5 new restaurants in the works, plus more food news

New restaurants, fresh menus and big business moves are giving New Orleans' diners plenty to talk about.

• Here's your quick roundup.

🍴 New or in-the-works restaurants

• Respite: Oysters, wine and comfort food in the 7th Ward.
• Procida: Southern Italian restaurant set to open next month in the Marigny.
• Charcoal and Flames: Middle Eastern kebabs in Gretna.
• Roots Plants + Coffee: Slidell coffee shop expands to Bayou Road.
• Eiffel Waffle Creamery: Ice cream shop in Metairie.

🧑‍🍳 Menu updates

• Mosquito Supper Club is adding a "tiny oyster bar." (Facebook)
• Chef Amanda Perdomo is creating a dessert menu and bread program for Dolfy's. (Instagram)
• Commander's is adding a new 25-cent martini flavor at lunch. (Facebook)
• Smoke & Honey cut ties with Coffee Science and is creating a Greek-inspired coffee menu with Pretty Coffee beans. (Instagram)

🤑 Business news

• Once Around the Kitchen: Pickle and jam pop-up is getting a permanent space on St. Claude.
• Broussard's has new owners. Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts sold the French Quarter restaurant to QED Hospitality, which owns Jack Rose and other spots. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
• Now-closed Palace Cafe is doing a pop-up lunch menu at Bourbon House all summer. (Instagram)
• Banh Mi Boys opened a California location. The shop expanded to the North Shore earlier this year.

🎉 Lagniappe

• Delacroix was the sole U.S. restaurant representative at the U.S. Embassy's summer celebrations in Paris. (Press release)
• Food & Wine loves Flour Moon Bagel's Fortuna tartine.
• Andrew Zimmern shares his favorite crawfish spots.