Reveillon @ Antoine's

 

Antoine's

The Victorian-era large main dining room Antoine's looks and feels like Christmas year round. The environment reaches apotheosis during the actual Yuletide, when the largest Christmas tree inside a New Orleans restaurants gets covered with lights and ornaments of the old style. This is, not surprisingly, the most popular time of year for the 1840-vintage restaurant. Make a reservation, and when you do, check to make certain that the Reveillon menu is on. They're so busy with big private parties that on some dates it won't be.

Four courses, $49.

✷Charbroiled Louisiana oysters
Seasoned garlic, herb butter, olive oil, Romano cheese
~or~
Créole gumbo
Blue crabs, oysters & Gulf shrimp
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Noël salad
greens, baby spinach, strawberries, shaved carrots, cranberries, walnuts, feta cheese & orange vinaigrette
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Chicken with Champagne mushroom sauce
Garlic cheese Yukon mashed potatoes
~or~
✷Louisiana drum stuffed with crabmeat & shrimp
Onion rice with wilted spinach topped with white wine tomato velvet
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✷Eggnog bread pudding
Cinnamon & raisins, topped with praline rum sauce
~or~
✷Raspberry dark chocolate mousse
Whipped cream & raspberry sauce

French Quarter: 713 St Louis. 504-581-4422.
FULL REVIEW

All the Reveillon menus can be perused here. We'll feature one every day throughout the Reveillon season, which runs in most of the Reveillon restaurants until December 31.The snowflake ratings are for the Reveillon menu, not the restaurant in general. Dishes marked with the symbol » are my recommendations.

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