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7 Brand New Restaurants Offering Delivery in New Orleans, August 2020

Keep up with New Orleans’s newest restaurants without having to leave home

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The Eater heatmap is a guide to the hottest restaurants in New Orleans this month; spots around town that have been open for one year or less and are serving up cuisine that has diners buzzing. While monthly updates are on pause given the rapidly changing status of the industry during the COVID-19 crisis, New Orleanians can still keep up with the best new restaurants without having to leave home. Here, we’ve rounded up the newest restaurants that are currently offering delivery services.

For a comprehensive guide to takeout and delivery options in New Orleans right now, please see Eater’s Ultimate Guide to Takeout Dining in New Orleans.

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Lotus Bistro

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Lakeview’s new sushi restaurant is delivering with DoorDash, but is also hoping that folks with orders over $50 and who are within the 70124 zip code will call the restaurant directly for free delivery.

Addis Nola

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Addis Nola opened last year as a much welcome addition to New Orleans’s incredibly small Ethiopian dining scene, so show them some love by ordering takeout or delivery via Waitr and other third party apps.

Cho Thai

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Cho Thai is the latest from BRG Hospitality (formerly Besh Restaurant Group), open at the end of July for takeout and delivery. BRG partnered with Jimmy Cho of Banana Blossom Thai Cafe, a family-run restaurant that’s been serving contemporary Thai food on the West Bank for a decade. Small plates include spicy clams, pork rolls, and crab claws with chili basil broth and roti; entrees include Louisiana crab fried rice, ka pao gai, and green curry soft shell crab. Offering delivery from 4 to 9 p.m. daily via Uber Eats and Doordash.

Cho Thai’s tamarind pork belly
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Union Ramen Bar

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Union Ramen is a long-anticipated restaurant from Nhat “Nate” Nguyen, the opening chef at Gert Town ramen gem Kin who left the restaurant in 2016 to start his own pop-up. The casual, counter service restaurant by the same name just debuted on Magazine Street, serving a menu of chicken broth-based ramen, poke, and Vietnamese small plates. Order online for pickup 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. or for delivery via D’livery Nola.

Turmeric Indian Cuisine

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Turmeric opened in late November on the Westbank Expressway, adding a welcome newcomer to the area’s relatively small number of Indian restaurants. The sweeping menu, covering a range of Indian specialties, from naan to galub jamun (a fried dessert) to mango lassi, is available for delivery via Waitr and Uber Eats, every day except Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m.

Em Trai Sandwich Co.

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The newest St. Claude Avenue destination for pho, banh mi, and so much more is delivering through Uber Eats, Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. and Monday through Saturday, 4 to 8 p.m.

Galaxie

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The hip new taqueria on St. Claude Avenue is accepting orders for its tacos, quesadillas, excellent guac and more for delivery via D’livery Nola, Tuesday through Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. Note: Galaxie will be closed from August 11 — August 17.

Pozole roja from Galaxie
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Lotus Bistro

Lakeview’s new sushi restaurant is delivering with DoorDash, but is also hoping that folks with orders over $50 and who are within the 70124 zip code will call the restaurant directly for free delivery.

Addis Nola

Addis Nola opened last year as a much welcome addition to New Orleans’s incredibly small Ethiopian dining scene, so show them some love by ordering takeout or delivery via Waitr and other third party apps.

Cho Thai

Cho Thai is the latest from BRG Hospitality (formerly Besh Restaurant Group), open at the end of July for takeout and delivery. BRG partnered with Jimmy Cho of Banana Blossom Thai Cafe, a family-run restaurant that’s been serving contemporary Thai food on the West Bank for a decade. Small plates include spicy clams, pork rolls, and crab claws with chili basil broth and roti; entrees include Louisiana crab fried rice, ka pao gai, and green curry soft shell crab. Offering delivery from 4 to 9 p.m. daily via Uber Eats and Doordash.

Cho Thai’s tamarind pork belly
Cho Thai/Facebook

Union Ramen Bar

Union Ramen is a long-anticipated restaurant from Nhat “Nate” Nguyen, the opening chef at Gert Town ramen gem Kin who left the restaurant in 2016 to start his own pop-up. The casual, counter service restaurant by the same name just debuted on Magazine Street, serving a menu of chicken broth-based ramen, poke, and Vietnamese small plates. Order online for pickup 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. or for delivery via D’livery Nola.

Turmeric Indian Cuisine

Turmeric opened in late November on the Westbank Expressway, adding a welcome newcomer to the area’s relatively small number of Indian restaurants. The sweeping menu, covering a range of Indian specialties, from naan to galub jamun (a fried dessert) to mango lassi, is available for delivery via Waitr and Uber Eats, every day except Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m.

Em Trai Sandwich Co.

The newest St. Claude Avenue destination for pho, banh mi, and so much more is delivering through Uber Eats, Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. and Monday through Saturday, 4 to 8 p.m.

Galaxie

The hip new taqueria on St. Claude Avenue is accepting orders for its tacos, quesadillas, excellent guac and more for delivery via D’livery Nola, Tuesday through Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m. Note: Galaxie will be closed from August 11 — August 17.

Pozole roja from Galaxie
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