Looking for a bite to eat on game day? With football season right around the corner, the Unknown Food Critic found the best dining locations around the Dome.
Balise
640 Carondelet St., New Orleans, 504-459-4449
This second restaurant from Justin Devillier of La Petite Grocery does an upscale but easy-going version of brunch on the weekends.
Borgne
601 Loyola Ave., 504-613-3860
In the Hyatt Hotel, with a huge bar, a great drink selection and happy hour on weekends (3-6 p.m.)
CellarDoor
916 Lafayette St., 504-383-5583
This is a stylish and atmospheric lounge and restaurant adds a hearty menu of global flavors for brunch on Saints home game days.
The Company Burger
611 O’Keefe Ave., 504-309-9422
An expansion from the original on Freret Street, this second location in the Paramount Building has a larger bar and the same great burgers.
Compere Lapin
535 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-599-2119
One of the hottest new restaurants in New Orleans has a weekend brunch to rev you up and a great bar for before or after the game.
Domenica
123 Baronne St., 504-648-6020
The name is Italian for Sunday, and it’s a great place for pizzas, pastas and shared meat plates any day of the week.
Emeril’s Restaurant
800 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-528-9393
Emeril Lagasse’s original Warehouse District restaurant has extended hours on home game Sundays for post-game dining.
Johnny Sánchez
930 Poydras St., 504-304-6615
Mexican cuisine with a modern, chef-driven edge is the calling card of this restaurant, though chips and salsa, tacos and margaritas are still mainstays.
Juan’s Flying Burrito 515
Baronne St., 504-529-5825
The popular Tex-Mex cantina’s downtown location has the same quick, easy-to-love menu and margaritas a few blocks from the Dome.
Ruby Slipper Café
1005 Canal St., 504-525-9355
Hearty brunch with southern flavors, mimosas and bloody Marys from the bar.
Seaworthy
630 Carondelet St., 504-930-3071
This oyster bar just debuted in August, and it's been turning heads with its style and different approach on the menu.
Willa Jean
611 O’Keefe Ave., New Orleans, 504-509-7334
A bakery and café that can be as quick and easy as a grab-and-go a baguette sandwich or pastry from the walk-up coffee counter or a place to plan a sit-down family brunch.
