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crab served with crabmeat cream sauce over angel hair pasta and comes with fried crab claws. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
VINCENT’S ITALIAN CUISINE
VINE AND DINE 141 Delaronde St., (504) 361-1402; www.vine-dine.com Skewers of andouille and zucchini come with corn maque choux made with tasso, onions and peppers. Escargot in garlic butter are served in Parmesan-crusted phyllo cups. No reservations. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
VINTAGE GARDEN KITCHEN 925 S. Labarre Road, Metairie, (504) 837-5105 or (504) 620-2495; Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., second floor, phone n.a.; www.vintagegardenkitchen.org Served as a salad, wrap or bowl (on top of pasta, rice or quinoa), Crunchy Thai features bell peppers, carrots, jicama, cucumber, scallions, peanuts, crunchy noodles, greens and spicy peanut-lime vinaigrette. Also available as a salad, wrap or bowl, the Middle Eastern includes chickpeas, tomatoes, kalamata olives, feta, oven-dried tomatoes and lemon-tahini
VITASCOPE HALL Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., (504) 613-3740; www.neworleans.hyatt.com The Vitascope burger is an 8-ounce custom-ground grass-fed beef patty crusted in potato chips and topped with brie and caramelized onions. Sushi options include the Volcano Roll, which combines crab stick, avocado and cucumber topped with snow crab, scallops, tempura bits and eel sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, latenight Sat. Credit cards. $$
VOLEO’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 5134 Nunez St., Lafitte, (504) 689-2482 The Big Boy seafood platter for two features fish, shrimp, oysters, stuffed crabs, crab claws, stuffed shrimp, frog legs and crawfish tails. Flounder Lafitte is fried flounder stuffed with provolone, crawfish, crabmeat and pecans and topped with cream sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon. and Wed.-Sat. Credit cards. $$
VOODOO BBQ & GRILL Citywide; www.voodoobbqandgrill.com Pulled pork is cooked for 14 hours over oak and pecan wood and served with two sides and a piece of garlicbuttered Texas toast. Corn pudding is a cornbread souffle baked with whole sweet corn. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $
W.I.N.O. 610 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 324-8000; www.winoschool.com The menu of small plates includes grape leaves sprin-
Meredith Call and Damian Rew serve creative dishes and cocktails at Tivoli & Lee. kled with feta cheese. Debbie Does Doberge baked goods, such as chocolate-covered red velvet cake balls, also are available. No Reservations. Lunch and late-night daily. Credit cards. $
WOW CAFE Citywide; www.wowcafe.com Wings are available in various quantities, and the sampler platter includes 3 pounds (18-24 pieces) and four sauces. The Shanghai shrimp po-boy features shrimp topped with Chinese chili-mustard sauce, ranch dressing, carrots, cucumbers and cilantro. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $
WALK-ON’S BISTREAUX & BAR 1009 Poydras St., (504) 309-6530; www.walk-ons.com Catfish Atchafalaya features blackened or fried fillets topped with crawfish etouffee and fried crawfish. Cajundillas are quesadillas filled with chicken, boudin, pepper Jack cheese, grilled onions, andouille sausage and rice. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$
WASABI 900 Frenchmen St., (504) 943-9433; 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd., (504) 267-3263; www.wasabinola.com The Marigny roll features chopped tuna, ginger, snow crab and crunchy flakes wrapped in rice paper. The firecracker roll combines tempura shrimp, spicy tuna, PAGE 93
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4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com Veal and spinach cannelloni features house-made pasta stuffed with ground veal, spinach and Parmesan served on a bed of Alfredo sauce and topped with red sauce. Creamy corn and crab bisque is served in a toasted bread bowl. Reservations recommended. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $$
dressing. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards and checks. $
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