NOLA

didn't know that chris pulled up stakes and moved. i will more than happily follow him to the new location!

"Open
Tue--Sat
11am to 2pm Lunch
4--11pm Dinner"

Hours! Remarkable! Already improved.

why not just go to Niagara Street, so close with a lot more visibility, I can't imagine the rent would be that much more. Love Lagniappes, we will go wherever they are (except transit) either way.

Not a fan of his food. Too salty and once it was the sides were cold. Sorry not a fan.

To hear that a restaurant moved from a prime foot-traffic location in Allentown to Auburn & West does definitely get one's attention. Even if, situationally, it was a move of convenience and/or necessity, it suggests there's a larger story here -- I mean about the upper west side.

Intriguing.

Very best wishes, Chris!

I'm curious about the reasons for the move. I know Chris was waiting a long time for a liquor license, and I know that the bar crowd wasn't very interested that in the cuisine after bar crawling, which is why they adopted the lucky dog menu. Despite having awesome food, whenever we went there, we were usually one of only one or two tables occupied - I never understood that, given the quality of the food. Maybe it was the times we went or perhaps, despite the foot traffic, the type of people who walk by were just not of the NOLA food-loving sort. The waitress told me once that after bar-hopping, all the people want is a burger & fries. I had the impression that their previous venue was more well attended, albeit a small hole-in-the-wall. They definitely needed to grow and didn't have the room to do so there, but when they moved a couple doors down, they lost that inviting visibility that I think was drawing people in at the previous location. The French Quarter Café was raised up and the interior was out of view. When I saw that it was closed and saw that a more inviting glass-front venue was being put together across the street, I had hoped they were going to move in there for the better exposure. But either way, we'll be getting some delivery from their new location. I'm looking forward to trying out some of their new pizzas that I keep seeing pictures of on their facebook feed!

Rob

I've been a fan of the food since Chris opened in the little hole in the wall on Allen. I know a lot of people were upset about the hours but when you're essentially a one man operation, things in your personal life can take over. I urge everyone to try his new place on Auburn. The food is still phenomenal and you can't find it anywhere else in the city!

Yeah my main problem with this when it was on Allen was the hours.. it was very unpredictable whether he would be open or not - and I unfortunately gave up trying to go there on a more frequent basis. It's weird because he seemed to do better business when he was on the small take out place on Allen before he moved to the bigger one a few doors down. It was a nice space and had potential, but for whatever reason didn't seem like he had the business.. but yeah, closing early or not opening at all frequently and randomly certainly did not help.

I, too, like the food but, unfortunately, tried to patronize the restaurant twice (during "open hours") only to find it closed. He lost me after that...

being a resident of auburn ave. for over 25 years, and a west sider my entire life, I don,t think i would find myself patronizing that corner of the block after dark. I wish them all the luck for success, but I have never seen anybody survive for very long at that location. GOOD LUCK to ya !!

Is there any place in this city to get a muffaleta on a genuine muffaleta roll?