Arnaud's--a major old-line establishment--bought an old jazz club adjacent to its front dining room, and turned it into a casual, inexpensive, all-day cafe. The place does a take on the tiled floors, mirrored walls, and light-bulb rows of the mother restaurant, but with a much looser style. The menu offers a dozen or so dishes from the kitchen of Arnaud's. The best of these are the soups and the famous namesake dish--the cold, tangy shrimp remoulade. The remoulade sauce, which is easily obtainable no matter what you order, is good with a great many dishes here.
With a few exceptions (most of them on the Canal Street end), Bourbon Street's restaurants are touristy, tawdry, and embarrassing to locals, with food that would be more appropriate for a carnival. Much of the problem is that this actually addresses the tastes of the typical person strolling Bourbon Street. Remoulade addresses this challenge unusually and well. It's a retro (circa 1900) cafe with a menu that goes from the classy appetizers and soups from Arnaud's kitchen all the way down to hot dogs and nachos.
In 1994, the venerable dining institution Arnaud's bought the old jazz club adjacent to its front dining room, and turned it into Remoulade. The name is a reference to Arnaud's most popular appetizer, which is not only simple and good but the best of its kind.
Remoulade copies the tiled floors, mirrored walls, and light-bulb rows of the mother restaurant, but with a completely casual style.
Tell them you're a local. That will make them take special care of you, because the staff doesn't get enough fellow Orleanians.
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