Where is the best place in New Orleans to get rice and beans?

Question

I think it's odd that everyone makes it seem so easy to find red beans and rice in NO because when we went down last August they were actually hard to find aside for one restaurant we tried,and they were awesome but i'm not even sure now what the place was called.that's why i was curious if perhaps we were just looking in the wrong places. When we asked we were often told that it was "hard to find places that served them anymore"...we were a little baffled.

Answer 1

Popeyes..

Answer 2

The first two answers are correct and you can get red beans & rice all over, and it is true the RB & R at Popeye's Fried Chicken is good.

RB & R is not exactly haute cuisine, so it's not necessarily better at more expensive restaurants.

The Hotel Le Pavillion has a great lunch buffet that offers a variety of traditional New Orleans foods:

833 Poydras Street

www.lepavillon.com

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In the French Quarter, try:

Coop's Place

1109 Decatur Street

Napoleon House

500 Chartres Street

Bon appetit!

Answer 3

Sadly the guy at the Cheesecake Bistro even told me their red bean & rice taste almost as good as Popeyes

Answer 4

Locals tend to shy towards Popeyes...I've also heard that Napoleon and Gumbo Shop are great as well.

Answer 5

Any neighborhood restaurant - there are a million of them. Just look in the phone book - don't spend a lot of money at a fancy restaurant.

We traditionally eat red beans and rice on Monday.

(BTW, if you ask for rice and beans, they'll know you are a tourist)