Pre-Theatre Dinners @ Red Fish Grill

It's a new Golden Age for those of us who like to go to the many entertainment venues that have emerged in the last few years. It's inevitable that a lot of theater-goers are looking for good restaurants to visit before showtime. Some restaurants have responded with special menus designed to be served in a modest amount of time. One of the first restaurants to jump on this bandwagon is the Red Fish Grill, which has offered appealing menus with local flavors for many years now. They just revised the theater menu to serve a two-course dinner for $29. Here's the menu, which gives three choices from each of the two courses:

House Chopped Salad Romaine, local tomatoes, croutons, roasted tomato dressing, red onions, cucumbers, Parmesan cheese~or~

Redfish Bisque

Tomatoes, brandy, green onion oil
~or~

Soup of the Day
*$1 upcharge for Alligator & Sausage Seafood Gumbo

Grilled Half Chicken
Hot sausage, dirty rice, Creole white BBQ sauce, purple cabbage slaw, jalapeño cornbread
~or~

Creole Jambalaya Risotto
Gulf shrimp, andouille sausage, grilled chicken, roasted tomatoes
~or~

Wood Fire-Grilled Shrimp, Pompano or Black Drum
Covey Rise vegetable medley, choice of sauce

It's available every night from four until seven when there's something going on at one of the major theaters. Those are: Saenger, Orpheum, Mahalia Jackson, Smoothie King Center and Mercedes Benz Superdome. All you have to do is make a reservation, and mention to the reservationist that you want the pre-theater menu. And then show up, of course.

Red Fish Grill

French Quarter: 115 Bourbon. 504-598-1200. www.redfishgrill.com.

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