Home • 2013 ESSENCE Music Festival Your Best New Orleans Instagram Food Pics We recently invited our Instagram followers to share their favorite New Orleans dishes. Here are our top picks. By Monique Valeris · Updated October 28, 2020 01 @manemoves Oyster, catfish and shrimp platter at Deanie’s Seafood. 02 @hautecontent Fried green tomatoes at Elizabeth’s Restaurant – Bywater. 03 @jazzy329 Oysters at Drago. 04 @jamaicancutie73 Shrimp and Grits House of Blues – New Orleans. 05 @thereelchill Beignets and Café Au Lait at Café Du Monde. 06 @queenbee509 Louisiana crabcakes at Olde N’awlins Cookery. 07 @corimurray ESSENCE Entertainment Director Cori Murray enjoys a po’boy at Palace Café on Canal Street. 08 @shamikaz Dessert double chocolate bread pudding. 09 @kdejour Seafood gumbo and shrimp etouffee at the Crazy Lobster Bar and Grill. 10 @theatlgo2girl Lobster mac and cheese at Drago’s. 11 @theatlgo2girl Catfish, shrimp, oysters and craw puppies. 12 @mrs_simplycomplexq A medley of food from Mother’s Restaurant: stacked pancakes, bread pudding, jambalaya with red peas and rice, and biscuits. 13 @foodieengineer Eggs cochon at Ruby Slipper Café. 14 @ceceliasimon Now you see it…now you don’t: chocolate butter cake at Tivoli and Lee. 15 @ceceliasimon Turtle soup, crawfish omelet, and cane sugar glazed shrimp. 16 @enchantedevent Fried alligator at Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant. 17 @dr_olu Shrimp creole at Oliver’s Creole Restaurant in the French Quarter. 18 @skorpeo77 Eggs rancheros at Jimmy J’s Café. 19 @toyanurs Lt. Dan at Bubba Gumps in New Orleans. 20 @carralyce Restaurant Revolution: duck confit with a poached egg, warm potato salad and mimosa. 21 @milaeshe Calamari. 22 @losinginthecity Banana fritters with peanut butter. 23 @jmitzline Pork belly sliders. 24 @iwrite4u2 Pork belly sliders. 25 @deshar62 Butter beans, green beans and fried chicken at Willie Mae’s Scotch House. 26 @mslbreezy Crawfish, grilled oysters, hand grenades on Bourbon Street. 27 @ayeyoadrienne Crabcake. 28 @chicbusymom Shrimp and grits at Lüke Restaurant. 29 @chivonmonique Grilled oysters with romano cheese and French bread. 30 @shaundrie Garlic shrimp pizza at Louisiana Pizza Kitchen. TOPICS: Instagram