My good buddy Nolan Dolla had a nice article about his favorite New Orleans restaurants.  Most are located in the French Quarter.  When I went to Tulane, we rarely ventured into the French Quarter.  Maybe if a visitor in town dragged us down there; otherwise, we stayed Uptown.

New Orleans is food, and my memories are of all the comfort food I loved while I was there.  Cheese fries at AT-II’s (Audubon Tavern is no longer across from Perlis).  Fat Harry’s.  Bruno’s, and some place right down from Bruno’s where we had $0.10 oysters and tipped the waiter $5 to keep the hush puppies and drinks flowing.  Popeye’s, quintessential New Orleans just as K&B’s littered the backdrop every few blocks.

My favorite place by far was the Camellia Grill.  They specialized in breakfast and burgers, and the tradition of waiting outside then waiting on the bench before taking the assigned stool was all about eager anticipation.  My roommate would get a chili cheese omelet, while I would alternate between a bacon cheeseburger and a ham and cheese omelet.  There was a Haagen-Dazs right around the corner, and the depths of depravity were reached when I’d chase the bacon cheese burger with an Elberta Peach milk shake after a late dinner.