Ian McNulty

Try dozens of different king cake by the slice at a roving party at New Orleans bars

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
22 hrs ago

For king cake fanatics, any Carnival season arrives with the knowledge that there is only so much time to sample the range before Fat Tuesday brings the curtain down. This season, that time is…

Ian McNulty: Check out these food and drink ideas for Louisiana road trips in 2024

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Jan 4, 2024

Covering New Orleans restaurants is a job that has me constantly on the go, trying to keep up with all the changes and sharing the stories of what endures in this world for food.

Could Crazy Johnnie’s Steak House reopen in Metairie? The return of sauces stirs the pot.

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Jan 3, 2024

Some restaurants will reliably spark an impassioned response, even if (and perhaps especially if) they are long gone.

What to know about king cake for a short Mardi Gras 2024, from shipping to new bakeries

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Jan 3, 2024

King cake is part of Carnival season, but around New Orleans it can sometimes feel like a season in its own right.

From classic to wild, here are 2024 Mardi Gras king cakes to try from new Nola bakeries

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Jan 3, 2024

Every Carnival season sends me scurrying between the old and the new, with my love of the classics and a keen curiosity for what new creations are making their debut.

Ian McNulty: How to ship king cake, help local bakeries in a year when they really need it

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Jan 2, 2024

Carnival season has long seen king cakes shipped around the country, and this only accelerated in the pandemic as restaurants and bakeries built up their shipping efforts to survive.

King cake parties celebrate the first slice of Mardi Gras 2024, including one at midnight

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Jan 1, 2024

Elsewhere around our country, sensible people are putting away holiday décor and perhaps battening down for a long, productive winter. Not here.

New Orleans to his core, chef Frank Brigtsen preserves the old ways of cooking by teaching

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 30, 2023

This is the fifth story in The Guardians, a 6-part series highlighting those dedicated to saving and passing down New Orleans' unique heritage.

Ian McNulty: 24 dishes at New Orleans restaurants to try in 2024

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 26, 2023

There are many ways to sum up a year in the New Orleans dining scene. Below, I'm giving you 24 of them, snapshot style, with tastes that contributed to the tale.

Ian McNulty: New Orleans area restaurant picks for casual group outings at the holidays

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 21, 2023

Here’s one scenario: All year, you said you’d get together with the old gang, and now in the final days of the year, you’re determined to make good.

Ian McNulty: These New Orleans restaurants closed in a brutal 2023 and it may get worse

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 20, 2023

Covering New Orleans restaurants this year has felt like riding two divergent rails.

Ian McNulty: Meet the people behind uplifting New Orleans restaurant stories of 2023

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 19, 2023

Following the story of New Orleans food means many great meals and toggling between topics to try to keep up with a field that’s constantly in flux. It also means spending time with people who…

Fharmacy, a closed Mid-City restaurant, to bring back beloved flavors for limited time

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 17, 2023

Fharmacy was a tiny restaurant that had a large follow for its spicy wings, deli sandwiches, mussels and most of all the burgers. Its closure around this time last year brought howls of dread …

Former Mid-City butcher to become new restaurant for ‘Greek and Jewish soul food’

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 15, 2023

What started as a pop-up tapping the flavors of family heritage and the cravings they set is now becoming a new restaurant bringing something different for Mid-City.

Ian McNulty: With rum, bold Jamaican flavors, 14 Parishes expands to Algiers Point

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 15, 2023

The big brick building by the levee in Algiers Point has inspired a lot of neighborhood speculation as it sat empty through the years. It also sparked an idea for Lauren Blake.

Ian McNulty: Here’s a first look at TANA, Old Metairie’s new upscale Italian restaurant

BY IAN McNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 14, 2023

With his Sicilian heritage and fine dining chops, people have long asked chef Michael Gulotta if he’d ever open an Italian restaurant. Finally, his answer is yes and this one is a stunner.

PHOTOS: Take a tour of TANA, chef Michael Gulotta’s Italian restaurant in Metairie

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 14, 2023

TANA (2919 Metairie Road, 504-533-8262) is a new upscale Italian restaurant in Old Metairie from chef Michael Gulotta and his partners. It joins a growing restaurant row for Jefferson Parish t…

Magazine Street is getting a new wine bar and ‘red sauce Italian joint’ in same block

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 14, 2023

Start talking wine and the stories can just keep flowing through the style of wine or the maker or the region of origin or maybe just the ideal food pairing. It’s all the better when you can a…

Ian McNulty: In a year of much change, many New Orleans area restaurants changed hands

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 14, 2023

When a popular restaurant closes in this town it can be big news. The same goes when word that a well-known restaurant will continue, though with new owners.

Vintage sign hidden at Beachcorner inspires a new look for the Mid-City burger destination

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 13, 2023

The neon sign spelling out the name of the Beachcorner Bar & Grill (4905 Canal St., 504-488-7357) has long given a timeless look to this Canal Street tavern, known for big fat bar burgers …

These are Ian McNulty's favorite new restaurants around New Orleans. Try them in 2024.

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 13, 2023

Tumultuous times mean change, and so it was in the New Orleans restaurant world in 2023. There have been many closures and a high number of restaurants changing hands.

Ian McNulty: Here's a first look inside Jolie, a lovely ‘loungerie’ in downtown New Orleans

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 12, 2023

What's a loungerie? That’s been a question since we learned just such a thing was taking shape in downtown New Orleans at the new Jolie, which opened in December.

A restaurant always packed for brunch adds its own bakery cafe in downtown New Orleans

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 12, 2023

Of course, there’s a bear claw in the pastry case. After all, this is Bearcat Baked, the new bakery café from Bearcat Café, and the playful pun riff feels right.

Ian McNulty: Algiers Point gets its beloved coffee shop back with new owner, more to come

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 8, 2023

As with pubs or bakeries, a good coffee shop can have a central role in neighborhood life. Losing one can be a heavy blow. So it was with the Congregation Coffee café in Algiers Point.

Ian McNulty: Algiers Point gets a new pizzeria you'll wish was in your neighborhood, too

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 8, 2023

From a seat at the dining counter, you can look directly into the glowing maw of the domed pizza oven and the little bonfire of oak logs within. You can also look through the window just next …

Ian McNulty: On Oak Street, many changes add up for New Orleans bars, restaurants

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 7, 2023

I ate my fill and then some at the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival last month, but I still left the event with fresh plans to return to Oak Street.

Here’s the latest on St. Roch Market as New Orleans food hall vendors continue to change

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 5, 2023

As a girl growing up in Honduras and later in Chalmette, Aritza Garcia was the one in the kitchen watching her relatives cook and pleading to have a part in the production. Now she’s doing the…

Ian McNulty: Oak Street wine bar, beer bar get new owners who’ve had success in Mid-City

BY IAN MCNULTY | Staff writer
Dec 4, 2023

Oak Wine Bar and Ale on Oak took shape as neighboring bars connected by a patio and common ownership. That’s still the case, though now they have new owners drawing the wine bar and beer bar c…