
A Taste of Tel Aviv in New Orleans
On Saturday night, I had dinner at Shaya, the new restaurant from New Orleans Chef Alon Shaya. I was a big fan of Alon's from his other restaurants (Domenica, and sister restaurant, Pizza Domenica), so I was eager to try it. Early reviews were raving about the food, so I was skeptical if it could live up to the hype. Well, boy, did it ever. I had never eated Israeli food before, so my friends and I opted to order pretty much...everything on the menu. The waitress seemed sk

A Day in the Bywater
This past weekend gave us the first glimpses of beautiful Spring Weather here in New Orleans. My friends and I had made plans to get lunch somewhere with an outdoor seating area, and I suggested we venture outside of the Garden District and check out the Press Street Station in the Bywater. The restaurant is a new venture for the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts -- a high school which hails graduates such as all the Marsalis brothers, Harry Connick Jr., Wendell Pierce, A