The Scene
This expansive, well-lit dining room that calls to mind a courtyard draws singles and families from the West side to feast on rich surf and turf. A Big Easy jazz scene mural covers the high ceiling, and there's live music to match it on the weekends in the roomy, separate bar.
The Food
Fill up on fried green tomatoes and onion strings, or dark piquant gumbo to start. Ambitious shrimp and fish offerings are numerous, baked, char-grilled, or crab meat-stuffed. Blackened snapper is righteously spicy, sided with lemon cream sauce. The juicy, French-cut rib eye is cooked to specs, served with a loaded baker and buttery vegetables. Expect extra touches like almond butter with bread, homemade desserts, and fresh fruits in the house salad. Wine drinkers relish the wide selection and quality stemware.