THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Indigo Restaurant Review:
Everything about Indigo, from the dramatically sinuous sconces along the dining room's celadon walls to the crisp and juicy soft-shell crabs and their citrus beurre blanc, shows meticulous attention to detail. The view from the wide terrace takes in a lovely garden and a 1790s cottage that is now a bed-and-breakfast but once was the center of an indigo plantation (hence the restaurant's name)....
A traditional petite Creole plantation.:
The main house on this property dates to 1798, when it was the center of an indigo plantation maintained by a Creole settler. The two-acre grounds are small by regional plantation standards, but they are enormous for what is now an in-town estate. The inn is close to City Park attractions, including the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Fair Grounds Race Course. The latter is ground zero for...