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Six Years Later

Katrina and the federal floods will never forget those horrific days, and while each of us will observe the date in our own way, the fact that we don’t need to gather and mourn collectively is in its own way another step forward, toward healing. Not that we’ll forget — not that we ever could forget. The pain is still too fresh; the scars and blight in many neighborhoods still too evident. Most important, the realization of a truly protective levee system by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is only partially complete. In 2007, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama promised “a levee and pumping system to protect the city against a 100-year storm by 2011, with the ultimate goal of protecting the entire city from a Category 5 storm.” Without doubt, New Orleans today is much bet-

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ter protected against a hurricane than it was six years ago, though the Corps is still relying on some stopgap measures and some temporary construction fixes to permanent problems. One flood control expert, John Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, was quoted by the nonpartisan fact-checking website Politifact as saying 100-year flood protection in New Orleans was “pretty much finished” — the keywords there being “pretty much.” As the federal government contracts its budget to beat down the federal debt, it is more imperative than ever that U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu and David Vitter make sure the Corps has what it needs to finish the job. The best Katrina memorial we can imagine would be a flood protection system that actually works.

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or New Orleans weather watchers, last week’s news had an eerily familiar tone. An area of disturbed weather in the Caribbean blew up into a tropical storm that was named Irene, and then Irene became the first hurricane of 2011 to take aim at the U.S. mainland, putting the Atlantic Coast on watch from Florida to Massachusetts and giving millions of people a nail-biting week. Their dilemmas — to evacuate or to hunker down, where to go and when to make the decision — were all too familiar to Gulf Coast residents, who have borne the brunt of major hurricanes in recent years. Irene was forecast on nearly the same track as 1996’s Hurricane Bertha, which also gave headaches to emergency officials. Bertha was a Category 2 when it came ashore. Irene was expected to be a very strong Category 3 storm, the strongest to hit the U.S. mainland since October 2005, and officials worried that those who remembered Bertha’s relative weakness would be less likely to leave if the call came to evacuate in the face of Irene. Those of us who enjoyed four decades of relative calm between Hurricane Betsy in 1965 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 have learned some hard lessons about the danger of failing to take every hurricane seriously. Complacency is never an option. As the Atlantic Coast prepared for a Category 3 storm, New Orleans prepared to remember a Category 5 hurricane. Katrina was officially a Category 3 when it came ashore at Buras, La., on Aug. 29, 2005, but its winds were clocked at 200 miles an hour in some places. Katrina devastated much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, which still remembered 1969’s Hurricane Camille. What happened in Mississippi six years ago was one of the nation’s worst natural disasters ever, but it was the subsequent unnatural disaster — the collapse of federal levees in New Orleans — that wrote a new chapter in local and national history. The flooding of 80 percent of the city’s homes and businesses left an indelible dividing line for people here: For a generation to come, time will be marked as “Before Katrina” and “After Katrina.” This Monday, Aug. 29, marks Katrina’s sixth anniversary. Last year, Mayor Mitch Landrieu led a major civic memorial at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. This year, the city planned no formal remembrance. A spokesman for Landrieu’s office said the mayor would be attending privately organized Katrina memorials around New Orleans, but the city itself would be holding no official event. And perhaps that is, finally, as it should be. Though all of us who lived through

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“I thought I would get out of prison and relax. I am busier now than I was in prison. At least now I get paid.” — Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, addressing a fifth-grade class at Levi Milton Elementary School in Walker, La., Aug. 24. The school had sent notes to parents informing them that the former governor, a convicted felon, would be speaking at the elementary school. The night before, the 84-year-old Edwards and his new bride Trina served as guest bartenders at an event held by the Press Club of New Orleans at Molly’s at the Market in the French Quarter.

BRIDGE AND TROUBLED WATERS

The Danziger Bridge shooting verdicts handed down earlier this month represent “closure” to a “dark chapter” of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and in “our city’s history.” So read the thematically identical statement from Mayor Mitch Landrieu and NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas immediately thereafter. Now that a federal jury has convicted five current and former cops — four who were directly involved and one who aided in the cover-up of the Sept. 4, 2005, shootings, which left two dead and four wounded — we would finally have an “opportunity to turn the page and to heal (as we) look to the future and the continued rebuilding of the NOPD,” the statements said. Not everyone appears ready to move on. The African American Leadership Project (AALP), which since 2006 has memorialized Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures with its “Hands Around the Dome” event, was scheduled to host a sixth anniversary commemoration at the foot of the Danziger Bridge Monday, Aug. 29, at 6:30 p.m. At the event, AALP

Front and Center BY ALEX WOODWARD

ollowing months of speculative grand openings and delays, zoning hearings, and ongoing construction and renovations, the anticipated New Orleans Healing Center (NOHC) — set to be the “jewel” of the St. Claude Avenue corridor and a citywide destination — is now open.

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The center, backed by developer Pres Kabacoff and his partner Sallie Ann Glassman (owner of the Island of Salvation Botanica, an NOHC tenant), occupies the former Universal Furniture building at the corner of St. Claude and St. Roch avenues, a 55,000-squarefoot building that after the levee failures served as a Prospect.1 exhibition site, a New Orleans Police Department 5th District substation, and a temporary co-op grocery outpost. Several businesses, like Wild Lotus Yoga, the Building Block (including the Alliance

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Loyola University’s student newspaper, was named one of the top three non-daily college papers in the nation by the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ). After being named the region’s top non-daily college paper in April, the Maroon competed in a field of 12 papers for the national honors. The paper, which was founded in 1923, publishes once a week during the spring and fall semesters.

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a graduate of Lusher Charter School, was awarded a full-tuition scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Jordan, a drummer from eastern New Orleans, received the award after participating in a five-week summer experience at the college’s City Music program, a nonprofit program that provides music education and appreciation to students in underserved communities.

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project leaders of the Young Leadership Council’s (YLC) RECreate program, accepted the YLC’s “Project of 25 Years” award at the YLC’s 25th anniversary banquet. RECreate is a basketball program that connects adult volunteers with local at-risk youth. Tiffany Delcour received the YLC’s “Volunteer of the Year” award, while Andre Feigler and Alex Lebow were honored for “Project of the Year” with their project Youth Run New Orleans.

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volunteered as a general surgeon for two weeks aboard the Africa Mercy, the world’s largest private hospital ship, which is docked off the coast of Sierra Leone and serving the population there. Volunteers performed corrective surgeries, tumor removal and orthopedic work, among other medical procedures. The Metairie physician is on the surgical training faculty at Tulane University and Louisiana State University medical schools.

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NEW ORLEANS HEALING CENTER: NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE MULTI-PURPOSE, MULTI-CULTURAL BUILDING?

The New Orleans Healing Center is set to be a ‘jewel’ of the St. Claude Avenue corridor and offers a wealth of businesses to draw people from all corners of the city.

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for Affordable Energy and other businesses), “street university” workshops, and an ASI Federal Credit Union, have had soft openings in the space. (The center’s grand opening was Aug. 28.) A few week’s before the center’s debut, the sounds of hammers and saws echoed up to the building’s third floor, where crews below were loading, unloading, building — obviously there was (and is) a lot of work to be done. Kabacoff says he envisions the space as a sustainability-minded community center uniting at least seven neighborhoods. Outside the NOHC, debates simmered among neighbors, locals and city planners over the center’s role. Is it a music venue or a restaurant? Is this gentrification? What about crime? Who’s paying for this?

THE BUIlDINg BlOCK IS THE CENTEr’S second tenant, and it currently occupies the entire third floor — though the sustainable business developers share the space with their tenants, who rent space from the Building Block in a co-operative office space. Inside, start-up companies, artists, consultants and other green-minded businesses and entrepreneurs occupy several desks and offices — a community, of sorts, “doing like-minded work,” says co-founder Forest Bradley-Wright. “It just feels like you’re in the right kind of place. … You’d expect to see that, a great deal of cross-promotion.” It’s that same spirit Kabacoff envisions for the entire center among all its tenants. But several tenants have been the subjects of a debate over whether they’re wanted in the first place. With low citizen satisfaction within the 5th District (marked as the lowest among all eight of New Orleans Police Department districts in a recent poll), the center also has received criticism for keeping a substation within an “arts-minded” — not criminal — building. In March, Cmdr. Christopher goodly replaced Capt. Bernadine Kelley, who in July became the subject of a Public Integrity Bureau investigation, only fueling weak public perception in a neighborhood riddled with violent crime. The center also will be patrolled by a New Orleans chapter of the guardian Angels, a controversial citizen patrol group with chapters across the U.S. (When he served as Nashville’s top cop, NOPD superintendent ronal Serpas said the group “can be very dangerous. … I believe it is in everyone’s interest for a trained police officer to actually interact with suspicious persons and lawbreakers.”) Kabacoff defends NOPD’s presence, saying he wanted to get the NOPD out of the trailers the district was stationed in since 2005, while NOPD plans a new standalone station for the district. (A zoning change could allow a “permanent police station” at the center.)

David Percival, aka lord David, who lives across the street from the center, has been an outspoken community critic regarding the zoning change, which also would designate Cafe Istanbul (owned and run by Chuck Perkins and Suleyman Aydin) for “adult entertainment,” allowing alcohol sales during late-night performances — a plan revealed to residents earlier this year when construction and contracts were already complete. “Cafe Istanbul should concentrate on the quality of service & entertainment … rather than go for the easy money of another late night drinking hole, in an area that has enough already, and doesn’t really want one there,” lord David wrote on his blog, lorddavidtruth.blogspot.com. The Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association also opposed the plan. In a July column, OffBeat magazine publisher Jan ramsey wrote in response to lord David and the FMIA’s opposition, “They all need to back off and to let this thing happen in peace. … leave the music alone, especially in a place like the Healing Center. In fact, why don’t you go listen to some music and get some healing yourselves…!” At an Aug. 23 City Planning Commission (CPC) meeting, lord David addressed the commission in opposition to the cafe’s planned late-night hours and the high outdoor lighting overlooking the center’s parking lot (and beaming into nearby residences). “I don’t know anyone in the area who’s against it. The performers we’d see there are our colleagues, and we’re all for that,” he told the CPC. “[But] the idea this needs to be open til 2 a.m. is ridiculous.” In an email to Gambit, he wrote that he supports the center and the cafe, and added they are a “much needed effort to bring change, economic & social, to an area steeped in culture, creativity and traditions. From the latest plays at the Marigny & Shadowbox Theaters, the hardcore bands at Siberia, the Bounce Dance Parties at the St. roch Tavern, to the Mardi gras Indian tribes that practice, off hours & on, at the Hi Ho lounge, this is truly New Orleans New Bohemia.” His and others’ concerns are with Kabacoff’s original plans for Cafe Istanbul versus the eventual plans, and how they were revealed: “We expected something along the lines of the Marigny or Shadowbox theaters, with perhaps some shades of Snug Harbor thrown into the mix,” lord David said. “As it came closer to opening time, it became apparent that Mr. Kabacoff was planning something else.” The CPC did not pass the zoning change, but it will be revisited by both City Council and CPC in the future. “Nothing is easy about this,” Kabacoff says. “But the energy, attention and importance — we wouldn’t have done it if I didn’t think it could work.”

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FOllOWINg THE 2005 lEvEE FAIlUrES, Kabacoff put together a “salon” to discuss potential revitalization projects, ultimately deciding on the center and plans for a “healing center” in “the sliver by the river that’s been ignored,” he says. The project has a $13 million price tag, backed by investors, a New Orleans redevelopment Authority grant, and federal and state tax credits. The project’s three goals, Kabacoff says, are to unify the area’s neighborhoods, stimulate the corridor’s economic recovery, and provide needed, affordable services to an underserved stretch of the city that still doesn’t have a grocery store, among other things. The St. roch Market across the street — currently owned by the city — still is in the development stage. Built in 1875, the market once was St. Claude’s cornerstone, but since 2005, it’s been unoccupied and a blighted pockmark on the avenue. In 2009, the city and developers (including architect lee ledbetter) held community meetings to determine the best use of the building. In May, St. Claude Main Street manager Eva Campos told Gambit the market formerly served as the avenue’s “cultural center, the historic center. Everything about it is what brings people here.” Another blighted former grocery store, the robert Fresh Market at Elysian Fields Avenue and St. Claude, also continues to rot while residents nearby commute as far as Mid-City or Chalmette to shop at a full-service grocery. Farmers markets and corner and convenience stores fill in the basics. Moving into the NOHC, then, are organic gardens and nurseries (The Earth lab), an organic restaurant (Fatoush), and the New Orleans Food Co-Op, the ambitious 5,500-square-foot community-owned grocery. Kabacoff says he’s supported the co-op with a loan from ASI, while hundreds of residents have signed on as members. (The co-op is set to open Oct. 1.)

Other tenants include an arts bazaar, and art galleries and “street universities” run by Andy Antippas, owner of Barrister’s gallery across the street. There also are nutritionists, wellness clinics, interfaith centers, and a new Maple Street Book Shop location inside the center. Kabacoff says he hopes to link the NOHC with the St. roch Market across the street and the adjacent Shadowbox Theatre, connecting the center with local businesses and a planned park at its center. Kabacoff also envisions the New Orleans regional Transit Authority’s planned streetcar service on St. Claude will boost the Healing Center’s profile citywide. “It’s catalytic to the goal of bringing together entire sections of the city — locals, regular (visitors), and the world,” he says.

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Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, fresh from house arrest and newly married (for the third time), basked in attention in the French Quarter on Aug. 23, first speaking to an adoring crowd at the Hermann-Grima House, then serving free beer with wife Trina as guest bartenders at Molly’s at the Market in the French Quarter. The whole circus was ostensibly part of a book tour Edwards began last week in Baton Rouge, promoting his 2009 authorized memoir by Leo Honeycutt, who also attended. In reality, it was a few other things: (a) a love fest for the 84-year-old former governor; (b) an excuse to show off his new wife, 32-year-old Trina (nee Scott) Edwards; and (c) an excuse to be adorably roguish one more time before an extremely forgiving crowd of left-leaning politicos and nostalgists, people who seem to miss the days when state politics were infused with the Gulf Coast equivalent of Borscht Beltish sex-and-pretty-girl jokes.

Not much to write about the first part of the night. Not because it wasn’t interesting, but Edwards’ speech was off the record at the insistence of the event’s organizer — the Press Club of New Orleans. Brief summary without getting into specifics: Edwards told jokes. Honeycutt talked about the process of writing the book, complete with a hard sell on the ex-governor’s legacy. Trina Edwards sat next to her hubby throughout, but never said a word. And Edwards and Honeycutt skillfully, charmingly evaded one or two difficult questions, including one on EWE’s opinion of Gov. Bobby Jindal. Edwards then sat for a brief interview with pundit and PR flack Allan Katz before hitting a packed-to-the-rafters Molly’s, where he was nearly an hour late but was nevertheless greeted with a huge cheer. The hurrahs were even louder when Molly’s announced that, for the duration of the ex-governor’s stay, drinks were free. Old times, indeed. — Maldonado

LoWEr 9, Six YEarS LatEr

While the city and the mayor’s office had no official plans to commemorate the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the federal flood, local politicos announced their participation in several memorial services. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, City Council members and area parish presidents all committed to anniversary events. In the Lower 9th Ward, several groups highlighted a different kind of recovery. Last week, Global Green, the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association, the Make it Right Foundation and the Sierra Club partnered with bike activism and events group NOLA Social Ride for a bike tour of the neighborhood’s “green” renaissance and development, which in the last six years has become a model for sustainability and green design. The tour highlighted Global Green’s Holy Cross Project, Make It Right homes, and the Bayou Bienvenue platform, a communitybuild project that widened the floodwall between the bayou and neighborhood and created an observation deck. Stephane Tonnelat, a research fellow with France’s National Center of Scientific Research, says because of the neighborhood’s hand in projects like this, “no one in the neighborhood, in the city, or in the United States will question the Lower 9th Ward’s claim to be a fully fledged part of the city. In fact, by making the bayou visible, the deck has also helped make the neighborhood viable. … It is a testimony to the shareable power that a fully fledged public space, however small it may be, can give to a neighborhood that is striving to survive in a risky location.” The Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development and the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio also released a plan

for Lower 9th Ward revitalization projects (the L9 Waterfront) over the next decade — including St. Claude Bridge pedestrian and bicycling connections, improved lighting, and wetlands research. Other potential projects include an amphitheater, art installations, a market and playgrounds. The report says the Lower 9 is poised to become a “unique place to live and work, a destination for arts and culture … and a recreational hub for New Orleans residents as well as visitors from around the world.” — Alex Woodward

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A state health care financing plan devised by state Sen. David Heitmeier, D-Algiers, continues to pay dividends for local hospitals hard hit by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Heitmeier told Gambit last week that preliminary figures for next year’s state budget show $468 million in additional federal funds under his healthcare financing plan. Dubbed “The Heitmeier Plan” in recognition of the Algiers senator’s efforts to increase Louisiana’s share of federal reimbursement dollars, the plan uses existing local and state health-care funds to draw down a larger share of federal “upper payment limit” funds. The plan has been particularly helpful to East Jefferson General Hospital, Ochsner Medical Center and West Jefferson Medical Center — as well as public and private hospitals across the state. “The state has realized approximately $190 million to date in additional federal dollars because of the way we now leverage our existing health care spending,” Heitmeier said. “That money has come to Louisiana since last December. Once it’s fully functional, the various ways that we are maximizing our potential drawdowns will bring in close to a half-billion dollars a year — all without any increase in taxes.” The plan had to be approved by federal officials. So far, the feds have approved “UPL” plans for physicians and for hospitals that provided care for needy and uninsured patients. In addition to helping community and private hospitals address post-Katrina operating deficits, the new plan also helps provide health care services to needy citizens. Heitmeier, a practicing optometrist on the West Bank, says he is working on improved UPL plans for service-district hospitals — such as East Jeff and West Jeff — and for ambulance services. The ambulance UPL could help public hospitals as well as parishes that provide EMS services, including Orleans. “These are dollars that Louisiana rightfully deserves,” Heitmeier says. — Clancy DuBos

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leaders planned to kick off a campaign to rename the structure the Madison/ Brissette Bridge — after Ronald Madison and James Brissette, the two men killed in the shooting. “It’s so we will remember,” AALP project manager Ernest L. Jones told Gambit last week. “We had some discussion and debate as to whether renaming it would unnecessarily open a wound. We said no. We wanted to keep in mind that there were human consequences to the devastation of Katrina as well as all the other consequences.” The bridge is owned and maintained by the state Department of Transportation and Development, so renaming it would require legislative approval. State Rep. Jared Brossett, D-Gentilly, whose district includes the bridge, said he is weighing whether to sponsor such a bill in the 2012 legislative session. “I have staff researching what the options are,” Brossett told Gambit. “I would like to see those who have fallen be honored. Whether that’s renaming the bridge or putting up a plaque, I’m not sure.” Jones said he invited members of the Madison and Brissette families to speak at the event but as of press time could not confirm who would actually be there. Landrieu also was invited to the event, but his office hadn’t replied to queries regarding his attendance as of press time. NOPD officials were noticeably omitted from the list of invitees. “I don’t want to throw salt onto anybody’s wounds,” Jones said. Nor, he said, does he want the commemoration to devolve into police bashing. “This is not an anti-police move. It’s a pro-police move,” he said. “We citizens need to strive to get the police department we want and we need.” — Charles Maldonado

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The Cajun Two-step How rookie Congressman Jeff Landry of new iberia found His groove — and a new danCing partner. By JEREMy ALFORD

t was easy to write off Jeff Landry last November. Granted, he had just clinched the 3rd Congressional District seat by toppling former state House Speaker Hunt Downer in the process. But Landry, an Iberia Parish attorney who hadn’t held elective office until that moment, was also immediately labeled as the odd man out. Louisiana was just beginning the process of redistricting, and one of its seven congressional districts had to be axed in the wake of the 2010 Census. The smart money was on Landry’s 3rd to go the way of all flesh, especially since he was new to the fold. The special redistricting session conducted by state lawmakers in March made good on those bets. Instead of running for re-election from his south-central Louisiana base in 2012, Landry will be forced to face off against fellow incumbent (and fellow Republican) Congressman Charles Boustany, a Lafayette native. Until recently, that hasn’t boded well for Landry. The new district comprises most of Boustany’s southwest Louisiana base. In fact, after the spring redistricting session put all the pieces into motion, state GOP officials encouraged Landry to run against Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, who was then still a Democrat. Caldwell has since switched parties and was endorsed last week by U.S. Sen. David Vitter, a Metairie Republican and the acknowledged kingmaker — if not the kingpin — of Louisiana Republicans these days. Vitter’s endorsement of Caldwell was no accident. He and Landry have become close allies on the Hill, and his support of the AG signals that Vitter has bigger aspirations for his new friend. Recent radio ads touted a series of town hall meetings the two men are holding this week in Lafayette and Lake Charles — the two most populous hubs in the district that Landry and Boustany now share. Vitter also ran well there during his 2010 reelection campaign. The radio ad mentions Vitter and Landry five times, leaving the clear suggestion that they are a team. It’s also no secret that Vitter and Boustany are anything but friends. Could this mean that Vitter plans to endorse the rookie from New Iberia against the veteran Boustany next year?

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“I wouldn’t want to speculate on that,” Landry says. “But I think it’s safe to say the senator and I do enjoy a very close relationship when it comes to politics and issues.” Landry says his relationship with Vitter goes back at least a decade, when he was a contributor the senator’s campaign. In 2007, Landry ran unsuccessfully for the state Senate and received support from the Louisiana Committee for a Republican Majority, which Vitter helped create. Vitter is still raising money for LCRM, which has no official connections to the Louisiana Republican Party. Under campaign finance laws, LCRM cannot coordinate its activities or expenditures with candidates it supports; it has to remain “independent.” Meanwhile, Gov. Bobby Jindal is among the architects of the GOP’s new “Victory Fund,” which the governor

Earlier this month, a [David] Vitter staffer called Landry a “more Cajun version of David.” Landry laughed when he read the line. “I certainly take it as an honor,” Landry says. “It’s flattering.” announced in mid-July. That news adds to a separate, developing narrative pitting Vitter against Jindal for control of the hearts, minds and money of the state GOP. While the Vitter-Landry alliance seems to be ripening only now, sources say the pair truly bonded during the redistricting process, which Vitter reportedly watched closely — with a keen eye on Boustany’s fate. At a glance, the senator and the freshman congressman have a lot in common, starting with their aggressive political style. Both have been charbroiled by opponents on touchy issues — Vitter for a prostitution scandal, Landry on old business dealings and military service — and both have been acquitted, so to speak, by the electorate. Earlier this month, a Vitter staffer called Landry a “more Cajun version of David.” Landry laughed when read the line. “I certainly take it as an honor,” Landry says. “It’s flattering. He’s a person I can trust, someone who will shoot straight with me.”

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different versions.” That brief skirmish helped fuel speculation that Landry is lining himself up for a run against Landrieu in 2014. Landry says he has the job he wants, but having Landrieu as a rhetorical and political stalking horse could jack up Landry’s stature in the contest to topple Boustany — much as Vitter made President Obama his “opponent” in the senator’s 2010 re-election campaign. It’s a tried-and-true strategy in increasingly conservative Louisiana. As for Landry and his gang of “unbranded” young Republicans, the balanced budget debate wasn’t the first or last time they’ll make waves on the Hill. They’ve already carved out a notable stance on the use of recess appointments, with Landry as a leader. When Congress is away during recesses, presidents can avoid Senate confirmation hearings and make “recess appointments” to key positions that might otherwise provoke senatorial “holds” or protracted hearings. In fairness, the tactic has been used by GOP and Democratic presidents alike. Landry says it needs to stop, which is why he authored an amendment several weeks ago to the 2012 energy and water budget bill. His amendment prevents recess appointees to the Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Land Management from getting paid. The House voted 227-193 in favor of Landry’s defunding proposal, which is now contained in H.R. 2354. In June, Landry led the coalition of more than 75 freshmen in drafting a letter to the House leadership requesting that “all appropriate measures be taken to prevent any recess appointment by the president for the remainder of the 112th Congress.” Where did Landry get the idea? “Sen. Vitter recommended that I give that a try,” Landry says. Landry turned up the heat when, during recent recesses, he twice served as pro forma speaker of the House. The move officially kept Congress in session — and thwarted any potential recess appointments. That has meant a few Friday nights in D.C. overseeing housekeeping issues — and missing out on the start of the Fourth of July weekend. But it’s good politics, at least for Landry. He says some continue to ask him to run for attorney general — and that the thought of “being home is attractive — but a congressional seat is the only thing on his mind these days. That … and another debate over a balanced budget amendment. “I certainly hope we do that again,” Landry says. “If not, I’m going to scream and cuss until we do.” Just like his new mentor, Sen. Vitter. Jeremy Alford covers statewide issues — for Gambit. He can be reached at jeremy@ jeremyalford.com.

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Landry really started to carve out a name worth remembering last month when he positioned himself as a leader and major personality among a group of House Republicans that have been described as “renegades” in national media reports. In late July, the group flexed its muscle through a balanced budget amendment that was brokered by Landry and other GOP uber-conservatives. House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, originally wanted to raise the national debt ceiling in exchange for making billions of dollars in cuts and capping future spending. Landry and his cohorts fought to include a constitutional amendment that would require all budgets to be balanced when passed by Congress. The 218-210 vote was just enough to help Boehner get his plan through the House. This group of right-wing newbies, consisting mostly of representatives elected with help from the Tea Party movement, doesn’t have an official name yet, but they are trying to make an impact. “We haven’t been branded,” Landry says. “Just whipped.” Landry recalls that negotiations with congressional leaders were “intense” and spanned 48 hours. He says he felt a though the amendment was the “right thing to do” and that there was an urgency to have it in place before President Barack Obama or one of his successors requests another increase in the federal debt limit. “When I was negotiating in Speaker Boehner’s office, David Vitter was the person I called for guidance,” Landry says. Since 1962, Congress has raised the debt ceiling 74 times — 10 times during the past decade. The federal government has incurred (and increased) so much debt because Congress and presidents have chosen to spend money faster than they collect it via taxes. While Landry and the GOP holdouts are new to the nation’s high stakes budget-and-deficit game, their impact has remained confined to the House. When the Senate received Boehner’s plan, it drew a violent reaction from many lawmakers and resulted in a 59-41 vote to table the proposal. Landry took on Sen. Mary Landrieu, a New Orleans Democrat, and criticized her for voting against the balanced budget amendment. They each penned letters to the editor blasting each other. In her defense, Landrieu says she had concerns about the way the amendment was drafted, particularly a provision that would have automated spending cuts if the House and Senate couldn’t agree to them. She says other balanced budget amendments are likely to be advanced in the coming weeks — and that she wants to vote in favor of one. As usual, the devil will be in the details. “It’s a healthy debate that we need to have,” Landrieu says. “We should end up seeing a lot of

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Timing and Turnout he love fest that showered outgoing New Orleans at-large Councilman Arnie Fielkow quickly gave way to a behind-the-scenes battle over when to schedule the election to succeed him. It’s a good thing Fielkow is merely resigning and not dead — the speed with which some of his colleagues climbed over him to seek his office would have looked pretty unseemly had he been laid out in a coffin. Such is politics. Suffice it to say that the folks most likely to run for Fielkow’s seat lack his sense of tact and civility. They include District D Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, District B Councilwoman Stacy Head, State Sen. Cynthia Willard-Lewis, District E Councilman Jon Johnson and District C Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer. Chances are they won’t all run, but chances are equally good others will jump in. The timing of the special election is crucial because timing affects turnout, and turnout determines who wins. Head, who is a tenacious campaigner with a battery of ardent supporters (and financiers), wants a Nov. 22 primary with a runoff on Dec. 17,

which portends a sparse turnout, which enhances her chances. The New Orleans electorate is 59.5 percent black and 33 percent white, but “off” elections tend to suppress black turnout. You can’t get much more “off” than a Dec. 17 runoff, which explains Head’s desire for the earlier election date. Her official story is that the City Charter requires that date, but an equally good legal argument can be made for a March 24 primary, with a runoff April 21. In addition to legal considerations, the March/April dates are already on the state election calendar and thus would cost the city about $500,000 less than the November/December dates. Hedge-Morrell favors the spring dates, particularly since Louisiana’s presidential primary will be on March 24, which will improve black voter turnout. Mayor Mitch Landrieu will figure prominently in this drama. Word has it he supports a spring election — for budgetary reasons. A half-million dollars could go a long way in NORD, or streets, or NOPD. Meanwhile, here’s my take on the field: Along with Head, Hedge-Morrell starts

as a co-favorite. She’s the council’s longesttenured member and already had her eye on an at-large seat. She also has established herself as a budget authority since joining the council. Moreover, she’s first in line to get Landrieu’s support. On the other hand, revelations last week that Hedge-Morrell and her husband, Criminal Court Clerk Arthur Morrell, fell more than $2,600 behind on paying their city sanitation bill are bound to hurt her.

‘Off’ elections tend to suppress black turnout. You can’t get much more ‘off’ than a Dec. 17 runoff.

Whether it’s Hedge-Morrell or someone else, there will be a major black candidate in this field. If it’s someoe who can get white crossover votes, that candidate will be the favorite. For three decades until 2007, New Orleans had one black and one white at-large councilmember. Since 2007, both at-large councilmembers have been white. The special election to succeed Fielkow presents an opportunity to return to the historic political practice of power sharing. There’s no guarantee that will happen in this election. It all depends on who runs — and on timing and turnout. Meanwhile, Willard-Lewis will face HedgeMorrell’s son, state Sen. J.P. Morrell, in Senate District 2 on Oct. 22. If she loses the Senate race, she may have nothing to lose by running at-large a third time. She lost bids for an at-large seat in 2006 and in 2007. As the newest members of the council, Johnson and Palmer will be under pressure to defer to their more veteran colleagues — or run as spoilers. Nothing is certain just yet. The first shots are likely to come this Thursday, when the council has to call the election. Stay tuned.

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ambit readers have a lot of opinions — and we’ve got a lot of categories in our annual Best of New Orleans™ survey. Every summer, we ask for your input in categories from Best Banh Mi to Best Political Scandal, from Best Sportcaster to Best Place to Buy a Men’s Suit. This year, you really delivered (oh, did you ever) with almost 3,300 ballots cast online and on paper, and our staff spent hours compiling the results. Naturally, some of you had questions — so here are the Best Questions Regarding the Best of New Orleans® ballot: • Are the results real? Indeed they are all too real, which is why we’re walking around with glazed eyes and aching fingers at the end of each August. We don’t monkey with your choices, even when you (ahem) choose someone who no longer lives in the city as Best Local Author … or someone who’s no longer on the Jefferson Parish Council as Best Jeff Parish Councilmember. • Why do you make people fill out more than 50 percent of the ballot to be eligible? Because people have tried to stack the deck in the past by casting hundreds of ballots, but just filling in a few categories. This cuts down on attempted ballot-stacking. • Do people really try to cheat? Oh, mais oui. • What do you do to catch them? We’ve been doing this so long that we have our ways. • Why is [such-and-such] the winner of Best [So-and-So]? Are you people crazy? That’s what we wonder about you sometimes. Still, we love you. And now, with no further ado: Your Best of New Orleans® 2011.

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Best Live Theater Venue

1 Becky Allen — Big, bawdy and funny are Becky Allen’s trademarks, no matter the show. Who else in town could go from starring in … And the Ball and All (perhaps her most iconic comic role) to taking on the role of Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show?

1 Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre (616 St. Peter St., 5222081; www.lepetittheatre. com) — Though Le Petit is currently restructuring (the plan is to reopen with a full season in late 2012), it remains first in the hearts of Gambit readers. Now all of you will be buying season tickets to keep the new Le Petit fiscally solvent. Right? Right??

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2. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts (1419 Basin St., 287-0351; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com) 3. Le Chat Noir (715 St. Charles

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2. Ricky Graham 3. Bryan Batt

Best Dance Club

1 Gold Mine Saloon (701 Dauphine St, 586-0745; www.goldminesaloon.net) This French Quarter dance destination is not for the faint of heart (or of liver). page 21

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on Sunday afternoons. The bar also is home to a pub quiz series on Monday nights. 2. St. Joe’s Bar (5535 Magazine St., 899-3744) 3. Pal’s Lounge (949 N. Rendon St., 488-7257)

Best Hotel Bar

1 Carousel Bar (Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., 523-3341; www.hotelmonteleone.com) — A perennial favorite, the Carousel is undergoing a facelift and an expansion, taking

over some space from the hotel’s Hunt Room Grill. Leave the rotating bar to the tourists; the Carousel is the place for a perfect Vieux Carre cocktail (preferably while sitting near the window watching the hurlyburly of Royal Street). Besides, where else does the room seem to spin around you before you’ve even had your first drink? 2. Sazerac (Roosevelt Hotel, 123 Baronne St., 648-1200; www.therooseveltneworleans.com) page 26

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3. Swizzle Stick (Loews New Orleans Hotel, Cafe Adelaide, 300 Poydras St., 595-3305; www.cafeadelaide.com)

Best Gentlemen’s/ Strip Club

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1 Rick’s Cabaret (315

Bourbon St., 524-4222; www.iknowricks.com) With dancers beckoning from the door or the railing of the grand winding staircase to the second floor, Rick’s Cabaret is one of the most noticeable clubs on Bourbon Street. Since opening in the 1990s, Rick’s has been one of the city’s most upscale and polished gentlemen’s clubs. It’s modern in design and full of amenities including a state-of-theart sound system, VIP rooms and memberships. Monday Night Football is broadcast on widescreen TVs on both floors and the Friday buffet lunch has been an attraction for more than a decade. 2. Visions (4000 Downman Road, 2400069; www.visionsmensclub.com) 3. Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club (225 Bourbon St., 524-0010; www.hustlerclubs.com)

Best Happy Hour

1 Superior Grill (3636 St.

Charles Ave., 899-4200; www. superiorgrill.com) It may sometimes take at least an hour to get a table at this popular Uptown spot, but that doesn’t bother the after-work crowds who are more than happy to knock back margaritas while snacking on chips and queso at this Tex-

Mex joint’s bar. Year after year, this is the favorite among those for whom Cinco de Mayo is to be celebrated every day of the year. 2. Domenica (Roosevelt Hotel, 123 Baronne St., 648-6020; www.domenicarestaurant.com) 3. American Sector (945 Magazine St., 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/americansector)

Best Bar for Nonsmokers

1 d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen

St., 942-3731; www.drinkgoodstuff.com) Locals love d.b.a. for its consistently exciting roster of nightly live music and its top-shelf selection of beer and liquor. But before this year, it was hard to avoid secondhand-smoking an entire pack of cigarettes when patronizing the Frenchmen Street spot. But one of the best got better when the bar/music venue went smoke-free at the beginning of 2011, and smokers and non-smokers alike seem to have been fine with the change. 2. Cure (4905 Freret St., 302-2357; www.curenola.com) 3. Oak (8118 Oak St., 3021485; www.oaknola.com)

Best Place to Dance to a Live Band

1 Tipitina’s (501

Napoleon Ave., 895-8477; www.tipitinas.com) Opened as a neighborhood joint in 1977, Tip’s has stayed true to its roots even while gaining prominence as a bastion

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ur readers couldn’t resist giving smart-ass answers to some of our queries — particularly those relating to a certain former mayor. We admit to teeing it up for some of our readers in this year’s Best of New Orleans® survey, especially when we asked questions about local politics and politicos. For example, when we asked folks to name the Best Lawmaker, one responded, “Doesn’t exist.” And when we asked for the Best Jefferson Parish Council member, a reader answered, “Pick one not under indictment.”

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of southern Louisiana music and culture. A weekly Cajun fais do-do (which has been running for 24 years), a free concert series and no-smoking policy give attendees incentive to two-step across the dance floor.

2. Rock ’n’ Bowl (3000 S. Carrollton Ave., 861-1700; www.rocknbowl.com) 3. Maple Leaf Bar (8316 Oak St., 866-9359; mapleleafbar.com)

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But even we were surprised at the number — and intensity — of the cynical (and hilarious) answers to our request for the Best Sequel to Ray Nagin’s Memoir. We confess: It was pretty much the journalistic equivalent of hunting a baited field. Here are some of the more outrageous replies: • 1,001 New Uses for Books That Don’t Sell • A liar’s Lament • A-hole on a Hot Tin Roof • … And Then I Woke Up • Attn: Village Missing Idiot … • Audacity of Dope • “But, but, he was doing so well before the storm!” • Chicken Soup for the Heartless Soul • Chocolate City and other Katrina Recipes • Chocolate like Me • Chocolate Prison • Come Hell or High Water • Dummy’s Guide to Disaster Consulting • Escape from Alcatraz, Part II • Everybody Poops • Gone With the Wind II • I Did It My Way • I Lied • If I Really Showed Up to Work • The Jeffersons: Movin’ on Down • Let Me Tell You More About My Post-Katrina Bowel Movements: A Love Story • Lies and Whispers • Mad Man • Megalomania: A How-To Guide • Melted Chocolate • Oops I Did It Again • Ray Nagin — Unplugged • Yes, I’m as Dumb as a Box of Rocks

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Orleans, so there are lots of Hurricane first-timer tourists to entertain you.

St. Peter St., 525-4823; www.patobriens.com) — There are different atmospheres for different moods here, with a locals’ bar on one side of the street entrance and a rollicking piano bar on the other — and one of the busiest courtyards in the city. Its worldwide fame puts it on lists of must-see places in New

2. Molly’s at the Market (1107 Decatur St., 5255169; www.mollysatthemarket.net)

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3. d.b.a. (618 Frenchmen St., 942-3731; www.drinkgoodstuff.com)

Best Movie Theater

1 Prytania (5339

Prytania St., 891-2787;

www.theprytania.com) — Every year, Best of New Orleans voters eschew chain multiplexes in favor of the nearly 100-year-old neighborhood theater. Owner and serious movie buff Rene Brunet runs his theater like a gracious host, greeting patrons and regaling captive listeners with his expansive film knowledge. The theater’s single screen shows anything from the latest blockbusters to classics,

3. AMC Palace 20 (1200 Elmwood Park Blvd., Harahan, 888-262-4386)

Best Place to See Comedy

1 La Nuit Comedy

2. The Theater at Harrah’s (8 Canal St., 533-6111; www.harrahsneworleans.com) 3. Carrollton Station (8140 Willow St., 8659190; www.carrolltonstation.com)

Best Place for Karaoke

1 Cat’s Meow (701

Bourbon St., 523-2788; www. catskaraoke. com) — Though many locals would rather chug a shot of Tabasco than brave Bourbon Street, the siren song of a certain sultry feline is enough to overpower this aversion. The Cat’s Meow’s popularity proves that off-key,

3. Kajun’s Pub (2256 St. Claude Ave., 947-3735; http://kajunpub.com)

Best Place to Get a Bloody Mary

1 Louisiana Superdome (1500 Sugar Bowl Drive, 587-3663; www.superdome.com) — It’s really genius to have the city’s best Bloody Mary at the Superdome. It’s a potion if the Saints are having “one of those days,” and a great mood topper when we end up in the Win column. The cocktail provides 20 percent of the vitamin C you need for the day. Thanks, Superdome, for keeping Saints fans healthy.

2. Pat O’Brien’s (718 St. Peter St, 525-4823; www.patobriens.com) 3. Commander’s Palace (1403 Washington Ave., 899-8221; www.commanderspalace.com)

Best Place to Get a Margarita

1 Superior Grill (3636 St. Charles Ave., 8994200; www.neworleans.superiorgrill.com) — It’s not hard to understand the draw of

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Best Place to Get a Martini

1 The Bombay Club (830 Conti St., 586-0972; www.thebombayclub. com) — Decorated as an upscale British gentleman’s club, with live music nightly, The Bombay Club has the right ambience for a romantic meal, a business meeting or sharing exotic elixirs with friends. Mixologist Cheryl Charming has created a diverse menu of martinis, ranging from the Vesper (named after James Bond’s love interest in Casino Royale) to a Chocolate Mocha-tini.

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Theater (5039 Freret St., 231-7011; www.lanuittheater.com) — Smack in the middle of the newly revived Freret Street strip, La Nuit has an ever-changing array of standup shows, improv troupes and plays to make you laugh. And if you want to get into the act, proprietor Yvonne Landry teaches improv classes at all levels (the new season of classes begins Sept. 10).

2. Little Tokyo (310 N. Carrollton Ave., 485-5807; 1340 S. Carrollton Ave., 8616088; 1521 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, 8316788; www.littletokyonola.com

Superior Grill. Its margaritas are made with freshly squeezed juice, come frozen or on the rocks and its variety of tequilas includes Margarita Gold and Gran Gala. It’s a prime spot for mingling, especially during happy hour, which offers two-for-one or a large for the price of a small starting at 3:30 p.m. daily, when $6 will get your buzz started.

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ty-performance in New Orleans in April 2011 at the New Orleans Arena (she headlined a sold-out stop in December 2009 at the UNO Lakefront Arena). Weeks before the release of her third album Born This Way in May, Gaga rained down her ultra-hits on grand sets and costumes over two breathless, sweaty hours at the Arena.

1 Wine Institute of New

Orleans (W.I.N.O.) (610 Tchoupitoulas St., 3248000; www.winoschool.com) — It’s the place to become an oenophile without breaking the bank. There are classes that teach about types of wines and pairings, or sample 120 wines by the ounce — kept fresh with a state-of-the-art Enomatic wine serving system — to help you decide what you want to imbibe by the glass. To seal the deal, W.I.N.O. offers a menu of small plates ranging from cheese plates, pate and bruschetta to a chicken salad.

2. Delachaise (3442 St. Charles Ave., 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com)

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3. Oak (8118 Oak St., 302-1485; www.oaknola.com)

Best Beer Selection

1 Bulldog (3236

Magazine St., 891-1556; 5135 Canal Blvd., 4884191; www.bulldog. draftfreak.com) — Gambit readers willing to travel the globe pintways chose this Uptown beer emporium (and its Mid-City home) as the best in its class for another year in a row. Choose from more than 100 bottled beers and 50 drafts, served in signature glasses you can take home on Wednesdays. Dogs are welcome, and you’ll likely find them lapping at the beertap water fountain (and sudsy shrine) on the patio.

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2. Cooter Brown’s (509 S. Carrollton Ave., 8669104; www.cooterbrowns.com) 3. Avenue Pub (1732 St. Charles Ave., 5869243; www.theavenuepub.com)

Best Locally Brewed Beer

1 Abita Amber — This

Munich-style lager is the Abita Brewery’s flagship brew, and its brown label and caramel color are found both in backyard barbecues and on Old Line restaurant tables. It goes with everything, and soon will be everywhere — Abita will premiere its canned beers next year. 2. Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager 3. NOLA Blonde Ale

Best Bar for Craft Cocktails

1 Cure (4905 Freret St.,

302-2357; www.cure-

nola.com) — The slower the better at this lush, high-ceilinged spirits sanctuary. Master mixologists prepare finely tuned cocktails noted by GQ, Esquire and Travel + Leisure as some of the country’s best among a renaissance of lovingly recreated libations and new concoctions. Pro tip: Obey the dress code and imbibe appropriately. 2. Bar Tonique (820 N. Rampart St., 324-6045; www.bartonique.com) 3. Twelve Mile Limit (500 Telemachus St., 488-8114)

Best Casino

1 Harrah’s Casino

(8 Canal St., 533-600; www.harrahsneworleans.com) — Whenever your spirits need a lift — or you’re feeling really lucky — go to Harrah’s, where you’ll find 115,000-squarefeet of entertainment space. If the bright lights, constant bells of win-

ning slot machines, and the laughter and drinks don’t pull you out of your slump, you can attend a music show at the casino’s theater or head to Masquerade’s for some music, dancing and drinks served on an ice bar (yes, the bar is made of ice). 2. Treasure Chest Casino (5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 443-8000; www.treasurechest.com) 3. Boomtown Casino (4132 Peters Road, Harvey, 366-7711; www.boomtownneworleans.com)

Best Live Music Venue 1 Tipitina’s (501

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2. Andrea’s (3100 19th St., Metairie, 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com)

Best New Restaurant

1 Cowbell (8801 Oak St., 298-8689; www.cowbell-nola.com) Chef Brack May opened Cowbell just inside the parish line, and diners heeded the dinner bell. The ambience is casual and retro with some waitresses donning vintage aprons. The cuisine highlights creative comfort food, with mainstays like beef burgers and chili-cheese fries, and there’s a chalkboard menu for daily specials and side dishes.

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2. The Velvet Cactus (6300 Argonne Blvd., 301-2083; www.thevelvetcactus.com)

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3. Dominique’s on Magazine (4729 Magazine St., 894-8869; www.dominiquesneworleans.com)

1 Galactic — The funk

quintet released the acclaimed Ya_Kay_May in 2010, a cross-section of New Orleans music history, from its living legends (Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint) to its hip hop torchbearers (bounce performers Big Freedia, Cheeky Blakk). But its centerpiece, of course, is Galactic, whose outrageous, explosive funk powerhouse has shaken up New Orleans stages and music halls since 1994. 2. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk

Best Metairie Restaurant

1 Drago’s Seafood

Restaurant (3232 N. Arnoult Road., Metairie, 888-9254; www.dragosrestaurant.com) — Tommy Cvitanovich presides over the restaurant he and his family built into a local institution. It’s best known for char-broiled oysters topped with butter, garlic, Parmesan and seasonings, but the restaurant offers a wide array of local seafood in everything from refined

3. Vega Tapas Cafe (2051 Metairie Road, 8362007; www.vegatapascafe.com)

Best New Orleans Restaurant

1 Commander’s Palace (1403 Washington Ave., 899-8221; www.commanderspalace.com) — Whether it’s for executive chef Tory McPhail’s modern Creole cooking or the 25-cent martinis at lunch, Commander’s Palace draws a crowd to its expansive Garden District location. The Brennan family landmark has collected multiple James Beard Foundation awards for excellence and is a recurring favorite with Gambit readers.

2. Galatoire’s (209 Bourbon St., 525-2021; www.galatoires.com) 3. Restaurant August (301 Tchoupitoulas St., 299-9777; www.restaurantaugust.com)

Best Kenner Restaurant

1 Harbor Seafood & Oyster Bar (3203 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 443-6454) — Whether you like your seafood boiled, grilled, blackened, fried, stewed, stuffed or raw, the Harbor has you covered. The casual, family-style eatery shares a wall with a related seafood market, which fills the kitchen’s hugely varied roster of local finfish

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Best Northshore Restaurant

1 La Provence (25020

Hwy. 19, Lacombe, 985-626-7662; www. laprovencerestaurant. com) — The rural ambience of La Provence is so seductive, it can make the drive to Lacombe seem like a

shortcut to the French countryside. Chef John Besh began his career here, and since taking over the restaurant from his late mentor Chris Kerageorgiou he has honored its legacy while broadening its horizons. Today, gardens all around the restaurant help supply a farm-fresh menu of contemporary cuisine and updated French classics. 2. Trey Yuen (600 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, 985-6264476; www.treyyuen.com) 3. Dakota (629 N. Hwy. 190, Covington, 985892-3712; www.restaurantcuvee.com/dakota)

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3. Red Maple (1036 Lafayette St., Gretna, 367-0935)

Best St. Bernard Parish Restaurant

1 Rocky & Carlo’s (613 W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, 279-8323; www.rockyandcarlos.com) — Since it first opened in 1965 (except for a post-Katrina hiatus), Rocky & Carlo’s has been a St. Bernard Parish mainstay for Creole and Italian food. Regulars head to the friendly eatery for big plates of veal Parmesan, po-boys and onion rings. The mac and cheese also is popular, and those in the know order it with gravy on top.

2. Tony’s Po-boys (434 E. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, 271-5211) 3. Par 3 Diner (2401 Paris Road, Chalmette, 279-7273)

1 TIE: Clancy’s (6100 Annunciation St., 8951111; www.clancysneworleans.com) — Clancy’s is a popular upscale corner restaurant that draws locals to its tiny bar and boisterous dining rooms for sharp service and contemporary Creole cooking. The menu evolves with frequent tweaks and small changes, but popular dishes include baked oysters over spinach and Brie, smoked duck and lemon ice box pie.

1 TIE: Katie’s Restaurant & Bar (3701 Iberville St., 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com) — Since

3. Mulate’s (201 Julia St., 522-1492; www.mulates.com)

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reopening after the levee failures, Katie’s has expanded its former menu of Creole and Italian favorites to include gourmet pizzas and sandwiches. Regulars still head to the Mid-City favorite for fried eggplant and platters of fried seafood and chicken Parmesan, and the attractively remodeled restaurant is busy again. 2. Mandina’s (3800 Canal St., 482-9179; www.mandinasrestaurant.com) 3. Patois (6078 Laurel St., 895-9441; www.patoisnola.com)

Best Hotel Restaurant

1 Domenica (Roosevelt Hotel, 123 Baronne St., 648-6020; www.domenicarestaurant. com) — Located in the Roosevelt Hotel, chef John Besh’s Domenica is an elegant but warm restaurant focusing on

well-crafted rustic Italian dishes, imported salumi and cheeses, pasta and more casual gourmet pizzas. In a unique holiday offering, chef Alon Shaya also serves Kosher items for Passover. 2. Cafe Adelaide (Loews Hotel, 300 Poydras St., 595-3305; www.cafeadelaide.com) 3. Rib Room (Omni Royal Orleans, 621 St. Louis St., 529-7046; www.ribroomneworleans.com)

Best Barbecue Restaurant

1 The Joint (801 Poland Ave., 949-3232; www.alwayssmokin.com) — This Bywater hub is low on frills but big on smoky flavor. The Joint says it’s “always smokin’,” and diners head to the counter to order plates of pork spareribs, brisket, pulled pork, locally made sausages, chicken and homey sides like baked beans and mac and

cheese. There’s seating inside and in the backyard near the smoker. 2. Voodoo Barbecue (1501 St. Charles Ave., 522-4647; 2740 Severn Ave., Metairie, 3534227; 2999 Hwy. 190 E., Mandeville, 985-6292021; 5110 Jefferson Hwy., Harahan, 7292442; www.voodoobbq.com) 3. Squeal (8400 Oak St., 302-7370; www.squealnola.com)

Best Chinese Restaurant

1 Five Happiness (3605 S. Carrollton Ave., 4823935; www.fivehappiness.com) — Five Happiness has been a Mid-City bastion of Chinese food for three decades. The voluminous menu draws dishes from an array of regional cuisines, and the list of lunch specials is a mix of the best known American-Chinese favor-

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ites. There are many big tables for large parties to share a number of plates in the traditional Chinese style, and the restaurant offers take-out and delivery as well. 2. Royal China (600 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 831-9633) 3. Jung’s Golden Dragon (3009 Magazine St., 8918280; www.junsgoldendragon2.com)

Best Cajun Restaurant

1 Cochon (930

Tchoupitoulas St., 5887675; www.cochonbutcher.com) — Cochon’s refined Cajun cooking comes from chefs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski, who won

1 Jacques-Imo’s (8324 Oak St., 861-0886; www.jacquesimoscafe.com) — Chef/proprietor Jacques Leonardi takes colorful and creative license in his Creole cooking at his sprawling restaurant. Murals and folk art cover the walls of the main building, a side annex and the pick-up truck usually parked in front. Diners crowd the barroom before settling in for signature dishes like shrimp and alligator cheesecake, carpetbagger steak filled with oysters, spicy bouillabaisse, fried chicken and more.

2. Dooky Chase (2301 Orleans Ave., 821-0600) 3. Galatoire’s (209 Bourbon St., 525-2021; www.galatoires.com)

Best Italian Restaurant

1 Vincent’s (4411 Chastant St., Metairie, 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com) — Everything used to make a meal at Vincent’s is fresh (there are no walk-in freezers page 41

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Mediterranean and Louisiana flourishes. 2. Baru Bistro & Tapas (3700 Magazine St., 895-2225; www.barutapas.com) 3. TIE: Mimi’s In the Marigny (2601 Royal St., 872-9868) 3. TIE: Salu (3226 Magazine St., 3715809; www.salurestaurant.com)

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1 Surrey’s Cafe & Juice

2. The Ruby Slipper Cafe (139 S. Cortez St., 309-5531; 200 Magazine St., 525-9355; www.therubyslippercafe.net) 3. Camellia Grill (540 Chartres St., 522-1800; 626 S. Carrollton Ave., 309-2679; www.camelliagrill.net)

Best Brunch

1 Commander’s Palace (1403 Washington Ave., 899-8221; www.commanderspalace. com) — Brunch at Commander’s Palace includes jazz, eye-opener cocktails and a menu full of indulgences from executive chef Tory McPhail. Try dishes like cochon de lait with eggs topped with hollandaise or Commander’s version of eggs Sardou with artichokes, mushrooms, eggplant and hollandaise. It’s a flavorful and decadent start to the day.

2. Dante’s Kitchen (736 Dante St., 861-3121; www.danteskitchen.com)

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Best Lunch Specials

1 Commander’s Palace

(1403 Washington Ave., 899-8221; www.commanderspalace. com) — The best lunch deal in town may be the 25-cent martinis (with entree) at Commander’s Palace, but the $16 two-course specials are also attractive. Jackets aren’t required at lunch, so it’s easy to relax and enjoy executive chef Tory McPhail’s modern Creole cuisine. 2. Joey K’s (3001 Magazine St., 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com) 3. TIE: Palace Cafe (605 Canal St., 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com) 3. TIE: Antoine’s (713 St. Louis St., 525-8045; www.antoines.com)

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1 Camellia Grill (540 Chartres St., 522-1800; 626 S. Carrollton Ave., 309-2679; www.camelliagrill.net) — One of Gambit readers’ favorite final stops is at the counter of the Camellia Grill. The original location in the Riverbend serves satisfying diner fare from burgers and omelets to chili-cheese fries and slices of pie warmed on the grill. The friendly and sometimes sassy service is all part of the experience.

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Best Menu for Vegetarians 1 Green Goddess

(307 Exchange Place, 301-3347; www.greengoddessnola.com) — There’s plenty of meat on the menu at this diminutive French Quarter restaurant, but vegetarians have so many original and appealing options they may feel they’ve found a new culinary home. Forget the perfunctory pasta primavera. Chefs Chris DeBarr and

2. Mona’s Cafe (504 Frenchmen St., 9494115; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., 861-8175; 3901 Banks St., 4827743; 4126 Magazine St., 894-9800; www.monascafenola.com) 3. Nirvana Indian Cuisine (4308 Magazine St., 894-9797)

Best Place for Desserts

1 Sucre (3025 Magazine St., 520-8311, Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Blvd., 8342277; www.shopsucre. com) — The pleasantly pastel environs of this sweet boutique give shoppers a taste of its offerings, which range from gelato, to bananas Foster-flavored chocolates, to authentic French macaroons topped with gold leaf.

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With a new location at Lakeside Shopping Center, Jefferson Parish residents can sate their sweet tooths closer to home. 2. Angelo Brocato (214 N. Carrollton Ave., 4861465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com) 3. Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro (4517 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 4547620; 2001 St. Charles Ave., 593-9955; www.copelandscheesecakebistro.com)

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1 Delachaise (3442 St. Charles Ave., 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com) — It’s been recommended by Conde Nast, New York Magazine and other travel media because of its meticulously curated, international wine list. There are 22 wines by the glass and additional choices in bottles, as well as an extensive beer list and a full bar. To seal the deal, the kitchen turns out upscale cuisine, including housemade pate, cheese plates, flank steak bruschetta and must-try pommes frites cooked in goose fat.

2. Wine Institute of New Orleans (W.I.N.O.) (610 Tchoupitoulas St., 324-8000; www.winoschool.com)

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n New Orleans, there’s a thrift store, consignment shop or flea market for just about every budget and style preference. But many Orleans Parish thrift stores get picked over rather quickly by scores of vintage boutique owners, costumers and trendy college students. As a result, selections can be lackluster. To score the good stuff, it helps to venture outside Orleans Parish. To get your feet wet, start by hitting up the Jefferson Highway thrift store corridor. In thrifting, as in life, tenacity pays off, so if you don’t hit the jackpot at The Red, White & Blue (5278 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson, 733-8066; www. redwhiteandbluethrif tstore. com), you might get lucky at Goodwill (9323 Jefferson Hwy., 737-7490; www.goodwillno.org). Be warned: There are no dressing rooms at The Red, White & Blue, so it helps to shed your modesty or wear a form-fitted undergarment (leggings and a tight camisole work well) while trying on clothes. A friend with a discerning eye can serve as a mirror, since

those are also in short supply. Thrift City (601 Terry Pkwy., Suite P, Gretna, 363-0006) is still the behemoth among New Orleans thrift stores, and though it’s not quite as accessible to Orleans Parish residents since it moved from its former Mid-City location, it’s more than worth the drive and the Crescent City Connection’s dollar toll. With frequent sales, dressing rooms and a spacious warehouse containing seemingly endless racks of clothes, it’s one of the more pleasant thrift stores. The Goodwill in Covington (1000 Business 1-90, Suite 41; 985892-3937; www.goodwillno.org) has a few things in its favor: A relatively remote location, dressing rooms and proximity to affluent Northshore citizens (who donate barely worn designer threads) as well as less-than-affluent smalltown Louisianans (who donate irony-ripe stuff like polyester jumpsuits and T-shirts featuring pastel kittens with creepily dilated pupils). Be sure to check out the outstanding collection of watches and jewelry in the glass

accessory case. If these road trips whet your appetite, consider embarking on the ultimate thrift store pilgrimage: McAllen, Texas, a sleepy border town, has Momo’s Ropa Usada (6601 S. 28th St., McAllen, Texas, 956-664-2311), where unsold thrift store inventory goes to die. Sold for 40 cents a pound, there are nuggets of gold to be found among the towering heaps of garments, which stretch nearly to the warehouse’s ceiling. Be prepared to literally dig for clothes, and learn how to say “Pardon me” in Spanish in case you trigger a clothing avalanche that engulfs fellow shoppers. My motto at by-the-pound and regular thrift stores is “If in doubt, buy it.” At best, you’ll end up with a truly one-of-a-kind vintage ensemble. At worst, you’ll have prevented clothes from going to a landfill and contributed a few bucks to a charitable cause. At any rate, a well-honed spirit of adventure is essential for striking thrift store gold, whether at home or on the road.

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1 Port of Call (838 Esplanade Ave., 5210120; www.portofcallnola.com) — A perrennial winner in this category, Port of Call’s success comes from understanding what makes people love burgers: beef that’s freshcut and ground daily, formed into half-pound patties and cooked to order. Another key is keeping it simple; there are only four burgers on the menu, and when paired with a fully stuffed potato, they make more than a full meal. Tropical cocktails are the house specialties and make the inevitable wait outside more enjoyable.

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1 Stein’s Market & Deli (2207 Magazine St., 527-0771; www.steinsdeli.net) — Dan Stein famously advises patrons at his Garden District deli that if they want a po-boy they should go somewhere else. But those who come for a convincing New York-style deli experience are very much in the right place. Shelves are lined with specialty groceries, while behind the counter, Stein’s crew assembles towering pastrami and tongue sandwiches, bagels with lox and regional specialties from Philly cheese steaks to Chicago Italian beef.

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2. Mr. B’s Bistro (201 Royal St., 523-2078; www.mrbsbistro.com) 3. Commander’s Palace (1403 Washington Ave., 899-8221; www.commanderspalace.com)

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2. DiMartino’s Famous New Orleans Muffulettas (700 S. Tyler St., Covington, 985-276-6460; 1788 Carol Sue Ave., Gretna, 392-7589; 3900 Gen. DeGaulle Ave., 3670227; 6641 Westbank Expwy., 341-4096; www.dimartinos.com) 3. Nor-Joe Import Company (505 Frisco Ave., Metairie, 833-9240; www.norjoe.com)

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1 Slice (1513 St. Charles Ave., 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com) — With more than three dozen toppings on the menu, it’s easy to dream up the perfect pizza — and you can get it by the slice or a whole pie. Pizza’s not the only thing special about this restaurant. You can complement your meal with mussels, bruschetta, salads, sandwiches, pasta and desserts. And check out the menu of specialty cocktails, wines, beer and espresso.

2. Reginelli’s (Citywide; www.reginellis.com)

3. Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza (4024 Canal St., 302-1133; 4218 Magazine St., 894-8554; www.theospizza.com)

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1 Popeyes (Citywide; www.popeyes.com) — Do we really have to spell it out? Popeyes’ version — in that nice hot cup— is creamy, spicy and the perfect food for chilly Mardi Gras parades. It’s a New Orleans food group all to itself … and, yes, it doesn’t taste the same at any Popeyes outside the metro area.

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1 Parkway Bakery & Tavern (538 Hagan Ave., 482-3047; www.parkwaybakeryandtavernnola.com) — It’s like a miracle from the Gulf. The shrimp are fried golden and piled high on your choice of bread — French, hamburger

bun, hot dog bun, sliced white or rye bread — and dressed with mayo, lettuce, tomato and pickles. The large size is for the voraciously hungry and is served on French bread. 2. Domilise’s Po-Boys (5240 Annunciation St., 899-9126) 3. TIE: Crabby Jack’s (428 Jefferson Hwy., 833-2722) 3. TIE: Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop (3454 Magazine St., 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com)

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1 Parkway Bakery & Tavern (538 Hagan Ave., 482-3047; www.parkwaybakeryandtav-

ernnola.com) — A carnivore’s dream, the roast beef is cooked in house, piled onto French or your choice of bread, doused with gravy and finished with lots of luscious debris. It’s drippy, messy and delicious — just like we like it. 2. Tracey’s (2604 Magazine St., 897-5413; www.traceysnola.com) 3. Domilise’s Po-boys (5240 Annunciation St., 899-9126; )

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Best Place to Get a Specialty Sandwich

1 Stein’s Market & Deli (2207 Magazine St., 527-0771; www.steinsdeli.net) — The Jewish and Italian deli carries an array of cured meats and salamis, as well as more than 50 cheeses from around the world — perfect sandwichmaking tools. Its specialty sandwiches include selections made with imported prosciutto, pastrami, Nueske’s bacon and ham, house-made mozzarella, Delice de Bourgogne specialty cheese from France, and fresh fruit and vegetable toppings that give the sandwiches an extra shot of flavor.

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1 Taqueria Corona

(1827 Hickory Ave., Harahan, 738-6722; 3535 Severn Ave., Metairie, 885-5088; 5932 Magazine St., 897-3974; www.taqueriacorona.com) — Roberto Mendez opened his first Taqueria Corona on Magazine Street in 1988 as a twotable taco stand to bring fresh, authentic Mexican food to New Orleans, and it has been an enduring hit ever since. The menu has expanded a lot, and the restaurants now offer a diverse array of Mexican fare — all made with fresh, hand-cut produce and lean meats. To keep things festive, it stocks top-shelf tequilas for margaritas and manzanitas, domestic and imported beers, and has traditional Mexican desserts to finish. 2. The Rum House (3128 Magazine St., 941-7560; www.rumhousenola.com 3. Felipe’s Taqueria (301 N. Peters St., 2674406; 6215 S. Miro St., 309-2776; www.felipesneworleans.com)

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where, but that national coffee giant pales in comparison to our homegrown brewer. Besides Louisiana, coffee lovers in Mississippi and even New Jersey can enjoy the store’s signature frozen granita, Velvet Ice or iced coffees. 2. CC’s (Citywide; www.communitycoffee.com) 3. Cafe Du Monde (Citywide; www.cafedumonde.com)

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— Iced coffee is an art form at PJ’s, where the potent stuff comes in a constantly rotating variety of flavors, including everything from wedding cake to tiramisu to bananas Foster. The store even sells Toddy Coffee Makers for anyone who wants to replicate iced coffee at home, although — let’s face it — yours probably won’t be as good. 2. CC’s (Citywide; www.communitycoffee.com) 3. Starbucks (Citywide; www.starbucks.com)

Best Place to Get Ice Cream/ Gelato

1 Angelo Brocato (214 N. Carrollton Ave., 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream. com) — Frozen dessert trends are ephemeral — Gelato is the new ice cream! Frozen yogurt is the new gelato! — but Angelo Brocato has shown staying power with its menu of reliably good treats. No matter what next summer’s trend is, it is certain nothing will beat a Brocato gelato or Italian ice.

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best of Creamery (4924 Prytania St., 894-8680; 6260 Vicksburg St., 482-2924; www.creolecreamery.com) 2. TIE: Sucre (3025 Magazine St., 520-8311; www.shopsucre.com) 3. La Divina Gelateria (621 St. Peter St., 3022692 3005 Magazine St., 342-2634; Loyola University, Carrolton Residence Hall, 6363 St. Charles Ave.; www.ladivinagelateria.com)

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2. Tutti Frutti (Citywide; www.tfyogurt.com) 3. TCBY (701 Metairie Road, Metairie, 8352983; 2222 S. Clearview Pkwy., 887-0771, 1660 Hwy. 59, Mandeville, 985-626-4770; 70488 Hwy. 21, 985-892-9000; www.tcby.com)

Best Sno-ball Stand

1 Hansen’s Sno-Bliz (4801 Tchoupitoulas St., 891-9788; www.snobliz.com) — Lines at the legendary Uptown stand are long, but as soon as you dive

2. Williams Plum Street Snoballs (1300 Burdette Ave., 866-7996; www.plumstreetsnowball.com 3. Sal’s Sno-Ball Stand (1823 Metairie Ave., Metairie; 666-1823)

Best Coffeehouse

1 Fair Grinds Coffeehouse (3133 Ponce De Leon St., 9139072; www.fairgrinds. com) — Fair Grinds has lots of qualities to love. It’s a locally owned independent coffeehouse, serves Fair Trade and organic coffees and will grind and French Press any bean it has to provide you the freshest brew possible. It’s funky enough to be interesting and small enough to be comfortable, with free Wi-Fi (for “working coffee breaks”) and sweets from local bakeries. As a community coffee shop, it hosts a variety of events, including music nights, yoga and more.

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1 Reginelli’s Pizzeria (Citywide; www.reginellis.com) — With seven locations covering both sides of Lake Pontchartrain, Reginelli’s has a restaurant in almost everyone’s neighborhood. Its reputation for inspired hand-tossed specialty pizzas and tasty baked pasta, calzones, salad and sandwiches has pushed the restaurant into this category numerous times over the years. And you don’t even have to get dressed and leave home to get its gourmet tastes; the restaurant will bring them right to your door.

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into a creamy, pillowy Hansen’s sno-ball you realize it’s worth the wait. The perpetually cheery Ashley Hansen runs the shop started by her great-grandparents Ernest and Mary Hansen (Ernest invented the ice-shaving machine). The shop itself is like a museum, with the original SnoBliz machine, vintage paper clippings and other memorabilia on display.

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1 Arnie Fielkow — The soon-to-depart councilman seems a perennial fave among our readers, having finished atop the field in this category for five consecutive years. In fact, our readers have been remarkably consistent in this category, as the second-place finisher Stacy Head likewise held that spot for five years — and thirdplace finisher Jackie Clarkson held hers for four years in a row. Too bad Fielkow is leaving the council for the sports world.

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Best Local Scandal 1 Danziger Bridge — Our readers’ choice for best — or perhaps it should be “worst” — local scandal was

as obvious as the horrific facts that led to the recent federal convictions of several New Orleans cops. The Danziger Bridge shootings mark a departure from the usual political hijinks, and they remind us corruption is no laughing matter. 2. Jefferson family tribulations 3. Edwin Edwards’ release from prison/ marriage/ reality show

Best (Likeliest) Local Politician to Have a “Weiner” Problem

1 David Vitter — OK, we admit it: This one was pretty much a setup. Or so we thought, until U.S. Sen. David Vitter was joined in the kinky-sex-scandal penalty box by fellow Republican Joe Stagni, a city councilman from Kenner. Given more time and, um, exposure, we think Stagni’s “sexting” imbroglio might even have put him on top, so to speak.

2. Joe Stagni 3. Mitch Landrieu

Best Local Politician You Love to Hate

1 Ray Nagin — We can’t really quarrel with any of our readers’ choices in this category — or even their rankings. Former Mayor Ray Nagin no longer holds office, but he still holds a special place in the spleens of many New Orleans voters. At least he can boast that his last election (this one) was a runaway win for him — and that he’s

still “keeping the brand out there.” 2. David Vitter 3. Bobby Jindal

Best Target for Federal Indictment

1 Ray Nagin — Call it the Nagin Hangover. Call it lingering resentment. Call it wishful thinking. Whatever it is, our readers aren’t ready to forgive the former mayor for his mistakes — or his potential misdeeds. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, develops from the convictions of former chief technology officer Greg Meffert and his one-time business partner Mark St. Pierre. In the court of public opinion, the verdict is already in.

2. David Vitter 3. Ronal Serpas

Best Sequel to Ray Nagin’s Memoir

1 Ray Nagin’s jailhouse memoirs — You know, in an odd sort of way, a jailhouse memoir from the former mayor might sell a lot better than the one he’s peddling now. Could such a tome be any more delusional than the original?

2. If I Did It … 3. Kathleen Blanco’s memoir

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probably remember if you watched Jordan Lower guard the goal. A senior at the University of Rio Grande, where he’s studying physical education, Lower has only one year of experience in the USL Premier Development League. We hope the protagonist in his favorite movie Gladiator will provide inspiration for his future development. 2. Patrick Mullins 3. TIE: Anthony Judice 3. TIE: Reece Wilson

Best Local Novelist

1 Anne Rice — The “Queen of the Vampires” might be eternally identified with New Orleans, but — psst — she’s not local any more, having moved to the West Coast nearly a decade ago and settled in Palm Springs, Calif. (As for the rest of the category: “Doc” Brite is living in Central City but is effectively retired as a novelist, and Burke splits his time between New Iberia and Montana.)

2. Poppy Z. Brite 3. James Lee Burke

Best Local Nonfiction Book Author 1 Chris Rose — The columnist-turned-TV commentator hasn’t published a book since 2006’s 1 Dead in Attic, but his appearances on Fox 8 News are turning into a

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TO ENJOY BRUNCH By Lauren LaBorde

here are a lot of brunch haters out there. I am not among them, but from many conversations I’ve had on the topic, I’ve gleaned the main reasons people take umbrage with brunching. It’s expensive. It’s unhealthy. The music is terrible (I agree with that). Many are simply offended by the concept: They see it as a fake in-between meal invented by restaurants to rob you blind via bottomless mimosas. For some foodies, it’s a declasse culinary combination on par with Asian fusion cuisine. For that reason I reference an episode of The Sarah Silverman Program, in which the town’s newly elected mayor bans brunch. Silverman, against the mandate, says brunch is harmless because it’s just “the combination of eggs and 11 o’clock.” In New Orleans, it can be more like noon or 2 p.m., depending on the previous night’s activities, and Mayor Mitch Landrieu would never ban brunch (that would be his “Chocolate City” moment). Because even people opposed to the concept would agree that brunch in New Orleans is, at the very least, quite entertaining. For those who remain vehemently anti-brunch, I recommend you at least try it: Just go to the restaurant, order your granola and scrambled egg whites or whatever you nonbrunchers eat, and sit back and enjoy the circus. A recent trip to Cafe Atchafalaya epitomized the spectacle that is the New Orleans brunch experience. The little cottage on Louisiana Avenue with a giant cast-iron pan stuck on its side may seem quaint, but I learned that brunch there can get raucous. Upon entering the place — no easy feat on a Sunday — it’s easy to see why things get rowdy: There is a buffet-style bloody Mary bar with all the fixin’s. More of a mimosa person myself, I ordered mine and waited what seemed like an hour for my table. Waiting, while excruciating for one whose mind is focused on poached eggs and hollandaise, is a crucial aspect of the drunk-brunch experience. An empty stomach combined with several breakfast drinks and — if you’re waiting outside — the intense New Orleans heat causes an almost hallucinatory state of daytime drunkenness rarely achieved outside of Carnival season. Although I was pretty inebriated by the time I sat down to eat that day, I was in far

better shape than some other diners. I spotted a woman in a floral sundress violently puking in the neighboring house’s front yard. It was 2 p.m. The Uptown location of Surrey’s Cafe & Juice Bar, whose original Garden District restaurant seems to have a long line permanently parked out front, got it right by setting up shop next to a bar. Le Bon Temps opens early in the morning to serve nonwheatgrass drinks to the brunch crowd, and one morning I spotted another woman in a floral sundress tumble out of the bar and onto Magazine Street. It was 10:30 a.m. Brunch eateries that are BYOB are deceptively raucous. Since cheap Champagne tastes decent when mitigated by fresh-

Sunday brunch at Cafe Atchafalaya provides people-watching entertainment along with your eggs and cocktails. Photo By CheryL GerBer

squeezed OJ, diners stock up, and that’s where the trouble starts. Bringing your own cheap stuff is a great way to save money that can be put toward $16 egg dishes, but just make sure you don’t inadvertently spray the entire dining room with bubbly upon opening the bottle, as I did during a meal at EAT New Orleans. Other brunch places where you’re bound to find a convivial crowd include Dante’s Kitchen, Coulis (also BYOB) and both locations of the Ruby Slipper Cafe (where your mimosas come in single- or double-size). And of course there’s all those fancy Brennan’s restaurants. Even if you’re the type who prefers a tall iced coffee with your eggs Benedict rather than a bloody Mary or mimosa, New Orleans brunch is worth experiencing to witness the hardcore brunch crowd. They are the hair-ofthe-dog daytime drinkers who, after brunch, will probably take a power nap and head straight to the bar to watch the Saints game. Some people go to church on Sundays in New Orleans. Others go to brunch.

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Best Local Artist

1 George Rodrigue (www.georgerodrigue.com) — Long before the Blue Dog — or loup garou, aka Tiffany — George Rodrigue was an accomplished painter known for Cajun country portraits full of brooding oak trees and scenes of rural Acadian folklife. He rendered famous portraits of Huey and Earl Long as well as a few U.S. presidents, but most people know him for the now ubiquitous Blue Dog, which has graced everything from new canvases to Jazz Fest posters to major national advertising campaigns.

3. Frenchy (www.frenchylive.com)

Best Art Gallery

1 Arthur Roger Gallery

(432 Julia St., 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com) — Arthur Roger has built up one of New Orleans’ premier contemporary art galleries and represents artists including Douglas Bourgeois, Robert Colescott, John Scott, Ida Kohlmeyer, Willie Birch, Lin Emery, Dale Chihuly, John Waters and others. A local leader on the innovative edge of contemporary art, he added a room for video

2. Martine Chaisson Gallery (727 Camp St., 302-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com) 3. Cole Pratt Gallery (3800 Magazine St., 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com)

Best Museum 1 New Orleans

Museum of Art (1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www.noma. org) — The century-old New Orleans Museum of Art is constantly evolving. The museum embraced African art and new mediums like photography and folk art ahead of the pack of national institutions. The edition of modern and contemporary art curator Miranda Lash has led to increased shows by relatively young local artists and related performance events. The musuem’s Friday night Where Y’Art series has also made the institution a hub of social activity on Friday evenings. 2. World War II Museum (945 Magazine St., 5281944; www.nationalww2museum.org) 3. Ogden Museum of Southern Art (925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org)

Best Character on Treme

1 Antoine Batiste — As portrayed by Wendell Pierce, trombonist, father and would-be ladies’ man Antoine is the heart and soul of the show and the glue that binds many of the characters together.

Pierce’s upbringing in Pontchartrain Park has a lot to do with the character’s authenticity. Everyone loves him — except, perhaps, for the taxi drivers he’s forever trying to stiff. 2. Davis McAlary

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Best Food Festival 1 New Orleans Po-Boy

Preservation Festival (www.poboyfest.com) — It was almost a victim of its own success, as tens of thousands of po-boy fanatics descended on Oak Street to sample their favorites, clogging traffic and making parking impossible. But some adjustments have made the Po-Boy Fest manageable (though still crowded); this year’s event is Nov. 20.

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Best Live Music Festival

1 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (www.nojazzfest.com) — Fans of both traditional Louisiana music and various national headlining acts agree, the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival delivered. The stellar array of headliners included Robert Plant, Willie Nelson, Wilco, Sonny Rollins, Lucinda Williams, Tom Jones, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons and many others. For those who prefer page 77

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Best Local Blog

1 nola.com — Um, OK. It’s a newspaper website, not a blog. But who are we to argue with you?

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Best Local to Follow on Twitter

1 Drew Brees, Saints quarterback (@drewbrees) — As of this writing, the Saints QB has 613,600 followers on the social network. Brees’ tweets are personal, team-related, charitable and this year provided insight as to the players’ perspective on the NFL lockout. Plus they’re always intelligent — always a plus (but never a given) on a jock’s Twitter account.

2. Reggie Bush, running back for Miami Dolphins & former Saint (@reggie_bush) 3. TIE: Peter Thriffile Jr. & Rene A. Louapre IV, Blackened Out food blog (@blackenedout) 3. TIE: Margaret Orr, WDSUTV meteorologist (@margaretorr)

Best Local TV Anchor 1 Angela Hill — A fixture at WWL-TV since the 1970s, “Angela” has the ultimate New Orleans accolade: one-name status among everyone in town. She’s an inveterate Saints booster, a tireless advocate for animal welfare and a really nice lady to boot.

2. Norman Robinson (WDSU-TV) 3. Lee Zurik (WVUE-TV)

Best Local TV Weathercaster

1 Bob Breck (WVUE-TV)

— For more than 30 years, the animated Mr. Breck has been forecasting both regular weather and tropical trouble in New Orleans. In recent years, he’s also operated a lively behindthe-scenes blog (bobbreck. blogspot.com), where he provides insight into the day’s meteo-news … and mixes it up on the issue of climate change (he’s not a fan of Al Gore). 2. Margaret Orr (WDSU-TV)

3. Carl Arredondo (WWL-TV)

Best Local TV Sportscaster

1 Jim Henderson (WWLTV) — Sorry, Fletch, sorry, Juan: You guys are great, but there’s just no competition in this category as long as the gold standard of New

Orleans sportscasters is still on the air. From reporting to commentary to webcasts to his invaluable calling of New Orleans Saints games, “Hondo” isn’t just a topnotch sportscaster, but one of the best journalists in the local market … perhaps ever. 2. Fletcher Mackel 3. Juan Kincaid

Best Investigative Reporter

1 Lee Zurik (WVUE-TV) —

What other investigative reporter could inspire headlines (and earn the enmity of his old station) when he switched from WWL-TV to WVUE-TV a couple of years back? Zurik is a dogged reporter when he suspects government corruption (just ask Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Jiff Hingle), and he does a fine job on the anchor desk as well.

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Best Reason to Pick Up Gambit

1 A+E Coverage/ To See What’s Going On — Credit A+E editor Will Coviello for pulling together all the fun stuff to do in town and serving it up every week … along with online-only extras like movie trailers at blogofneworleans. com. Staff writer Alex Woodward also gives you online lagniappe every

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2. John’s Tuxedos (3200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 455-5353; www.johnstuxedos.com) 3. Men’s Wearhouse (Citywide; www.menswearhouse.com)

Best Women’s Boutique

1 Hemline (605 Metairie Road, Suite B, Metairie, 309-8778; 609 Chartres St., 5920242; 3308 Magazine St., 269-4005; www.shophemline.com) Hemline is a regular feature in national publications ranging from Lucky to Nylon and boasts a roster of celebrity clients, but what really sets this boutique apart from the fray is its attention to local emerging designers. New Orleans labels like Jolie & Elizabeth, Autonomous Clothing and Loretta Jane are

sold alongside established designer brands — now that’s fashionforward thinking. 2. Trashy Diva (829 Chartres St., 581-4555; 2048 Magazine St., 2998777; www.trashydiva.com) 3. TIE: Abeille (8438 Oak St., 324-3488; abeillenola.com) 3. TIE: Yvonne LaFleur (8131 Hampson St., 8669666; www.yvonnelafleur.com)

Best Locally Owned Children’s Store

1 Pippen Lane (2929

Magazine St., 269-0106; www.pippenlane.com) — Opened by Annabeth Goodman, wife of John Goodman, in 1998, this boutique offers everything from handembroidered christening gowns to whimsical rubber rain boots. If Treme writers ever pen a plotline chronicling the adorable underbelly of wee New Orleanian society, the costume department now knows where to turn. 2. Little Miss Muffin (244 Metairie Road, Metairie, 833-6321; 766 Harrison Ave., 4828200; www.shoplittlemissmuffin.com) 3. Haase’s (8119 Oak St., 866-9944; www.haases.com)

Best Shoe Store

1 Feet First (526 Royal St., 569-0005; 4119 Magazine St., 8996800; www.feetfirststores.com) — With 20 to 30 brands in stock at any given time, Feet First’s footwear

inventory has doubtlessly inspired a legion of passersby to ask where you got them shoes. The 34-year-old retailer is also a great go-to spot for striking jewelry, handbags and accessories ranging from silk flower-embellished handbags to mother-of-pearl statement necklaces. 2. Shoe-Nami (3102 Magazine St., 8951717; 3319 Severn Ave., Metairie, 885-0805; 15 Westbank Expwy., Gretna, 366-0177) 3. Saks Fifth Avenue (The Shops at Canal Place, 301 Canal St., 524-2200; www. saksfifthavenue.com)

Best Store for Evening Wear

1 Saks Fifth Avenue (The Shops at Canal Place, 301 Canal St., 524-2200; www. saksfifthavenue.com) — Whether the event calls for a skull-studded satin clutch by Alexander McQueen or a frothy, train-trailing confection by Zac Posen (or both), Saks is the place to shop for those who want to make a memorable entrance. Personal shopping consultants can help customers navigate Saks’ extensive inventory of designer goods.

2. Dillard’s (Oakwood Shopping Center, 197 Westbank Expy., Gretna, 362-4800; The Esplanade, 1401 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 468-6050; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 833-1075; www.dillards.com)

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Magazine St., 324-3745; www.dirtycoast.com) — New Orleans T-shirts used to say things like “I Got Bourbon Faced on Shit Street” before Dirty Coast came along and elevated the genre. With a deep understanding of New Orleans, the shirt’s eye-catching designs celebrate, comment on and poke fun at the city’s life and culture. If you want to be a walking conversation piece while in another state, a Dirty Coast T-shirt is a stylish way to do it.

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2. The Shops at Canal Place (333 Canal St., 5229200; www.theshopsatcanalplace.com) 3. TIE: Clearview Mall (4436 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 885-0202; www.clearviewmall.com) 3. TIE: The Oakwood Center (197 Westbank Expwy., Suite 33, Gretna, 361-1550; www.oakwoodcenter.com)

Best Place to Buy Furniture 1 Hurwitz Mintz (1751

Airline Drive, Metairie, 957-9555; www.hurwitzmintz.com) — Like many other things in this poll, shopping at Hurwitz Mintz is a New Orleans tradition, although it now resides at a megastore in Metairie. It’s been open since 1923 and has won this category 11 times in a row. Maybe it’s because there’s more than 126,000 feet of showrooms and the largest selection of furniture in the city. 2. Doerr Furniture (914 Elysian Fields Ave., 9470606; www.doerrfurniture.com) 3. Rooms To Go (62 Westbank Expy., Gretna, 367-4100; 409 N. Hwy. 190, Covington, 985-809-3993; 5800 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 7792688; www.roomstogo.com)

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Best Place to Buy Lamps/Lighting

1 Lighting Inc. (8180 Earhart Blvd., Suite B, 486-5761; www.lightinginconline.com) — You’ll feel like the sun came out from behind a cloud when you walk into the showroom at Lighting Inc. The store can light up your world inside and out with lamps, ceiling fixtures, art lighting, fans, outdoor lights, sconces, chandeliers and illumination fixtures for the kitchen and bath, as well as uncommon home decor items. The Ber family of New Orleans started the business in 1959 and has become the choice of generations of families (and commercial contractors) looking to make their homes and page 93

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Metairie, www.lakesideshopping.com) — With more than 120 stores, boutiques and eateries, shoppers can find anything they need here from sporting goods to gourmet chocolates and, of course, fashions for everyone in the family. It’s one-stop shopping, whether you’re looking for an engagement ring or furniture, and it’s all under one roof in a safe, air-conditioned environment.

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businesses brighter. 2. Armstrong’s Supplies (3600 Orleans Ave., 486-0094; www.armstrongssupply.com) 3. Julie Neill Designs (3908 Magazine St., 899-4201; www.julieneill.com)

Best Antiques Store

1 M.S. Rau Antiques (630 Royal St., 5235660; www.rauantiques.com) — With a nearly 100-year history and praise from celebrities and collectors alike, M.S. Rau is a cherished antique in its own right. Whether seeking to purchase an early Gauguin painting or a set of yellow diamond earrings (or merely admire these and other treasures in the 30,000-squarefoot showroom), New Orleanians turn to this French Quarter institution.

3. Greg’s Antiques (1209 Decatur St., 2028577; www.gregsantiques.net)

Best Place to Buy a Gift

1 Little Miss Muffin

(244 Metairie Road, Metairie, 833-6321; 766 Harrison Ave., 4828200; www.shoplittlemissmuffin.com) — Part gift shop, part children’s boutique, part jewelry store and part gallery of goods by local artists, Little Miss Muffin is ready to charm just about

2. Gentry (6047 Magazine St., 899-4223) 3. Judy at the Rink (The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 891-7018; www.judyattherink.com)

Best Bridal Shop 1 Pearl’s Place (3114

Severn Ave., Metairie, 885-9213; www.pearlsplace.com) — Is it that the plosives in the name, so evocative of kisses, contribute to Pearl’s Place’s more than 40 years of success? Is it the vast inventory of brands and designer gowns ranging from budget to couture styles? Or is it the free steaming and alterations provided with purchase? Hard to say which is the most compelling reason Gambit readers chose Pearl’s Place for best bridal boutique — but in shopping, as with marriage, when you know, you know. 2. Town & Country (1514 St. Charles Ave., 523-7027) 3. Wedding Belles (3632 Magazine St., 891-1005; www.weddingbellesneworleans.com)

Best Maternity Shop

1 A Pea in the Pod (Destination Maternity, 3300 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, 831-9551; www.apeainthepod.com) — A slew of pregnant celebrities have helped breach the

once-impenetrable gulf between fashion lines and maternity wear, and now moms-to-be can expect to remain chic while expecting. Best of all, much designer maternity wear can be worn postchildbirth, as A Pea in the Pod’s tummy-flattering tunics, oversized T-shirts and empirewaist gowns are right on trend. 2. Angelique Baby (5519 Magazine St., 899-8992) 3. Motherhood Maternity (197 Westbank Expy., Suite 1343, Gretna, 365-0416; www.motherhood.com)

Best Locally Owned Jewelry Store

1 Mignon Faget (The

Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., 524-2973; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 835-2244; 3801 Magazine St., 891.2005; www.mignonfaget.com) — The name Mignon Faget is known the world over, but the jewelry designs, like the designer, are New Orleans through and through. She knows what makes us tick and her stores are filled with jewelry, fashion and home decor graced with emblems of our culture: fleurs-de-lis, architectural accents, crawfish, red beans and rice and beautiful flora. For many in the city, major coming-of-age events and important celebrations are commemorated with a piece from one of Mignon Faget’s lines. page 94

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2. Magazine Antique Mall (3017 Magazine St., 896-9994; www.magazineantiquemall.com

anybody deserving a gift. Shop with caution: Odds are high you’ll leave with presents to stockpile for other people, including yourself.

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2. Aucoin Hart (1525 Metairie Road, Metairie, 834-9999; www.aucoinhart.com) 3. Adler’s (722 Canal St., 523-5292; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 5235292; www.adlersjewelry.com)

Best Local Jewelry Designer 1 Mignon Faget

(www.mignonfaget. com) — She depicts the city’s iconography in her elegant jewelry, but Mignon Faget is sort of a New Orleans icon herself. Faget is a fifth generation New Orleanian who uses the city as her muse in all her designs, and she gives back to the city through charitable work with arts and historical preservation organizations.

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2. Tom Mathis (www.symmetryjewelers.com)

3. Dominique Giordano (www. dgiordano.com)

Best Smoke Shop

1 Herb Import Company (711 St. Peter St., 525-4372; 712 Adams St., 861-4644; 1331 Englewood Drive, Slidell, 985-643-8007; 5505 Canal St., 4884889; www.herbimport.com) — New Orleanians have headed to the Herb Import Company for smoking accoutrement and health supplements for more than 15 years. You’ll not find a vast selection of cigars or typical cigarette tobacco here, but the shop does carry a wide selec-

tion of pipes, vaporizers, electronic cigarettes, rolling papers and allnatural (and legal) herbal smoking products. 2. Ra Shop (758M E. I-10 Service Road, Slidell, 985-649-7262; 2198 Florida St.,Mandeville, 985-674-1644; 3812 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 8898436; www.rashop.us) 3. Up in Smoke HQ (2101 Magazine St., 8990005; www.upinsmokeneworleans.com)

Best Sweet Shop

1 Sucre (3025 Magazine

St., 520-8311, 3301 Veterans Blvd., 834-2277; www.shopsucre.com) — Whether you want to pick up a box of chocolates for someone special (or yourself), or stay for a while to sip on a white chocolatelavender drinking chocolate paired with a delectable pastry, Sucre is the closest thing New Orleanians have to Willy Wonka’s factory. House-made marshmallows, deluxe chocolate bars and candied nuts are among the many other confections as the sweet boutique. 2. Blue Frog Chocolates (5707 Magazine St., 269-5707; www.bluefrogchocolates.com) 3. Angelo Brocato (214 N. Carrollton Ave., 4861465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com)

Best New Retail Store

1 Abeille (8438 Oak St., 324-3488; www. abeillenola.com) — Ever since Abeille opened in June, swarms of

shoppers have made beelines for its inventory of affordably priced designer merchandise, which includes labels like BCBG Generation and Genetic Denim. It’s the first boutique of its kind to grace the developing Oak Street shopping corridor, but if it keeps making this kind of buzz, it won’t be the last. 2. Anthropologie (The Shops At Canal Place, 333 Canal St., 592-9972; www.anthropologie.com) 3. Two Sprouts (102 Metairie Heights, Metairie, 322-3838; www.twosprouts.com)

Best Dry Cleaner

1 Liberto Cleaners (4814 Prytania St., 8972161; 8128 Willow St., 861-7812) — Liberto, a perennial favorite in these pages, is back at the top this year after last year’s second-place finish. That’s only natural, of course. The place is an institution in this town. A familyowned business for four generations, Liberto’s prides itself on offering the type of personal service cleaners haven’t had since the advent of one-hour chains and on constantly pursuing more eco-friendly ways to clean and press your shirts, making it both charmingly quaint and admirably forwardthinking.

2. Young’s Dry Cleaning (905 Harrison Ave., 872-0931; 6227 S. Claiborne Ave., 8665371; www.youngsdrycleaning.com) 3. Deluxe Laundry

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Best Hospital

1 Ochsner Hospital (1514 Jefferson Hwy., Jefferson, 842-4135; www.ochsner.org) — This progressive medical and research center has been dedicated to the community’s health since opening in 1942. It is a comprehensive health center, offering care from birth to geriatrics and all points in between. The medical center is named for Dr. Alton Ochsner — the first researcher to prove a link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer — who founded the hospital with four other doctors 69 years ago.

2. Touro (1401 Foucher St., 897-7011; www.touro.com)

Best Dermatologist

1 Dr. J. Collier Ochsner

(2323 Metairie Road, Metairie, 831-6633) — Patients give Dr. Ochsner props for taking care of their skin problems quickly and efficiently and having an attentive and caring chairside manner. Her office and staff also received high marks based on patient reports to Healthgrades, an independent health care ratings organization. Isn’t it time to get that mole checked?

2. Dr. Patricia Farris (Old Metairie Dermatology,

3. TIE: Dr. Mary Lupo (145 Robert E Lee Blvd., 288-2381; www.drmarylupo.com)

864-1234) — Patients say Dr. Beaumont is a “healer,” not just a doctor who performs manipulations on areas of your body that hurt. She is known for taking whatever time is necessary to learn about a patient’s pain and health problems to determine the best treatment before she begins therapy on her patients. Got a nagging pain in your back? Dr. Beaumont can ease it.

Best Cosmetic Surgeon

2. Dr. Antoine Ky (Ky’s Chiropractic Clinic, 2926 Canal St., 821-1500)

3. TIE: Dr. Sharon Meyer (Uptown Dermatology and Aesthetics, 3434 Prytania St., Suite 310, 897-5899; (www. uptowndermatologyandaesthetics.com)

1 Dr. Kamran

Khoobehi (3901 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 7795538; www.khoobehi. com) — He’s known for using cutting-edge technology and honed skills to give his patients aesthetically pleasing results using surgery and noninvasive techniques. He offers breast augmentation, liposuction, laser skin resurfacing, facial reconstruction and more. He also is believed to be the first cosmetic surgeon to help save a patient’s sight by reattaching the tiny blood vessels of the eyelid after they were severed by a dog bite. 2. Dr. Michael Moses (1603 Second St., 895-7200; www.drmoses.com) 3. Dr. Felix Bopp (Bopp Dermatology and Facial Plastic Surgery, 3901 Houma Blvd., Suite 410, Metairie, 455-9933; www.boppskin.com)

Best Chiropractor 1 Dr. Sylvi Beaumont

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Best Physical Therapist

1 Beth Winkler-Schmit

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Best Health Club 1 Elmwood Fitness

Center (1200 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite 1200, 733-1600; www.elmwoodfitness.com) — There’s everything you need here to become svelte and healthy: a range of exercise machines for cardio workouts, personal trainers, aquatics, a range of adult exercise classes, kids’ fitness classes, Ironman training, nutritional counseling, weight loss programs and more. Plus, it’s run by Ochsner, so you know the focus in on being healthy. 2. New Orleans Athletic Club (222 N. Rampart St., 525-2375; www. neworleansathleticclub. com)

Best Personal Trainer

1 Nolan Ferraro (Salire Fitness, 4209 Magazine St., 821-4896; www.salirefitness. com) — Ferraro is the owner of Salire Fitness, which he founded in June 2005 about two months before Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures put it under water. Clearly he bounced back. Ferraro believes in an individually focused, holistic approach to fitness — i.e. training for the body, mind and soul — using every approach available and tailored

2. Mackie Shilstone (www.mackieshilstone.com) 3. Donald Duke (New Orleans Athletic Club, 222 N. Rampart St., 525-2375; www.neworleansathleticclub.com)

Best Place to Take a Yoga Class

1 Wild Lotus Yoga (4842 Perrier St., 8990047; 2372 St. Claude Ave.; www.wildlotusyoga.com) — The yoga studio is top (downward) dog for the ninth year in a row. With Wild Lotus’ exhaustive schedule at the Uptown location (the studio hosts almost 50 classes a week), a new location at the recently opened New Orleans Healing Center, and both locations’ inclusion of bydonation community classes, yoga is accessible to almost everyone.

2. Elmwood Fitness Center (1200 S. Clearview Pkwy., 7331600; www.elmwoodfitness.com) 3. Life Yoga (5422 Magazine St., 267-0380; www.lifenola.com)

Best Place To Take a Pilates Class 1 Romney Pilates

(3701 Magazine St., 895-1167; www.romneypilates.com) — The airy Magazine Street studio offers not only a full schedule of Pilates classes utilizing stateof-the-art equipment, it takes a comprehensive

approach to wellness with yoga, meditation, massage therapy and a boutique of eco-friendly and socially responsible goods. The studio’s building itself is also green, and a second location on Magazine is currently under construction. 2. Nola Pilates (6268 Vicksburg St., 483-8880; www.nolapilates.com) 3. Elmwood Fitness Center (1200 S. Clearview Pkwy., 7331600; www.elmwoodfitness.com)

Best Dance Class and Where to Take It 1 Samba @ Fleur de

Dance (6610 Fleur de Lis Drive, 324-7894) — For anyone wanting to emulate those lithe dancers on Dancing With the Stars, Fleur de Dance is the place to go. The studio offers private instruction in the kind of partner dancing you might see on the show, from the foxtrot to the sexy samba, which Best of New Orleans voters chose as their favorite. The studio also offers group fitness classes, including a boot camp. 2. Zumba @ Elmwood Fitness (1200 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite 1200, Harahan, 733-1600)

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The November 1st issue of Gambit will spotlight local New Orleanians under the age of 40 for their accomplishments. Nominees must meet the following requirements:

• Must be 39 years of age or younger • Live in the New Orleans area • Be worthy of distinction (elected officials are not eligible) Tell us about their background, accomplishments and future plans and be sure to include their exact DOB. If you know someone who fits these requirements, please send your nomination to: MAIL: Gambit, Kandace Graves (40 under 40) , 3923 Bienville St., New Orleans, LA 70119 EMAIL: kandaceg@gambitweekly.com FAX: (504) 483-3116 No phone calls please. Deadline for nominations: October 4, 2011

3. Jazzercise (1625 1/2 Metairie Road, Metairie, 717-2281)

Best Fitness Boot Camp

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Best Body Piercing/ Tattoo Parlor

1 Electric Ladyland

(610 Frenchmen St., 947-8286; www.electricladyland.net) — Tucked away on funky Frenchmen Street, Electric Ladyland features a roster of talented tattoo artists like owner Annette LaRue and Henry Rhodes, both of whom have been featured in Inked magazine. Electric Ladyland has earned a spot on Gambit’s Best of New Orleans list more than 10 years running, thanks to the caliber of its artists’ work. 2. Mid-City Voodoux Tattoos (400 S.Jefferson Davis Pkwy., 278-1465; www.voodoux.com)

3. TIE: Uptown Tattoos (575 S. Carrollton Ave., 866-3859; www.uptowntattoos.net)

Best Place To Buy Local Music

1 Louisiana Music Factory (210 Decatur St., 586-1094; www.louisianamusicfactory. com) — It’s still specializing in regional music, still booking lots of free in-store concerts, but moreover, it’s still thriving in a business that was supposed to be obsolete 10 years ago. Well done.

2. Mushroom (1037 Broadway St., 866-

3. Peaches Records (408 N. Peters St., 282-3322; www.peachesrecordsneworleans.com)

Best Locally Owned Bookstore 1 Maple Street Book

Shop (New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., 3047115; 7529 Maple St., 861-2105; www.bmaplestreetbookshop.com) — Since it opened in 1965, The Maple Street Book Shop has been a source for the newest, brightest writers’ works as well as classics and books about New Orleans. It hosts lots of events where customers can talk with their favorite authors, hear them read from their works and get autographed copies of their books. It’s also a place for the literati to meet and discuss literature. 2. Octavia Books (513 Octavia St., 899-7323; www.octaviabooks. com) 3. Garden District Bookshop (The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 8952266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com)

Best Car Dealership

1 Lakeside Toyota

(3701 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, 833-3311; www.lakesidetoyota. com) — What’s most important to you when you buy a car: a fair price, service after the sale, a good maintenance department, cute sales reps? All of these things are important,

and our readers say they find them at Lakeside Toyota. You can get new or used (ahem, “pre-owned”) cars, get yours repaired or look at the great deals for military personnel and college grads. 2. Royal Honda (5600 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 8882277; www.royalhonda.com) 3. Ray Brandt Infiniti (3700 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, 8322005; www.raybrandtinfiniti.com)

Best Financial Institution 1 Whitney Bank

(Citywide; www.whitneybank.com) — This New Orleans institution has been setting up checking and savings accounts, mortgages, investments and more for individuals and businesses since 1883. It merged with Hancock Bank in December 2010, but plans to retain its name because of its long history with its customers in Louisiana. Need another reason to check it out? Well, it’s the official bank of the New Orleans Saints. 2. Capital One (Citywide; www.capitalone.com) 3. Chase (Citywide; www.chase.com)

Best Home Electronics Store

1 Best Buy (Citywide; www.bestbuy.com) — New Orleanians like our small, local businesses, but when it comes to electronics and appliances, music and movpage 104

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ies, it’s hard to beat the variety or the prices at Best Buy. The store has refrigerators, home theaters, computers, cameras, games, TVs, phones, new releases of movies and music (many new releases are $9.99 when they first come out) — and the in-store stock is large so you usually can take home what you want without waiting for special orders. 2. A-1 Appliance & Electronics (Citywide; www.a1ontheweb.com) 3. Radio Shack (Citywide; www.radioshack.com)

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1 Lakeside Camera Photoworks (3508 21st St., Metairie, 885-8660; 2121 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, 626-1776; www.lakesidecamera. com) — Opened in 1972 as Lakeside Camera Center, it became Lakeside Camera & Video in 1985, then Lakeside Camera & Imaging in 1993. Now it’s Lakeside Camera Photoworks. You can see that in a constantly evolving field like photography, where new technology demands places like this completely change their business model every few years, the people at Lakeside aren’t afraid to adapt.

2. Bennett’s Camera (3230 Severn Ave., Metairie, 885-9050; www.bennettscamera.com) 3. Moldaner’s (7608 Maple St., Suite D, 8866757; www.moldaners.com)

Best Bicycle Store

1 GNO Cyclery (1426 S. Carrollton Ave., 861-0023; www.gnocyclery.com) — With gas expensive and bike paths popping up all over the city, everyone is looking for their own set of wheels, and Gambit readers say year after year GNO Cyclery is the place to go. Readers love the store because of its excellent service, whether you’re buying a new bike, looking for accessories or need some expert biking advice.

2. Bayou Bicycle (3530 Toulouse St., 488-1946; www.bayoubicycles.com) 3. Bicycle Michael’s (622 Frenchmen St., 945-9505; www.bicyclemichaels. com)

Best Veterinary/ Animal Clinic

1 Metairie Small Animal Hospital (101 Metairie Road, Metairie, 835-4266; Outpatient clinics: 734 Robert E. Lee Blvd., 8304080; 4041 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 443-4400; 5040 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 455-2345; www. msah.com) — This veterinary hospital has been around for more than 60 years (human time not dog years) and has cared for the four-legged family members of generations of New Orleanians. It’s a full service practice, including surgery, boarding and grooming, diagnosis and treatment, and it has outpatient clinics around across the area for convenience.

2. Prytania Veterinary Hospital (4907 Prytania St., 899-2828; www.prytaniavet.com) 3. TIE: Crescent City

Veterinary Hospital (524 Jefferson Ave., 894-0752; www.crescentcityvet. com) 3. TIE: Lakeview Veterinary Hospital Inc. (6245 Memphis St., 4822173; www.lakeviewvet. vetsuite.com)

Best Place to Board Your Pet 1 TIE: Camp Bow Wow (2731 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-891-3647; www. campbowwowusa.com)

1 TIE: Canine Connection (4920 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 218-4098; www.canineconnectionnola.com) — If you’re going out of town and need a place to store your dog, plus you prefer that he or she not be traumatized from the experience, either of this year’s winners will do. Canine Connection offers large suites at reasonable prices, plus a doggie swimming pool, outdoor lounge area for the owners and even birthday parties. If your dog “prefers” something over-the-top, Camp Bow Wow has seven hotel room-sized, themed luxury suites including “Hollywood Hounds,” “K-9 Caribbean,” and the locally themed “Mardi Paws,” decorated with beads, masks and a fauxbalcony,

2. Zeus’ Place (4601 Freret St., 304-4718; www.zeusplace.com) 3. Metairie Small Animal Hospital (101 Metairie Road, Metairie, 835-4266; www.msah.com)

Best Place to Have Your Pet Groomed 1 Zeus’s Place (4601

Freret St., 304-4718; www.zeusplace.com) — Zeus’ Place moved up a spot this year to grab the gold. Maybe it’s the two full-time groomers with a dozen years of experience between them, or maybe it’s because their slate of grooming services includes everything from dematting to brushing your dog’s teeth. After Fideaux is all spruced up, you can let him stay and play with other dogs and strut his new ’do. 2. TIE: Petco (1629 Westbank Expwy., Suite E, Harvey, 362-6711; 3500 Williams Blvd., Kenner, 469-1880; 3520 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 454-0468; 5300 Tchoupitoulas St., 8996122; www.petco.com) 2. TIE: PetSmart (1000 S. Clearview Pkwy., Suite 105 733-2016; 1321 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, 263-0879; 6851 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-2222; www.petsmart.com) 3. Metairie Small Animal Hospital (101 Metairie Road, Metairie, 8354266; www.msah.com)

Best Hotel

1 Roosevelt Hotel (123

Baronne St., 648-1200; www.therooseveltneworleans.com) — It’s got everything you want in a hotel: glitz, glamour, fine dining at Domenica, music at the Blue Room, and the upscale Sazerac bar that bears the name of its most famous libation. The Roosevelt also has a storied past that includes hidden stairwells leading to special guest rooms and tales of Huey Long’s trysts (er, business meetings).

2. Ritz-Carlton New Orleans (921 Canal St., 524-1331; www.ritzcarlton.com) 3. TIE: Windsor Court Hotel (300 Gravier St., 523-6000; www.windsorcourthotel.com) 3. TIE: Hotel Monteleone (214 Royal St., 523-3341; hotelmonteleone.com)

Best Oil Change

1 SpeeDee Oil Change (Citywide; www.speedeeoil.com) — SpeeDee wins this category again, and it’s easy to see why. The one-stop shop offers more than just oil changes. Upon visiting one of the store’s many locations across the city, your car can get a full range of preventive and corrective services to keep things running smoothly. Plus, as the name indicates, the service is fast.

2. 5 Minute Oil Change (Citywide; www.5minuteoil-change. com) 3. Uptown Car Wash and Xpress Lube (5500 Tchoupitoulas St., 8959700)

Best Cheap Gas

1 Sam’s Club (3900 Airline Drive, Metairie, 831-2911; www.samsclub.com) — Just like Sam’s Club members save money on the store’s massive groceries, Gambit readers year after year save money at the discount warehouse’s pumps (which aren’t restricted to members only). Gas is expensive everywhere right now, but at Sam’s you’ll generally save a little bit — and you can buy toilet paper in bulk while you’re there.

2. RaceTrac (2101 Airline Drive, Kenner, 472-6384; www.racetrac.com) 3. Discount Zone (2700 Magazine St.)

Best Florist

1 Villere’s Florist (750 Martin Behrman Ave., Metairie, 833-3716; 1415 N. Hwy. 190, Covington, 985-809-9101; www.villeresflowers.com) — Like Cupid and his arrow, Villere’s Florist is an old hand at helping love bloom. The business has been supplying flowers for special occasions — as well as the periodic “I’m sorry” bouquet — since 1969. It looks like the Metairie stalwart has spread the love among our readers, too.

2. Harkins, the Florist (1601 Magazine St., 529-1638; www.harkinsneworleans.com) 3. Federico’s Family Florist (815 Focis St., Metairie, 837-6400)

Best Garden Store

1 Perino’s (3100 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 834-7888; www.perinos.com) — Flora and fauna abound at this green-thumb haven that’s Gambit readers’ favorite year after year. Besides plants, you’ll find a wide variety of gifts, as well as fountains and outdoor furniture to turn your backyard into an oasis.

2. Harold’s Indoor/ Outdoor Plants (1135 Press St., 947-7554) 3. The Plant Gallery (9401 Airline Hwy., 4888887; www.theplantgallery.com) page 107

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(3500 Magazine St., 894.7420; 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, 896-7300; Village Shopping Center, 2895 Hwy. 190, Suite A-1, Mandeville, 985-9518081; www.martinwine.com) — Expanding from its original location in Uptown, Martin Wine Cellar has grown to include several stores around the area. The emporiums stock a wide array of varietals and vintages from old and new world wine regions around the globe. 2. Dorignac’s Food Center (710 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 834-8216; www.dorignacs.com) 3. Elio’s Wine Warehouse (6205 S. Miro St., 866-1852; www.elioswinewarehouse.com)

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Best New Orleans Neighborhood Grocery

1 Langenstein’s (1330 Arabella St., 899-9283; www.langensteins.com) — At Thanksgiving they come for turduckens, at Carnival time for catering trays, and on any normal, busy weeknight for daily groceries or a family-sized serving of crawfish etouffee they’d be proud to call their own. In business since 1922, Langenstein’s has achieved the highest goals for any neighborhood grocery by becoming part of its customers’ holiday traditions, special events and everyday kitchen rituals.

2. Zara’s Little Giant Supermarket (2042 Prytania St., 523-3658; 4838 Prytania St., 8950581; www.zarasmarket.com) 3. Canseco’s Markets (3135 Esplanade Ave., 3222595; 5217 Elysian Fields Ave., 218-8426; www.cansecosmarkets.com)

Best Jefferson Neighborhood Grocery

1 Dorignac’s Food Center (710 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 834-8216; www. dorignacs.com) — Generations of families make this full-service grocery store a regular stop, some for the custom-cut meats, fresh seafood and lots of local products, others for great prices and recommendations of the knowledgeable staff in the liquor department. Open since 1947, Dorignac’s staff is like family — some have worked there for decades — and treat their customers as such. You’ll almost always hear a “How are ya, dawlin’?” in the checkout line.

2. Langenstein’s (800 Metairie Road, Metairie, 831-6682; 1330 Arabella St., 899-9283; www.lan-

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3. Zuppardo’s Family Supermarket (5010 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 887-1150; www.-zuppardos.gourmetfoodmall.com)

Best Supermarket

1 Rouses (Citywide; shop.rouses.com) — Rouses is the best place to stop before a party — the store’s large variety of party trays, cheeses and a huge walk-in cooler of beer and wine would make you the perfect guest. You’ll also find local produce and other goods, as well as a section devoted to organic foods and products, as well as products for those with celiac disease and other food allergies. And all of these things are offered at great prices and the store’s many locations around town.

Best Northshore Neighborhood Grocery

1 Acquistapace’s Covington Supermarket (125 E. 21st Ave., Covington, 985-893-7554 — The liquor section is vast in this grocery store, and the 4,100 labels and low prices draw customers from across the region. The 27-year-old family-owned and -operated store is also favored for its quality meat selection and the team of butchers who cut it fresh to order. Acquistapace’s is a full-service grocery store that stocks its customers’ favorite brands of foods and cooking needs, and has a fullservice deli with lots of prepared foods ready to go from the checkout to your table.

2. Whole Foods Market (5600 Magazine St., 8999119, 3420 Veterans Blvd., 888-8225; www.wholefoodsmarket.com) 3. Winn-Dixie (Citywide; www.winndixie.com)

Best Farmers Market

1 Crescent City Farmers

2. The Fresh Market (1816 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, 985-6744105; www.thefreshmarket.com)

Market on Tuesdays (200 Broadway St.; www. crescentcityfarmersmarket.org) — The Crescent City Farmers Market’s Tuesday Uptown out-

3. Lishman’s City Market

post gets top honors once again. The main draw here is the Green Plate special, where each month a guest chef creates an affordable menu for market-goers showcasing the market’s seasonal offerings. You’ll also find an array of fresh, local goods in a convivial environment near Audubon Park. 2. Crescent City Farmers Market on Saturday (700 Magazine St.; www.crescentcityfarmersmarket. org) 3. Hollygrove Market & Farm (8301 Olive St., 4837037; www.hollygrovemarket.com)

Best Art Market

1 Arts Market of New Orleans (Palmer Park, corner of Claiborne and S. Carrollton Avenues; www.artscouncilofneworleans.org) — The Arts Council of New Orleans organizes this vast arts market, which offers art, food and drinks from 80 visual artists and other vendors, including paintings, photographs, jewelry, clothing, crafts and more. The mood is always festive, complemented by live music performances and children’s activities. page 108

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Orleans? Randazzo’s will gladly ship. Craving one of those moist, braided cakes before the Epiphany? Order one of the bakery’s seasonal cakes, which come decorated for a number of non-Carnival occasions. Even if off-season king cakes are frowned upon by some, Randazzo’s cakes are good enough to risk the bad ju-ju. 2. Haydel’s (4037 Jefferson Hwy., 8370190; www.haydelbakery.com) 3. Tastee Donuts (Citywide)

Best Wedding Cake

1 Swiss Confectionery (747 Saint Charles Ave., 522-7788; swisscakes. net) — Though contemporary wedding cakes are sometimes baked to produce pastry pyrotechnics rather than please the palate, cakes from Swiss Confectionery are both visually stunning and delicious. Lavish, sculptural concoctions of fondant, icing and frosting taste as good as they look, thanks to family recipes handed down for more than 90 years.

2. Haydel’s Bakery (4037 Jefferson Hwy., 837-0190; www.haydelbakery.com) 3. Zoe’s Bakery (118 W. 32nd Ave., Covington, 985-892-5570; www.zoesbakery.com)

Best Real Estate Agent 1 Catherine Witry

(Prudential Gardner Realtors, 1820 St. Charles Ave., 919-8585; www.catwitry.prugardner.

com) — Catherine Witry sees real estate not only as a business, but something that supports the continued recovery and economic revitalization. To that end, Witry has helped many whose homes were damaged after Hurricane Katrina’s flooding buy new properties in New Orleans. With a background in charity work, Witry takes a communityminded approach to the real estate business. 2. Bryan Francher and Leslie Perrin (Prudential Gardner Realtors, The Francher Perrin Group, 1820 St. Charles Ave., 251-6400; www.neworleanshomes.prugardner.com) 3. Jo Ann Broussard (Latter & Blum Realtors, 7039 Canal Blvd., 2822611 ext. 105; www.latter-blum.com)

Best Attorney

1 Morris Bart (909 Poydras St., Suite 2000, 525-8000; www.morrisbart.com) — Say “Morris Bart” and New Orleanians reflexively think of “One Call, That’s All,” as the attorney promises in his ubiquitous ads. Got in a nasty car accident? Affected by the BP oil spill? Got Chinese drywall? The personal injury lawyer, Hornets enthusiast and sometime movie producer (he counts Kill Theory and Factory Girl among his credits) can handle it all.

2. Allan Berger (4173 Canal St., 486-9481; www.allan-berger.com) 3. Frank De Salvo (829 Baronne St., 524-4191)

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Del Rio will host the In his column and blog party along with New for the Village Voice, York club promoter Michael Musto became Daniel Nardicio (“He’s an iconic authority on been called the Willy celebrities, New York life and its gay demimonde. Wonka of the East Village,” Musto says). In the book, Musto’s brand of sardonic wit permeates musings on celebs like Lindsay Lohan and Madonna, dispatches from Manhattan clubs and aboard a hellish Hamptons jitney, and in rants about bad parties and closet cases. Even more journalistic endeavors, like interviews with Paris Hilton, Sarah Silverman and Jerry Springer, are colored by Musto’s trademark point of view. There also are amusing personal anecdotes, PAGE 113

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s with many people hailing from colder climates, longtime Village Voice columnist Michael Musto has an anecdote of being impressed by friendly locals during his first visit to New Orleans. “I remember getting picked up, which doesn’t happen in New York,” he says. He was at Cafe Lafitte in Exile while in the city with a group of friends who stopped in New Orleans while en route to Las Vegas in the early ’90s. “Not just because I got laid, but I found (New Orleans) to be very open and friendly. This gentleman just came up to me at Lafitte’s and said ‘You’re handsome’ and started chatting me up. I thought, ‘This doesn’t happen in New York.’ People there are still a little full of themselves. Everyone thinks they’re a VIP — especially me.” In his nearly 27 years covering gossip and nightlife in his column, Musto has positioned himself as being both a keen observer of those VIPs — whether they be club kids, reality TV stars, bona fide celebrities, drag divas or porn stars — and a bit of one himself. Musto is no mere fly-on-the-wall observer of events; in his columns he’s another character in the pop culture circus he’s reporting. He’s a star in the LGBT community, and his frequent chiding of celebrities living in the “glass closet” (he coined that term in a 2007 feature for Out, in which he wrote about stars who are living as gay people but aren’t officially “out” to the public) has earned him praise from some and ire from the closeted celebs he criticizes (a then-closeted Rosie O’Donnell once called him a “gay Nazi”). Generally, he’s either loved or loathed. Appropriately, his newest book Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back (Vantage Point Books) is dedicated to “to everyone who is still speaking to me.” His second compilation of writings — mostly consisting of columns from the Voice and from his blog for the paper, with a few original essays thrown in — is a grab bag that spans the ’80s to the present. He’ll be back in New Orleans during Southern Decadence for a book-release party at the Country Club. Local drag bombshell Bianca

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Musto on the e-volution of nightlife: Being an astute observer of — and enthusiastic participant in — nightlife since the ’80s, Michael Musto has seen the scene change over the years. He says social networking in particular has changed the dynamics of clubs, mostly for the better: “It’s taken a lot of the sexual urgency out of nightclubs for straights and gays and anyone else, because anyone can get laid online. Anyone can hook up on Craigslist, or for the gays it’s Manhunt or Grindr — and they’ve probably already done so by the time they’ve gotten to the club, and they can do so again when they get home. So the clubs are no longer a place where you have to meet somebody,” he says. “I actually used to think that was a problem, but now I think maybe it’s good. It’s good that there isn’t that kind of horrible pressure on the situation, and the bright side of networking is that you can put out your invitation to a mass audience and really get a crowd. In the old days, you had to like sit and mail them out or call and beg people to come, but now you just press ‘click’ and your club is filled with fabulous people.” “It was pretty easy, because in some ways my column was the original blog … because it was not traditional reporting — it was basically a first-person diary that took me around to different scenes that make New York interesting, written with a very personal, subjective point of view,” he says. “I found it came naturally to me and it was a great way to get quick bites out there into the blogosphere, especially when you have a breaking story or a point of view that you want to get out there right away” The Internet has not only sped up the news cycle, but it’s empowered nearly anyone with a smartphone to become a vigilante gossip reporter. But Musto’s experience and perspective has helped him maintain his position as an elder statesman among pop culture commentators. “It’s bizarre because originally the gossip family was about 10 people, now you’re competing not just with other sites, but with everyone on earth who has a blog, who posts on Facebook, who has a cellphone … So now I really feel like every individual on the planet is a gossip columnist, but what has kept me going this far is my point of view makes me unique. I will still go to places, both literally and figuratively, that other people won’t go to, won’t think of or won’t dare to go to because

I have free reign at the Voice to Fork on the write whatever Left, Knife I want,” he says. in the Back “So it’s weird release party 1 P.M. TO 5 P.M. to not be the SUNDAY only snarky one THE COUNTRY CLUB, anymore, to 634 LOUISA ST., not be the only 945-0742; WWW.THECOUNTRYCLUBNEopenly gay one WORLEANS.COM anymore, but I still find that I’m pretty hard to imitate.” Also hard to imitate is Musto’s tone towards the VIPs he covers, which is simultaneously harsh and reverent — call it benign bitchiness. Musto recalls gossip and celebrities helping him survive a lonely childhood when, as he says in his book, he “didn’t even have imaginary friends.” “I put myself in the position of the one who wants to bring people down a notch when they deserve it. And they do deserve it a lot. But I’m not afraid to show my appreciation and be a fan, because celebrities are my salvation,” he says. “They got me through my childhood and adolescence. And to this day, they pay my rent. I love celebrities. I find them radioactively exciting and worth covering. I hope they can take my abuse.”

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inety Miles is a collaboration among rising young trumpeter and native New Orleanian Christian Scott, frequent New Orleans visitor and vibraphonist Stefon Harris, and tenor saxophonist David Sanchez. The trio had not played together before traveling to Cuba in May 2010 to perform and record with Cuban musicians. It was a challenging session, but as Ninety Miles shows, a rewarding one. The songs have consistent energy, and the American and Cuban musicians gelled and sound like a group that had been playing together for years. All the songs feature the shifting polyrhythms that mark Cuban jazz. They have greater density on up-tempo tunes such as “Nengueleru” and “Congo,” but even the ballads share the rhythmic undercurrent. The principal soloists are on top of their games here. Harris handles melody and percussion on the vibraphone. He never steps on the piano player, and his playing adds another welcome pulse to the rhythm section. Sanchez is strong throughout, and he wrote two of the best songs: “The Forgotten Ones,” a ballad dedicated to New Orleans, and “City Sunrise,” which starts off with Harris in a contemplative vein before the rhythm section digs in underneath Sanchez’s unique phrasing. Scott shows why he is one of the most highly regarded young players in contemporary jazz. Whether negotiating the tricky rhythms of “Brown Belle Blues” or just straight blowing in “And This Too Shall Pass,” Scott has a clear attack and continually offers interesting ideas. His own records are marked by a backbeat groove, and it is different and exciting to hear him in a more Caribbean context. As both a musical and geographic setting, that context brings out a fine album from these three musicians. — David Kunian

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The Mission

(Roving Bovine) ith his heavy teaching schedule at the University of New Orleans, saxophonist Edward Petersen doesn’t get out much, and the rest of New Orleans suffers because of it. He is a monster player, as adept at beautiful ballads as all-out burners. He and his band The Test’s new record The Mission is full of tough modern jazz that would have been hip in the 1950s and is still hip today. Petersen’s slightly acrid, cutting saxophone tone is authoritative and never tentative. He tears up songs such as “Cryptic Interlude” where, like the best players, his solos tell stories. Even when he’s playing up and down the saxophone, the notes and phrasing maintain a strong coherence. On “The Delivery,” he builds a probing solo with occasional Coltrane-like asides, and the band is with him throughout the tune. Pianist Victor Atkins mixes up stinging backing chords with sweet melodies and a great meditative solo on “Simple.” Bassist Tarik Hassan and drummer Paul Thibodeaux hold down the rhythms on both the swinging and less conventional meters, especially on the very pretty cut “The Dreaded Symphony.” Thibodeaux pushes Petersen at the beginning of the album with driving snare drum accents and tight cymbal work, and by the end he opens some great solo space. The two have a quick duet near the end of the disc where they venture out as far as they can without losing sight of the tune or ascending into pointless noodling. Petersen composed all the songs, and most are five to six minutes long, so the pacing is crisp and the album doesn’t get bogged down. This record and Petersen’s playing in particular can stand up to anything coming out of more recognized modern jazz centers. — Kunian

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Friday 2 BANKS STREET BAR — Lynn Drury Band, 10 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Philip Melancon, 8 BAYOU PARK BAR — Revealers, 10 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE LOUNGE — Frank Williams Jr. & Friends feat. Bobby Love, 8 BLUE NILE — Mykia Jovan & Jason Butler, 8; Mumbles (upstairs), 9; Young Fellaz Brass Band, 10:30 BMC — Moonshine & Caroline, 7; Dana Abbott Band, 10; Soulabilly Swamp Boogie Band, 12:30 a.m. BUFFA’S LOUNGE — Smoking Time Jazz Club, 8 CHECK POINT CHARLIE — Quiana Lynell, 7; Jeb Rault Band, 11 CHICKIE WAH WAH — Paul Sanchez, 8; Seth Walker, 10 CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — John Autin, 6:30 THE CYPRESS — Shotgun Silhouette EP release feat. The Void & Autumn Day Stranglers, 7 DAVENPORT LOUNGE — Jeremy Davenport, 9

THE EMBERS “ORIGINAL” BOURBON HOUSE — Curtis Binder, 6 EMERIL’S DELMONICO — Bob Andrews, 7 GATTUSO’S NEIGHBORHOOD BAR AND RESTAURANT — Chicken on the Bone, 6 HERMES BAR — Luke WinslowKing, 9:30 & 11

LE BON TEMPS ROULE — Cindy Chen, 7

BMC — New Orleans Jazz Series, 3; Jayna Morgan & the Sazerac Sunrise Jazz Band, 6:30; Rue Fiya, 9:30; Ashton & the Big Easy Brawlers Brass Band, 12:30 a.m.

MAPLE LEAF BAR — Khris Royal & Dark Matter, 10

BUFFA’S LOUNGE — Royal Rounders, 8

THE MAISON — Those Peaches, 5; Some Like it Hot!, 7; Asheson, 10; Minutehead, midnight

MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — Bryce Eastwood, 4; Eudora Evans & Deep Soul, 7; Fredy Omar con su Banda, 10:30; The Mumbles, 12:30 a.m. OLD COFFEE POT RESTAURANT — Gypsy Elise & the Royal Blues, 7

OLD OPERA HOUSE — Bonoffs, 1; Vibe, 8:30

OLD POINT BAR — J the Savage, 9:30 PELICAN CLUB — Sanford Hinderlie, 7

THE PERFECT FIT BAR & GRILL — Rechelle, Regeneration, 5:30 PRESERVATION HALL — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8 REPUBLIC NEW ORLEANS — Throwback feat. Sun Hotel, 10 RIVERSHACK TAVERN — Mo Jelly Band, 9:30

SHAMROCK BAR — Weathered, 9 SIBERIA — Unstoppable Death Machines, Dead High In One Eye, Dongles, 10 SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — Ellis Marsalis Trio, 8 & 10 SOUTHPORT HALL — Know Your Enemy, Music From Chaos, Alkatraz Outpatient, DJ Kidd Love, 6 SPOTTED CAT — Brett Richardson, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6:30; New Orleans Cotton Mouth Kings, 10

STAGE DOOR CANTEEN AT THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM — Mark Nadler, 8

THREE MUSES — Davis Rogan, 6:30; Aurora Nealand’s Royal Roses, 10 TIPITINA’S — Big Easy Bounce Band feat. Partners-N-Crime & 5th Ward Weebie, 9

HOUSE OF BLUES — AOB, Prototype, Godvilla, K-Izzy McFly, 2 Face and others, 10

WINDSOR COURT HOTEL (POLO CLUB LOUNGE) — Zaza, 6; Anais St. John, 9

THE INN ON BOURBON — Joe Ashlar, 6

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IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Joe Krown, 5; Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown, 8; Trixie Minx & Meschiya Lake, midnight JOEY K’S RESTAURANT — Maryflynn’s Prohibition Jazz & Blues, 5 JUJU BAG CAFE AND BARBER SALON — Michaela Harrison, Todd Duke, 7:30 KRAZY KORNER — Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, 1; Death by Orgasm, 8:30

12 BAR — Thomas Johnson & the People, 11

ATCHAFALAYA — Atchafalaya All Stars, 11 a.m.

BANKS STREET BAR — Gravy Flavored Kisses, Hopetoun, 9 BAYOU BAR AT THE PONTCHARTRAIN HOTEL — Philip Melancon, 8

BLUE NILE — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Kristin Diable (upstairs), 9; Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes, 10:30

CHECK POINT CHARLIE — Live Bait feat. Kenny Holiday & Christian Smith, 7; House of Cards, 11 CHICKIE WAH WAH — John Autin & Ex Treme, 8 CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — John Autin, 6:30 THE CYPRESS — Chasing Autumn, 7 DAVENPORT LOUNGE — Jeremy Davenport, 9 D.B.A. — John Boutte, 8; Little Freddie King, 11 THE EMBERS “ORIGINAL” BOURBON HOUSE — Curtis Binder, 6 EMERIL’S DELMONICO — Bob Andrews, 7 HERMES BAR — Sasha Masakowski, 9:30 & 11 HOUSE OF BLUES — Soul to Soul, 11 HOWLIN’ WOLF (THE DEN) — Super Water Sympathy, Ben Labat, 10 THE INN ON BOURBON — Joe Ashlar, 6 IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE — Joe Krown Swing Band, 8; Kinfolk Brass Band, midnight JIMMY BUFFETT’S MARGARITAVILLE CAFE — Joe Bennett, 3; Irving Bannister’s All-Stars, 6 & 9 KRAZY KORNER — Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, 1; Death by Orgasm, 8:30 LAFITTE’S BLACKSMITH SHOP — Mike Hood, 9 LOUISIANA MUSIC FACTORY — Armand St. Martin, 2; Alexis Marceaux & the Samurai, 3; Esquizito, 4 THE MAISON — Kelcy Mae, 5; Magnitude, 7; DJ Jubilee (upstairs), 10; Yojimbo, 10; Lagniappe Brass Band, midnight MAPLE LEAF BAR — Papa Grows Funk, 10 MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — Kristina Morales, 4; Troy Turner, 7; The Soulbillyswampboogie Band, 10:30 MULATE’S CAJUN RESTAURANT — Bayou DeVille, 7 OLD OPERA HOUSE — Bonoffs, 1; Vibe, 8:30 OLD POINT BAR — Dana Abbott, 6:30; Larry Hall Band, 10 ONE EYED JACKS — Ratty Scurvics & the Black Market

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D.B.A. — Hot Club of New Orleans, 6; Memphis Garage Legends feat. Jack Oblivion, Harlan T. Bobo & King Louie, 10

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NOW SHOWING 30 MINUTES OR LESS (R) —

Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride and Aziz Ansari star in the comedy about a pizza delivery guy who gets caught up in the plans of two wannabe criminals. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG-13) — Chris

Evans stars in the origin story of the Marvel Comics hero. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16 THE CHANGE-UP (R) — Best

friends Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman are envious of each other’s opposite lifestyles, and after a drunken night out they somehow swap bodies. AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand

COLOMBIANA (PG-13) — After

witnessing the murder of her parents as a child, a woman (Zoe Saldana) grows up to be a professional assassin with a goal of avenging that murder. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14

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CONAN THE BARBARIAN (R) — The warrior embarks on a

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journey across the continent of Hyboria to avenge the murder of his father. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14

COWBOYS AND ALIENS (PG13) — A desolate city in 1873 is

attacked by marauders from space. AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand

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A recently divorced 40-something (Steve Carrell) gets back into the dating game with the help of a young Lothario in the romantic comedy. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (R) — Katie Holmes and Guy

Pearce star in the horrorthriller about a family that moves into a mansion already occupied by hellish spirits. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14

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A ROOM WITH A VIEW

review Fat Chance

Terri (Jacob Wysocki) is a 15-year-old who is quiet if not reclusive and he’s having a difficult time fitting in socially at school. He’s a decent and responsible kid who lives with and cares for an uncle with Alzheimer’s disease. But he’s severely overweight, harassed by other boys and has taken to wearing pajamas to school every day, explaining to Principal Fitzgerald (John C. Reilly) that sleepwear is more comfortable than regular clothes. Watching Terri slip into further alienation and trouble more often, Fitzgerald takes him under his wing. In Fitzgerald, Terri finally finds someone who takes an interest in him, which makes him feel special, until he realizes all of the kids getting similar attention have serious discipline or psychological issues. Sitting outside the principal’s office, he meets Chad (Bridger Zadina), a profound loner, and Heather (Olivia Crocicchia), whose need for acceptance has left her sexually humiliated by a boy. They aren’t natural friends, but the trio ends up sharing a common sense of being spurned by their peers. Azazel Jacob’s film is a far cry from The Breakfast Club, John Hughes’ iconic dramedy about high school kids who feel trapped by their respective social stereotypes and meet because they are all in detention. Jacob’s impressive first feature, Momma’s Man (2008), was about a married man who essentially moves back in with his parents because he craves the carefree life of adolescence. Terri is a much more mature and fully realized treatment of the anxieties that come with growing up. It makes complicated teen angst palpable, but it’s not just angst, the kids are suffering at the hands of others. The three share a long night in which they reveal themselves to one another, often through confrontation, and the scenes are exquisitely tense and unpredictable, brilliantly capturing the uncertainty of those teen years as alcohol loosens their inhibitions. Reilly (Talladega Nights, Gangs of New York, Boogie Nights) is excellent as Fitzgerald, who is far from perfect and has his own problems. Fitzgerald offers some hard truths about honesty and coping that sometimes leave Terri feeling betrayed. It isn’t light and easy, but the film delivers a very engaging in-the-moment treatment of teens on the verge of making hard choices in situations where they don’t know much about where those choices lead. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students/ seniors, $5 Zeitgeist members. — Will Coviello

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Terri 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net

Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 FRIGHT NIGHT (R) — A high

school senior seeks to kill the next-door neighbor he suspects is a vampire in the horror-comedy. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette

Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG-13) — The Harry Potter

series culminates in an epic showdown with Lord Voldemort. AMC Palace 20,

ART

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ardcimino.com — “Perchance to Dream,” box assemblages by Audra Kohout, through Wednesday. ISABELLA’S GALLERY. 3331 Severn Ave., Suite 105, Metairie, 779-3202; www.isabellasgallery. com — Hand-blown glass works by Marc Rosenbaum; raku by Kate Tonguis and John Davis; all ongoing. JACK GALLERY. 900 Royal St., 588-1777 — Paintings,

lithographs and other works by Tom Everhart, Gordon Parks, Al Hirschfeld, Stanley Mouse, Anja, Patrick McDonnell and other artists, ongoing. JAMIE HAYES GALLERY. 621 Chartres St., 592-4080; www.jamiehayes.com — New Orleans-style art by Jamie Hayes, ongoing. JEAN BRAGG GALLERY OF SOUTHERN ART. 600 Julia St., 895-7375; www.jeanbragg.com —

“From Dreams Come ...” paintings by Oscar Quesada, through Wednesday. JON SCHOOLER GALLERY. 8526 Oak St., 865-7032; www. jonschooler.com — “Subliminal WOWs,” paintings by Jon Schooler, ongoing.

JULIE NEILL DESIGNS. 3908 Magazine St., 899-4201; www.julieneill. com — “Facade,” photographs by

Lesley Wells, ongoing.

KAKO GALLERY. 536 Royal St., 565-5445; www.kakogallery.com — Paintings by Don Picou and

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Stan Fontaine; “Raku” by Joy Gauss; 3-D wood sculpture by Joe Derr; all ongoing.

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KURT E. SCHON. 510-520 St. Louis St., 524-5462 — The gallery specializes in 18th and 19th century European oil paintings by artists from the French Salon and Royal Academy as well as French Impressionists. L9 CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 539 Caffin Ave., 948-0056 — “Faces

of Treme,” works by Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun, ongoing. LE PETIT SALON DE NEW ORLEANS. 906 Royal St., 524-5700 — Paint-

ings by Holly Sarre, ongoing.

LEMIEUX GALLERIES. 332 Julia St., 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — Paintings by Billy

Solitario, through Sept. 24.

LIVE ART STUDIO. 4207 Dumaine St., 484-7245 — Venetian glass

mosaics by Randy Sanders; “Capture the Moment,” clocks made from vintage and collectible vinyl albums by Judy Di George; oil paintings by Sean Friloux; all through September.

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Acrylic and oil on linen by Matthew Abbott, through Sept. 24. MICHALOPOULOS GALLERY. 617 Bienville St., 558-0505; www.michalopoulos.com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing. MICHELLE Y WILLIAMS GALLERY. 835 Julia St., 585-1945; www.michelleywilliams.com — Works by

Michelle Y. Williams, ongoing.

NEW ORLEANS ARTWORKS. 727 Magazine St., 529-7279 — “Fas-

cinate Me: A Culinary & Sculptural Extravaganza,” culinary sculpture by Jean-Luc Albin of Maurice’s French Pastries, ice carving by Dawson, chocolate sculpture by Cloud Candi and 3-D designs by The Bikery, through September.

NEWCOMB ART GALLERY. Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, 865-5328; www.newcombartgallery.tulane.edu — “Pictures for Books,” photographs by Thomas Roma; “Jazz People: New Orleans Portraits,” photographs by Lee Friedlander; “Pop Shots,” Polaroid portraits by Andy Warhol; all through Oct. 9. ONE SUN GALLERY. 616 Royal St., (800) 501-1151 — Works by local and national artists, ongoing. PEARL ART GALLERY. 4421 Magazine St., 228-5840 — Works by Cindy and Drue Hardegree, Erica Dewey, John Womack, Sontina, Lorraine Jones and S. Lee, ongoing. PHOTO WORKS NEW ORLEANS. 521 St. Ann St., 593-9090; www. photoworksneworleans.com — Photography by Louis Sahuc, ongoing. REINA GALLERY. 4132 Magazine St., 895-0022; www.reinaart. com — “Vintage New Orleans

Artists,” watercolors, etchings and folk art; “Patron Saints,” works by Shelley Barberot; both ongoing.

RHINO CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS COMPANY. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., third floor, 523-7945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Priscilla Busch, Natalie Nich-

ols, Andrew Jackson Pollack, Barbara Roberds and others, ongoing.

RIVERSTONE GALLERIES. 719 Royal St., 412-9882; 729 Royal St., 581-3688; Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 36, 566-0588; 733 Royal St., 525-9988; www. riverstonegalleries.net — Multi-

media works by Ricardo Lozano, Michael Flohr, Henry Ascencio, Jaline Pol and others, ongoing.

review St. Roch and a Hard Place

St. Roch is one of those urban frontier neighborhoods where artists, charm and creativity share the streets with chaos, crack and crime. Just off St. Claude Avenue, Staple Goods Gallery was an oasis of tranquility even before Aaron Collier’s deft graphite drawings turned up on the walls. More sober and subdued than his colorful paintings at Cole Pratt Gallery, they recall the American Scene realist artists of the 1930s, but with disjointed negative spaces and conceptual flourishes that can make the images appear in danger of falling off the edge of the paper. Somewhat experimental, with little to draw in the viewer, they look rather academic, but they also are not what one would see in most commercial spaces and, on balance, this is an almost ideal venue for them. John Pilson’s short videos at Arthur Roger Gallery were filmed on Villere Street, at Kirsha Kaechele’s former gallery space. In Idea For a Film (pictured), some of the neighborhood kids devise a story about a couple with a dog-washing business who face eviction. With area artists Adrian Price and Srdjan Loncar as actors, the result is a multilayered vignette. In Hunter, Kaechele narrates a mysterious story, and both videos are poignant reminders of time’s passage — Price now lives in New York and Kaechele in Tasmania — but both also capture the dreamy surreality of recent times in the neighborhood. The gallery is still pristine, but kids and artists no longer hang out there, and the blighted houses across the street are gone. Some neighbors complained Kaechele had allowed them to deteriorate. KK Projects used them to display art before Kaechele purchased those two buildings in 2009, and at the time she said she planned to restore the facades and rebuild some parts. — D. Eric Bookhardt

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Mining the Edges: Drawings by Aaron Collier Staple Goods, 1340 St. Roch Ave., 908-7331 Night of the Hunter and Idea For a Film: New Videos by John Pilson Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia St., 5221999; www.arthurrogergallery.com

Genti H2O,” works by Shmuela Padnos, ongoing. SHEILA’S FINE ART STUDIO. 1427 N. Johnson St., 473-3363; www. sheilaart.com — Works by Sheila

featuring works from guild members, ongoing.

ROSETREE GLASS STUDIO & GALLERY. 446 Vallette St., Algiers Point, 366-3602; www.rosetreeglass.com — Hand-blown glass

SLIDELL CULTURAL CENTER. 444 Erlanger St., (985) 646-4375 — Annual Artists of the Year

MALLORY PAGE STUDIO. 614 Julia St.; www.mallorypage.com — Paintings by Mallory Page, Mondays-Fridays.

RUSTY PELICAN ART. 4031 St. Claude Ave., 218-5727; www. rustypelicanart.com — Works by

Travis and Lexi Linde, ongoing.

SOREN CHRISTENSEN GALLERY. 400 Julia St., 569-9501; www. sorengallery.com — Paintings by Eric Abrecht, through Wednesday.

SALONE DELL’ARTES ARTEMISIA. 3000 Royal St., 481-5113 — “I

STAPLE GOODS. 1340 St. Roch Ave., 908-7331; www.postmedi-

MARTINE CHAISSON GALLERY. 727 Camp St., 304-7942; www. martinechaissongallery.com —

works, ongoing.

TRIPOLO GALLERY. 401 N. Columbia St., (985) 893-1441 — Works by Bill Binnings, Robert Cook, Donna Duffy, Scott Ewen, Juli Juneau, Kevin LeBlanc, Ingrid Moses, Gale Ruggiero, Robert Seago and Scott Upton, ongoing. UNO-ST. CLAUDE GALLERY. 2429 St. Claude Ave. — “Artists Who Wish They Were Dead II,” a group exhibition curated by Dan Tague, in conjunction with Barrister’s Gallery, through Saturday. VENUSIAN GARDENS ART GALLERY. 2601 Chartres St., 943-7446; www.venusiangardens.com —

“Luminous Sculpture,” works by Eric Ehlenberger, ongoing.

Phipps, ongoing.

exhibit, through September.

um.org/staplegoods — “Mining the Edges,” drawings by Aaron Collier, through Sunday. STEVE MARTIN STUDIO. 624 Julia St., 566-1390; www.stevemartinfineart.com — Contemporary sculpture and paintings by Steve Martin and other Louisiana artists, ongoing. STUDIO BFG. 2627 Desoto St., 942-0200; www.studiobfg.com — “Peel Sessions: First Install-

ment,” works by Tina Stanley, ongoing.

STUDIO GALLERY. 338 Baronne St., Third Floor, 529-3306 — Works by YA/YA artists, ongoing.

Music of Water in New Orleans,” sound installation by John Kleinschmidt and Andy Sternad, and more. LONGUE VUE HOUSE AND GARDENS. 7 Bamboo Road, 488-5488; www.longuevue.com — “Magic

Spell of Memory: The Photography of Clarence John Laughlin,” through fall 2011.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM PRESBYTERE. 751 Chartres St., 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state. la.us — “Before During After,”

photographs illustrating the impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, through Wednesday. “Holding Out and Hanging On: Surviving Hurricane Katrina,” photographs by Thomas Neff, through Sept. 12, and more.

NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 566-1136; www.noaam.com — “Drapetomania: A Disease

A WORK OF ART GALLERY. 8212 Oak St., 862-5244 — Glass works

Called Freedom,” 18th- and 19th-century documents and artifacts about slavery from the Derrick Beard Collection; “Restore the Oaks: Art Under the Overpass in Treme,” paintings by artists of the murals under the 1-10 overpass; both through Oct. 29.

CALL FOR ARTISTS

NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www.noma. org — “Thalassa,” a 20-foot-tall

WMSJR. 1061 Camp St., 299-9455; www.wmsjr.com — Paintings by Will Smith, ongoing.

by Juli Juneau; photographs from the New Orleans Photo Alliance; both ongoing.

ANTENNA GALLERY. Emerging and established artists and curators can apply for an opportunity to exhibit in the Bywater gallery during the 2012 season. Email bob@press-street.com or visit www.press-street.com/ antenna for details. Application deadline is Oct. 1. COMMUNITY VISIONS UNLIMITED. Artists are invited to submit

designs for a public art project in Lakeview involving painted utility boxes. Visit www. cvunola.org for details. Submissions deadline is Thursday.

MONUMENTAL. Antenna Gallery, 3161 Burgundy St., 957-4255; www.press-street.com —

Antenna seeks proposals for imaginative reinterpretations of 19th- and early 20th-century New Orleans monuments for a show in February 2012. Submissions deadline is Nov. 15, and there is a $15 entry fee. Email courtney@courtneyegan.net for details.

PROSPECT.2 OPENING EVENT.

RODRIGUE STUDIO. 721 Royal St., 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue.com — Works by George Rodrigue, ongoing.

LOUISIANA CRAFTS GUILD. 608 Julia St., 558-6198; www.louisianacrafts.org — Group show

THOMAS MANN GALLERY I/O. 1812 Magazine St., 581-2113; www. thomasmann.com — “Where’s the Money?” group exhibit interpreting the economy, ongoing.

Artist William Pope seeks photographs that respond to the questions “when you dream of New Orleans, what do you dream of?” and “when you wake up in the morning, what do you see?” for a video installation for events celebrating the opening of Prospect.2. Email blinkprojectNOLA@ gmail.com for details. Submissions dealine is Sept. 15.

MUSEUMS CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER.

900 Camp St., 528-3800; www. cacno.org — “The Center Cannot Hold,” paintings and drawings by Brooke Pickett; “Drip: The

suspended sculpture by Swoon, through Sept. 25. “The Elegant Image,” figural bronzes from the Indian Subcontinent from the collection of Siddharth K. Bhansali, through Oct. 23. NEW ORLEANS PHARMACY MUSEUM. 514 Chartres St., 565-8027; www.pharmacymuseum.org — Exhibits about 19th-century

pharmacy, medicine and health care, all ongoing.

OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — “A

Technological Terrarium,” mechanical, kinetic, electronic and biological sculpture, through Sept. 12. “Self-Taught, Outsider and Visionary Art from the Collection of Alexa Kleinbard & Jim Roche” and more. OLD U.S. MINT. 400 Esplanade Ave., 568-6990; lsm.crt.state. la.us/site/mintex.htm — “Race: Are We So Different?” an exhibit exploring the history, science and everyday experience of race, through March. SOUTHERN FOOD & BEVERAGE MUSEUM. Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www.southernfood. org — “Acadian to Cajun: Forced

Migration to Commercialization,” a multimedia exhibit, and more; ongoing. TULANE UNIVERSITY. Joseph Merrick Jones Hall, 6823 St. Charles Ave. — “Treme: People and Places,” maps, architectural drawings and photographs celebrating the bicentennial of Faubourg Treme, through November. For complete listings, visit www. bestofneworleans.com.

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THEATER THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY: NEW ORLEANS AFTER KATRINA.

Shadowbox Theatre, 2400 St. Claude Ave., 523-7469; www.theshadowboxtheatre. com — Jose Torres-Tama uses bilingual texts, film projections and a variety of characters to comment on the issues facing New Orleans immediately after Katrina. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday through Sept. 11. THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE.

Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324; www.slidelllittletheatre.org — The musical follows a naive small-town girl who moves to New York amid the Roaring Twenties to find a new life for herself. Tickets $19 general admission, $14 children. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 11.

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SPOOKY LESTRANGE & HER BILLION DOLLAR BABY DOLLS.

Bayou Park Bar, 542 S. Jefferson Davis Pkwy; www.myspace. com/bayouparkbar — The burlesque troupe performs. 10 p.m. Saturday.

AUDITIONS CRESCENT CITY SOUND CHORUS.

Delgado Community College, City Park campus, Orleans Avenue, between City Park Avenue and Navarre Street; www.dcc. edu — The women’s chorus holds weekly auditions for new members. Call 453-0858 or visit www.crescentcitysound.com for details. 7 p.m. Monday. SYMPHONY CHORUS OF NEW ORLEANS. Loyola University, Col-

lege of Music, 6363 St. Charles Ave — The principal chorus of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra holds auditions for its 2011-2012 season. Auditions are by appointment only. Call 5252111 or visit www.symphonychorus.org for details. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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Grand Guignol was a popular form of theater in Paris in the late 19th century. It specialized in gore, and the success of a show was judged by how many audience members fainted (two was about average). Billed as a rock opera, the original work La Sirena recently revived the sanguinary genre at AllWays Lounge. Samantha Hubbs wrote the book and score, and though a synopsis might give a nightmarish impression, Hubbs’ intent is clearly comic. Under Dennis Monn’s direction, the talented cast brought out the absurdity of the story. No one fainted, but laughter may have claimed a few victims. La Sirena (“mermaid” in Spanish) opens with a scene from an opera within the drama. Hubbs plays Marina, the diva, who sings a duet with Richard (Ren French), a Greek warrior wearing a plumed helmet suitable for Southern Decadence. Outside the opera within the play, they are lovers, and it’s her dreaded birthday. She wants a facelift. Flash forward to the bizarre heart of the story: Dr. Trenton Crane (played with delicious perversity by Vatican Lokey) is a plastic surgeon who re-assembles his patients into monsters. His wife Barbara (Otter) has been altered into a raven and lives in a giant cage. Naturally, this Frankenstein has his devoted attendant: Azmodius (Richard Mayer). The diva’s husband, Giancarlo (Nino Mazzaro), who dresses and talks like a Mafia hitman, wants Marina to suffer, perhaps because she is reluctant to play his sadomasochistic games. He wants to pay the doctor to turn her into a monster. News reporter Stephanie Rynold (Jackie Freeman) reveals that Richard and the public are biting their nails for news of Marina. There is deep sentiment behind all the grotesquerie. The doctor falls in love with the diva. Azmodius falls in love with the doctor. Giancarlo falls in lust with a pair of coke whores (Gambit’s Missy Wilkinson and Frances Rabalais). It’s not a simple tale, and narrative extravagances are emphasized by the outrageous costumes, wigs and out-sized fake genitals. Musical director Ratty Scurvics accompanies the songs on an electric organ and punctuates the melodrama with staccato chords. Tory Ducote and Dennis Monn designed the effective set. Like the original Grand Guignol, La Sirena is not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you enjoy light-hearted bloodletting, hope for a revival. — Dalt Wonk

COMEDY CAROLINE PICARD. Boomtown Casino, 4132 Peters Road, Harvey, 366-7711; www.boomtownneworleans.com — The standup comedian performs. Free admission. 8 p.m. Wednesday. COMEDY CATASTROPHE. Lost

Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., 949-2009; www.lostlovelounge. com — The bar hosts a free weekly stand-up comedy show. 9 p.m. Tuesday.

COMEDY GUMBEAUX. Howlin’ Wolf (The Den), 828 S. Peters St., 522-9653; www.thehowlinwolf.com — Local comedians perform, and amateurs take the stage in the open mic portion. 8 p.m. Thursday. COMEDY OPEN-MIC. La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 644-4300; www.nolacomedy. com — The theater hosts a weekly open-mic comedy night. (Sign-up time is 10:45 p.m.) Free admission. 10 p.m. Friday. COMEDY SPORTZ NOLA. La Nuit

Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 644-4300; www.nolacomedy. com — The theater hosts a safe-for-all-ages team comedy competition. Tickets $10 ($5 with drink purchase). 7 p.m. Saturday.

AN EVENING OF COMEDY. The

Event Place, 516 E. Airline Hwy., Laplace — Stand-up comedians Sean Larkins, Pierre and Rip Michaels perform. Call 274-7534 for reservations. Tickets $10. 8 p.m. Sunday.

FEAR & LOATHING IN NEW ORLEANS/GOD’S BEEN DRINKING. La Nuit Comedy Theater,

5039 Freret St., 644-4300; www. nolacomedy.com — The sketch comedy show with vampires, zombies, relationship advice and other horrors is followed by the improvised comedy program. Admission $10 ($5 with drink purchase). 8:30 p.m. Friday. GROUND ZERO COMEDY. The Maison, 508 Frenchmen St., 3715543; www.maisonfrenchmen. com — The show features local stand-up comedians. Sign-up is 7:30 p.m.; show is 8 p.m. Friday. HENEHAN TWINS. Carrollton Sta-

tion, 8140 Willow St., 865-9190; www.carrolltonstation.com — The comedy duo performs. 9:30 p.m. Friday.

IVAN’S OPEN MIC NIGHT. Rusty Nail, 1100 Constance St., 525-5515; www.therustynail.org — The Rusty Nail hosts a weekly openmic comedy and music night. 9 p.m. Tuesday.

audience interactive comedy show features live local music. Call 523-7469 or visit www. nationalcomedycompany.com for tickets. Tickets $8 online, $15 at the door. 10 p.m. Saturday.

features professional, amateur and first-time comics. Free admission. Sign-up is 8 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Thursday.

LAUGH OUT LOUD. Bootleggers

PERMANENT DAMAGE STAND-UP COMEDY. Bullets Sports Bar, 2441

A.P. Tureaud Ave., 948-4003 — Tony Frederick hosts the open mic comedy show. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

ater, 5039 Freret St., 644-4300; www.nolacomedy.com — The improv and sketch comedy troupe performs. Tickets $10 ($5 with drink purchase). 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

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LA NUIT STAND-UP OPEN MIC.

La Nuit Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., 644-4300; www. nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an open mic following the God’s Been Drinking show. 11 p.m. Friday.

Bar and Grille, 209 Decatur St., 525-1087 — Simple Play presents a weekly comedy show. 10 p.m. Thursday. Yo Mama’s Bar & Grill, 727 St. Peter St., 522-1125 — The

Sidney’s, 1674 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, 341-0103 — The show

SNACK TIME WITH THE ANVIL COMPANY. La Nuit Comedy The-

rollton Station, 8140 Willow St., 865-9190; www.carroll-

tonstation.com — The weekly open-mic comedy showcase is open to all comics. Sign-up is 8:30 p.m. Show starts at 9 p.m. Wednesday. THE THREE CHARMERS OF NEW ORLEANS. Rocky & Carlo’s Res-

taurant and Bar, 613 W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, 279-8323 — The comedy trio features Becky Allen, Jodi Borrello and Amanda Hebert. Call 302-9639 for details. Tickets $20. 8 p.m. Saturday.

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Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., 553-2270; www. sonesta.com — Trixie Minx stars in the weekly burlesque show featuring the music of Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown. Call 553-2331 for details. 11:50 p.m. Friday.

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FAMILY Tuesday 30 TODDLER TIME . Louisiana Children’s

Museum, 420 Julia St., 523-1357; www.lcm.org — The museum hosts special Tuesday and Thursday activities for children ages 3-under and their parents or caregivers. Admission $8, free for members. 10:30 a.m.

Thursday 1 ART ACTIVITIES DURING AFTER HOURS. Ogden Museum of

Southern Art, 925 Camp St., 5399600; www.ogdenmuseum.org — The Ogden offers art activities for kids during its weekly After Hours concerts. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Saturday 3 BEETLEMANIA . Audubon

Insectarium, 423 Canal St., 4102847; www.auduboninstitute.org — The Insectarium spotlights the insect with a day of beetle-themed activities including a puppet show by Calliope Puppets, face painting and special snacks. Admission $5-$16. 10 a.m.

MASTER GARDENERS. Hollygrove

Market & Farm, 8301 Olive St., 4837037; www.hollygrovemarket.com — Kids can make basil lemonade, pick cotton, make vegetable artwork and learn about chickens and bees at the event. Free admission; registration is required for groups of four or more. Email luerla@ bellsouth.net for details. 10 a.m. to noon.

EVENTS Tuesday 30 CELIAC SPRUE ASSOCIATION MEETING . East Jefferson General

Adults: $8 / Children 5-12: $3 Children 4 & Under = FREE Mint Juleps and other refreshments available for purchase For more information call

(504) 483-9488

Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 454-4000; www.ejgh. org — The group meets in the hospital’s Esplanade II room in the conference center. Call 348-3099 or email schfrpd@aol.com for details. 7 p.m. A COMMUNITY SINGS. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — The monthly singalong event features a different song genre each time, from television theme songs to ’60s music. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET.

Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St. — The weekly market features fresh produce, kettle corn, Green Plate specials and flowers. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

BE THERE DO THAT DEALING WITH LOSS. West Jefferson Behavioral Medicine Center, 229 Bellemeade Blvd., Gretna, 391-2440 — The center offers a weekly support group. Call Doreen Fowler for details. 6 p.m.

www.grrlspotnola.com for details about Dykedance. WednesdayMonday.

GREEN-IT-YOURSELF WORKSHOP.

Ochsner Medical Center, 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 842-3000; www. ochsner.org — A clinical specialist in erectile dysfunction leads the discussion. Call 842-5263 or email urology@ochsner.org for details. 6 p.m.

Green Building Resource Center, 841 Carondelet St., 525-2121; www. globalgreen.org — The workshop discusses tools and tasks that can improve the comfort and energy efficiency of a home. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Wednesday 31 AARP DRIVER SAFETY CLASS.

Ochsner Medical Center, 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 842-3000; www. ochsner.org — AARP members and nonmembers ages 50 and older who complete the course receive a certificate that may qualify them for a discount from their automobile insurer. Admission $12 AARP members, $14 nonmembers. Call 302-1712 for details. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

COVINGTON FARMERS MARKET.

Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8921873 — The market offers fresh locally produced foods every week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. FRENCH MARKET FARMERS MARKET.

French Market, French Market Place, between Decatur and N. Peters streets, 522-2621; www. frenchmarket.org — The weekly market offers seasonal produce, seafood, prepared foods, smoothies and more. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP. East

Jefferson General Hospital, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, 454-4000; www.ejgh.org — The American Cancer Society sponsors a group for people who have experienced the death of a loved one. Call 456-5000 for details. 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

INFANCY TO INDEPENDENCE. St.

Matthew/Central United Church of Christ, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 861-8196; www.stmatthew-nola. org — The parent-child education and support group uses enriching activities in music, art and play. Visit www.infancytoindependence. org for details. 9:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday-Thursday.

NEW ORLEANS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON. Hilton

New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras St., 561-0500; www.hilton.com — Henry Coaxum of Coaxum Enterprises and the NOLA Business Alliance and Mike Dawson of Jacobs Technology discuss the economic impact of eastern New Orleans. Call 799-4260 or email rsvp@neworleanschamber.org for details. Admission $40 Chamber members, $50 nonmembers. 11 a.m. registration, program at noon. SOUTHERN DECADENCE. The

annual gay pride event features an around-the-clock street party in the French Quarter, plus special events at clubs. Also happening during Southern Decadence is Dykeadance, which features events targeted to women, transpeople and people of color. Visit www. southerndecadence.net for the full schedule and other details; visit

STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT MEN’S HEALTH: TREATMENT SOLUTIONS FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION .

WESTWEGO FARMERS & FISHERIES MARKET. 484 Sala Ave., Sala

Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego — The market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art and more, with live music and pony rides. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. WWII PUB QUIZ . Stage Door

Canteen at The National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen. org — The quiz tests knowledge of general trivia as well as WWII questions. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday 1 CELEBRATE RECOVERY. Victory

Fellowship Church, 5708 Airline Drive, Metairie — The group addresses addictions and other emotional issues through a spiritual perspective. Call 733-5005 for details. 6:30 p.m.

CHANGES. Hey! Cafe, 4332 Magazine

St., 891-8682 — The weekly meetings teach focusing, a method of directing attention outside one’s body to affect change. Call 232-9787 for details. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

FRESH MARKET. Circle Food Store,

1522 St. Bernard Ave. — The Downtown Neighborhood Market Consortium market features fresh produce, dairy, seafood, baked goods and more. EBT and WIC accepted. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

INDUSTRY INSIDER NETWORKING EVENT. Therapy Wine Lounge, 3001

Tulane Ave., 784-0054; www.therapynola.com — Singers, rappers, photographers, DJs, managers and other people in the music industry are invited to Knee Deep Magazine’s networking event. Call 344-8315 or visit www.kneedeepmagazine.com for details. Admission $5. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. LIFE HURTS, GOD HEALS. Victory Fellowship Church, 5708 Airline Drive, Metairie — The support group focuses on teens and young adults with addictions, hang ups and emotional pain. Call 733-5005 for details. 7 p.m. SISTAHS MAKING A CHANGE . Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 569-9070; www.ashecac.org — The group offers lessons in African dance and more, along with nutrition, health and wellness seminars. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Monday. WORLD WAR II DISCUSSION GROUP.

East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1190 — Members of the National World War II Museum’s Living History Corps appear at the meeting. 7 p.m.

Friday 2 ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLIC/ DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES. Fair

Grinds Coffeehouse, 3133 Ponce de Leon Ave., 913-9073; www.fairgrinds.com — The weekly support group meets at 6:15 p.m. Fridays. Visit www.adultchildren.org for details.

EASTSIDE ART MARKET. Eastside Studios, 107 S. Orange St., Hammond, (985) 542-7113 or (985) 543-0403 — Eastside Studios holds a juried art market for professional artists on the first Friday of each month. Artists pay a $15 application fee and, if accepted, a $20 booth fee. 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. MARKETPLACE AT ARMSTRONG PARK . Armstrong Park, N. Rampart

and St. Ann streets — The weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, Louisiana seafood, natural products, art, crafts and entertainment. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays.

NIGHT VISION . Fairview-Riverside State Park, 119 Fairview Drive, Madisonville — Participants learn how eyes operate after the sun sets and how this relates to some animals’ night vision. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. POND LIFE. Fontainebleau State

Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — Participants use scoop nets to collect different kinds of aquatic wildlife from the fishing pond to lean about biodiversity. 3 p.m.

WHERE Y’ART. New Orleans

Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www. noma.org — The museum’s weekly event features music, performances, film screenings, family-friendly activities and more. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays.

Saturday 3 ART AT THE MARKET. Griffith Park,

333 Erlanger St., Slidell — The Slidell Art League hosts a monthly art market at the Camellia City Farmers Market. Visit www.slidellartleague.info for details. 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod streets, 861-5898; www. marketumbrella.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon. E-WASTE AND PAINT DROP-OFF.

Whole Foods Market Arabella Station, 5600 Magazine St., 8999119 — Whole Foods and the Green Project offer a monthly electronic waste and paint drop-off event. Visit www.greenproject.org for details. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. EAGLE WATCH . Fontainebleau State

Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — A park ranger leads a viewing of the park’s eagle nest. 3 p.m.

ERACE NEW ORLEANS MEETING .

Christ Church Cathedral, 2919 St. Charles Ave., 895-6602 — ERACE meets in the church’s Westfeldt Room for its weekly discussion group. Call 866-1163 for details. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PAGE 131

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State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — Visitors can make a fish print from a rubber mold with paint onto paper. 10:30 a.m.

FONTAINEBLEAU HISTORY TOUR . Fontainebleau State

Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — The session discusses the history of the park, as well as the life of Bernard de Marigny and his influence on Louisiana’s history. 11 a.m.

FRERET MARKET. Freret

Market, corner of Freret Street and Napoleon Avenue, 6382589; www.freretmarket. org — The market offers food, arts, live music and crafts from local exhibitors on the first Saturday of each month. Noon to 5 p.m.

GERMAN COAST FARMERS MARKET. Ormond Plantation,

13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features a wide range of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon. GRETNA FARMERS MARKET.

Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and Fourth streets, Gretna, 362-8661 — The weekly rain-or-shine market features more than 30 vendors offering a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers. Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

GUIDED CANOE TOUR. Bayou

DIMENSIONS OF LIFE DIALOGUE . New Orleans

Lyceum, 618 City Park Ave., 460-9049; www.lyceumproject.com — The nonreligious, holistic discussion group focuses on human behavior with the goal of finding fulfillment and enlightenment. Call 368-9770 for details. Free. 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM.

Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Ave. — Rabbi Edward Cohn leads a free class for those seeking information about Judaism or considering conversion. Reservations are recommended. 9 a.m. Sundays. Through Feb. 26.

PRIMITIVE WOODWORKING.

Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — Park rangers host a weekly demonstration of woodworking techniques. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SPORTS NEW ORLEANS ZEPHYRS.

Zephyr Field, 6000 Airline Drive, Metairie, 734-5155; www.zephyrsbaseball. com — The Zephyrs play the Oklahoma Storm Chasers. 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. PEARL RIVER ROLLER DERBY.

Northshore Harbor Center, 100 Harbor Center Blvd., Slidell, (985) 781-3650 — The Swamp Dolls face off against the Cajun Rollergirls. The junior roller derby team the Monstars also competes. Visit www.pearlriverrollerderby. com for details. Admission $10 in advance, $15 at the door. 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

KNOT TYING . Bogue Chitto

Park, 17049 State Park Blvd., Franklinton, (888) 677-7312 — The park ranger instructs participants on several varieties of knots and their uses. 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

NATURE: A CLOSER LOOK.

Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — Park rangers lead a weekly nature hike. 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. SANKOFA FARMERS MARKET. Holy Angels Complex, 3500 St. Claude Ave., 875-4268; www.sankofafarmersmarket. org — The weekly market offers fresh produce and seafood from local farmers and fishermen. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. ST. BERNARD SEAFOOD & FARMERS MARKET. Aycock

Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi — The market showcases fresh seafood, local produce, jams and preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment, children’s activities and more. Call 355-4442 or visit www. visitstbernard.com for details. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ACT STUDENT VIDEO CONTEST.

High school juniors and seniors are invited to make videos creatively expressing their reasons for taking the ACT college entrance exam for a chance to win scholarships to the colleges of their choice. Visit www.actstudent. org/videocontest for details. Submissions deadline is Sept. 11. CAREGIVER STRESS MANAGEMENT CRUISE GIVEAWAY. Home Instead

Senior Care awards a free five-day cruise to a family caregiver. Those interested in nominating someone should submit a brief story explaining why the individual deserves to win. Call 455-4911 or visit www.homeinstead.com/339 for details. Submission deadline is Wednesday.

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANTS. The New Orleans

Jazz & Heritage Foundation awards grants to local arts

and educational programs. Visit www.jazzandheritage. org for details. Application deadline is Sept. 6. PITCHNOLA . The nonprofit Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans seeks contestants for its elevator pitch competition (Oct. 6) that features celebrity judges and awards cash prizes. Pitches should relate to social and/or environmental problems in New Orleans. Visit www.seno-nola. org/pitchnola for details. Application deadline is Sept. 7. PROJECT HOMECOMING . The

faith-based nonprofit seeks homes to rebuild that suffered damage of 50 percent or more from Hurricane Katrina. Call 942-0444, ext. 244 for details.

Q’N FOR KIDS BARBECUE FUNDRAISER. The nonprofit

mentoring program Each One Save One seeks amateur barbecue teams for its Sept. 17 fundraising event. Call 8969979 or visit www.eachonesaveone.org for details. Application deadline is Sept. 7.

VERIZON FOUNDATION LITERACY GRANTS. The foun-

dation awards nonprofits $50,000 in grants to support literacy programs. Visit www. verizonfoundation.org for details. Application deadline is Thursday.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

American Cancer Society, 2605 River Road, Westwego, 833-4024 or (800) ACS-2345; www.cancer.org — The American Cancer Society needs volunteers for upcoming events and to facilitate patient service programs. Opportunities are available with Relay for Life, Look Good … Feel Better, Hope Lodge, Man to Man, Road to Recovery, Hope Gala and more. Call for information. ANOTHER LIFE FOUNDATION VOLUNTEERS. Another Life

Foundation seeks volunteers recovering from mental illness to help mentor others battling depression and suicidal behaviors. Free training provided. For details, contact Stephanie Green at (888) 5433480, anotherlifefoundation@ hotmail.com or visit www. anotherlifefoundation.org.

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care, legal services, grooming, employment assistance, food, toiletries and more. Call 451-4282, email signal@hero-farm.com or visit www.neworleansmission.org for details. MEAL DELIVERY VOLUNTEERS. Jefferson Council on Aging seeks volunteers to deliver meals to homebound adults. Gas/mileage expenses will be reimbursed. Call Gail at 888-5880 for details. MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION . The MDA seeks

volunteers ages 16 and older for its weeklong summer camps around the country. Call (800) 572-1717 or visit www.mda.org/summercamp for details. NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM .

National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; www. nationalww2museum.org — The museum accepts applications for volunteers to meet and greet visitors from around the world and familiarize them with its galleries, artifacts and expansion. Call 5276012 ext. 243 or email katherine. alpert@nationalww2museum.org for details. NEW ORLEANS OUTREACH VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION. New

Orleans Outreach, 4327 Canal St., 486-2887; www.nooutreach. org — The non-profit dedicated to rebuilding public education in New Orleans hosts an orientation for prospective volunteers. Call 486-2887 or email volunteer@ nooutreach.org for details. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

OPERATION REACH VOLUNTEERS.

PITOT HOUSE . Volunteers are

needed on Saturdays in August and September to help spruce up the historic home’s parterre garden before the fall season. Call 482-0312 or email info@louisianalandmarks. org for details.

PUBLIC SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS. New

Orleans Outreach seeks volunteers to share their enthusiasm and expertise as part of the ARMSOutreach after-school program. Volunteers are needed in the arts, academics, technology, recreation and life skills. Email jenny@ nooutreach.org or call 654-1060 for information.

SENIOR COMPANION VOLUNTEERS.

New Orleans Council on Aging, Annex Conference Room, 2475 Canal St., 821-4121; www.nocoa.org — The council seeks volunteers to assist with personal and other daily tasks to help seniors live independently. Call for details.

START THE ADVENTURE IN READING.

The STAIR program holds regular volunteer training sessions to work one-on-one with public school students on reading and language skills. Call 899-0820, email elizabeth@scapc.org or visit www. stairnola.org for details.

TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION . The

Teen Suicide Prevention Program seeks volunteers to help teach middle- and upper-school New Orleans students. Call 831-8475 for details.

TOURO VOLUNTEER SERVICES. Touro

Volunteer Services, 1401 Foucher St., 897-8107; www.touro.com/content/ careercamp — The infirmary seeks adult volunteers to assist with the Family Surgery Lounge, patient information desk, book and goody cart, hospital tours and health screenings. Call volunteer services at 897-8107 for information.

VOLUNTEERS CAN LEAD PROGRAM .

The program allows residents to assist the New Orleans Police Department at its district stations. Email vocal@nola.gov for details.

WORDS 17 POETS! LITERARY & PERFORMANCE SERIES. Gold Mine

Saloon, 705 Dauphine St., 5680745; www.goldminesaloon.net — The event showcases a display of New Orleans print journals from the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s, along with a roundtable discussion with Lee Grue, Dennis Formento, Kalamu Ya Salaam and others, plus a reading from poet Gina Ferrara. An open mic follows. Visit www.17poets. com for details. 7 p.m. Thursday. BARNES & NOBLE JR. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135 — The bookstore regularly hosts free reading events for kids. Call for schedule information. COOKBOOKS & COCKTAILS SERIES. Kitchen Witch Cookbooks Shop, 631 Toulouse St., 528-8382 — The group meets weekly to discuss classic New Orleans cookbooks. 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday. DINKY TAO POETRY. Molly’s at the

Market, 1107 Decatur St., 525-5169; www.mollysatthemarket.net — The bar hosts a free weekly poetry reading with open mic. 9 p.m. Tuesday.

FIRST TUESDAY BOOK CLUB. Maple

Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The group discusses Ruth Reichel’s Comfort Me with Apples. 6 p.m. Monday.

FRIENDS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK SALE . Latter

Library Carriage House, 5120 St. Charles Ave., 596-2625; www.nutrias.org — The group hosts twiceweekly sales of books, DVDs, books on tape, LPs and more. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

GEORGE PELECANOS. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The author reads from, signs and discusses The Cut. 6 p.m. Thursday. H.T. NAREA. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — The author discusses and signs The Fund. 6 p.m. Wednesday. LOCAL WRITERS’ GROUP. Barnes &

Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135 — The weekly group discusses and critiques fellow members’ writing. All genres welcome. 7:30 p.m. Monday.

MAPLE LEAF READING SERIES. Maple Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak St., 866-9359; www.mapleleafbar.com — The weekly reading series presents featured writers followed by an open mic. Free admission. 3 p.m. Sunday. PASS IT ON . George & Leah

McKenna Museum of African American Art, 2003 Carondelet St., 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com — Poet Gian “G-Persepect” Smith and Alphonse “Bobby” Smith host a weekly spoken-word and music event. Admission $6. 9 p.m. Saturdays. POETRY MEETING . New Orleans Poetry Forum, 257 Bonnabel Blvd., Metairie, 835-8472 — The forum holds workshops every Wednesday. 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. SPOKEN WORD. Ebony Square, 4215 Magazine St. — The center hosts

a weekly spoken-word, music and open-mic event. Tickets $7 general admission, $5 students. 11 p.m. Friday. TAO POETRY. Neutral Ground Coffeehouse, 5110 Danneel St., 891-3381; www.neutralground.org — The coffeehouse hosts a weekly poetry reading. 9 p.m. Wednesday. UNIVERSES. Craige Cultural Center, 1800 Newton St., Algiers — The center hosts a weekly spoken-word, music and open-mic event. Tickets $5. 8 p.m. Sunday. THE WELL: A WOMEN’S POETRY CIRCLE . St. Anna’s Episcopal Church,

1313 Esplanade Ave., 947-2121; www. stannanola.org — The group meets at 2 p.m. Mondays. Call 289-9142 or email poetryprocess@ gmail.com for details.

WRITERS FOR NEW ORLEANS WORKSHOP. Hotel Monteleone,

214 Royal St., 523-3341; www.hotelmonteleone.com — Writer Heather Graham hosts a weekend-long workshop for writers featuring workshops, panel discussions, parties and networking opportunities with editors and authors. Preregistration is required. Visit www. writersforneworleans.com for the full schedule and other details. Admission $30-$250. Friday-Sunday.

CALL FOR WRITERS POETIC SOUL CONTEST. 411 Nola

hosts the competition to honor the publication of the second edition of poet Asia Rainey’s book Soul Chant. There is a $5 entry fee per poem. Email contests@411nola.com or visit www.411nola.com for details. Submissions deadline is Nov. 2.

WRITING WELL-CRAFTED FICTION . Author Stephen Rea (Finn McCool’s Football Club) teaches the 10-week class starting Sept. 27. The class is open to writers of all levels. Visit www.loyno.edu/wpc for details. Registration deadline is Sept. 13.

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Operation REACH and Gulfsouth Youth Action Corps seek college student volunteers from all over the country to assist in providing recreation and education opportunities for New Orleans-area innercity youth and their families. For information, visit www.thegyac.org and www.operationreach.org.

The Audubon Insectarium hosts a day of activities Sept. 3 in honor of one of the most prodigious insects: the beetle. The Insectarium, home to hundreds of live and mounted beetles, will have beetle races, a puppet show by Calliope Puppets, face painting, snacks like “beetle juice” and “chocolate chirp cookies” and more. There will also be a display of beetles made to look like The Beatles (as in John, Paul, George and Ringo). Admission is $5 Audubon members, $10.95 children, $12.95 seniors and $15.99 general admission. 10 am.

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WHERE

Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., 945-9428; www.thewanderingbuddha.com WHEN

Dinner and late-night Tue.Wed., Fri.-Sun. RESERVATIONS

Not accepted

HOW MUCH

Inexpensive

WHAT WORKS

ith so few local opportunities to sate the craving, New Orleanians with a taste for Korean food perk up at the whiff of kimchi, be it buried at the bottom of a conventional Chinese restaurant menu or worked into a fine-dining chef’s repertoire. So when word got around that a young couple was serving an entire menu of Korean food in New Orleans — until midnight, no less — it hardly mattered that the format was a bit unorthodox. The Wandering Buddha operates from a tiny kitchen at the rear of the Hi-Ho Lounge, serving its Korean fare at the bar, in an ersatz patio out back and from a take-out window trimmed with Christmas lights. All of it is vegan. Vegans and vegetarians may well delight over an entire — albeit short — menu tailored to their diet. But the most exciting part of the Wandering Buddha for me is its faithful and diligent approach to Korean flavors. Though meatless, the dishes are roundly satisfying and they should please anyone interested in robustly spicy Far Eastern cuisine. In fact, most of the dishes positively throb with flavor. Dishes are based on family recipes passed down from a South Korean grandmother to Colleen Cronin, who runs the Wandering Buddha with her partner Christion Troxell. They waded into the venture with a once-a-week pop-up format and quickly and impressively expanded their operation. You may be dining among the barroom crowd, but Wandering Buddha does its best to make it feel like a restaurant. Chopsticks are tightly bound in napkins, food arrives

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WHAT DOESN'T

Lobster and artichoke are mixed in a creamy dip served with garlic toast.

A barroom option for latenight vegan Korean cuisine

BY IAN MCNULTY

five 5 DICKIE BRENNAN’S STEAKHOUSE

CHECK, PLEASE

KIMCHI IS KING AT A NEW MEATLESS KOREAN KITCHEN.

Each Sunday, chef Drew Dzejak at the Grill Room at the Windsor Court Hotel (300 Gravier St., 522-1994; www.grillroomneworleans.com) serves a special dinner of pork-centric dishes while the Mario Abney Quartet performs contemporary jazz. Dubbed “Pork & Jazz,” this weekly special costs $35 and features pork in each of its three courses (candied bacon on caramel pecan ice cream was a recent dessert, for instance).

Intriguing contrasts, intense flavors Many dishes draw from the same ingredients

St. Claude Seoul

RIFFS ON RIBS

Colleen Cronin and Christion Troxell are the duo behind the Wandering Buddha. PHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER

promptly and attractively plated and the bill is presented in a proper check holder. Dumplings filled with glass noodles and tofu are a safe start, as inviting and familiar as any fried snack, and so are the thin, chewy scallion pancakes, edged with dark griddle marks. Once you have your bearings, try the ssambap, a hash of diced tofu balanced on long leaves of crisp lettuce and eaten in the manner of hot dogs. There are five entrees, though they share so many of the same ingredients that choosing between them can boil down to picking your starch. In one dish, discreet portions of spicy cucumbers, spinach and kimchi escort planks of tofu, and in another dish, a similar array of vegetables orbits a pile of cold buckwheat noodles. My favorite dish is gungjung tteokbokki, made with thick, chewy, gnocchi-like rice pasta under a pile of zucchini, carrots and mushrooms and a flurry of sesame seeds. Spicy barbecue may be Korea’s best-known culinary export, but as the Wandering Buddha demonstrates, a vegetarian meal can sharpen some of this cuisine’s most distinguishing features. It better shows the dynamic contrasts of fresh vegetables and the intense fermented, pickled and marinated garnishes, sauces and sides that give the cuisine its punch. At the Wandering Buddha, Cronin and Troxell prepare these elements in-house, and the effort pays off. The kimchi is hot enough to bring a tear to your eye, but it’s a short burn that has you immediately reaching for the next bite.

716 IBERVILLE ST., 522-2467 www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com

HORINOYA

920 POYDRAS ST., 561-8914

A whole, tempura-fried lobster tail is rolled in sushi rice.

KIM SON

349 WHITNEY AVE., GRETNA, 366-2489 www.kimsonnola.com

Vietnamese “salt baked” lobster is actually fried with peppery batter.

MILA

817 COMMON ST., 412-2580 www.milaneworleans.com

Try lobster prepared in the buttery style of New Orleans barbecue shrimp.

STELLA!

1032 CHARTRES ST., 587-0091 www.restaurantstella.com

A luxe salad is topped with Canadian lobster, tomato confit and tapenade.

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This lively, crisp and refreshing rose has a moderate alcohol content and is good for quaffing at barbecues and outdoor events. A blend of equal parts Garnacha and Tempranillo, the wine was macerated with the skins briefly to extract color and flavor prior to cold fermentation and vinification in stainless steel tanks. In the glass, the bouquet bursts with aromas of red berries, cherry, melon and floral notes. They are followed by watermelon, strawberry, lime, raspberry, mineral notes and hints of white pepper on the palate. Serve it well chilled. It’s a versatile food wine that goes well with savory paella, pasta, curries, baby back ribs, grilled chicken and sausage. Buy it at: W.I.N.O. Drink it at: Roux on Orleans, W.I.N.O and Houston’s on St. Charles Avenue. — Brenda Maitland

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The half-slab rib some inventory from its wine cellar, so com — The cafe serves breakaccepted. St. Charles Avenue: plate contains six ribs served fast itemes like the Freret Egg breakfast, lunch and dinner its wine director has drafted what the with a choice of two sides. No Sandwich with scrambled eggs, daily. Hickory Avenue: breakfast, reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., cheese and bacon or sausage restaurant calls its “Grape Nuts” wine lunch and dinner Wed.-Mon. dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $ served on toasted white or Credit cards. $$ list of special deals. It runs to more than wheat bread or an English mufBOO KOO BBQ — 3701 Banks O’HENRY’S FOOD & SPIRITS — 634 fin.Signature sandwiches in50 bottles, and each is available at half St., 202-4741; www.bookoobbq. S. Carrollton Ave., 866-9741; 8859 clude the Chef’s Voodoo Burger, com — The Boo Koo burger is a its original list price. So that $30 Alsatian Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, muffuletta and Cuban po-boy. ground brisket patty topped with 461-9840; www.ohenrys.com No reservations. Breakfast and Pinot Blanc is now $15, and that $225 pepper Jack cheese, boudin and — Complimentary peanuts are lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.sweet chile aioli. The Cajun banh Napa Cab is $112.50 (bargains are relathe calling card of these casual, mi fills a Vietnamese roll with Wed., Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ family friendly restaurants. The tive, after all). hogshead cheese, smoked pulled ECO CAFE & BISTRO — 3903 Canal menu includes burgers, steaks, pork, boudin, fresh jalapeno, ci“We’ve done this for years and years, St., 561-6585; www.ecocafeno.com ribs, pasta, fried seafood, sallantro, cucumber, carrot, pickled — Eco Cafe serves sandwiches ads and more. No reservations. but it’s sort of been under the radar radish and sriracha sweet chile like the veggie club, layered with Lunch and dinner daily. Credit aioli. No reservations. Lunch and before, something we offered every year Swiss cheese, tomatoes, onions, cards. $$ dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.cucumbers, spinach and baby to our regulars and friends,” says Dan Sat. Cash only. $ pickles. There are fresh squeezed Davis, wine director at Commander’s WALKER’S BAR-B-QUE — 10828 juices, and Friday and Saturday BAR & GRILL Hayne Blvd., 281-8227; www.coevenings feature tapas dining. Palace. “It’s a way of thanking locals for chondelaitpoboys.com — The No reservations. Breakfast and BAYOU BEER GARDEN — 326 N. coming out and dining during the hotmakers of the Jazz Fest cochon lunch daily, dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit Jefferson Davis Pwky., 302-9357 de lait po-boy serve pork, ribs, cards. $$ — Head to Bayou Beer Garden test months of the year.” chicken and more. The family for a 10-oz. Bayou burger served GOTT GOURMET CAFE — 3100 Fewer people have been taking feast includes a half-slab of ribs, on a sesame bun. Disco fries are Magazine St., 373-6579; www. half a chicken, half a pound of french fries topped with cheese advantage of this locals deal lately, gottgourmetcafe.com — This brisket, pork and sausage, two and debris gravy. No reservacafe serves a variety of gourDavis says, so this year the restaurant side orders, bread and sauce. No tions. Lunch and dinner, latemet salads, sandwiches, wraps, reservations. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinnight Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ is publicizing it more. You have to jump Chicago-style hot dogs, burgers ner Saturday. Cash only. $ and more. The cochon de lait paDINO’S BAR & GRILL — 1128 through one hoop to get this sale-priced nini includes slow-braised pork, Tchoupitoulas St., 558-0900 — wine list, but in the age of Groupons and baked ham, pickles, Swiss, anDino’s kitchen serves burgers, cho-honey slaw, honey mustard BREWPUB chicken tenders, salads and such people seem primed to play along and chili mayo. No reservations. wraps. Happy hour is from 4 for a deal. In this case, you have to menBreakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch and CRESCENT CITY BREWHOUSE — p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays. No dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ 527 Decatur St., 522-0571; www. reservations. Lunch, dinner and tion the term “Grape Nuts” when you crescentcitybrewhouse.com — latenight daily. Credit cards and LAKEVIEW BREW COFFEE CAFE — call for your reservation. Otherwise, the Live jazz and German-style beers checks. $ 5606 Canal Blvd., 483-7001 — This complement creative cooking at restaurant won’t bring you the list. casual cafe offers gourmet cofTHE RIVERSHACK TAVERN — 3449 this brewpub. Grilled Brewhouse fees and a wide range of pastries River Road, 834-4938; www. ribs are served with house-made The special runs through the end of and desserts baked in house, plus therivershacktavern.com — This barbecue sauce. Starters include September and is available anytime. a menu of specialty sandwiches bar and music spot offers a Brewhouse hot wings, baked and salads. Breakfast is available menu of burgers, sandwiches oysters and fried calamari with Naturally, the selection will narrow as all day on weekends. No reservaoverflowing with deli meats red pepper aioli. Reservations tions. Breakfast and lunch daily, the cellar runs through this stock. and changing lunch specials. No recommended. Lunch and dinner dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ “These are great wines on this list, but daily. Credit cards. $ PARKVIEW CAFE AT CITY PARK — as I’m planning our fall purchases these City Park, 1 Palm Drive, 483-9474 SHAMROCK BAR & GRILL — 4133 BURGERS are places where I need to make some — Located in the old Casino S. Carrollton Ave., 301-0938 Building, the cafe serves gour— Shamrock serves burgers, room,” says Davis. BEACHCORNER BAR & GRILL — met coffee, sandwiches, salads shrimp or roast beef po-boys, 4905 Canal St., 488-7357; www. and ice cream till early evening. At the end of the day, a pair of $35 prix Reuben sandwiches, cheese beachcornerbarandgrill.com — No reservations. Lunch and early sticks and fries with cheese or fixe dinners and a $20 bottle of wine still Top a 10-oz. Beach burger with dinner daily. Credit cards. $ gravy. Other options include cheddar, blue, Swiss or pepper adds up to a good chunk of change. But corned beef and cabbage, and PRAVDA — 1113 Decatur St., 581Jack cheese, sauteed mushrooms fish and chips. No reservations. bargains are a highly subjective matter 1112; www.pravdaofnola.com — or house-made hickory sauce. Dinner and late night daily. CredPravda is known for its Soviet Other options include a grilled ... and so are the excuses, justifications it cards. $ kitsch and selection of absinthes, chicken sandwich. No reservaand the kitchen offers pierogies, and rationales for splurging on a nice ZADDIE’S TAVERN — 1200 Jeftions. Lunch and dinner daily. beef empanadas, curry shrimp ferson Hwy., Jefferson, 832-0830 Credit cards. $ meal out. salad and a petit steak served

— Do you have food and drink news, questions or tips for Scuttlebites? Email Ian McNulty at imcnulty@cox.net.

— Zaddie’s serves burgers, alligator sausage, boudin, tamales and meat or crawfish pies. Thrusday’s steak night special features a filet mignon, buttergarlic potatoes, salad, grilled French bread and a soft drink

BUD’S BROILER — Citywide; www.

budsbroiler.com — Bud’s Broiler is known for charcoal-broiled burgers topped with hickory-amoked sauce. The menus also includes hot dogs and chicken sandwich-

with truffle aioli. No reservations. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

RICCOBONO’S PANOLA STREET CAFE — 7801 Panola St., 314-1810

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Hunting down dinner last Friday, I knew I was on the right track when I turned a corner in Faubourg St. John to find a profusion of bikes locked up by the sidewalk and clusters of people clutching foil-wrapped burritos with both hands. I unlatched the front gate leading to a home in the middle of the block and entered an attractive side-yard grotto. There was a food trailer parked up front, picnic tables under a tent in the back and a makeshift bar under a copse of banana trees, while DJ sounds pulsed throughout and young kids turned cartwheels on the grass. This was the Burrito Juke Joint, a party and unconventional food find that goes down each Friday night. The weekly happening is led by local chefs Aiji Daste and Juba Kali. Daste had previously run the now-closed Café Bamboo vegetarian restaurant in the Marigny, and Kali was recently a contestant on the cable-TV show The Next Food Network Star. Knowing this helps explain why, in addition to chicken tacos or a shrimp quesadilla, you can get tofu in your tortilla or specials that seem to come out of left field for a burrito night menu — like last week’s Thai-style coconut noodles. The shrimp burrito I dispatched was fat, fresh and filling, and served with a fortune cookie on the side. They’ve been hosting this party most Fridays since April, and Daste says they plan to continue it through the end of October. He says their goal is to open a restaurant down the line. For now, they’ve put together quite a fun event - part pop-up, part party. Sometimes there’s a DJ — DJ Soul Sister has made an appearance here — and other times a movie might be playing on a projection screen outside. There’s easy mixing and mingling as people sip drinks and wait for their hand-cut nachos, fried plantains or fish burritos to come out of the trailer. The atmosphere is diverse, family-friendly and freewheeling — just the right vibe to cap off a long week.

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CHINESE CHINA ORCHID — 704 S. Carrollton

Ave., 865-1428; www.chinaorchidneworleans.com — This longtime Riverbend restaurant offers a wide array of Chinese dishes. Sizzling black pepper beef or chicken is prepared with onions, red and green peppers and brown sauce and served on a hot plate with steamed rice on the side. Other options include fried rice, noodle and egg foo young dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

CHINA ROSE — 3501 N. Arnoult

Road., Metairie, 887-3295 — China Rose offers many Chinese seafood specialties. The Lomi Lomi combines jumbo shrimp, pineapple and water chestnuts wrapped in bacon, fries them golden brown and serves them on a bed of sautéed vegetables. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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ton Ave., 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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TREY YUEN CUISINE OF CHINA — 600 N. Causeway Approach.,

Mandeville, (985) 626-4476; 2100 N. Morrison Blvd., Hammond, (985) 345-6789; www.tryyuen. com — House specialties include fried soft-shell crab topped with Tong Cho sauce, and Cantonese-style stir-fried alligator and mushrooms in oyster sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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JUNG’S GOLDEN DRAGON — 3009 Magazine St., 891-8280; www. jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine. Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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ANTOINE’S ANNEX — 513 Royal

St., 581-4422; www.antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Royal Street salad features baby spinach and mixed lettuces with carrots, red onion, red peppers, grapes, olives, walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner

daily. Credit cards. $

KUPCAKE FACTORY — 800 Metai-

rie Road, Metairie, 267-4990; 819 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 4648884; 6233 S. Claiborne Ave., 2673328; www.thekupcakefactory. com — Choose from a large selection of gourmet cupcakes. The Fat Elvis is made with banana cake and topped with peanut butter frosting. The Strawberry Fields tops strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream frosting. Other options include white chocolate raspberry and a banana cupcake. No reservations. Hours vary by location. Credit cards. $

MAURICE FRENCH PASTRIES — 3501

Hessmer Ave., Metairie, 885-1526; 4949 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 455-0830; www.mauricefrenchpastries.com — Maurice French Pastries offers an array of continental and French baked goods as well as specialty cakes, cheesecakes and pies. No reservations. Hessmer Avenue: breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. West Napoleon: breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

PINKBERRY — 300 Canal St.; 5601

Magazine St., 899-4260; www. pinkberry.com — Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry topping choices including caramel, honey, fruit purees, various chocolates and nuts and more. There also are fresh fruit parfaits and green tea smoothies. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY 5 Fifty 5 — 555 Canal St., 553-5638;

www.555canal.com — New Orleans dishes and Americana favorites take an elegant turn in dishes such as the lobster mac and cheese, combining lobster meat, elbow macaroni and mascarpone, boursin and white cheddar cheeses. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

BAYONA — 430 Dauphine St., 5254455; www.bayona.com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$$ THE GREEN GODDESS — 307 Ex-

change Alley, 301-3347; www. greengoddessnola.com — Chef Chris DeBarr’s contemporary cooking combines classic techniques, exotic ingredients and culinary wit. At lunch, Big Cactus Chilaquiles feature poached eggs on homemade tortillas with salsa verde, queso fresca and nopalitos. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Thu.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ OAK — 8118 Oak St., 302-1485;

www.oaknola.com — This wine bar offers small plates and live musical entertainment. Gulf shrimp fill tacos assembled in house-made corn tortillas with pickled vegetables, avocado and lime crema. The hanger steak bruschetta is topped with Point Reyes blue cheese and smoked red onion marmalade. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ONE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE —

8132 Hampson St., 301-9061; www.one-sl.com — Chef Scott Snodgrass prepares refined dishes like char-grilled oysters topped

with Roquefort cheese and a red wine vinaigrette, seared scallops with roasted garlic and shiitake polenta cakes and a memorable cochon de lait. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

CREOLE ANTOINE’S RESTAURANT — 713 St.

Louis St., 581-4422; www.antoines. com — The city’s oldest restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like, with a labyrinthine series of dining rooms. Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ GUMBO SHOP — 640 St. Peter

St., 525-1486; www.gumboshop. com — Gumbo and New Orleans classics such as crawfish etouffee dominate the menu. Their spicy flavors meld into a dish that represents the city’s best and redefines comfort food. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

LE CITRON BISTRO — 1539 Religious St., 566-9051; www.le-citronbistro.com — Located in a historic building, the quaint bistro serves starters like chicken and andouille gumbo and fried frogs legs. Entrees include choices like fried chicken, Gulf fish and burgers. Reservations accepted. Dinner Wed.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ MONTREL’S BISTRO — 1000 N. Peters St., 524-4747 — This casual restaurant serves Creole favorites. The menu includes crawfish etouffee, boiled crawfish, red beans and rice and bread pudding for dessert. Outdoor seating is adjacent to Dutch Alley and the French Market. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

CUBAN/ CARIBBEAN MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — 437 Esplanade Ave., 252-4800; www. mojitosnola.com — Mojitos serves a mix of Caribbean, Cuban and Creole dishes. Caribbean mac and cheese pie is made with chunks of lobster, tomatoes, scallions, garlic and creamy cheese sauce and is served over a bed of spicy corn maque choux. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

DELI CG’S CAFE AT THE RUSTY NAIL — 1100 Constance St., 722-3168;

www.therustynail.biz — Inside the Rusty Nail, CG’s offers a menu of sandwiches. The Piggly Wiggly features pulled pork on a sesame seed bun with coleslaw and pickle chips on the side. The Wild Turkey is layered with Granny Smith apple slices, provolone, bacon and garlic mayo. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $ KOSHER CAJUN NEW YORK DELI & GROCERY — 3519 Severn Ave.,

Metairie, 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the

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Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $

MARTIN WINE CELLAR — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , 896-7350; www.martinwine.com — The wine emporium offers gourmet sandwiches and deli items. The Reuben combines corned beef, melted Swiss, sauerkraut and Russian dressing on rye bread. The Sena salad features chicken, golden raisins, blue cheese, toasted pecans and pepper jelly vinaigrette over field greens. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Fri., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

DINER DAISY DUKES — 121 Chartres St., 561-

5171; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — Daisy Dukes is known for its seafood omelet and serves a wide variety of Cajun spiced Louisiana favorites, burgers, po-boys and seafood, including boiled crawfish and oysters on the half-shell. Breakfast is served all day. No reservations. Open 24 hours daily. Credit cards. $$

FRENCH FLAMING TORCH — 737 Octavia St., 895-

0900; www.flamingtorchnola.com — Chef Nathan Gile’s menu includes pan-seared Maine diver scallops with chimichurri sauce and smoked bacon and corn hash. Coffee- and corianderspiced rack of lamb is oven roasted and served with buerre rouge and chevre mashed potatoes. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

MARTINIQUE BISTRO — 5908 Magazine

St., 891-8495; www.martiniquebistro. com — This French bistro has both a cozy dining room and a pretty courtyard. Try dishes such as Steen’s-cured duck breast with satsuma and ginger demi-glace and stone-ground goat cheese grits. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

ITALIAN ANDREA’S RESTAURANT — 3100 N. 19th

St., Metairie 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

CAFE GIOVANNI — 117 Decatur St., 529-

2154; www.cafegiovanni.com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contemporary Louisiana cooking. Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tasso-mushroom sauce. Belli Baci is the restaurant’s cocktail lounge. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

MOSCA’S — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwe-

go, 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$

RICCOBONO’S PEPPERMILL RESTAURANT — 3524 Severn Ave., Metairie, 455-2266

— This Italian-style eatery serves New Orleans favorites like stuffed crabs with jumbo lump crabmeat with spaghetti bordelaise and trout meuniere with brabant potatoes. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Wed.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

VINCENT’S ITALIAN CUISINE — 4411

Chastant St., Metairie, 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Try house specialties like veal- and spinach-stuffed canneloni. Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

Chalmette, 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, 737-8146; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

KYOTO — 4920 Prytania St., 891-3644

INDIAN

MIKIMOTO — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave.,

JULIE’S LITTLE INDIA KITCHEN AT SCHIRO’S — 2483 Royal St., 944-6666; www.

schiroscafe.com — The cafe offers homemade Indian dishes prepared with freshly ground herbs and spices. Selections include chicken, lamb or shrimp curry or vindaloo and vegetarian saag paneer. Schiro’s also serves New Orleans cuisine. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ NIRVANA INDIAN CUISINE — 4308

Magazine St., 894-9797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes. Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

TAJ MAHAL INDIAN CUISINE — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommend-

JAPANESE — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked. The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$

MIYAKO JAPANESE SEAFOOD & STEAK-

HOUSE — 1403 St. Charles Ave., 4109997; www.japanesebistro.com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ ROCK-N-SAKE — 823 Fulton St., 581-7253;

www.rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists. There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

WASABI SUSHI — 900 Frenchmen St., 943-9433; 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd., 2673263; www.wasabinola.com — Wasabi honey shrimp are served with cream sauce. The Assassin roll bundles tuna, snow crab and avocado in seaweed and tops it with barbecued eel, tuna, eel sauce and wasabi tobiko. No reservations. Frenchmen Street: Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily. Pontchartrain Boulevard: lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY BOMBAY CLUB — 830 Conti St., 586-

0972; www.thebombayclub.com — Mull the menu while sipping a well made martini. The duck duet pairs confit leg with pepper-seared breast with black currant reduction. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ BOUCHE — 840 Tchoupitoulas St., 267-

7485; www.bouchenola.com — This wine bar and restaurant serves creative dishes like tasso truffle mac and cheese with three cheeses and Mornay sauce and crispy duck breast with Grand Marnier sweet potatoes and vanilla-balsamic extract. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

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ommended. Lunch Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

REDEMPTION — 3835 Iberville St., 3093570 — Redemption offers contemporary Louisiana cooking. Chambord duckling is served with cherry vinaigrette. Seared foie gras is complemented by vanilla parsnip puree. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ TOMMY’S WINE BAR — 752 Tchoupitou-

las St., 525-4790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN

MIA’S — 1622 St. Charles Ave., 301-9570

ATTIKI BAR & GRILL — 230 Decatur St.,

MILA — 817 Common St., 412-2580; www.milaneworleans.com — MiLA takes a fresh approach to Southern and New Orleans cooking, focusing on local produce and refined techniques. Try New Orleans barbecue lobster with lemon confit and fresh thyme. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.Fri. dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

PYRAMIDS CAFE — 3151 Calhoun St.,

— Veal Oscar features lightly breaded veal topped with lump crabmeat and hollandaise, served with garlic red potatoes and grilled asparagus. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$

RALPH’S ON THE PARK — 900 City Park Ave., 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Popular dishes include baked oysters Ralph, turtle soup and the Niman Ranch New York strip. There also are brunch specials. Reservations rec-

587-3756; www.attikineworleans.com — Attiki features a range of Mediterranean cuisine including entrees of beef kebabs and chicken shawarma. Reservations recommended. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $$ 861-9602 — Diners will find authentic, healthy and fresh Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN COUNTRY FLAME — 620 Iberville St., 522-

1138 — Country Flame serves a mix of popular Mexican and Cuban dishes. page 138

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OUt2EAt page 137 Come in for fajitas, pressed Cuban sandwiches made with hickory-smoked pork and char-broiled steaks or pork chops. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ JUAN’S FLYING BURRITO — 2018

Magazine St., 569-0000; 4724 S.Carrollton Ave. 486-9950; www. juansflyingburrito.com — This wallet-friendly restaurant offers new takes on Mexican-inspired cooking. It’s known for its mealand-a-half-size signature burritos. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

NACHO MAMA’S MEXICAN GRILL —

3242 Magazine St., 899-0031; 1000 S. Clearview Pkwy., Harahan, 7361188; www.nachomamasmexicangrill.com — These taquerias serve Mexican favorites such as portobello mushroom fajitas and chile rellenos. There are happy hour margaritas on weekdays and daily drink specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ SANTA FE — 3201 Esplanade Ave., 948-0077 — This casual cafe serves creative takes on Southwestern cuisine. Bolinos de Bacalau are Portuguese-style fish cakes made with dried, salted codfish, mashed potatoes, cilantro, lemon juice, green onions and egg and served with smoked paprika aioli. Outdoor seating is available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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— Tomasito’s is an upscale cantina with a patio for outdoor dining. The carnitas platter features marinated and slow-cooked pork served with Mexican rice, refried beans and a choice of salsa verde, smoky chipotle or a traditional Mexican sauce. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

daily. Credit cards. $$

SIBERIA — 2227 St. Claude Ave., 265-

8855 — This music clubs serves dishes like fish and chips, spicy hot wings, tacos and more. There are weekly specials and vegetarian and vegan options. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $

SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO — 626

MUSIC AND FOOD GAZEBO CAFE — 1018 Decatur St.,

525-8899; www.gazebocafenola. com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo. Other options include salads, seafood poboys and burgers. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

HOUSE OF BLUES — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ THE MARKET CAFE — 1000 Decatur

St., 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. Sandwich options include muffulettas, Philly steaks on po-boy bread and gyros in pita bread. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Frenchmen St., 949-0696; www. snugjazz.com — Traditional Creole and Cajun fare pepper the menu along with newer creations such as the fish Marigny, topped with Gulf shrimp in a Creole cream sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

NEIGHBORHOOD ARTZ BAGELZ — 3138 Magzine St.,

309-7557; www.artzbagelz.com — Artz bakes its bagels in house and options include onion, garlic, honey whole wheat, cinnamonraisin, salt and others. Get one with a schmear or as a sandwich. Salads also are available. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

BRAXTON’S RESTAURANT — 636 Franklin Ave., Gretna, 301-3166; www.braxtonsnola.com — Braxton’s serves a mix of salads, poboys, deli sandwiches and entrees. Start a meal with oysters Louise, featuring fried oysters on a bed of spinach and cheese. The seafood platter includes fried shrimp, oysters, catfish strips, french fries, potato salad and vegetables. Reser-

vations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

KATIE’S RESTAURANT — 3701 Iber-

ville St., 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread. The Boudreaux pizza is topped with cochon de lait, spinach, red onions, roasted garlic, scallions and olive oil. There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, Dinner Tue.Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ KOZ’S — 515 Harrison Ave., 4840841; 6215 Wilson St., Harahan, 7373933; www.kozcooks.com — Louisiana favorites such as seafood platters, muffulettas and more than 15 types of po-boys, ranging from hot sausage to cheeseburger, are available at Koz’s. The Will’s Chamber of Horrors sandwich features roast beef, ham, turkey, Swiss and American cheese, Italian dressing and hot mustard. . No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $

OLIVE BRANCH CAFE — 1995 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, 348-2008; 3700 Orleans Ave., 302-1220; 5145 Gen. de Gaulle Drive, 393-1107; www.olivebranchcafe.com — These cafes serve soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps and entrees. Chicken and artichoke pasta is tossed with penne in garlic and olive oil. Shrimp Carnival features smoked sausage, shrimp, onion and peppers in roasted garlic cream sauce over pasta. No reser-

vations. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

RAJUN CAJUN CAFE — 5209 W.

Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 883-5513; www.rajuncajuncafe.com — The cafe serves soups, salads, po-boys, muffulettas, seafood plates and a few entree platters. Daily specials include items such as breaded pork chops on Wednesdays and seafood options on Friday. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA ITALIAN PIE — Citywide; www.

italianpie.com — Italian Pie offers an array of pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, wraps and salads. The Mediterranean pie is topped with artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, red onion, tomatoes, herbed ricotta, mozzarella and pesto sauce. The spinach and artichoke pie includes mushrooms, onion, feta, mozzarella and garlic sauce. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ MARKS TWAIN’S PIZZA LANDING —

2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, 8328032; www.marktwainspizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

NONNA MIA CAFE & PIZZERIA — 3125 Esplanade Ave., 948-1717 — Nonna Mia uses homemade dough for pizza served by the slice or whole

pie and offers salads, pasta dishes and panini. Gourmet pies are topped with ingredients like pancetta, roasted eggplant, portobello mushrooms and prosciutto. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ REGINELLI’S — 741 State St., 899-

1414; 817 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 712-6868; 874 Harrison Ave., 488-0133; 3244 Magazine St. 8957272; 5608 Citrus Blvd., Harahan, 818-0111; www.reginellis.com — This New Orleans original offers a range of pizzas, sandwiches and salads. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

R&O’S RESTAURANT — 216 Old Hammond Hwy., 831-1248 — R&O’s offers a mix of pizza and Creole and Italian seafood dishes. There’s everything from seafood gumbo and stuffed artichokes to po-boys and muffulettas. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, dinner Wed.Sun. Credit cards. $

SLICE PIZZERIA — 1513 St. Charles Ave., 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., 897-4800 — Neapolitan-style pizza rules, but you can buy pizza by the slice and add or subtract toppings as you choose. There are also a full coffee bar, Italian sodas and organic teas. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ THEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA —

4218 Magazine St., 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — There is a wide variety of specialty pies or build your own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. Also serving

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#1 for the New Orleans Metropolitan Area of Realtors 2007-2010

your Real Estate Needs

Bonnie Buras 504-909-3020 Cell

Hablo Español margaritabergen@hotmail.com

504-392-0022 Office 504-391-022 Fax bonnieburas@aol.com

132 Robert E. Lee Blvd. 504-288-4100

8601 Leake Ave • New Orleans, La 70118 Each Office Independently Owned & Operated

Each Office Independently Owned and Operated.

Mat Berenson crs

SLIDELL

Steve

RichaRdS

NEW ORLEANS TOP PRODUCER Buying or Selling? Mat knows real estate! Uptown, Downtown Old Metairie and Lakefront

I specialize in Greater New Orleans Real-Estate Sales and Leasing with an emphasis on my neighborhood, The French Quarter. My local knowledge of The Marigny, Bywater, Uptown, Lake Areas and Mandeville will provide you the best both shores have to offer.

Mat Berenson, crs cell 504-232-1352 office 504-866-2785

504 258 1800 (Cell) • 504 948 3011 (Office)

matberenson@yahoo.com

118 LAKEVIEW DRIVE 3 UNITS $153,000 each

34163 BAYOU LIBERTY HWY 433 RD • 5.01 ACRES $298,500 Great

Spectacular views of Lake Pontchartrain & boat canal from balconies *3 units available in like new condition *Greatrm w/frpl, Kitchen w/granite counters, SS appliances *Mstr w/balcony *Mstr bth w/hydro tub granite counters *2 bedrms w/connecting bth *powder rm *cargo elevator to all flrs *2 car garage *lg storage room for ea unit for boating and outdoor equiptment *community cov patio *dock boat slips *ceramic tile & carpet flrs *minutes to lake by boat *enjoy sunrises & sunsets

Panoramic views of wildlife, nature, marsh, sunsets, live oaks. Fish from bulkheaded dock on 5+ acres of land. *468’ on Scenic Bayou Liberty* great opportunity to build dream home or restore raised 2BR 2BA home damage from Katrina sold “as is” no repairs *Being sold for Water Land Value, house not incl in price* DO NOT ENTER HOUSE* over 1400’of water frontage* dock area sailboat access to Bayou Liberty and Lake Pont.* Could sell off house and 2 acres of land and still have 2+ acres.

Locati Motiva on te Selle d r

North Shore Waterfront Specialist

BETTY NEWMAN

SRichards@LatterBlum.com www.Latter-Blum.com/SteveRichards

Office: (985) 845-8885 Mobile: (985) 290-5200

RICHARD NEWMAN REAL ESTATE

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RANDIE LEGGIO CDPE (CERTIFIED DISTRESSED PROPERTY EXPERT) | RELOCATION SPECIALIST | SELLERS REPRESENTATIVE

504-236-8540 • rleggio@prudentialgardner.com www.randieleggio.com TOP PRODUCER IN 2003 -2009 • RANKED #8 IN THE METRO AREA WITH NOMAR IN 2010 • 2011 ALREADY EXCEEDING 2010

We are in Challenging Times in this Real Estate Market ... Whether you are a buyer or a seller, determining a price is one of the most important factors. I have the most recent technogy reports to determine that price.

SELLERS:

REMEMBER, THIS IS A SUPPLY AND DEMAND BUSINESS , AND WITH RATES THIS LOW THERE IS A DEMAND. CALL ME SO I CAN SHOW YOU HOW TO GET THE MOST FOR YOUR HOME.

REP

761 CONRAD ST., LAKEVIEW

5BR, 3 BA, totally renovated, inground pool

1533 SECOND ST. GARDEN DISTRICT

3 BR, 2.5 BA Beautiful Repo, 1600 sq ft living

BUYERS:

0,0 $25

4705 CLEARVIEW, METAIRIE

1800 sq ft, 3BR/2BA, sngl car gar. Beaut renov. Blk off Avron

GET OFF THE FENCE ... THERE IS NO BETTER TIME THEN NOW! CALL FOR A BUYER’S COUNSELING SESSION . EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS!

9,9 $15

2501 GREEN ACRES RD, METAIRIE 1550 sq ft. Beautifully renovated, 3 bedroom

DIN

PEN

2623 & 2625 BARONNE, NEW ORLEANS

Uptown double, 3 BR, 2.5 BA each side, 3400 st living total

Le Fleur De Lis Realty, LLC

N E W

Ricky Lemann

~ Where dreams come home ~ Jennifer Z. LeBlanc

Cell/Office: (504) 975-1757 www.lefleurdelisrealty.com jennifer@lefleurdelisrealty.com

Realtor/Broker Affordable Housing Certified Native of New Orleans

O R L E A N S

congratulates

New Orleans, Louisiana

2009 Top Producer 2009 NOMAR Platinum Award 2009 NOMAR 4th Place Super Star Assisted GCC 2009 NOMAR 7th Place Super Star Assisted Transactions Gambit's Best Male Real Estate Agent 2009

rickylemann.com

5 0 4 - 8 6 2 - 0 1 0 0

“Let me help you buy or sell your next home”

DEBBY VALENTINO COUNCE, HHS REALTOR • Multi Million Dollar Producer

Ofﬁce 504-895-4663 • Cell 504-430-7663 2734 Prytania Street • New Orleans

each office independently owner and operated.

Ricky Lemann • 504-460-6340

Licensed in Louisiana, USA

(office)

Stephen Ehlinger Realtor

Helping Agents Succeed!

504-650-6770 Cell 504-866-2785 Office 504-865-1574 Fax sehlinger@latterblum.com

Ann de Montluzin Farmer broker

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FRANCHER PERRIN GROUP FOR BEING VOTED IN THE TOP 3 REALTORS IN NEW ORLEANS FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW 2228 St. Charles Ave. - Garden District...........................$2,449,000 340 S Diamond St - Warehouse Dist..............................$1,395,000 7030 Hickory - Lusher School Dist..................................$770,000 2114-16 Chartres St - Marigny Triangle.........................$515,000 610 John Churchill Chase Loft 12 - Soho Chic.........................$418,000 1310 Chartres - French Quarter.............................................$399,000 533 St. Philip No. 3 - French Quarter Balcony.....................$315,000 3437 St. Charles Ave. A - Uptown Balcony...........................$279,900 3437 St. Charles Ave. C - Uptown...........................................$279,900 801 Rue Dauphine - Old Metairie............................................$280,000 3915 St. Charles. #709 - Penthouse level...........................$269,000 1934 Ursulines Ave. Treme.........................................................$262,500 3720 Jena - Broadmoor............................................................$249,000 1350 Bourbon #19 - French Qtr...............................................$199,500 2351-53 Annunciation - Irish Channel....................................$175,000 407 Burgundy #5 - French Qtr.................................................$153,500 528 Dumaine #6 - French Qtr......................................................$126,000 112 Ondine Lane-“Vacant Land”.........................................$123,000 1003 St. Philip - French Quarter Furnished...........................$2400/mo. 308 & 312 N. Rampart - Comm’l...................................$1500-1800/mo.

Residential /Commercial Sales and Leasing, Appraisals.

(504) 895-1493 (504) 430-8737

www.FrancherPerrin.com

farmeran@gmail.com www.demontluzinrealtors.com Licensed in Louisiana for 32 years, building on a real estate heritage since 1905

L. BRYAN FRANCHER

251-6400

LESLIE PERRIN

504-891-6400

722-5820

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The Historic House, Luxury Home and Second Home Specialist

Call for an interview.

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www.janetfavrot.com janet.favrot@gmail.com

Power Jodi

TEAM

Top producer 455-0100

261-5247

Each Office independently owned & operated

NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA PLATINUM AWARD REALTOR TOP PRODUCER Since 2003! Call Jodi to list your home today!!!

Whether you’re Buying or Selling, contact me and I will be happy to help you!

Karen Prieur

N.O. Properties 8001 Maple St. 866-7733

Each Office is Independently Owned & Operated

504-250-8000

The #1 RE/MAX Agent in Metro New Orleans 2002 thru 2010 View all available listings

www.karenprieur.com

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2600 Belle Chasse Hwy, Suite G Gretna, Louisiana 70056 Office: 504-207-2007 Direct: 504-723-5403 Fax: 504-324-0301

For Jay Susslin, keeping it simple is the key to success. By applying this philosophy to his real estate career, Jay has earned a solid reputation as one of the Westbank's leading real estate professionals. Using his business expertise, lifelong knowledge of the area and no-pressure approach, Jay makes your next move the best - and easiest - one yet. If you're thinking about buying or selling a home, call on Jay Susslin because he's KEEPING IT SIMPLE. Contact him today.

Direct:

504-723-5403

VIEW ALL LISTINGS AT JODIPOWER.COM

504-615-0813 cell 504-899-4040 ofc

www.jodipower.com

JANET FAVROT CRS, HHS

TIFFANI ROBIN ROBIN REALTY GROUP 504.339.6999 tiff@TiffaniRobin.com

Serving the Northshore & the Southshore Professional Realtor, Professional Results KWRD, Mandeville, LA USA, 985-727-7154. Each office independently owned & operated

Downing Realty 504 • 813 • 3086

PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Individuals | Buyers | Sellers | Investors

• SINGLE FAMILY • DOUBLES • TRIPLEX • BUILDINGS • CONDOS • LEASING • MAINTENANCE • REPAIRS • TENANT SCREENINGS • EVICTIONS Call me for a personal discussion

about what I can do for you and your property to maximize the return on your investment. My property management rates and fees are more affordable than ever and having a professional manager on the job makes a difference

- a BIG difference

Email:

SANDY DOWNING

Website:

Ofﬁce: (504) 834-5329 Cell: (504) 813-3086 Sandown60@aol.com www.SandyDowning.com

Jay@JaySusslin.com www.JaySusslin.com

Are you thinking of buying or selling a home?

Liz Stroebel R E A LT O R

SRS

Gaby Barnetzer

Lynnette A. Boudet

(504) 273-8599

estroebel@latterblum.com

Licensed LA Realtor, SRES, SRS

Gabarnet@gmail.com

2734 Prytania St. • New Orleans, LA 70130 Oﬃce: (504)895-4663 • Cell: (504)723-4011 Fax: (504)895-2524

Office: (985) 626-5695 Cell: 985) 773-8414 Call Me For All Your Fax: (985) 626-5866 E-mail: lboudet@latterblum.com Real Estate Needs Website: www.lynnetteboudet.com 1151 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville, LA 70471

www.gabynolahomes.com

MAKE YOUR NEXT REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION A GREEN TRANSACTION

"Experience Matters." Sandy Ward

As a certified GREEN Real Estate Professional, I have the expertise to advise on GREEN Designs, Features, and Construction. Call today for an appointment!

Broker Associate

LICENSED REALTOR IN LA & USA

504 259-2616 (cell) HomesBySandyWard.com

Kimberlye P. Hunicke

504 457-2616 (office) email: sandyward@remax.net

Ryan C. Haro

Realtor M2 Brokerage LLC

GEAUX

BOYS!

WALK TO THE GAMES FROM YOUR HOME IN THE FRENCH QUARTER! 941 St. Ann Street (& Burgundy) $630K • • • • • •

2 Car Parking 2 Bedrooms 2 Bath Move in Ready Motivated Seller CALL ME!

Uptown location Duplex, owner plus Classic Victorian $510K $2200 rental. $469,900

1633 Third St. Garden District

900 S. Peters, L3 CBD

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5214 Annunciation

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1102 Robert St.

I’m the Experienced Buyers & Sellers Agent You’re Searching For!

1423 Adams St. University Area

Let me be your Franchise Realtor!

OVER $5 MILLION SOLD YTD

Luxury Homes & Historic Specialist in FQ, Garden Dist, Uptown, CBD

Each office independently owned & operated 8601 Leake Ave • New Orleans • 862-0100

LICENSED REALTOR IN LOUISIANA USA

Thank YOU!

For Voting me One of the Top 3 Agents in the 2011 Best of New Orleans category

BEST REAL ESTATE AGENT! JoAnn Fitzpatrick Broussard Cell 504.450.1477 Office 504.282.2611 jfitzpatrick@latterblum.com 7039 Canal Blvd New Orleans, LA 70124 Phone: 504.282.2611 • Fax: 504.286.8608

Providing Professional Service With A Personal Touch!

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Realtor® Cell: 504.905.7473 pattifaulder@gmail.com www.pattifaulder.com

504.267.9405

www.bigeasycondos.com

Re/Max R.E. Partners Inc. 4141 Veterans Blvd, Ste 100 • Metairie • 504 888-9900

Patti Faulder

643 Magazine Ste. 402 New Orleans, LA 70130

REALTOR ®, GREEN 200 Broadway Street Ste. 142 New Orleans, LA 70118 504.236.9537 khunicke@latterblum.com

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SUSAN & SKYE PRICE TWO PRICES FOR THE PRICE ON ONE SPECIALIZING IN: Metairie Club Gardens Old Metairie Garden District Uptown

SUSAN HURTH PROCE

891-6400 www.susanprice.realtor.com

ean unn Broker Associate

Representing YOUR best interests!

504-232-3570 www.HunnProperties.com 1960 W. Ridge Dr., Mandeville Fabulous, 4 BR, 3 BA. High & Dry. Great Commute! $297,500

SKYE PRICE

GRI, ABR, CRS, Certified Relocation Specialist

Realtor

388-7593

908-3317

Serving

St. Tammany, Orleans & Jefferson Parishes

Sue Tiblier

8001 Maple St New Orleans, LA

504-259-0954

862-5400 direct 616-3181 cell

Sue is a native of Lakeview and when she’s not selling real estate, she is in the kitchen! She is the owner of Chicken Sue’s Restaurant & Catering at 203 West Harrison Avenue.

www.MaryAnnandSarah.com The #1 RE/MAX office in the New Orleans Metro area since 2006! Each office independently owned and operated

Larry Haik, Jr.

Thank you to all my clients for voting and for the honor of being selected as one of the Best Realtors in New Orleans.

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504-864-2329

Mary Ann Casey, CRS, Broker/Owner Sarah Gilberti, HHS

Catering to all your Real Estate Needs Since 2000

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Please call anytime for answers to all your real estate questions!

OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL MARKET

• A Top producer of Commercial Land, Buildings, and Commercial Leases in the Slidell Market I HAVE AVAILABLE: • Offices from 1000 to 9000 sq ft • Warehouses form 1200 to 16,000 sq ft • Commercial & industrial lots & acerage including Interstate frontage, and Income Investment propoerties. Over 85 listings to choose from at excellent prices & terms.

Together we are building a community one neighbor at a time

Katie Witry, REALTOR

CALL ME

(985) 788-4993

My statistics from April, 2005-June, 2011: Total Number of Transactions - 179

Number of Properties Sold (Buyer’s Agent) - 125 Average Percentage of Asking Price as Buyer’s Agent - 91% Number of Properties Sold (Listing Agent) - 54 Average Percentage of Asking Price as Listing Agent - 94%

504.919.8585 Cell 504.891.6400 Ofc 504.891.0228 fax

Licensed in Louisiana cwitry@prudentialgardner.com www.katiewitry.com

Garden District 1820 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA. 70130

Clara Paletou gri, abr

hallenging times and changing market conditions require expert knowledge and genuine integrity.

or quality representation whether buying, selling or investing you need only make one call . . .

504-858-5837

504-891-6400

Because you deserve the very best!

COMING SOON 6045 PERRIER ST

342 HOMESTEAD OLD METAIRIE

Fab 4-5 br w/2 mster suites, 4.5 ba, 2 dens. Guest hse in rear, hot tub, gar. Wrought iron fence, 12 x 125 rear lot. $719,000.

1412 BEVERLY GARDEN DR.

In Metairie near West Esplanade. 3 br, 2 ba, granite & travertine marble in kit & baths, garage/driveway for 2 cars. $225,000. Bring offers.

7934 MAPLE STREET / NEW ORLEANS, LA 70118

www.prudentialgardner.com 1850 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone (504) 891-6400 Cell 504-723-1010 Email: kcarnegie@prudentialgardner.com

THE FERNANDEZ HOUSE

Full Service Property Management Over 30 years of selling properties & filling vacancies! www . mauriceguillot . com

Mary Mang ABR, SRS, GRI, AHS CEll: 504-650-7156 OffiCE: 504-455-0100 www.homeinnola.com www.marymang.com

PRiCE + CONDiTiON = SOlD! I’ll help stage your home to show at it’s BEST!

Staged homes sell faster!

Realtor/Consultant

Keller Williams Realty 455-0100 4725 Veterans Blvd. Metairie, LA 70006

Oﬃce: (504) 455-0100 • Cell: (504) 234-3001 www.amyburke.com • amyburke@kw.com

Cecelia S. Buras GRIM ABR SRS Re a l to r

burasc@bellsouth.net

3725 MacArthur Blvd.

New Orleans, LA 70114-6825

Business: 504.366.4511 Cellular: 504.583.2902 Fax: 504.366.4519 An independently owned and operated member of the Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.

Licensed Real Estate Agent in Louisiana

JANE LEACH KING

Historic Estates and Luxury Condos

Cell: 504-914-5123 • Ofﬁce: 504-861-7575

Brian M. Pawlowski

brianrealtor@aol.com

4941 ST. CHARLES AVE Fabulous Mansion $2,300,000

4007 ST. CHARLES 2/1 Condo w/pool $250,000

7934 Maple St., New Orleans, La 70118

Stace McDonald

stacerealtor@aol.com

840 Elysian Fields Ave. New Orleans, LA 70117 504-451-2495

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Amy A. Burke

927 DAUPHINE STREET $1,895,000

Paula Bowler • French Quarter Realty o:504-949-5400 • c:504-952-3131 www.frenchquarterrealty.com

504-736-0544

REDUCED!!!! PHENOMENAL CUSTOM BUILT HOME IN LAKEVIEW! NEW CONSTRUCTION HOME ON A 75X122 FT LOT! MASTER BEDROOM WITH A STUDY OR BEDROOM DOWNSTAIRS, 3 BEDROOMS UPSTAIRS PLUS A MEDIA ROOM, FORMAL DINING ROOM, GREAT ROOM AND SO MUCH MORE! BATHROOM OUTSIDE AND YARD LARGE ENOUGH FOR A POOL IF ONE DESIRES!

WHO

An excellent example of an early creole cottage set in a serene compound. Beautiful courtyard with mature plantings in a classic partere garden. Property consists of the main house, 4 income producing apartments and a large bonus space-- office, workshop, gym, etc. Parking for multiple cars. Great location.

Properties For Lease and For Sale

6964 Vicksburg St. $799,000

WHO’S

REALTOR

Cell: 237-8615 • Office: 861-7575 | charrealty@nocoxmail.com

KIM CARNEGIE

WHEN DEMANDING EXCELLENCE, CHOOSE THE SPECIALIST!

Amazing 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath Renovated to studs, huge yard. 3 blks to Audubon Park, $1.3 million

CHARLOTTE DORION

REAL ESTATE

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CLASSIFIEDS AUTOMOTIVE

PETS

DOMESTIC AUTOS

LOST/FOUND PETS

‘09 CHEVY AVEO

(Mid City but could be anywhere by now),Ozzie, male, brown/black stripe (brindle), pit mix, sweet, call him & he will come, hold him &call me asap, Traci 504-975-5971.

‘10 CHEVROLET HHR $11,995 504-368-5640

PET ADOPTIONS

IMPORTED AUTOS

Purrfect 8 wk old adorable & sweet kitten smokey grey ,vacs and will be spayed . rescue 504 462 -1968

$7,500 504-812-5975

LOW MILES $24,995 504-368-5640

‘’09 NISSAN SENTRA $11,995 504-368-5640

‘’09 TOYOTA YARUS $11,995 504-368-5640

‘10 Mitsubishi Galant $12,995 504-368-5640

‘11 HYUNDAI SONATA $17,995 504-368-5640

‘11 TOYOTA CAMRY LE

Power seat. Several to choose from $16,995 504-368-5640

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES ‘09 SUBARU FORESTER AWD $16,995 Call 504-368-5640

‘09 VW TIGUAN $22,995 Call 504-368-5640

WANTED TO PURCHASE

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CASH FOR CARS

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Any Car/Truck. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www.cash4car.com

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT DANCE JAZZERCISE SPECIAL

$99 SPECIAL FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR! Offer only good thru 9/16/11 Only at Old Metairie & Lake Vista Locations Old Metairie - 1625 Metairie Rd Lake Vista - 6500 Spanish Fort Blvd (504) 834-1233

LICENSED MASSAGE NOTICE

ALLEY CAT QUIET WESTBANK LOC

Swedish, Relaxing Massage. Hours 9am-6pm, M-F. Sat 10-1pm $70. LA Lic #1910. Sandra, 504-393-0123.

RELAX RELAX RELAX

Swedish massage by strong hands. Call Jack at 453-9161. La lic #0076.

Alicia Whittington

Relax Today SPECIAL

1 HOUR

$50

60/90 minutes avail.

Swedish & Deep Tissue Appts

8:30am-9pm • M - F 5 min from Elmwood LA Lic# 520

call

504.317.4142 MERCHANDISE

DSH White with Gray Tabby Markings, de-clawed, appx 1 year old, Vet Ck/ Vacs/Neut./Litter Trained/ Super Sweet/Rescue Wt. 9 lbs.. (504) 460-0136

Caffe

Adorable m 3/m old Bobtail kitten Very sweet and playful ,tested vacs neutered 504 462-1968

CHATTY CAT

DSH, Gray/Brown/Black Tabby white chest, chin, feet. Appx. 1years, Neut. Vacs/Vet Ck/litter trained/Rescue. Small, Precious, Talkative & Super gentle! Would be great pet for child or Senior. Wt. 7 lbs. (504) 460-0136

Elijah

5 yr old gorgeous solid white Angora male cat super smart and sweet.Shots ,neuter ,rescue 504 462-1968

Itty Bitty Inky

Very cute sweet petite kitty, 3yrs old , only 6 lbs, white/black spayed,shots 504 462-1968

Kit Kit

Muted Gray Tabby DSH , appx. 1 year old, VetCk/Vacs/Spayed/ Litter Trained/Super Sweet/ Rescue (504) 460-0136

MISHKA

APPLIANCES 18 Cubic Ft Fridge

Beautiful long hair Russian Blue mix 5 yr old sweetie ,spayed vacs ,504 462-1968

DID YOU WORK AT SOUTHERN SCRAP?

solid white 4yr old female cat , very loving and talkative spayed ,shots ,rescue 504 462-1968

Sugar-hound mix

6mths,beautiful & swt, loving eyes enjys a gd play w/ other dogs, in obdnce training. contact Ann Marie zmom8699@yahoo.com

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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NOLA Metalsmithing Enroll Now for Fall 2011

Hands on Instruction in Jewelry Arts $530 for 11 wks Choice of 4 sessions Starting Sept. 18th Sun. 10a-2p, M or T 6-10p, F 11a-3p. Payment Plans. Credit accpt. 2712 Royal St. 427-8010 nolametalsmithing.com

ADOPTIONS PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions 866-413-6293

WANT TO ADOPT

Adopting your newborn would be my life’s greatest joy. Will give a child a life of security and endless love. A great family, education, and wonderful home awaits. Expenses paid. Please call Ria at 1-888-851-4935. To Advertise in

EMPLOYMENT Call (504) 483-3100

BID NOTICE

BID NOTICE: The CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY YOUTH AGAINST DRUGS FOUNDATION is seeking three bids for REPLACEMENT HOUSING. Work includes construction of a 1,074 sf building at 3211 N. Robertson St, a 1,855 sf building at 1540 Piety St, and a 2,012 sf building at 3155 N. Claiborne Ave., and associated sitework. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on Sep. 8, 2011 at 3211 N Robertson St, NOLA. Bid deadline: Sep. 15, 2011 at 4:00pm. Sealed bids to be submitted to CCYADF and delivered to Julien Engineering, 3520 Gen. DeGaulle Dr, Suite 1045, NOLA, 70114. Bid documents available at New Orleans Reproduction, 824 Union St, NOLA ph 504.522.4271 upon receipt of non-refundable payment. Instructions detailed in bid documents.

Did you work on ship scrapping operations of any kind for or at Southern Scrap between 1960 and 1998? In specific, we are looking for any former employees who can assist us in identifying employees and/or describe operations and working conditions associated with asbestos, insulation tear out and disposal of the materials. Please call Jeri Enright at the ARDOIN LAW FIRM, 504-305-2375 OR 503-237-5569 to discuss this matter.

NOTICE

Headshot Film Productions, LLC has completed photography. Louisiana accounting offices wil close on September 16, 2011. Through then, send claims to: 1231 Prytania Street, FL4 New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 521-6205 After September 16, claims should be mailed to: 15821 Ventura Blvd. Ste. 535 Encino, CA 91436 (818) 905-0151 Email: headshotfilm@gmail.com

Almond Color. $35. Call 943-7699.

Weekly Tails

FURNITURE/ACCESSORIES $125 Full/Double Size Mattress Set, still in original plastic, unopened. We can deliver. (504) 846-5122 $295 Brand New Iron Queen Bed with mattress set, all new. Can deliver. (504) 952-8403 King Pillowtop Mattress, NEW!!! ONLY $199. Can deliver. (504) 846-5122 NEW Pub Height Table Set all wood, still boxed. Delivery available. $325 (504) 846-5122 Queen Mattress Set $149 Still in wrapper. Will deliver. (504) 846-5122

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF ADAMS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CATHERINE ELLIS, DECEASED

CAUSE NO.: 2010-770 GERALDINE SEWELL, PETITIONER SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

Vinnie is a 2-year-old, neutered, Dachshund/Chihuahua mix. He’s a wiggly, playful, happy guy who enjoys treats and belly rubs. To meet Vinnie or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun. or call 368-5191. VINNIE Kennel #A13625090

Massage therapists are required to be licensed with the State of Louisiana and must include the license number in their ads.

A BODY BLISS MASSAGE

Jeannie LMT #3783-01. Flexible appointments. Uptown Studio or Hotel out calls. 504.894.8856 (uptown)

BYWATER BODYWORKS

Swedish, deep tissue, therapeutic. Flex appts, in/out calls, OHP/student discounts, gift cert. $65/hr, $75/ 1 1/2hr. LA Lic# 1763 Mark. 259-7278

MASSAGE EXTRAORDINAIRE

24 yrs exp to give you the ultimate in relaxation. Call Matteo. LA 0022, for your next appt. Metairie area. 504-8320945. No Outcalls

Princess Leila

Alexa

‘05 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 08 HONDA S-2000

LEGAL NOTICES

solid white 4yr old female cat , very loving and talkative spayed ,shots ,rescue 504 462-1968

REWARD- LOST

$9,995 504-368-5640

Princess Leila

BLOSSOM Kennel #A13310643

Blossom is a 2-year-old, spayed, solid black DSH with celadon green eyes. She LOVES to be petted and is quite the snuggler. To meet Blossom or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun. or call 368-5191. To look for a lost pet come to the Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), Mon-Sat. 9-5, Sun. 12-5 or call 368-5191 or visit www.la-spca.org.

THE STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF ORLEANS TO: ALL BORN, KNOWN, ABSENT OR UNKNOWN HEIRS OF CATHERINE ELLIS, DECEASED, TOLLIVER CARTER, CYNTHIA ELLIS, SHAREE JACKSON, TERRY JACKSON AND ANTONY JACKSON WHO ARE NOT TO BE FOUND IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AFTER DILIGENT INQUIRY You have been made a respondent in the Petition to Determine Heirs filed within the Court by Geraldine Sewell, seeking a judicial determination of the heirs of Catherine Ellis, Deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against said petition filed against you in this action before the Honorable George Ward, July 28, 2011 at 9:00 a.m., at the Adams County Chancery Court Building, Natchez, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the things demanded in the petition. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do so if you desire. ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF THIS COURT, this the 7 day of June, 2011.

Tommy O’Beirne, Chancery Clerk Adams County Chancery Court Clerk By: R.M. EDMOND D.C. Publish Dates: JUNE 14, 2011, JUNE 21, 2011, JUNE 28, 2011 OF COUNSEL: JOHN D. GIDDENS, ESQUIRE (MSB # 9357) John D. Giddens, P.A. Post Office Drawer 22546

Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2546 (601) 355-2022 (601) 355-0012 fax

CLASSIFIEDS REAL ESTATE ALGIERS

EAST NEW ORLEANS

12 Carriage Ln - $124.8K

On Gated Lane. 1st class Twnhme near CCC & New Federal City. 2000sf+ liv area. 3/2.5, 17’ceil, firepl. cyyd, patio. Carolyn F. Mitchell, Latter & Blum, 3001 Gen. DeGaulle, Ste B, NOLA. 504-451-6083, 362-1823

LOOK NO FURTHER! $175,000

7516 Ebbtide Dr. 3/2, Mstr w/jac tub & dbl vanities, wbfp, hdwd flrs, ss appl, vltd ceils, granite, custom closets, fnced yd, 2 car garage, tiled patio, auto sprinkler 504-421-4841.

1201 Elmira St. - $115K

Bank Owned Multiplex (REO). Realize potential positive cash flow. Adj lot listed by Sep. owner for $4K. Carolyn F. Mitchell, Latter & Blum, 3001 Gen. DeGaulle, Ste B, NOLA. 504-451-6083, 362-1823

2106 Behrman Hy - $80K

Unique oppty. B2 zoning across from Algiers Flea Mkt. provides potential customers for your business. 3 BR/1BA home. Carolyn F. Mitchell, Latter & Blum, 3001 Gen. DeGaulle, Ste B, NOLA. 504-451-6083, 362-1823

212 ABALON CT - $299K

Yesteryear Ambiance/Today’s amenities. Never occupied. On huge lot in Algiers Riverpoint, a gated community . Bank Owned. Carolyn F. Mitchell, Latter & Blum, 3001 Gen. DeGaulle, Ste B, NOLA. 504-451-6083, 362-1823

2960 Pittari Place - $100K

$21K Below Appraisal! Custom brick rancher, corner lot, 4/2. 1925 sq ft. liv area. + 460sf glass-enclosed sunrm, 2 wkrms Carolyn F. Mitchell, Latter & Blum, 3001 Gen. DeGaulle, Ste B, NOLA. 504-451-6083, 362-1823

GENTILLY $174,900

2500 GENTILLY BLVD. 2BR/2BA, Lr, dr, den, kit w/granite, fp, hdwd flrs, inground pool. Call (504) 669-7263.

LAKEVIEW/LAKESHORE 1161 ROBERT E. LEE BLVD

Luxury home in Lake Vista near the lakefront. Over 4000 sq ft. 4 BR, 4.5 BA. Custom kit Lovely pool. $775,000. G.L. Schroeder Realtor, Contractor. 504.241.1000. Cell 504.722.2928. schroederbuild@yahoo.com

MID-CITY CORNER LOT FOR SALE

300-302 S. Murat St. $50K, Nice trees. 504-430-9326

ALGIERS POINT 422-24 Eliza St. - $147.9K

Fannie Mae (REO) Triplex. Offst pkg, poss special financial incentives for Owner-Occupany Buyer. With income from 2 units, live almost rent free. Carolyn F. Mitchell, Latter & Blum, 3001 Gen. DeGaulle, Ste B, NOLA. 504-451-6083, 362-1823 To Advertise in

REAL ESTATE Call (504) 483-3100

455 Phillip Street, $ 239,000

LOWER GARDEN DIST./ IRISH CHANNEL MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL AGAIN!

Irish Channel did not flood Katrina damaged house w/2 & 1/3 L-shaped lots. 2 lots each 30x120’ = 60’x120’ & rear portion of corner lot 35’x25’, dble driveway in front w/a single tin garage & single driveway on side street. $8,567 roof, 7 rms & 3 bathrooms. 4th sewer line in rear, 2 lg walk in closets. Large walk in pantry. Huge, red brick floor to ceiling dble sided fireplace. Could house 1 family or owner occupied + 1 rental, or 2 rentals, or could build single/double on second lot. Much space to add on. Huge yd for in-ground pool. Many options for house & land. Paved front patio w/ 2 lg. red brick planters. $195,000, 504-832-1901.

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 2320 - 2322 LOWERLINE

Spacious raised basement duplex. Craftmen windows, built-ins, large balconies. Wd flrs up & down. Lg basement. Off st. pkg. $359,000. Jennifer Pearl, Realtor. Cell 504-258-5724, Ofc 488-0950. www.jennifervpearl.com

CONDO FOR SALE

1 Blk off St. Charles. 2/2, wd flrs, appls & w/d incl., grnite cntrtps & ss appl. OS pkng. REDUCED PRICE! $148,000. Darlene, Hera Realty 504-914-6352

WESTBANK 1100 Perry St., Gretna

3 BR, 1.5 BA. Move-in Ready. $139,000. Jennifer Z. LeBlanc, Le Fleur De Lis Realty, LLC. Realtor/ Broker, Affordable Housing Certified. 504-975-1757. jennifer@lefleurdelisrealty.com. www.lefleurdelisrealty.com

1913 Bradford Pl, Harvey

4/2, 1759 sq ft. Brand new roof & siding being replaced due to hail damage. Great eat-in kit w/ island. Firepl, garden tub w/separate shower. $174,900. Beverly Rambo, Prudential Gardner Realtors 504-416-5004.

817 Amelia Street, $239,900

2156 Euclid St, Terrytown

Lot for sale, 6534 sq ft. $55,000. Jennifer Z. LeBlanc, Le Fleur De Lis Realty, LLC. Realtor/Broker, Affordable Housing Certified. 504-975-1757. jennifer@lefleurdelisrealty.com. www. lefleurdelisrealty.com

3436 River Oaks Dr, Algiers

3 BR, 2 BA, bonus rm, above ground POOL, sun rm. Roll-down storm shutters, security sys, home warranty incl. Never flooded. $159,900. Pat Arnold, Latter & Blum, 504-915-3184. parnold@latterblum.com

5921 St. Louis 1 Ave, Marrero Home appraised to determine listing price. Renov 4/2 home. Includes all appliances. New outside ac unit. Awesome price! $120,000. Beverly Rambo, Prudential Gardner Realtors 504-416-5004.

737 Huckleberry Lane Terrytown

3 BR, 2 BA, new roof in 2011. $139,900. Jennifer Z. LeBlanc, Le Fleur De Lis Realty, LLC. Realtor/ Broker, Affordable Housing Certified. 504-975-1757. jennifer@lefleurdelisrealty.com. www.lefleurdelisrealty.com

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

CORPORATE RENTALS LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT

3 BR, 3 BA Greek Revival. Totally renovated. Completely furnished including linens. $2995/mo. 504-202-0381, 738-2492.

New Orleans Area 10 Min to Downtown

1 & 2 Br Apts, 1 Ba, furn. Qn bed, WiFi, Cbl. Pkg.Util Incl. Lndry Fac. Sec Cameras From $1200/mth. 1 mth min. 2200 Pasadena, Met. 504491-1591.

NEW ORLEANS RIVERFRONT 2 BR, 2.5 BA. Furnished, healthclub, pool, parking. All util incl, wifi. Min 1 mth. $125/day. 781-608-6115.

COMMERCIAL RENTALS

COVINGTON

Min. from downtown Covington. Custom European estate on Bogue Falaya River. Main house 3500 sf ft 3 br, 3.5 ba. Guest house 2 br, 1 ba. On 4.66 acres. $1,099,000. By Appt. 985-5022882. CovingtonRiverEstate.com.

127 Carondelet Street Beautiful space available in downtown New Orleans. Office space includes private offices as well as cubicle space. Also includes conference room, kitchen, copy room, private restrooms, and shared reception area. 3510 sq. ft. $15psf. Lease today! Contact Josh Gertler, Basis Brokerage 504.261.8048 josh@basis-development.com

CBD LEASE ON STREETCAR LINE

REO LLC

Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 28 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

JEFFERSON 511 1/2 LABARRE RD

Near Ochsner, small efficiency. Kitchenette, water paid. $600/month(504) 913-6999, (504) 259-6999

METAIRIE 1Bd/1Ba Lafreniere Pk. CA/H. D/W. Crpt/wd flr. Frig&Stv. W/D hkups. Ref. Please. $625/mo+dep. 504-250-2151 3 Br, 2.5 Ba. Approx 1800 sq ft. Lg fenced yard. Small pet OK $1200/mo plus deposits.. 504-442-0618

A HIDDEN GEM

Chic seclusion - Heart of Metairie. 1 bdrm + bonus room, from $735. Wtr pd., Rsvd pkg,1 car. No smoking/ pets 504-780-1706 orrislaneapts.com

OLD METAIRIE 1/2 OFF FIRST MONTH OLD METAIRIE SECRET

1 or 2 BR, Sparkling Pool, Bike Path, 12’ x 24’ Liv.Rm, Sep Din, King Master, No Pets, No Sect 8, $699 & $799 . 504-236-5776

METAIRIE TOWERS

1BR, 1-1/2 BA, pool. Elec & cable included, parking. 24 hr Concierge Service, $970/mo 914-882-1212.

ronkeever@hotmail.com • 504-908-6751

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For more information: Rustic charm on this unique home fashioned from joining two separate cottages. Great flowing floor plan and with a second front door that’s great for working from home. Off street parking.

Individual or groups with administrative space & copier, fax, phone, computer & furniture, if needed. $500 per office per month. For information email: sybil. alexander5@gmail.com. Also please call Hayden Wren at Corporate Realty, 504/581-5005 for an update on listing effort in progress.

720 CARONDELET LOTS OF EXPOSURE!

• Possible Deli, Diner, Retail or Office • 1200 sq ft

Was gutted to the studs in 2004/05 and underwent a high quality renovation. 3 independent bedrooms, 2 full baths, master with whirlpool plus nice walk-in closet, off street parking in a great close to town location.

CBD OFFICES FOR RENT

4608 FAIRFIELD ST.

621 BOCAGE CT. TERRA BELLA

ELEGANT COUNTRY LIVING

3000 sg ft for lease off Causeway Blvd. 1 story in small strip mall. A/C, Heat and Water included in lease. Call Rick, 504-486-8951. Kirschman Realty, LLC.

2805 Wytchwood Dr.

CBD OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE

Chic, 3 BR,4.5BA. Gourmet kit, Mstr suite w/ custom closets & shower. Upstairs room w/ full bath. Front porch & back screened porch. $675,000. Darci Lambert, Prudential Gardner. 504-3383055. www.darcilambert.com

3020 VETERANS BLVD

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REAL ESTATE CLASSIFIEDS WEST BANK TERRYTOWN

434 Bruce Ave, 3 BR, 1.5 BA, patio, util rm, carport, lg liv/din, kit w/oven, refrig, cabinets, cooktop. Lg yd. Lse $1200/mo. No smoke. 451-0913.

ALGIERS POINT Furn Riverfront Penthouse

Perfect Corporate rental. Near Ferry. 1 month shortest term. $125/day for 2,000 sq ft, 3 BR, 2.5 BA!Pools, tennis, health club, secured pkg, wi-fi, cable util. All you need is your bag. 1st class. 781-608-6115

HISTORIC ALGIERS POINT

High end 1-4BR. Near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750$1200/mo. 504-362-7487

BYWATER

DOWNTOWN 1327 FRENCHMAN ST.

Living room, 1 BR, kitchen, tile bath. No pets. $500/mo. Call 504-494-0970.

ESPLANADE RIDGE 1208 N. GAYOSO

Upper 2 BR, LR, DR, 1 BA, KIT, wood/ ceramic flrs, high ceilings, cen a/h, w/d hkups, no pets. $1100 mo. 432-7955.

4322 HAMILTON

2BR/1BA lower, 1000 + sf, hdwd flrs, furn kit, w/d, porch, fen yd, off st pkg, no smokers, pet negot. $900/mo + dep. 488-2969

4511 CANAL ST

Efficiency $575; On red streetcar line Includes water and WiFi. Call 504-782-6564

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1508 CARONDELET ST- 2 APTS

Completely renov, 1/2 dbl, 1BR, 1BA, hdwd flrs, new appls, ceil fans, wtr pd. $650/mo+dep. Call 504-899-5544

Studio, newly remodeled kit & ba, hdwd flrs. $800/mo. Util incl. Huge 2 BR Apt. Bright, spacious,, high ceilings, hdwd flrs, $1100 Both have Cent a/h, laundry facility avail 24 hrs. Walk 1 blk to St. Charles St Car, easy access to I-10, CBD & FQ. No pets/No smokers. 1-888-2396566. mballier@yahoo.com

332 S. JEFF DAVIS

1205 ST CHARLES/$1050

MID CITY 3122 PALMYRA STREET

Renov 2 br, furn kit, w/d, dw, cen a/h, wd flrs. No pets. $750/mo. Call 4275791 or 298-4802.

Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/ gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry. Aval 9/3. 985-871-4324, 504-442-0573.

1510 CARONDELET 1 block to St. Charles

2 Eff apts. Lower $650 tenant pays elec. Upper $700 incl util, w/d on site 1-888239-6566 or mballier@yahoo.com

3219A PRYTANIA

Perfect for prof’, Renov Vict hse, 2br/,1 full + 1/2 ba, LR, DR, kit, wd flrs, w/i balc., appls, ca&h, security, pool privileges. $1500/mo. 813-8186 274-8075.

3921 CONSTANCE

1/2 double, living room, bedroom, kitchen, bath, a/c unit. $675/mo. Call 895-6394 or 289-9977.

4917 S MIRO ST

2 BR, 1 BA, pool, cen a/h. $885 mo, water incl. Furn kit, w/d. Safe neighborhood. Call 452-2319 or 821-5567

FURN 2BDRM/1BA HOUSE

Complete w/fridge, w&d, mw, stove, sec sys, CA&H, os pkng. On srtcr & Busline. Quiet n’bhood. $1,100 mo + sec dep. No pets/smokers. Call (504) 866-2250

822 FRANCE

Newly renov, 2 br, 1 ba, new kit & bath, CA & H, hdwd flrs, hi ceil, ceil fans, side yard. $975/mo. Call 201-5332.

CARROLLTON 8216 FIG

Good landlord looking for good tenant! 1 blk off Carrollton. 2br/1ba, 1/2 dble, hdwd flrs, CA&H. $850/mo Call Chuck at 504-236-3609

CITY PARK/BAYOU ST. JOHN 4228 ORLEANS AVE.

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1/2 Dble 2 Sty, 2Bd, 1Ba, A/C, Refig, Stove, W/D, Garage. $1275/mo, 1-yr Lse Sec Dep., No Pets. Call 225-8026554/ email dicklea@cox.net

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HOWARD SCHMALZ & ASSOCIATES REAL ESTATE Call Bert: 504-581-2804 1406 Third 2br/2ba "Heart of The Garden District" $2200 87 Egret 2br/2ba "Sanctuary Living"

$1350

UPTOWN/ GARDEN DISTRICT

1, 2 & 3

BEDROOMS AVAILABLE CALL

899-RENT

Furn Riverbend Efficiency

Eff/studio. Lg liv/sleep area Spac kit & ba, wlk-in closet. Grt n’bhd, nr st car, shops, rests, schools. 8016 Burthe St #D. $600 + dep. 1 yr min lse. 891-6675.

LOWER GARDEN DIST./ IRISH CHANNEL 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

2 BR, Newly renov shotgun style $895/mo Also: Rms by week, private bath. $175/wk all util incl. 504-2020381, 738-2492.

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT CBD CONDO WITH BALC

441 Gravier cor Magazine. Large 1 bdrm, 1 ba, with garage parking, huge windows, fully equippped kit, w/d. Avail Sept 1. $2035/mo. S. Talbot 504-9759763. TALBOT REALTY GROUP

FOLSOM FRENCH COUNTRY BRICK HOME FOR LEASE

4 br, 3 ba, Jacuzzi & full shower, 9 ft ceil, antique pine flrs, porches, 2 car gar, sep workshop. Loc on 6 acres 10 min N of I-12 off Turnpike Rd. 50275 Huckleberry Ln. $1950/mo. 985-7969130. lapolofarms.com

MISSISSIPPI BAY ST. LOUIS, OLD TOWN

Charming Main St. Lse 1/2 Dbl hi ceil, hdwd flrs, 2/1.5, full kit, w/d, cov’d rear deck, ca & h, $1000/mo. incl wtr & lawn care. 228-466-4686

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