800 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA
504-522-1744
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Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski—along with chef-partner Ryan Prewitt—opened this homage to fish just down the street from their famed pork emporium, Cochon. The centerpiece here is a roaring wood-fired grill onto which most everything on the menu is tossed. Come here with a crew on nights when you want to eat a grouper as big as a fire hydrant.
Look For
Whole grilled fish; smothered catfish with pickled greens; Gulf shrimp
We Love
That Confederate President Jefferson Davis was embalmed here. Yep, the place was once a mortuary.