30+ new restaurants and coffee shops in New Orleans
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New Orleans' restaurant scene is heating up after a tough summer stretch.
Why it matters: We've got more than 30 new or upcoming restaurants, bars and coffee shops.
OPEN
🍕 Cubi's Cafe serves pizzas, burgers and wraps in the Navarre area. It's in the former Ember/Lakeview Brew Café spot on Canal Boulevard.
🔮 Tatlo is a Filipino witch bar in the French Quarter. It reopened with a new menu after a yearlong closure.
🍍 Little Aloha is a Hawaiian BBQ spot on Tulane Avenue.
🎶 Le Spectacle is a new restaurant from Preservation Hall.
🇨🇴 Waska serves Colombian food at The Batture.
🍣 Koi Sushi is the city's first conveyor belt sushi restaurant. It has hibachi too.
🍸 Mildred's is a martini bar with Spanish food inside The Warbler Hotel in the Lower Garden District.
☕️ Lower Coast Coffee is on Freret Street, while PJ's added a Maple Street location.
🎉 Morelia serves gourmet popsicles on Magazine Street.
🇸🇳 Dakar's new patio has an à la carte menu. Chelsea tried it.
🍜 Wukong Ramen's Midnight Diner is an after-hours ramen spot on St. Claude.
🍔 Flayva, a chain with Philly cheesesteaks and burgers, is in the former Burger King drive-thru on City Park Avenue.
🫙 Once Around the Kitchen, a pickle and jam pop-up, has a storefront on St. Claude now.
COMING SOON
🥂 Bar-restaurant combos
- Jewel of the South is partnering with Turkey and the Wolf to open a two-story pop-up next week in the former Margaritaville location. Go deeper.
- Cafe Alice opens this month inside The Roosevelt.
☕️ Coffee shops
- Snake Oil opens Oct. 30 in the Bywater.
- Congregation Coffee opens soon in the French Quarter.
- Honey's is adding an Uptown location near Magazine and Napoleon in the former Undergrowth Coffee/Hey Cafe! spot.
- Cuppé will be in the former Tastee Donuts spot on Clearview.
🍝 Italian restaurants
- Daughter's Italian Restaurant, from the team behind La Petite Grocery, opens in November in the former Upperline location, we're told.
- The team behind Pigeon & the Whale has a new Italian concept on Magazine Street called St. Elmo's.
🍗 Chicken
- Iko Iko Culinary Jams, which will serve glitter fried chicken, is opening next to JAM NOLA.
- Bonchon Korean Fried Chicken will be on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in the former Dickey's Barbecue spot.
🌎 Global
- Thai'd Up has a second location in the works for Freret Street. (What Now)
- Inka, a new Peruvian kitchen, will be on Poydras Street.
- Tsang's Dim Sum & Bar will be in the former Medium Rare location next to Whole Foods on Magazine. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
More options
🍦 Stelly's Frozen Yogurt opens Wednesday on Freret Street.
👨🍳 Emeril Lagasse partnered with the Fairmont Hotel to open two new dining options — Delmonico Steakhouse and The Café by Emeril. The hotel opens Nov. 2.
🔪 The Boss Kitchen opens soon on Downman.
🦞 Mason's Lobster Rolls will be at Magazine and Louisiana in the former Poke Loa location.
🍽️ Dr. Jones is closing in Metairie to open an upscale bistro in the former Wonderland and Sea location Uptown. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
😀 Velvet and Vine will be in Maypop's former CBD location. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
🍴 Charlotte's, from the owners of Copper Vine, will be in the former Etoile location. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
🥺 SAY GOODBYE
- Hot Stuff is now closed.
- Nola Sweet Tooth Fairy has closed its New Orleans East location.
- City Greens has closed on Metairie Road.
- Sumn Sweet closes Nov. 22.
- Plume closes for good in January.
✨ LAGNIAPPE
- Bayou Beer Garden switched to a 30+ age requirement on Sundays after a brawl.
- Boucherie doesn't serve dinner anymore. It's shifted to private dining, events and limited-run menus for holidays.
- Fantasy Tacos now has a food truck.
- Hungry Eyes changed how it does walk-ins and reservations.
Go deeper: Other recent openings and closures