On the half shell
Plaquemines oysters on ice with cocktail sauce and lemon.
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Creole cooking under the iron gallery: Gulf oysters, gumbo by the cup or the bowl, po'boys on French bread, beignets until late.
Oysters
From the Gulf, shucked to order at the marble bar.
Chargrilled
Half dozen17 €
Dozen31 €
Grilled in the shell with garlic butter and Pecorino.
Rockefeller
Half dozen18 €
Dozen33 €
Baked under herbed greens, Herbsaint and breadcrumbs.
Gumbo and soups
Started on a dark roux every morning, served with rice.
Seafood and okra gumbo
Cup9 €
Bowl15 €
Gulf shrimp, blue crab and okra in a dark roux.
Chicken and andouille gumbo
Cup8 €
Bowl13 €
Smoked andouille and pulled chicken, filé and green onion.
Turtle soup
Cup9 €
Bowl15 €
Veal and turtle in a brown roux, finished with dry sherry.
Corn and crab bisque
Cup9 €
Bowl14 €
Sweet corn and lump crab in a light cream with thyme.
Po'boys
On crackling French bread, dressed with lettuce, tomato and pickles.
Fried shrimp
Half12 €
Whole18 €
Cornmeal-fried Gulf shrimp with Creole rémoulade.
Fried oyster
Half14 €
Whole21 €
Cornmeal-fried oysters with lemon and hot sauce mayonnaise.
Roast beef and debris
Half12 €
Whole18 €
Slow-roasted beef in its gravy, the debris spooned over.
Hot sausage
Half10 €
Whole15 €
Grilled spiced pork patties with Creole mustard and onion.
Spicy
Fried green tomato
Half9 €
Whole14 €
Cornmeal-fried green tomatoes with rémoulade, dressed.
Vegetarian
Creole plates
From the kitchen, served from noon until the last table.
Shrimp Creole
24 €Gulf shrimp stewed in tomato, peppers and celery over rice.
Crawfish étouffée
26 €Louisiana crawfish tails smothered in a blond roux, with rice.
Jambalaya
21 €Chicken, andouille and rice cooked together in the black pot.
Spicy
Blackened redfish
29 €Seared in cast iron with Creole spices, lemon butter and greens.
Gluten-Free
Red beans and rice
17 €Simmered with ham hock, smoked sausage alongside. Mondays.
Beignets and sweets
Fried to order and buried in powdered sugar.
Beignets
Three5 €
Six8 €
Squares of fried yeast dough under a drift of powdered sugar.
Vegetarian
Bread pudding soufflé
10 €Risen in the oven, with warm whiskey sauce at the table.
Vegetarian
Bananas Foster
12 €Flambéed in rum and brown sugar over vanilla ice cream.
Vegetarian
Pecan pralines
4 €Brown sugar, cream and toasted pecans, made each morning.
Vegetarian · Gluten-Free
Café and bar
Chicory coffee from seven, the city's own cocktails from noon.
Café au lait
4,50 €Dark roast with chicory and scalded milk, half and half.
Vegetarian
Café noir
3,50 €Chicory coffee, dark and strong, served black.
Vegan
Sazerac
13 €Rye, Peychaud's bitters and sugar in a glass rinsed with absinthe.
Vieux Carré
14 €Rye, cognac, sweet vermouth, Bénédictine and two bitters.
Ramos gin fizz
13 €Gin, citrus, cream and orange flower water, shaken long.
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