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China Rose Chinese 3501 N. Arnoult Rd., Metairie (504) 887-3295  Simply great Chinese food, and they will prepare special dishes if requested sufficiently in advance. The noodle soups are marvelous. We went to the former pre-Katrina China Rose restaurant every week especially for the noodle soups which were outs...

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Houston's Restaurant American, Seafood, Steak House 4241 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie (504) 889-2301  A long time (thirty-year) diner at Houston's Restaurants (Fort Lauderdale, Atlanta, and New York City), I was brought back to heaven this evening at the Houston's in Metairie. In fact, I could have closed my eyes, and, with one bite of the house sal...

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Quarter View Restaurant Steak House, Fine Dining 613 Clearview Parkway, Metairie (504) 887-3456  I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING THERE I DID NOT LIKE BUT MY 2 FAVORITES ARE THE STUFFED TROUT AND THE SEAFOOD PLATTER PILES OF SHRIMP OTHER PLACES YOUR LUCKY YOU GET 6 SHRIMP THEY ARE VERY GENEROUS AND THE SIDES ARE GREAT TOO PUTS OTHER SEAFOOD PLATTERS...

#4	Mandarin House Chinese Buffet Chinese, Buffet 3501 Severn Avenue, Metairie (504) 779-0888  I love this place. Hundreds of items to choose from especially jumbo shrimps, sushi bar and a variety of Chinese and American dishes. The best Chinese buffet in New Orleans.

#5	Caboose Cafe & Catering Breakfast 3525 North Causeway Boulevard, Metairie (504) 833-2033  Great breakfast and lunch! The food is made to order making it fresh and absolutely delicious! I have also used them for catering and they were fabulous!

#6	Erik's Cafe & Catering American, Italian, Casual/Family, Bar 4644 West Esplanade Avenue, Metairie (504) 457-0207  OMG...best Italian food period. Wish the location was larger but the food doesn't get any better.

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Caffe Fresca Italian 4445 W Metairie Ave, Metairie (504) 887-2010  clean, watched the Saints play over a huge stacked club, $11 & my husband had the Greek chicken sandwich $13 & loved it. it was a little pricey but portions are built for 2. sweet potato fries added for $1 made it way more than we could eat. will be ...

#8	Corkys Bar-b-q Barbecue 4141 Veterans Memorial # 335, Metairie (504) 456-1732  great ribs & I love the slaw. Its nice that they have BBQ chicken on the kids menu. Anything besides nuggets