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Updated August 19, 2008

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Recent Articles
Charlie's Steak House Reopens. 8/14/08.
Food Forum Returns. 8/11/08.
C l ambake At Mr. B's. 8/7/08.
Peristyle's Last Night, Saturday, August 9. 8/6/08.
Calas Bistro Says Good-Bye. 8/8/08.
Antoine's Opens Twelfth Night Revelers Room For Bonterra Wine Dinner. 7/19/08.
Rene Bajeux Leaves La Provence; Randy Lewis Is New Chef. 7/10/08.
Commander's Palace Opens In Destin July 9. 7/11/08/
Taste Of The Nation Brunch at Bourbon House, July 13. 7/11/08.
Vieux To-Do: Three Festivals, One Place, One Time. 6/11/08.
Mid-City Green Market Open. 6/10/08.
Why So Many Restaurants Are So Cold. 6/2/08.
Best Food At The Wine & Food Experience, 2008. 5/30/08.
Middendorf's Opens Waterfront Deck For Dining. 5/23/08.
Shrimp Numbers Cut By Spillway Opening, Floodwaters From River. 5/21/08.
New Orleans Wine & Food Experience Maxes Out. 5/19/08.
New Chef At Cafe Adelaide. Chef Danny Trace To Commander's In Destin. 5/16/08.
Atlanta Emeril's Will Close April 30. 4/28/08.
Guillermo Peters Opens "Stop 9" In His Former Coyoacan/Taqueros On St. Charles. 4/25/08.
Dickie Brennan Launches Recruitment And Training Effort. 4/23/08.
Wild Veggie? The Future Of Food? 4/23/08
Herbsaint Adds All-Afternoon Menu, Monday-Friday. 4/18/08.
Antoine's Celebrates New Orleans Cocktails. 4/14/08.
Alexander Valley Wine Dinner At Brennan's, April 15. 4/11/08
French Quarter Festival 2008. 4/11/08.
Wine Dinner At Keith Young's, April 10. 4/2/08.
Taste Of The Town 2008: 67 Restaurants At Lafreneiere Park. 3/19/08.
Ronnie Kole's Jazz On The Bayou, Food And Music At His Chateau. 3/25/08.
Jagerhaus Opens In French Quarter; First German Restaurant In Years. 3/28/08.
Another Egg-Cellent Wine Dinner At Commander's Palace. 3/27/08.
Al Copeland, Creator Of Popeyes Fried Chicken And Other Restaurants, Dies At 64. 3/23/08.
Greg Sonnier Laid Off As Chef At Windsor Court; Budgetary Reasons. 3/19/08.

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2008 Articles
Afternoon Of French Food, Benefitting Ecole Bilingue. 3/4/08.
Anatole Closes. 2/13/08.
Bacco Runs Venetian Carnivale Menu In February. 2/17/08.
Chateau Du Lac Reopens In New Location On Metairie Road. 1/29/08.
Chef Maurice Fitzgerald Dies At 85; Former Owner Of Fitzgerald's At West End. 3/10/08.
Chinese New Year Menu At Sesame Inn. 1/22/08.
French Quarter Wine Festival: Two Wine Dinners A Week Through Mid-April. 3/10/08.
Game Dinner And "Fishing Rodeo" At Cafe Adelaide, Feb. 28. 2/17/08.
Gimchi, New Korean Restaurant With Tabletop Grills, Opens In Metairie. 1/4/08.
Greg Sonnier Goes To Dunleith In Natchez For Dinner. 1/10/08.
King Cake Rules. 1/7/08.
La Thai Cuisine Moves To Uptown. 1/14/07.
Marinating, All About. 1/11/08.
New Chefs At Muriel's, Marigny Brasserie. 3/20/08.
Oyster Jubilee, March 22. 3/21/08.
Restaurant Count Hits 900. 2/18/08.
Restaurants On The Parade Routes. 1/28/08.
Ruth's Chris To Open Downtown In Harrah's Hotel. 3/3/08.
Ruth's Chris Move To Harrah's Confirmed; Riche Closes March 16. 3/21/08.
Short Steak Season In 2008, And The Ten Best Steakhouses. 1/31/08.
Spanish Mardi Gras Menu At Vega Tapas Cafe. 1/16/08.
Where Were The Basketball Fan Diners? 2/21/08.
Why Aren't Our Best Restaurants Creole? 2/25/08.
Winter Black Truffle Dinner At MiLa. 1/29/08.
WYES's Chocolate Sunday, Feb. 10. 1/28/08.
Year In Dining, 2007. 1/2/08.

2007 Articles
2007 Seafood Countdown: 33 Best Local Fish And Shellfish.
21W Opens In Covington. 7/2/07.
25 Best Neighborhood Restaurants. 10/18/07.
31 Restaurants Offer Summer Specials in COOLinary New Orleans Promotion. 7/10/07.
809th Restaurant Opens; New Orleans Restaurant Scene Whole Again. 4/17/07.
All-Oyster Dinners Every Thursday, Begue's. 2/4/07.
Andrea's Waiter Is Jesuit Valedictorian 2007. 6/14/07.
Ardoise Premieres In Metairie; Former August Chef In Kitchen. 5/4/07.
Asian-Cajun Bistro Closes. 12/17/07.
Avoiding The Cold Drafts. 1/11/07.
Bad Luck In Restaurants (Matters Of Taste). 6/25/07.
Baked Ham. 11/21/07.
Beaujolais Nouveau 2007 Arrives. 11/15/07.
Beaujolais Nouveau--All About. 11/15/07.
Begue’s Champagne Dinner Inspired by Hitchcock. 10/22/07.
Benefit For La Crepe Nanou's Robert Strong. 11/29/07.
Beringer Wines At Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse. 4/23/07.
Bistro at the Maison De Ville Reopens; Patrick Van Hoorebeek To Rib Room. 5/30/07.
Bistro Daisy Opens, With Former La Petite Grocery Chef Anton Schulte As Owner. 8/22/07.
Block-Long Oyster Loaf. 2/13/07.
Bob Artigues, Maitre d' At Pascal's Manale, Dies. 9/3/07.
Brennan Cousins Hot Dogging. 7/03/07.
Broiled Fish (Matters Of Taste). 8/3/07.
Buffets (Matters Of Taste). 7/11/07.
Byblos Goes To The Dogs. 11/14/07.
Camellia Grill Reopens. 4/23/07.
Champagne, All About, Ten-Best List. 12/31/07.
Champagne Tasting To Benefit WYES. 3/7/07.
Charles Sea Foods In Harahan Reopens. 11/5/07.
Charlie's Steak House Will Return. 9/27/07.
Cheesecake Bistro To Reopen On St. Charles Ave. 12/31/07.
Chestnuts, All About. 12/20/07.
Chinese Kitchen Reopens On Carrollton. 3/23/07.
Chris Kerageorgiou, Founder of La Provence, Dies. 2/5/07.
Christmas Eve Dining Is Wide Open. 12/18/07.
Christmas Goose: How To Buy It And When. 12/17/07.
Christmas Toast, Our Holiday Message To You. 12/24/07.
Commander's And Cafe Adelaide Chefs Create Egg-cellent Wine Dinner. 10/12/07.
Commander's Palace To Open In Destin, Florida Next year. 7/31/07.
Copeland's Opens In Kenner; Two On St. Charles Avenue Just Sit. 3/27/07.
Crabby Dinner At Muriel's. 6/4/07.
Crabmeat Dinner Through July, $40, GW Fins. 7/3/07.
Creole Tomato Festival And Seafood Festival, In French Quarter Same Weekend. 6/7/07.
Cruise To Nowhere: Depressing News. 2/21/07.
Crustiness (Matters Of Taste). 8/14/07.
Culinary Neoteny: When Food Won't Grow Up. 9/26/07.
Curry (Today's Flavor). 1/15/07.
Dalton Milton, Rib Room Maitre d', Retires. 4/25/07.
Deanie's In The French Quarter Reopens. 4/23/07.
Dickie Brennan To Open Restaurant In Baton Rouge. 6/13/07.
Dine For Life, Helping NO/AIDS Task Force. 7/19/07.
Dine With Gerard Maras, Help City Park. 2/26/07.
Dining In Washington, DC. 2/23/07.
Disquieting Thoughts [Matters Of Taste]. 8/24/07.
Donald Link And Cochon Nominated For James Beard Awards. 3/22/07.
Dooky Chase's Opens For Gumbo z'Herbes. Holy Thursday. 4/3/07.
Dooky's Gets $175K Grant From Starbucks. 2/1/07.
Dooky Chase Reopens September 18. 9/17/07.
Dragon House Re-Re-Opens. 2/23/07.
Drago's Downtown Restaurant Opens. 5/21/07.
Early-Evening Menu From Greg Sonnier At Windsor Court Grill Room. 8/17/07.
Early-Evening Menus Recover At Last. 7/23/07.
Emeril Gives Half-Million For Local Culinary Education. 5/11/07.
Feast With The Stars, Brunchtime October 14. 10/1/07.
Felix's Reopens Its Original Restaurant On Iberville Street. 2/14/07.
Few Pre-Summer Closings. 6/1/07.
Few (Very Few) Closings. 2/12/07.
Filipino Sunday Brunch Buffet. 6/8/07.
Fire Restaurant Reopens In Grayton Beach, Florida. 10/31/07.
Fish On The Half Shell (Today's Flavor). 7/28/07.
Food Of St. Joseph's Day. 3/14/07.
Food Poisoning Season. 11/23/07.
Frances Vuskovich, Founder of Visko's, Dies. 12/11/07.
Food Show On Radio At New Time. 12/10/07.
French Bread Today. 11/16/07.
French Fries (Today's Flavor). 7/13/07.
French Quarter Festival 2007. 4/12/07.
Friday Lunch Returns To Antoine's. 1/24/07.
Gabrielle Takes Its Case To Court. 1-8-07.
Galatoire's Auctions Tables For $40,000, For Friday Before Christmas. 12/5/07.
Galatoire's In Baton Rouge Plans Five Courses, Five Excellent Chilean Wines Sept. 19. 9/12/07.
Gautreau's Reopens. 2/15/07.
Gimchi, New Korean Restaurant, Coming In September In Metairie. 8/28/07.
Gourmet Societies Decline. 10/24/07.
Greg Sonnier Era At Windsor Court Grill Room Begins. 7/2/07.
GW Fins Serves Jordan Wine Dinner, Sept. 11. 9/7/07.
Harry Tervalon, Your Favorite Camellia Grill Waiter, Ailing. 7/6/07.
Harry Tervalon, Long-Time Waiter At Camellia Grill, Passes. 8/23/07.
Herbsaint Mounts Wine Dinner With French Country Fare, Faiveley Wines. 9/7/07.
Iler Pope, Former Owner Of Cafe Atchafalaya, Dies. 12/03/07.
Jazz On The Bayou Brings Great Chefs To Ronnie Kole's House. 3/26/07
Josie Riccobono, Founder Of Peppermill Restaurant, Dies. 7/10/07.
Killing Us Slowly With Bacon. 12/5/07.
La Provence a la Besh Reopens. 4/5/07.
Laurent-Perrier Champagne Tasting--Free. 12/27/07.
Li'l Dizzy's To Open In Whitney--With Big Kevin. 6/13/07.
Little Tokyo Opens In Former Chateaubriand Location. 2/15/07.
Longbranch Closes In Abita Springs. 7/2/07.
Luke, New French Bistro From John Besh, Opens On St. Charles Ave. 5/1/07.
Lunch Returns To Windsor Court Grill Room. 3/1/07.
Madeira Dinner At Commander's Raises Funds For Food Museum. 4/23/07.
Mandina's Closes In Baton Rouge. 6/11/07.
Mandina's Reopens In Mid-City. 2/9/07.
Mardi Gras Eating Bites. 2/19/07.
Martinis At Antoine's. 8/10/07.
Memorable Dining On The Road. 7/4/07.
Middendorf's Purchased By Horst Pfeifer. 3/19/07.
MiLa Opens In Former Rene Bistrot. 11/15/07.
Mother's Day Situation And Strategies. 5/10/07.
Mr. B's Bistro Reopens. 4/16/07.
Mr. B's Annual Crabmeat Festival Menu Returns, Sept. 4-17. 9/3/07.
Mr. B's Returns To Sunday Opening With Brunch And Dinner. 9/20/07.
Mr. John Santopadre Dies, 79. 2/19/07.
Muffulettas. 3/12/07.
Nacho Mama's Closes, Vietnam Cuisine Opens In Same Space. 4/26/07.
National Seafood Cookoff, Weekend of August 3. 8/1/07.
New Hotel Restaurant Openings: Drago's, Luke, Riche. 6/25/07.
New Orleans Food And Spirits in Bucktown Reopens. 4/28/07.
New Orleans Wine & Food Experience 2007. 5/21/07.
New Sushi (Matters Of Taste). 9/24/07.
New Year's Eve: Where Can We Dine ? 12/28/07.
Nickel & Nickel Wine Dinner At Keith Young's. 10/22/07.
Noisy Restaurants [Matters Of Taste]. 9/10/07.
Oktoberfest Going On At Deutsches Haus And Elsewhere. 10/11/07.
Omelettes (Today's Flavor). 7/9/07.
Overblown Dishes. 11/12/07.
Overlapping Courses (Matters Of Taste). 4/2/07.
Parsley (Today's Flavor). 7/17/07.
Patois Opens Uptown, In Former Nardo's. 10/5/07.
Pheasant, All About. 12/23/07.
Po-Boy Festival Fills Oak Street. 11/19/07.
Pumpkin? What Do We Do With All The Leftover Ones. 11/1/07.
Pupuseria Divino Corazon Reopens. 5/18/07.
R&O's Opens A Location In Covington. 3/23/07.
Real Japanese Kobe Beef--Filets, Yet!--Show Up On Menu At La Boca. 5/11/07.
Rene Bajeux Becomes Chef, Partner At La Provence. 9/12/07.
Restaurant Recovery Denied By Times-Picayune. 8/27/07.
Restaurant Rows, And How They Grow. 11/7/07.
RioMar Expands, Offers Full Tapas Bar. 10/19/07.
Rocky & Carlo's, Iconic Chalmette Restaurant, Reopens. 2/9/07.
Rouse's Buys Sav-A-Center and A&P Stores In New Orleans Area. 9/14/07.
Scavengers Of The Table: Ten Best Dishes Worth Eating Every Scrap Of. 12/7/07.
Seasons Of New Orleans Dining, And The Ten Most Important Ones. 10/15/07.
Seeking Passion Late In Life [Matters Of Taste]. 10/5/07.
Series Of Talks About New Orleans Food At Historic New Orleans Collection. 10/11/07.
Sicilian Wine Dinner March 23 At Andrea's. 3/14/07.
Sunday Brunch Returns To Hotel Inter-Continental. 9/7/07.
Susan Spicer's Cookbook Coming Oct. 23; Special Menus Come With It. 10/20/07.
Sweet Potatoes: All About. 12/17/07.
Table One Does A Day Of Benefit Dining For Louisiana Philharmonic. 5/30/07.
Table One Closes, To Be Converted Into A Casual, "Take-Out-Friendly" Cafe. 8/31/07.
Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Dinners. 7/19/07.
Taqueros/Coyoacan Closes, September 1. 8/28/07.
Taste Buds Take Semolina Back. 2/19/07.
Taste Of The Town 2007. 3/16/07.
Tennessee Whiskey Dinner At Bourbon House. 12/31/07.
Ten Reassuring Certainties About New Orleans Restaurants. 8/24/07.
Thanksgiving Restaurant Notes. 11/15/07.
The Story Sells The Dish. Maybe Too Well. 8/24/07.
Tony Angello's Reopens. 5/16/07.
Tony Angello Shrugs Off Another Problem. 9/21/07
Truffle Festival Returns To Bacco. 11/11/07.
Twelve Days Of Christmas--In New Orleans. 12/26/07.
Two Years Post-K, Time To Raise The Standards For New Orleans Restaurants. 8/29/07.
Underrated Main Ingredients (Matters Of Taste). 10/31/07.
Valentine's Day: Dining Under Duress. (Matters Of Taste) 2/14/07.
Venezia Reopens In Mid-City. 2/16/07.
Veranda At Inter-Continental Lightens Lunch. 4/5/07.
Veuve Clicquot Dinner At Ralph's On The Park, May 9-31, 2007. 5/8/07.
Where New Cooking Talent May Be Hiding. 1/19/07.
White Truffles, And Their Appeal . 11/16/07.
Why Aren't Oysters Always Ice-Cold Anymore? 11/25/07.
Willie Mae's Reopens. 4/10/07.
WYES Annual Wine Auction. 11/29/07.
WYES International Beer Tasting, June 2. 5/30/07
Ye Olde College Inn Demolished. 5/25/07.
Zinfandel, All About. 12/12/07.

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