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The combo, brotha.' Those are two things I just can't wrap my mind around goin' together. It’s one of those things you wouldn’t think to naturally put together but is fantastic when you try it. Good shrimp and grits are amazing.
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Grilled oysters at Drago's Aww hell yeah !! The crab meat salad is another amazing dish and the lobster ain’t shabby.
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I betcha five dollars I can tell you where you got yo shoes. Would you believe it’s up to $20 now? Inflation is REAL!
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The best shrimp and grits on the planet can be found at The Blue Crab restaurant on the lakefront. If you get a chance to get away from the Quarter, I recommend it. Their grilled oysters are right there with Dragos in my opinion. GW Fins is a very good restaurant in the Quarter. WWII Museum is a must.
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If you get the chance , go to the Court of The Two sisters. Great food.
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Keep ‘em coming.
Just had a late lunch @ pêche. It was one of those rare times where EVERYTHING was way better than it sounded on the menu. Really, really good stuff.
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Not in the French Quarter but you should drive out at see the battlefield at Chalmette.
I never was one who enjoyed being in any large city.
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And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Joe, all I can say is that New Orleans is awesome...as long as you stay away from the French Quarter and projects.
Drago's was good advice.
Drive the river road.
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Stay away from NOLA. If you have to go, wear a flak jacket at a minimum. My buddy was a cop there. He kind-of gave the same advice. He said that if you go; " don't leave the immediate tourist area by even one block. Local crime is rampant. Daughter got a teaching job there and we went down for a visit. Visited the FQ and had a good time but made our way over to where the Steamboat Natchez was docked just a couple blocks from the quarter. The boat left on a cruse at 7pm in the evening and the dock area changed so fast it just blew me away. Luckily my daughter who was pretty savvy to what was going on kept us OK and got us out of there before dark.
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The combo, brotha.' Those are two things I just can't wrap my mind around goin' together. It’s one of those things you wouldn’t think to naturally put together but is fantastic when you try it. Good shrimp and grits are amazing. Yikes
I was thinking the other day how much I used to hate Bill Clinton. He was freaking George Washington compared to what they are now.
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The combo, brotha.' Those are two things I just can't wrap my mind around goin' together. It’s one of those things you wouldn’t think to naturally put together but is fantastic when you try it. Good shrimp and grits are amazing. Yikes Shrimp and grits is originally a Lowcountry thing, coastal South Carolina and Georgia. New Orleans kind of adopted it and added some creole flavors to it. There are a lot of variations on it and most are really good. I'm telling you, don't knock it until you try it. https://www.southernliving.com/syndication/best-shrimp-grits-recipe-tipshttps://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/220907/shrimp-and-grits-louisiana-style/
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Never argue food with someone from the culinary Mecca that is Kansas.
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New Orleans is not a city I recommend I'm conservative and that city is way to far left. The Commies run that city.
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I was going to say, if you’re looking for the best in shrimp and grits, your search can begin and end in Charleston, SC.
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If you're driving could you bring me about 10 pounds of fresh crawfish, & 10# of pork boudin.
I'll meet you in Lex. or G'town on your way home.
Have cash, primers or 22LR.
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If you're looking for a place to sleep, I recommend Hotel Monteleone. Had an awesome stay there for a conference a couple months ago. Also bring a thick wallet, ain't nothing cheap in the French Quarter.
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If you're driving could you bring me about 10 pounds of fresh crawfish, & 10# of pork boudin.
I'll meet you in Lex. or G'town on your way home.
Have cash, primers or 22LR. Wrong time of the year for mudbugs. But, if he was to accidentally find some, you'll need cash, primers, and 22LR to pay for them. Might have to throw in a arm and a leg, also.
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If you're looking for a place to sleep, I recommend Hotel Monteleone. Had an awesome stay there for a conference a couple months ago. Also bring a thick wallet, ain't nothing cheap in the French Quarter. Staying there on a trip in June , never been to New Orleans
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If you travel down i-59 through Slidell,
Pecks Seafood is good, IMO.
Poboys, platters, etc.
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