorites like grilled drum, fried chicken, or chicken Clemenceau. Add oysters Rockefeller if you like or grab-and-go cold options like shrimp remoulade. The menu posts at 3 p.m. for the following day.

209 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 525-2021
(504) 525-2021
Shrimp remoulade from Galatoire’s
Galatoire’s/Facebook

Gianna Restaurant

700 Magazine St #101, New Orleans, LA 70130

Sunday supper is a thing in Italian households, as Gianna chef Rebecca Wilcomb knows from experience. Her three course version, available for takeout and delivery, always include antipasti, main course, and dessert. Priced at $35 per person (plus tax and gratuity), options might include gnocchi fritto, chicken cacciatore, or porchetta with rosemary potatoes.

700 Magazine St #101, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 399-0816
(504) 399-0816
Gianna’s Sunday supper starts with Italian chopped salad
Gianna/Facebook

Sylvain

625 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130

All four restaurants in the LeBlanc + Smith group — Sylvain, Longway Tavern, Cavan and Meauxbar, offer family meals for four to go, delivered by D’livery Nola. At Sylvain, that means seared pork loin with an apple cider glaze, bacon braised collard greens, and southern potato salad. Longway, order a pasta bake with homemade pasta, wagyu beef meatballs, kale, and ricotta cheese, alongside an Italian salad and bread and butter. Cavan dishes four grilled airline chicken breasts with dirty farro. Meauxbar offers stuffed peppers with sides. Prices range from $45-$55.

625 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 265-8123
(504) 265-8123

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