Beth D'Addono

New Orleans

Food and Travel Writer at Freelance

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Articles

The Insider: Why New Orleans’s Compère Lapin is as popular as ever at 10

1 week ago | opentable.com | Beth D'Addono

Chef Nina Compton could have gone anywhere to further her meteoric career. But the St. Lucia native threw her toque into the New Orleans ring in 2012 after she was runner up and fan favorite on Top Chef: New Orleans. She and her husband and partner Larry Miller left Miami in 2015 and opened Compère Lapin in New Orleans at the Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery in the Central Business District.
Dee's Xquisite serves boiled and char-grilled seafood in New Orleans East

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Beth D'Addono

Demond “Dee” Matthews never went to culinary school or worked in restaurants previously. Yet here he is, the chef and owner of a thriving seafood restaurant, Dee’s Xquisite, in New Orleans East. And he’s about to open a second location in Baton Rouge. The self-taught chef’s restaurant is known for boiled then char-grilled seafood, swabbed with deeply flavorful garlic butter. It’s a formula seven years in the making. Matthews’ success is hard earned and collaborative.
Chef Michael Stoltzfus opens Here Today Rotisserie in the Lower Garden District

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Beth D'Addono

The difference between the typical supermarket rotisserie chicken and Here Today Rotisserie is beyond night and day. Replacing the often saline-injected, dry-breasted, flabby-thighed bird is a chicken of beauty. This bird is something to squawk about, with its juicy, self-basted meat, an honest poultry flavor and skin that crackles with crispness. And it’s no wonder.
New Orleans chefs highlight spring's freshest ingredients

3 weeks ago | nola.com | Beth D'Addono

Ask anyone about a favorite harbinger of spring, and the answer might be the scent of magnolias, warmer temperatures or the onset of a busy festival season. Ask a chef the same question, and most likely the answer is an ingredient that’s here and gone by the blaze of summer. Spring ingredients are a welcome change from the hearty greens and root vegetables of winter.
These Are New Orleans’s Very Best Bars

4 weeks ago | nola.eater.com | Beth D'Addono

Manolito’s eggnog daiquiri. Cory Fontenot/Punch New Orleans has one of the highest bars per capita in the country — 56 bars per 100,000 humans, at last count. With so many great watering holes, choosing favorites is tough. But it can be done. This list represents a broad sampling of bars: iconic cocktail bars, neighborhood dives, hotel bars, beer bars, Irish pubs, and bars with live music or day drinking. There are simply not enough hours in the day.
Patula is a new courtyard cafe in the French Quarter

1 month ago | nola.com | Beth D'Addono

Chef Rob Tabone knows from experience how the pandemic changed the restaurant labor model. “The model of what is scalable and possible changed,” says the Jacksonville native. “It became pretty clear that people weren’t going to be dumping millions of dollars into restaurants like they were before.”In the decade he’s been in New Orleans, Tabone has worked for Donald Link’s restaurant group, BRG Hospitality and a mom-and-pop spot, The Joint barbecue restaurant in Bywater.
The Latest Restaurant Closings in New Orleans, March 2025

1 month ago | nola.eater.com | Beth D'Addono

The Franklin closed its doors this month. The Frankllin Beth D'Addono is an award-winning food and travel writer living in New Orleans. Her work has appeared in Atlas Obscura, The Local Palate, and the Los Angeles Times. While spring brings a flurry of openings around town, sadly there are also multiple closings this month. Here are the restaurants that closed their doors in New Orleans in March 2025.
Dr. Jones serves creative cooking in a casual spot in Metairie

1 month ago | nola.com | Beth D'Addono

Dr. Jones is what happens when two chef friends, David Rouse (the DR in Dr.) and Billy Jones, finally opened their own place. The compact Metairie restaurant with its open kitchen and smattering of tables is a real gem, the product of two chefs well versed in bold flavors layered in unexpected ways. It’s also a great surprise, especially considering its affordable prices and BYOB option.
The Newest Restaurant Openings in New Orleans, March 2025

1 month ago | nola.eater.com | Beth D'Addono

A whole chicken from Here Today Rotisserie. Here Today Rotisserie Beth D'Addono is an award-winning food and travel writer living in New Orleans. Her work has appeared in Atlas Obscura, The Local Palate, and the Los Angeles Times. Spring brings a flurry of new restaurant openings around town, one with an inviting outdoor space. Here are the latest additions to the scene this month.
A First Look at Junebug in New Orleans

1 month ago | nola.eater.com | Beth D'Addono

It makes perfect sense that there are two turntables behind the long, spacious bar at Junebug, the nineteenth concept from the Alexandria, Virginia-based Neighborhood Restaurant Group and its third restaurant in New Orleans. It opens on Tuesday, March 18. To music fans, Junebug’s home at 744 Camp Street in the Warehouse District is holy ground, a seminal link to the New Orleans R&B and funk sound.