Luke Restaurant Review
Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue
333 St. Charles Ave. (Perdido St.) 
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New Orleans, LA 70130
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 With its brass fixtures, polished wood panels and slow-turning ceiling fans, Lüke feels like a well-worn Parisian establishment. Chef John Besh embraces the more casual delights of French, Creole and German brasserie fare. For breakfast, sample cane syrup-flavored breakfast sausage, local ham and Benton’s bacon from Tennessee, classic New Orleans grits and grillades (strips of veal over stone-ground grits), or stuffed shrimp and Gulf fish meunière. The weekly Saturday night dinner special is “jagerschnitzel,” a panéed veal scallop with oyster mushrooms and house-made spätzle. The massive burger of local Charolais beef is legendary. Besh’s imaginative culinary spirit endures until the very end of your meal; his bread pudding is served with vanilla bean ice cream and hot buttered pecan sauce. Meals can be too heavy, and, as at many New Orleans restaurants, service is a crapshoot. Oddly enough, the wine list features only French wines, leaving a surprising absence of German options. Moderately priced, the list is not extensive, but ten rotating by-the-glass selections are offered.
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