{"id":1862,"date":"2012-05-25T17:44:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T22:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2012-05-25T17:44:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T22:44:38","slug":"italian-barrel-in-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/italian-cuisine\/italian-barrel-in-new-orleans\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Barrel in New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Todd Barron @ Foodiecuisine.com<\/h4>\n
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Cheese Platter<\/p><\/div>\n

Back in July 2005 my wife and I were visiting New Orleans.\u00a0 There was no way we could have known about Hurricane Katrina, but it did come through, and destroyed large parts of the city.\u00a0 Due to the destruction, and the bad food I had eaten during my visit, I was in no particular hurry to return.\u00a0 This last Spring Break (2012,) I decided to bite the bullet and booked a five-day trip to a hotel in the French Quarter.<\/p>\n

As mentioned, the food on my previous trip was all greasy, of low quality, and just didn\u2019t taste good.\u00a0 I know, I know, everyone says \u201cBut New Orleans food is great!\u201d\u00a0 This may be true, but everywhere I visited in the French Quarter in 2005 was not so great.\u00a0 This time around I armed myself with Zagat\u2019s guide to New Orleans, several viewings of Urban Spoon, and a cross-reference of everything against Foursquare and Yelp.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, my research paid off several times over.\u00a0 Not only did I find one good restaurant but I found several and had a great time.\u00a0 By the end of the trip I was \u201cfooded out\u201d but had enough room for Italian fare and walked down to the Italian Barrel.\u00a0 We had a reservation for two at 6pm and the place was nice and open when we arrived.<\/p>\n

The Italian Barrel is small but has outdoor seating to allow more guests.\u00a0 It was raining when we visited; otherwise, outdoors would have been nice.\u00a0 We ordered the Cheese Platter<\/strong> (half order) for our appetizer and I ordered the Filet with Crab Meat<\/strong> for my entree.<\/p>\n

The cheese platter was wonderful with each cheese having a different texture and flavor.\u00a0 The appetizer included a few side items to augment the cheese such as fresh honey comb (our favorite.)\u00a0 I\u2019m glad we only ordered the half portion as a whole would have been enough for four people.<\/p>\n

My filet came out next and was a bit on the rare side (I ordered it Medium Rare) but was huge.\u00a0 I think they gave me half of the cow given how large the filet was.\u00a0 I got more than my moneys worth and the crab meat on top was tasty as well.\u00a0 Overall we really enjoyed the Italian Barrel and can\u2019t wait for our next visit.<\/p>\n

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