Mat & Naddie's Cafe Restaurant Review
937 Leonidas St. (Freret St.) 
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New Orleans, LA 70118
504-861-9600 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner Thurs.-Sat. & Mon.Features
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Upscale casual
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| Owner-chef Stephen Schwarz's cooking style ranges widely, as he’ll borrow almost equally from New Orleans tradition and Southeast-Asian exotica. So don't be surprised to find lemon grass in one dish and anise-scented Rockefeller-style spinach in another. The restaurant’s inviting cottage setting presents views out to the green hump of the Mississippi River levee, where a train seems destined to howl by during each meal and passing freighters can be seen over the treetops. Mahi mahi comes stuffed with oven-roasted bacon; Louisiana Gulf shrimp are fried tempura style and served with sticky jasmine rice. A full small plates menu includes items such as artichoke, sun-dried tomato and roasted garlic cheesecake. Vegetarians have numerous intriguing options, such as a roasted banana with green lentil flour curry paste. Chocolate truffle cake with raspberry coulis and crème anglaise plus panéed bread pudding are the signature desserts. Table service is friendly and competent, and the wine list is well balanced and affordable. A three-course wine dinner is offered every night, featuring “the flavors of Eastern Europe,” (although the wines are mostly from California). For lunch, Mat & Naddie’s serves a buffet that offers such treasures as house-made yeast rolls and features blue plate specials. |
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