📍 Desire Area, New Orleans

A neighborhood coffee shop on Chef Menteur Highway in the Pontilly area of eastern New Orleans, ordering through its own app. A local stop for espresso drinks and a quick morning c...

A Desire-area spot for wings and New Orleans seafood on Louisa Street, the kind of order-at-the-counter neighborhood kitchen built for fried plates and to-go bags. Casual and local...

A soul-food kitchen out in the Desire area, the sort of off-the-radar Gentilly spot that trades on fried chicken, smothered pork chops and sides by the plate. Counter-service comfo...

PeeWee's Crabcakes started as a New Orleans food truck and crab-cake specialist out near Old Gentilly Road, now running a second location. The signature is the crab cake — big, pac...