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Vintage photos of lost Nola restaurants

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http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf/20 ... rt_m-rpt-2

Since people on the main board were practically begging for a food thread ;)
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They left off two I remember well; T Patari's, (forgive the spelling), and Takee Outee
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A spot that I'm sure is gone is the old Black Orchid in Gentilly. It was upstairs and believe the bar was downstairs. Tony Angello was the owner.
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Half of those aren't in New Orleans, one of them is in Mississippi, and one didn't seem to be a restaurant at all. It's not Prof's fault but man, they need to come up with some standards. A look back at a smaller number of old restaurants in a smaller area (Mandeville/Madisonville, Fat City, etc.) would be interesting and wouldn't require much more work.

For some reason every time someone says "lost restaurant" I think of Delerno's in Old Metairie. Classic "Bar & Rest." who specialized in crawfish dishes way before anyone else did.

Lost seafood restaurants would be a great topic for one of these looks back. In the general area of Uptown alone you could name the Bright Star (now a breakfast place), Compagno's (now Vincent's and God Bless Sal and Marie Compagno, by the way), Bud's Seafood on Calhoun and my favorite, Joe Petrossi's (now Cafe Atchafalaya). I've gone on about this before. And will again.
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What was Bright Star, when was its era? I ask because when I lived in Birmingham, there was a restaurant about 45 minutes south in tiny Bessemer, AL, with the same name, and they had some tie to New Orleans because occasionally they would have guest chefs from New Orleans restaurants for weekends (specifically, I went once when the head chef from Commander's Palace was visiting). Just wondering if they were related, or if it was a name coincidence.
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Bright Star was open into the 1980's and had been around for a while. It was on Burdette and Panola, I believe. I couldn't guess the connection. The Bright Star I'm talking about was just a bit on the dive side, like Domilese's but larger. Sandwiches and fried seafood and daily specials with a bar attached.
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Although it was not a place one went to eat, Nick's was place where some might have had "dinner."
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I miss Frankie and Johnny's, Jager's, and crazy Johnnies
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While I've heard Frankie and Johnnie's isn't as good as it used to be, it is not a "lost" NOLA restaurant. It was closed for a while, partially at the behest of the health department, but its been reopened for a while under new owners but mostly looking the same.
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WaveProf wrote:While I've heard Frankie and Johnnie's isn't as good as it used to be, it is not a "lost" NOLA restaurant. It was closed for a while, partially at the behest of the health department, but its been reopened for a while under new owners but mostly looking the same.
It keeps opening and closing.... did guys reopen?
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windywave wrote:[did guys reopen?
Yes. And painted it a bright new blue color so the cars passing by aren't likely to miss it :mrgreen:

The inside is renovated much "nicer" than in the past. But the food is the same. Thank god.
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What about Fitzgerald's at the lake? Did it reopen? If not, it definitely should be on the list. Maybe it wasn't fancy, but I really liked its seafood and "ambiance."

BTW, Frankie & Johnnie's is still pretty d@mn good. Great atmosphere.
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AO Sig wrote:Although it was not a place one went to eat, Nick's was place where some might have had "dinner."
The ole liquid diet. Good for a cheap date.
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WaveProf wrote:
windywave wrote:[did guys reopen?
Yes. And painted it a bright new blue color so the cars passing by aren't likely to miss it :mrgreen:

The inside is renovated much "nicer" than in the past. But the food is the same. Thank god.
Maybe they should paint it a color cars are likely to miss.
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Rotorooter wrote:What about Fitzgerald's at the lake? Did it reopen? If not, it definitely should be on the list. Maybe it wasn't fancy, but I really liked its seafood and "ambiance."

BTW, Frankie & Johnnie's is still pretty d@mn good. Great atmosphere.
Not only did it not reopen, but one of the hurricanes (I think Georges, maybe, or certainly before Katrina), took it away.
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Is Sal and Sam's still open?
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