Juan’s Flying Burrito (#89, 11/22/2008)
Another of my go-to restaurants. I love Juan’s; prefer the Magazine Street location, but the Mid-City stop is good as well. It’s not really Mexican food, just good food wrapped up like burritos and stuff. Hard to explain, but they have every kind of burrito, a range of quesadillas, tacos, etc. I love the luau and the bacon azul quesadillas and also recommend the blackened redfish tacos. The queso is outstanding; and if it’s crawfish season, I highly recommend adding the mudbugs to your queso. Also has a wide-range of margaritas. However, the highlight is the atmosphere; it tends to have loud heavy metal playing; and sometimes you get the outcast waitress – the one that only has 30 or so tattoos. Most of the people probably have 50% or more of their bodies inked. Also cool décor on the walls; just a fun New Orleans place that’s great to hang out and have a good time.
Theo’s Pizza (#86, 11/8/2008)
Theo’s is a solid lunch stop; I’ve had a few different sandwiches from there, but my usual call is the Reuben, even though it’s not great. Maybe time to try something different? They have pretty good cheesebread and also solid salads (giant). You order at the counter and they give you little flags with pictures of pop culture icons – like Pistol Pete or Elvis or Barry Manilow. Fun stuff. I’ve actually never had the pizza there, so maybe that would be worth a try.
Hip Stix* (#83, 10/30/2008)
This place closed shortly after I moved to New Orleans. Too bad, it was an excellent Asian-fusion type place with awesome crab Rangoon and good drinks.