Talking recently with a New Orleans couple who avidly follow the local dining scene, I was surprised to learn neither had heard of Brigtsen’s , from @frankbrigtsen and family.

How many more like them are out there, I thought.

It gave me extra motivation to finish a big project, my annual guide to New Orleans restaurants, now out for @nolanews readers via the link in my bio.

I want to do my bit to connect New Orleans people with one of the prime pleasures of living here —this incredibly rich restaurant scene, one that’s great not just because it has lots of expensive , ambitious restaurants, but because it’s filled with restaurants that you can’t find anywhere else because they are of New Orleans.

Brigtsen’s is the epitome of this.

Here’s a few glimpses of what they do and what I wrote about it in the guide.

There are 29 more picks, arranged by category across different price ranges in the full guide. The online version is available to our readers via the link in my bio

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