Elite Cafe Restaurant Review:
This historic Fillmore Street space, which has housed restaurants since 1928, reopened under new management and a new chef. Louisiana native executive chef Chris Borges oversees the New Orleans themed menu, which has been Elite’s focus for more than three decades. Dishes range from the very spicy to not at all, though house-made hot sauce is available to add a bit of heat if that's what you...
The Big Easy does Fillmore since 1981. Boisterous old bookie joint still retains its original cred and laissez-les-bons-temps-rouler attitude, even after a recent makeover. Nice long bar to slurp oysters and munch shrimp & okra fritters, kobe beef brisket, or jambalaya while reading Esquire. Intimate mahogany booths ideal for 3-foot-high club after one-too-many Hurricanes. Indigent types can...
Well-appointed restaurant with comforting dishes from the Big Easy by way of California.:
The historic space feels like a spiffy and gleaming gentlemen's club, complete with secluded mahogany booths, lazy overhead fans and a friendly bar warmly lit with small lamps. The crowd embodies a...