Michael’s Mid-City Grill* (#21, 6/9/2001)
Another defunct place, think Katrina took it down. But here’s the gayot look at it.
Margaritaville* (#20, 6/1/2001)
A typical tourist type place in the Quarter, but the beauty of this tourist trap is that you have great New Orleans music. The first time I went here, I saw Jeremy Lyon’s and the Delta Billy Boys. They were excellent. The food is pretty basic stuff, but one thing that is appealing, especially to the out-of-towners, is that they serve fried gator as an appetizer.
Camellia Grill (#15, 2/28/2001)
Ohhh-verrr-raattteedd. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. So many people from out-of-town make the run to Camellia Grill and I’m just not sold on it. The best thing about it is that it serves food very late. The wait staff is usually pretty entertaining, and by wait staff, I mean guys who grab your order at the counter. It’s an old-school diner setting with pretty good food, but is it worth waiting in line more than 10 minutes? I don’t think so. Especially not when everything is rather expensive as well. I did have a fun experience there once when Io saw a guy I know come in, but he didn’t see me. I told the waiter his name and told him to just mess with him like he knew him. And the waiter played it perfect, going with a full game, betting he could guess his name and then doing it. Good late-night entertainment, but even better when I posted on Facebook that the waiter at Camellia Grill guessed my name out of the blue and this friend of mine commented quickly with, “Oh my God! Same exact thing happened with me. It was crazy!”