Atchafalaya Restaurant

Atchafalaya Restaurant is a true New Orleans neighborhood eatery. Neighbors, locals, and out of town guests return often for a great Louisiana food experience, highlighted by attentive service, time- tested favorites, and tasty new creations.

Since the 1920s, one restaurant or another has occupied this building. From the outside it looks like a typical New Orleans neighborhood house, but inside the vibe is modern and bustling. Tables are spaced close together, and the noisy atmosphere seems just right for the place.

Well known chef Chris Lynch is taking over the kitchen at Cafe Atchafalaya, Ian Mcnulty reports this week, replacing Baruch Rabasa who left around the beginning of 2013 for personal reasons. Coincidentally, both Lynch and Rabasa are former chefs of the strange and ill-fated Meson 923. Per Mcnulty:

Lynch was the first executive chef at Meson 923, while Rabasa was then his sous chef. Lynch...

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What draws customers back to Café Atchafalaya’s old clapboard building, aside from the authentically Creole-Southern cooking, is its aw-shucks approach to both the atmosphere and the menu. Don’t look for a photo spread of this Uptown standby in Architectural Digest. Decor isn’t the right word for the bare-top tables, simple wall art, make-do furniture and homey curtains. The front bar is even...

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