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Restaurant August

301 Tchoupitoulas St. (Gravier St.) Send to Phone
New OrleansLA 70130
504-299-9777 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Old-world elegance meets new-world Louisiana cuisine. Restaurant August is one of our | Top 10 New Orleans FoodRating Restaurants | Top 10 New Orleans Romantic Restaurants |

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Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightly

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Dining room at Restaurant August, New Orleans, LAChef John Besh's Louisiana upbringing and knowledge of cutting-edge culinary trends enables him to compose menus that hold their own among the most stringent standards of fine dining. Firm yet tender puffs of gnocchi become a tasty foil for the flavors of blue crab, truffle oil and Parmigiano-Reggiano in what has become a mainstay offering on a menu that otherwise changes frequently. Anything prepared three ways is worthy of consideration, such as foie gras. Tiny, soft-shelled buster crabs are fried to a turn. The Market Soup of the day, a dish that often reveals laziness in other restaurants, is always a marvel. Take, for example, a bowl of carrot soup singing with ginger essence and garnished with shrimp, peanuts and fried grated carrot. Three-course fixed-price lunches are a steal; such dishes as cane juice-brined chicken breast with mashed celery root show all the polish of Besh's evening feasts. Check out the chef's tasting menu for a food and wine pairing experience. Refinement fills the air, from the dark-wood walls and soft lighting of the bar to the gilt-edged décor in the main dining room with its four big chandeliers, damask-covered walls and French-style chairs.

User Ratings & Reviews for Restaurant August
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Beautiful Restaurant
by spudly on 07/24/2008
 
Still the most beautiful restaurant in the city, it is not the wheel horse it once was...why?...well it was Chef John Besh's first restaurant and when it was his only restaurant it was truly world class.

After several years, plus Hurricane Katrina and more restaurants (Besh's Steakhouse, Luke, La Provence not to mention his stint on The Next Iron Chef) Restaurant August has suffered.

Is it still one of the best in New Orleans? Yes.
Can you get a sub-standard meal there? Yes.

I would still recommend it highly if you have never been and it does still have a certain type of "cache" for some people but those of us who remember it's heydey it's just not the same.
 
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