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19 Unexpected Restaurants Open on Monday Nights

From iconic heavyweights to neighborhood favorites

by Beth D'Addono and Clair Lorell Updated Apr 17, 2023, 3:51pm CDT

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Crab fat agnolotti from Le Chat Noir.

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by Beth D'Addono and Clair Lorell Updated Apr 17, 2023, 3:51pm CDT

Monday can be a tough day to find supper in New Orleans. Historically a slow day that restaurants close to give their staff a much-needed day off, the practice of closing Mondays has become more common as restaurants scramble to control costs and stay open when it counts the most.

Fortunately, there are outliers who use Tuesday as their Monday or stay open seven days a week to survive. From iconic heavyweights to neighborhood charmers, here are 19 unexpected spots to sate the beginning of the week hangries, arranged geographically as always.

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Addis Nola

At the new Addis NOLA, co-owner Prince Lobo and family have created a full bar and stage for the restaurant’s traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony, a stunning interior rich with deep colors, patterns, and Ethiopian art, and a menu of stews, stir fry, and specials like whole fried red snapper and mar mitmita shrimp that is elegant as ever. Visit on vegan Monday and try a taste of some of the restaurant’s best offerings, starring lentils, split peas, collard greens, mushrooms, sweet potato wot, and shiro, a dense, chickpea based stew (but don’t worry, the whole menu is also available).

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2514 Bayou Rd, New Orleans, LA 70119

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Piece of Meat

Piece of Meat’s new steakhouse-style dinner service and modern, stylish atmosphere is special occasion-worthy, and if that special occasion falls on a Monday, you’re in luck. It’s great for groups with a reservation or to walk in, given the lovely bar that serves expert cocktails. Dinner begins with a beef fat candle and a surprising choice starters; there are three rotating steaks to choose from in addition to a chicken or fish entree; and sides are served a la carte, like the Million Dollar Baked Potato.

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3301 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA 70119

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Margot’s

Monday is a good day to beat the crowds at Margot’s, the lowkey pizza that recently opened in the Seventh Ward. Margot’s keeps things simple with a succinct menu of salads and pizza along with a few specials — a recent special pie called the Dan Stein, named after the beloved Stein’s proprietor, combined ricotta cream, pork sausage, broccoli rabe, and lemon zest. Cocktails are excellent and the wine selection leans heavily toward natural, with bottles available in a wide price range.

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1243 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116

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Sneaky Pickle & Bar Brine

Bar Brine is the romantic, nighttime version of Sneaky Pickle, a longtime favorite for vegetarian and vegan-friendly, picnic-style items. Visit for dinner Thursday through Monday for dishes highlighting Hakurei turnips, tilefish, king trumpet mushrooms, or confit goose; pasta like gnocchi with walnuts and blue cheese, squid ink with crab and daikon, or rice cakes paired with smoked squash and mapo tofu. A wine list with natural and orange varieties, intricate cocktails both fruity and savory, and excellent non-alcoholic cocktails help make this spot a hot destination, even on Mondays.

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3200 Burgundy St, New Orleans, LA 70117

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Fritai

Start the week with a bright meal from Fritai, a vibrant hub for Haitian specialties in Treme. One of Charly Pierre’s signature fritai sandwich, tender pulled pork between two fried plantains with avocado, mango sauce, and pikliz (a spicy Haitian slaw) and espageti with smoked herring are complimented by outstanding cocktails, many based around the Haitian spirit clairin. Only closed Tuesdays.

1535 Basin St, New Orleans, LA 70116

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Marjie's Grill

Open every day but Sunday, Marjie’s Grill is a simply wonderful place to delve into the likes of smoked eggplant with naam phrik awng sauce, herbs, and fried garlic; “crazy, sexy, cool” crispy pork knuckles tossed with fish sauce and cane syrup; and cornmeal fried okra with ranch. Chef Marcus pushes the envelope in a great way.

320 S Broad St, New Orleans, LA 70119

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Paladar 511

This swell modern Italian restaurant in the Marigny serves pizza, pasta, seasonal produce, and Gulf seafood in a vocal, convivial setting. Paladar 511 revels in simplicity. The kitchen’s tricolor greens with white anchovy salad is revelatory, same goes for the tuna crudo, the lfarm egg pizza, and the blue crab corn agnolotti. So nice to have a spot that always dishes above expectations.

511 Marigny St, New Orleans, LA 70117

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Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits

Bacchanal is a wine store, yard party, music venue, and savory cafe, all wrapped up in one funky Bywater package. Build your own cheese plate with choices from the front cooler plated with olives, pickles, toasted bread, and accouterments. Sample from a tapas-style menu of snacks or order mains like pork loin with prune mole and whole grilled fish.

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600 Poland Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117

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Palm and Pine

Located on the edge of the French Quarter, Palm and Pine explores the food and drink of Louisiana, the South, and “South of that,” with a constantly evolving menu. Husband-and-wife chef duo Jordan and Amarys Herndon create dishes like hot sausage carimanolas — stuffed yuca fritters served with roasted garlic mayo and pickles, that offer their spin on the classics. From the Pine Bar, original cocktails revolve around agave and cane spirits, side by side with new world wines, and regional beers.

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308 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70112

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Sylvain

This French Quarter bistro set in a carriage house built in the late 1700s is always a pleasure, whether the famous burger and fried chicken sandwich are for dinner or something loftier, like the elegant pan-seared gulf fish with hazelnut Romesco. Enjoy Sylvain’s cozy dining room or the back courtyard and settle in. Service is meant to relax and welcome, there’s no rush.

625 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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GW Fins

GW Fins is open every night of the week for chef Michael Nelson’s craveable, always sustainable, seafood. With innovative practices, from breaking down whole fish in house to aging prime cuts, a practice steakhouses have been doing for years, this restaurant is a go-to for pristine, creative fins on a plate.

808 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA 70112

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Compère Lapin

Compère Lapin is the debut restaurant from famed chef Nina Compton and it remains one of New Orleans’s most original restaurants, serving food that blends Caribbean flavors with French technique and a whole lot of creativity. While the menu changes often, Compere is known for a mix of small plates that might include dirty rice arancini served with sour orange mojo, crispy pig ears, and conch fritters; entrees like her famed curried goat and spiced chicken with Jollof rice and chow chow, and unbeatable cocktails. The downtown spot gets going at 5:30 p.m. on Monday night.

535 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Herbsaint

Herbsaint, the flagship of the Link Restaurant Group that turned 21 this year, is just so darn classy. Whether dining outside, the clickity-clack of the streetcar in the background, or in the lovely dining room, guests savor the likes of housemade spaghetti with guanciale and fried farm egg, a grilled tuna sandwich on olive bread or the daily fish on the all-day menu. Dinner is served until 9.

701 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Le Chat Noir

One of New Orleans’s top new seafood destinations is Le Chat Noir, an elegant downtown dining space fit to start the week in a special way or end a long weekend visit with a bang. Start with oysters from one of the many locales on its list before digging into chef Seth Temple’s technique-driven preparations of vegetables, fish, and meat, dishes like sunchokes with walnut and preserved mint, a tiny risotto-stuffed quail with melty collards, and spiny lobster with crab, ricotta, and jalapeno relish.

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715 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Crab fat agnolotti in a bowl with pan-seared scallops and oysters topped with crispy prosciutto and dill. — Crab fat agnolotti from Le Chat Noir.

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Pêche Seafood Grill

Stellar seafood is the order of the day — every day — at Peche, chef Ryan Prewitt’s modern, rustic ode to all things finny, bivalved, and crustacean. The James Beard Award-winning chef drives a menu that hopscotches between raw, smoked, simmered, fried, and grilled. Share the restaurant’s signature wood-fired whole fish or graze on a feast of small plates — don’t miss the Gorton’s-averse beer battered fish sticks.

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800 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Cote Sud

It can be easy to forget about this petite French-inspired bistro tucked on Maple but Ciro’s offers a warm, casual intimacy that feels distinctly apart from the more industrial chic spots on this list. A neighborhood destination for French plates and pizza, this Riverbend favorite is still cash only, so take note.

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7918 Maple St, New Orleans, LA 70118

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Commander's Palace

If it’s a special occasion spot you seek for your Monday night meal, Commander’s has you covered. Enjoy chef Meg Bickford’s modern take on roast beef debris, made with Black angus short ribs slathered over buttery toasted Leidenheimer French bread topped with oyster mushrooms, arugula, Boursin, horseradish mayo, and veal jus. Her pecan-crusted fish is topped with jumbo lump crab poached in Prosecco — Bickford dials everything up to 11.

1403 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Basin Seafood and Spirits

This Magazine Street seafood joint from Edgar Caro, the chef behind Metairie steakhouse Brasa Churrasqueria and Uptown tapas spot Baru, is a longtime hit with in-the-know locals. Bustling and welcoming, diners are rewarded for visiting on Monday, when oysters on the half shell go for 75 cents apiece.

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3222 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Mister Mao

Chef Sophina Uong romances the hell out of the globally-inspired menu at Mister Mao, a culinary tome that taps into bold flavors and interesting textures reflecting Thai dishes, hot spice, riffs on Southern cuisine using locally sourced ingredients — a litany of eats she proudly calls “inauthentic,” which makes every bite all the more captivating. The cocktails, wine, and beer list are equally boffo.

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4501 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Addis Nola

2514 Bayou Rd, New Orleans, LA 70119

At the new Addis NOLA, co-owner Prince Lobo and family have created a full bar and stage for the restaurant’s traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony, a stunning interior rich with deep colors, patterns, and Ethiopian art, and a menu of stews, stir fry, and specials like whole fried red snapper and mar mitmita shrimp that is elegant as ever. Visit on vegan Monday and try a taste of some of the restaurant’s best offerings, starring lentils, split peas, collard greens, mushrooms, sweet potato wot, and shiro, a dense, chickpea based stew (but don’t worry, the whole menu is also available).

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2514 Bayou Rd, New Orleans, LA 70119

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Piece of Meat

3301 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA 70119

Piece of Meat’s new steakhouse-style dinner service and modern, stylish atmosphere is special occasion-worthy, and if that special occasion falls on a Monday, you’re in luck. It’s great for groups with a reservation or to walk in, given the lovely bar that serves expert cocktails. Dinner begins with a beef fat candle and a surprising choice starters; there are three rotating steaks to choose from in addition to a chicken or fish entree; and sides are served a la carte, like the Million Dollar Baked Potato.

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3301 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA 70119

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Margot’s

1243 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116

Monday is a good day to beat the crowds at Margot’s, the lowkey pizza that recently opened in the Seventh Ward. Margot’s keeps things simple with a succinct menu of salads and pizza along with a few specials — a recent special pie called the Dan Stein, named after the beloved Stein’s proprietor, combined ricotta cream, pork sausage, broccoli rabe, and lemon zest. Cocktails are excellent and the wine selection leans heavily toward natural, with bottles available in a wide price range.

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1243 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA 70116

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Pizza and salads from Margot’s.

Sneaky Pickle & Bar Brine

3200 Burgundy St, New Orleans, LA 70117

Bar Brine is the romantic, nighttime version of Sneaky Pickle, a longtime favorite for vegetarian and vegan-friendly, picnic-style items. Visit for dinner Thursday through Monday for dishes highlighting Hakurei turnips, tilefish, king trumpet mushrooms, or confit goose; pasta like gnocchi with walnuts and blue cheese, squid ink with crab and daikon, or rice cakes paired with smoked squash and mapo tofu. A wine list with natural and orange varieties, intricate cocktails both fruity and savory, and excellent non-alcoholic cocktails help make this spot a hot destination, even on Mondays.

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3200 Burgundy St, New Orleans, LA 70117

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Fritai

1535 Basin St, New Orleans, LA 70116

Start the week with a bright meal from Fritai, a vibrant hub for Haitian specialties in Treme. One of Charly Pierre’s signature fritai sandwich, tender pulled pork between two fried plantains with avocado, mango sauce, and pikliz (a spicy Haitian slaw) and espageti with smoked herring are complimented by outstanding cocktails, many based around the Haitian spirit clairin. Only closed Tuesdays.

1535 Basin St, New Orleans, LA 70116

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Marjie's Grill

320 S Broad St, New Orleans, LA 70119

Open every day but Sunday, Marjie’s Grill is a simply wonderful place to delve into the likes of smoked eggplant with naam phrik awng sauce, herbs, and fried garlic; “crazy, sexy, cool” crispy pork knuckles tossed with fish sauce and cane syrup; and cornmeal fried okra with ranch. Chef Marcus pushes the envelope in a great way.

320 S Broad St, New Orleans, LA 70119

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Paladar 511

511 Marigny St, New Orleans, LA 70117

This swell modern Italian restaurant in the Marigny serves pizza, pasta, seasonal produce, and Gulf seafood in a vocal, convivial setting. Paladar 511 revels in simplicity. The kitchen’s tricolor greens with white anchovy salad is revelatory, same goes for the tuna crudo, the lfarm egg pizza, and the blue crab corn agnolotti. So nice to have a spot that always dishes above expectations.

511 Marigny St, New Orleans, LA 70117

Visit Website

Corn agnolotti

Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits

600 Poland Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117

Bacchanal is a wine store, yard party, music venue, and savory cafe, all wrapped up in one funky Bywater package. Build your own cheese plate with choices from the front cooler plated with olives, pickles, toasted bread, and accouterments. Sample from a tapas-style menu of snacks or order mains like pork loin with prune mole and whole grilled fish.

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600 Poland Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117

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Palm and Pine

308 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70112

Located on the edge of the French Quarter, Palm and Pine explores the food and drink of Louisiana, the South, and “South of that,” with a constantly evolving menu. Husband-and-wife chef duo Jordan and Amarys Herndon create dishes like hot sausage carimanolas — stuffed yuca fritters served with roasted garlic mayo and pickles, that offer their spin on the classics. From the Pine Bar, original cocktails revolve around agave and cane spirits, side by side with new world wines, and regional beers.

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308 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70112

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Sylvain

625 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130

This French Quarter bistro set in a carriage house built in the late 1700s is always a pleasure, whether the famous burger and fried chicken sandwich are for dinner or something loftier, like the elegant pan-seared gulf fish with hazelnut Romesco. Enjoy Sylvain’s cozy dining room or the back courtyard and settle in. Service is meant to relax and welcome, there’s no rush.

625 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Visit Website

GW Fins

808 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA 70112

GW Fins is open every night of the week for chef Michael Nelson’s craveable, always sustainable, seafood. With innovative practices, from breaking down whole fish in house to aging prime cuts, a practice steakhouses have been doing for years, this restaurant is a go-to for pristine, creative fins on a plate.

808 Bienville St, New Orleans, LA 70112

Visit Website

Compère Lapin

535 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Compère Lapin is the debut restaurant from famed chef Nina Compton and it remains one of New Orleans’s most original restaurants, serving food that blends Caribbean flavors with French technique and a whole lot of creativity. While the menu changes often, Compere is known for a mix of small plates that might include dirty rice arancini served with sour orange mojo, crispy pig ears, and conch fritters; entrees like her famed curried goat and spiced chicken with Jollof rice and chow chow, and unbeatable cocktails. The downtown spot gets going at 5:30 p.m. on Monday night.

535 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Visit Website

Herbsaint

701 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

Herbsaint, the flagship of the Link Restaurant Group that turned 21 this year, is just so darn classy. Whether dining outside, the clickity-clack of the streetcar in the background, or in the lovely dining room, guests savor the likes of housemade spaghetti with guanciale and fried farm egg, a grilled tuna sandwich on olive bread or the daily fish on the all-day menu. Dinner is served until 9.

701 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Le Chat Noir

715 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

One of New Orleans’s top new seafood destinations is Le Chat Noir, an elegant downtown dining space fit to start the week in a special way or end a long weekend visit with a bang. Start with oysters from one of the many locales on its list before digging into chef Seth Temple’s technique-driven preparations of vegetables, fish, and meat, dishes like sunchokes with walnut and preserved mint, a tiny risotto-stuffed quail with melty collards, and spiny lobster with crab, ricotta, and jalapeno relish.

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715 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Crab fat agnolotti in a bowl with pan-seared scallops and oysters topped with crispy prosciutto and dill. — Crab fat agnolotti from Le Chat Noir.

Pêche Seafood Grill

800 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Stellar seafood is the order of the day — every day — at Peche, chef Ryan Prewitt’s modern, rustic ode to all things finny, bivalved, and crustacean. The James Beard Award-winning chef drives a menu that hopscotches between raw, smoked, simmered, fried, and grilled. Share the restaurant’s signature wood-fired whole fish or graze on a feast of small plates — don’t miss the Gorton’s-averse beer battered fish sticks.

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800 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Cote Sud

7918 Maple St, New Orleans, LA 70118

It can be easy to forget about this petite French-inspired bistro tucked on Maple but Ciro’s offers a warm, casual intimacy that feels distinctly apart from the more industrial chic spots on this list. A neighborhood destination for French plates and pizza, this Riverbend favorite is still cash only, so take note.

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7918 Maple St, New Orleans, LA 70118

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Commander's Palace

1403 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

If it’s a special occasion spot you seek for your Monday night meal, Commander’s has you covered. Enjoy chef Meg Bickford’s modern take on roast beef debris, made with Black angus short ribs slathered over buttery toasted Leidenheimer French bread topped with oyster mushrooms, arugula, Boursin, horseradish mayo, and veal jus. Her pecan-crusted fish is topped with jumbo lump crab poached in Prosecco — Bickford dials everything up to 11.

1403 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130

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Basin Seafood and Spirits

3222 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

This Magazine Street seafood joint from Edgar Caro, the chef behind Metairie steakhouse Brasa Churrasqueria and Uptown tapas spot Baru, is a longtime hit with in-the-know locals. Bustling and welcoming, diners are rewarded for visiting on Monday, when oysters on the half shell go for 75 cents apiece.

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3222 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Mister Mao

4501 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115

Chef Sophina Uong romances the hell out of the globally-inspired menu at Mister Mao, a culinary tome that taps into bold flavors and interesting textures reflecting Thai dishes, hot spice, riffs on Southern cuisine using locally sourced ingredients — a litany of eats she proudly calls “inauthentic,” which makes every bite all the more captivating. The cocktails, wine, and beer list are equally boffo.

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4501 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Mister Mao

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