Bayona Restaurant Review
430 Dauphine St. (St. Louis St.) 
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New Orleans, LA 70130
504-525-4455 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
Bayona Restaurant is one of our 2012
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Cuisine
Open
Lunch Wed.-Sat., Dinner Mon.-Sat.Features
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Parking garage
- Upscale casual
Wine
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 It takes vision to create a restaurant that could continue to thrive for more than two decades. But that’s what chef Susan Spicer has done. She recalls walking by a neglected French Quarter Creole cottage and visualizing her restaurant, Bayona, where international culinary influences blend with Louisiana tradition. Spicer's signature dishes include a lusty garlic soup with cream, grilled shrimp in coriander sauce with a black bean cake, duck breast with pepper jelly, and a pairing of tapenade with eggplant caviar. The moistness of grilled salmon doesn't pale next to a bracing choucroute and Gewürztraminer sauce, while lamb loin marries well with a Zinfandel sauce with a dollop of goat cheese. Sweetbreads are on the menu, but the exact preparation varies from time to time. The diversity extends to the dessert list, which may offer such flavors as a mocha-banana torte with espresso crème caramel. Bayona’s wine list has expanded significantly over the past few years. The Bordeaux selection is particularly impressive, as is the short list of new-world whites. There are about two dozen half-bottle offerings, such as a dark, fruity Hourglass Cabernet Franc Blueline. When the weather is nice, courtyard seating under banana fronds and sweet-olive trees makes a seductive setting.
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