Before joining Addison as a sous chef in 2012, Gethin spent time at Gary Danko in San Francisco and Wynn Las Vegas. It’s the soul of French cooking-it starts with bistro food and then gets refined later.”Shaun Gethin has been named chef de cuisine for Bijou. “Whenever you go to France, you find yourself in a bistro. Bradley’s a historian (he started collecting vintage cookbooks in high school, when most of us were collecting wine cooler labels), and Bijou shows off his old soul. “We went very, very classic to show some of those old preparations,” says Bradley. Now he’s designed his second menu for San Diego, headed for the more public (thought still very high-end) streets of La Jolla.The concept is Bijou, a classic French bistro set to open June 27. Since 2006 the James Beard-nominated chef has wowed the very high-end clientele at Grand Del Mar’s signature dining room, Addison. Dominguez serves ceviche in the styles of Mexico City, Oaxaca, Peru, and the Dominican Republic Argentinian and Mexican-style empanadas Colombian and Venezuelan-style arepas and bigger plates like seafood paella and lomo saltado.William Bradley is coming down from the hills. BésameĬhef Nanyo Dominguez opened Bésame at the beginning of October across the street from the edge of the Quarter, with food and drinks worth the walk from North to South Rampart. Local chef Eric Cook followed up his hit debut restaurant Gris-Gris with Saint John on October 6, serving a menu of modern Creole cuisine for lunch, dinner, and brunch, dishes like slow-braised smothered turkey necks, chicken and shrimp maque choux, courtbouillon, and pork belly cassoulet. from the Founding Farmers restaurant group. Food and bar programs are backed by serious talent - Mississippi native Josh Williams, who’s cooked at Brennan’s, August, Compère Lapin, and most recently the Chloe and Tommy Linville, beverage director, who comes from D.C.
The latest from LeBlanc and Smith, the Will and the Way replaced Longway Tavern in mid-October, shifting focus to wine and cocktails and creating a more moody, loungey vibe. It’s being revived by Preservation Hall proprietor Ben Jaffe, his wife Jeannette, and another local couple the project is backed by “several unnamed music industry investors” rumored to include Dave Grohl. This new bar, music venue, and nightclub opens Friday, October 29 in the former One Eyed Jacks, a longtime Quarter club shuttered during the pandemic. Inside Meauxbar in 2016 Brasted/Eater NOLAįor those keeping track, below is a roundup of the new restaurants and bars to debut in or just outside of the French Quarter in October 2021, arranged by most recent opening date: Toulouse Theatre Bijou is now open for dinner Wednesday through Saturday at 4 p.m., and for brunch (starting at 11 a.m.) and dinner on Sunday. He’s focusing on small plates for the concise menu a number of cuisines are explored across dishes like tom yum chicken, squid ink spaghetti, and tuna tartare. The kitchen is led by Eason Barksdale, who worked for Susan Spicer for 14 years, at Mondo and Bayona. It was developed by a small group of local investor types and nightclub proprietors including Jeff Bromberger, who owns venues Maison and Dragon’s Den, according to. The modern French bistro is expected in early 2022 (LeBlanc and Smith is not involved in the project).Ī post shared by Bijou Restaurant & Bar building has never been a restaurant before, but the sweet historic Creole cottage has been retrofitted with a modern-looking lounge, two bars, and a narrow dining area that spills onto a back courtyard that also offers seating.
New Orleans chef Tom Branighan, who’s worked at a number of top local spots over the years but most recently at fellow (former) LeBlanc and Smith spot Longway Tavern, and sommelier Molly Wismeier, who worked as beverage director for the Quarter’s splurge-worthy Restaurant R’evolution, are working together to open MaMou. That restaurant, which was owned for its last seven years by local restaurant group LeBlanc and Smith, closed in October 2020. Rampart St., the address formerly home to longtime neighborhood bistro Meauxbar. The two restaurants are located within a block of one another on North Rampart Street, the northernmost boundary of the French Quarter: Bijou in a small building at 1014 N. Two more spots are joining the scene, reports : Bijou, an upscale bar and restaurant from a former Bayona chef opening today, and MaMou, also led by alums of top local restaurants, set to open early next year. In the last month, a handful of promising new restaurants or bars have opened in or just outside of New Orleans’s French Quarter, a welcome dining renaissance led by local names in a neighborhood commonly portrayed as catering to out-of-towners.
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