Best Hole in the Wall restaurants?
What is your favorite hole in the wall or mom and pop restaurant that serves great food and is off the beaten path (I.e. not a tourist trap)?
Posted Feb 18, 2019, 12:53 AM UTC
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arbys
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Arby's on Canal st., it's got the meats.
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Even better since it turned speakeasy to cater to hipsters. No, I’m not posting the password online but it is easy enough to guess. The trick is knocking three times on the door to prove you’re no tourist.
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I was into Arby's, but then the hipsters and tourist started showing up and ruined it. Have you tried the Krystals on Bourbon? Shit is what the kids like to call FIRE.
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I really like Cafe Abyssinia. We get it once a month.
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CK's Hot Shoppe (Filipino cuisine)
Eat Well (banh mi or phorrito)
Taqueria Guerrero (lengua tacos, posole on Thursdays)
Killer Po'boys (yeah, it's in the Quarter, fuck off)
Broadview Seafood
I'll take a roast beef po'boy from Radosta's or Bear's in Metairie over all the most "beloved" overpriced po'boy joints in the city anytime.
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Taqueria Guerrero does pozole every day now.
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Whoa! Thanks! Had no idea and I'm usually there once a month too.
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But you gotta go to the Eat Well in Pythian Market for that true hole in the wall experience. cough cough
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They opened one in a food court and kept that weird name? Odd.
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It is, but I think if you’re a local and recognize the name, you’d go.
Food is a few bucks more expensive there than the original location.
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Eat Well is probably one of the most underrated places in the city.
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Radosta's for the win
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McHardy's fried chicken and Spider's Meat Market poboys are my beloveds; whither they go, I will go.
Definitely not a hole in the wall, but Homegrown Pizza in Gentilly is awesome.
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Did they start making their dough or are they still outsourcing it?
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The obvious answer here is Manchu's. It is literally under a freeway and you order through bullet proof glass. Best wings in town!
There is also a spot in Metairie on Bonnabel called Giorlando's that is fucking killer. I would compare it favorably to Jacques Imo's or Adolfo's. It is often quite full so it isn't exactly a secret, but no one I know who lives in the city has ever even heard of it.
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Rosalitas Alley is quite literally a hole in the wall, so there's that.
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u/L51 can confirm which day of the week you will be murdered there.
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Last time I went there some dude was passed out on the gravel with nothing but a phone number for someone to pick him up in his pockets. Tacos were incredible though!
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Aldfo’s
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It is pretty yummy
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Heard dat kitchen on felicity is good. It’s takeaway only but I like it.
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They have a dining room now.
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Tiger Mart on Kabel Drive off of Gen deGaulle on Westbank has the most incredible poboys, up to a 32"! Seriously, a 32" hot sausage po boy for just $13!!! And I'd take any of the ones they offer over a ParkWay.
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Sarita's Grill on Freret is great. Cheap tacos and Cuban sandwiches.
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Hole in wall = 3-4 on yelp.
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Taqueria Sanchez is the best and most authentic Mexican food I’ve found since moving from Southern California. One on both sides of the river too.
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Oh damn, I've always stopped at the one by Westbank Expressway, where is the one on the East Bank?
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There’s a good truck and one right off the 10 in Metairie.
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Since when is Mimi's a hole in the wall? Wowowowow.
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Hanks Bar right around the corner from mother in laws’, the seafood potato on Thursday is 🔥🔥🔥
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Elizabeth's in the Bywater.
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Elizabeth’s is a tourist trap.
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Maybe u/Fag_Newtons is a tourist and has been trapped there for a while.
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Elizabeth’s and The Joint are great spots with good food. Shut up, purists. Go drink on your porch. Food is subjective and you’re being assholes to tourists that generate revenue that we really need.
-Trolley Stop Cafe is a fun diner spot on the Avenue -Felipe’s is a cool creole TexMex situation with a few locations around town. -DryDock Cafe in Algiers Point is nice, as is Toute de Suite. -Theo’s Pizza and Venezia are neat pizza spots.
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Felipe’s is in NO way a “creole” restaurant. Do you even know the definition of creole? I’m so tired of people throwing around creole for anything New Orleans.
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Haha, fuck the food I like to eat!
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Wait.
The Felipe's chain is now considered a hole in the wall?
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It's not a hole in the wall, local to new orleans, creole, mom and pop restaurant etc. It's a chipotle ripoff from Boston.
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Plz explain what about Felipe’s is creole
The Joint is only good if you’ve never had real barbecue before.
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the salad dressing (weirdly enough) is damn fine
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Or even a hole in the wall ...
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I’m from the town with the original Rudy’s BBQ. Can confirm.
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To be fair, New Orleans doesn't really have that much good BBQ.
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How about that great cajun hole in the wall Chipotle? Taco Bell also has wonderful etouffee.
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the joint sucks
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Trick thread
You'll get downvoted for posting actual hole in the wall spots because then you're just aiding the tourists, and you'll get downvoted for posting non-hole in the wall spots (and treated like an idiot) for listing things like Elizabeths, etc.
Nice try though
The only safe answer is Arbys, as it is for every question.
Every thread is a 'trick thread."
Does that mean you turn tricks u/mojomartini
I'm not a thread.