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The cocktail is an old fashioned, the restaurant is a little more modern take on the New Orleans neighborhood joint.

@boilandbarrel just opened in Lakeview, next from the people who have run @frankieandjohnnysnola for the last decade.

It’s centered on two things: boiled seafood and bourbon.

Around them is a mix of New Orleans standards, and variations from the script to frame up a modern take on the neighborhood restaurant.

Here’s a look around. Link in my bio has the story

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The World Famous Corporate Bar & Grill is a post-shift canteen for many working at the convention center and nearby restaurants. Camouflaged by clutter in the back is a grill swiftly slinging po-boys, gumbo and sandwiches that rise above basic tavern fare without getting fancy about it.

Exhibit A: this classic bar burger, not a slim smashburger, not a giant either, served with cheese that’s melted (not a given with bar burgers).

You can taste the grill on the patty and on the bun, which is from @leidenheimerbakingco and much better than the picnic standard.

It’s one dish in a round-up of memorable meals of late, much more in the full story via the link in my bio

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I love the arroz negro with squid ink at @acamayanola , but this arroz a la tumbada stepping in for it lately was a delightful surprise too..

Squid, clams, shrimp carried by grains that have a delicate crispiness to the texture and buttery tomato flavor throughout.

The riff on the Manhattan with mole bitters made an elegant opening number.

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The joy of travel — exploring different cultures to see how they do seafood.

@cervejariaramirooficial is seventh heaven for shellfish.

Spider crab brought out like a trophy beforehand and prepared with the “mustards” cooked in the head for dipping.

Scallops cooked intact with all the good stuff.

Percebes, aka dragon feet, aka goose barnacles, celebrated in mural and at table, bursting with juice and just such tactile fun to dispatch.

Big fat salty grilled shrimp

Inexpensive wine

All the recommendations for this place were right on, a highlight of the trip encased in a shell and sluiced with butter.

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When you wanna bifana, you need a bifana, and around Lisbon they entice you for another of these glorious, juicy, simple pork sandwiches on crusty rolls, cooked up by the window in big pans like carnitas.

This one at Casa das Bifanas was served up lickety-split at a standup counter with a draft Super Bock for a late night snack.

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A fast train up the coast leads to Porto, home of port, and a tightly packed old town of hilly narrow streets, overseen by this cheerful iron rainbow of a bridge.

Up another sky jump of a hill, the window seafood display sets the lure at @ostrasecoisas , aprime find for “oysters and things.”

Among the things: more percebes, those squirty little barnacles; grilled razor clams; scallops broiled with all the good stuff (add ikura); and the oysters themselves, deep of cup and strong with briny flavor.

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Finding the level, back in Barcelona.

The streets wend from medieval tangles to the bright blue open stretch of the beach, in time for sunset paella and fideua at @xiringuitoescriba_barcelona

A clever hourglass tracks the time for your pans to be ready, working their magic on the socaratt (crispy bits at the edge, familiar to folks at home as the best part of a homemade jambalaya scraped from the black pot) .

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Now arriving, a welcome back Sazerac….

Upon reentry to New Orleans after a wonderful, food filled vacation, it was time to reunite with Louisiana food, and this distinct expression of it at @gabriellenola

It’s the kind of cooking you hope someone would prepare for you at home, if only you were so lucky.

BBQ shrimp pie (trust me , the pie crust is under there, the peppery sauce sings with a dark heat approaching Szechuan tingle)

Smoky gumbo about as dark as cast iron

The chef’s classic duck with “quacklin’” , part of the repertoire since the Esplanade Avenue epoch

Blackened redfish, the dish that was once synonymous with Louisiana flavor but now is found credibly like this at only a handful of places.

Peppermint Patti to end

It’s great to travel, and it’s great to come back home.

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Deluxe tasting menus are proliferating, along with opulent wine pairings.

Caviar has become as common as crabmeat at a French Creole restaurant.

Waiters are ironing linens on the table just before the next party is seated, and at the end of the meal, you might get a clutch of cookies or macarons to take home with a printed copy of the menu, maybe signed by the chefs.

If you missed the news last spring that the Michelin Guide has finally begun assessing New Orleans restaurants, there are signs around town that will clue you in just the same.

Restaurants with Michelin ambition are upping their game and polishing more than just the silver.

Already-fancy restaurants are boosting the luxury level, often adopting plays from restaurants that have received star ratings in other cities.

In this, there’s the risk of a certain sameness taking hold in a city always known for its own cuisine, and something like an arms race of expensive amenities pushing prices higher.

But the upside is seeing excellent restaurants hitting a higher gear while also taking their Creole source material along for the ride.

That’s what can keep worldly dining experiences rooted with a distinctive Louisiana sense of place.

Link in my bio has the full story for readers, and here is a few glimpses of another example, the new chef’s tasting menu they’ve created at @restaurantrevolution_nola , from the gold gilded oyster shells carrying canapés to the chest of mignardises at the end.

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Friday, where you been all week? Happy hour at home for the finish line with fabulous focaccia from @bellegardebakery at @thecommissary_nola , a bunch of treats from the fridge at @terranovasmeats

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