Domenica Restaurant Review
The Roosevelt New Orleans
123 Baronne St. (Canal St.) 
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New Orleans, LA 70112
504-648-6020 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Cuisine
Open
Lunch & Dinner daily, Brunch Sat.-Sun.Features
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Casual
- Wheelchair accessible
- Take-out available
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 Notwithstanding that The Roosevelt New Orleans is all old-world glamour, Domenica comes across as contemporary, sleek and minimalist. The menu’s all-Italian offerings are centered on the thin-crusted pizza baked in a state-of-the-art, wood-burning oven with a rotating stone deck. The most promising is the Calabrese, featuring spicy salami, mozzarella, capers and olives. The assortment of antipasti is best exemplified by the octopus carpaccio and meatballs with soft polenta. Pastas can be as straightforward as spaghetti with olive oil and garlic, or as complex as stracci with oxtail ragù and fried chicken livers. These native foods of rural Italy, given chef John Besh’s unique treatment of using as many local products as possible, seem straight from the boot, even when they include fish caught in the Gulf of Mexico. Desserts may include spiced apple and pine nut cake. Insider’s tip: Get to Domenica between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. any day of the week to enjoy all pizzas, wines by the glass and well cocktails for half price.
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