Beef Daube And Spaghetti @ Two Tonys
Two Tonys has a mailing list to let regulars know when beef daube is served as a special. When it is, the West End restaurant quickly sells out of the dish. Before we get into the whys of that, we'd better note that two related but very different dishes fly under the name "daube." One is a cold, hogshead cheese-like appetizer from the holiday season. The other is pure Italian: roast beef sliced or into thick pieces, cooked in Sicilian-style red sauce until it falls apart. Once common in New Orleans Italian restaurants, beef daube is almost never encountered these days. But here it is at Two Tonys. . . sometimes. The beef is top round--same cut that most roast beef poor boy sandwiches use, without the brown gravy. It is not often encountered, mainly because it takes so long to make. But when it's here, get it. [caption id="attachment_50534" align="alignnone" width="480"]
Italian beef daube at Two Tonys.[/caption]
Two Tonys. West End & Bucktown: 8536 Pontchartrain Blvd. 504-282-0801.
This dish is ranked # in NOMenu's list of the 500 best dishes in New Orleans restaurants. [divider type=""]
