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Mid-City’s Best of New Orleans

August 29th, 2007 by Jennifer Weishaupt

The 2007 Best of New Orleans awards, published in this weeks Gambit Weekly, demonstrates that Mid-City truly is the Heart of New Orleans! Overall, 16 Mid-City establishments & attractions took home a total of 32 First, Second and Third Place awards. This is an outstanding feat and a testament to our rebuilding. Congratulations to all our businesses and thank you for being here.

- Finn McCool’s 1st Place “Best Neighborhood Bar”; 2nd Place “Best Location to watch a Saints Game outside the Superdome”, 3rd Place “Best Jukebox”.

- Liuzza’s 1st Place “Best Neighborhood Restaurant”; 3rd place “Best Place to Get a Cold Beer”

- Juan’s Flying Burrito 1st Place “Best Cheap Eats”, 2nd Place “Best Place to Get a Margarita”, 2nd Place “Best Mexican Restaurant”

- Mona’s 1st Place “Best Menu for Vegetarian’s”, 2nd Place “Best Mediterranean Restaurant”; 3rd Place “Best Cheap Eats”

- Angelo Brocato’s 1st Place “Best Place to Get Ice Cream”; 2nd Place “Best Dessert” for their Cannoli; 3rd Place “Best Place to get Pastries”

- Parkway Bakery 1st Place “Best Roast Beef PoBoy”, 2nd Place “Best Shrimp PoBoy”, 3rd Place “Best Oyster Po-Boy”

- Mid-City Art Market (now New Orleans Art Market) 1st Place “Best Art Market”

- City Park 1st Place “Best Tennis Court”; 2nd Place “Best Place for Family Fun”; 2nd Place “Best Place to Get Married”, 3rd Place “Best Place to Bike”; 3rd Place Best Golf Course;

- Crescent City Steakhouse, 2nd Place, “Best Steakhouse”

- Venezia’s 2nd Place “Best Italian Restaurant”

- Rock N Bowl 3rd place “Best Place to Dance to a Live Band”

- Lola’s 3rd Place “Best Latin American Restaurant”

- Doson Noodle House 3rd Place “Best Vietnamese Restaurant”

- Mandina’s 3rd Place “Best Place to Get Gumbo”; 3rd Place “Best Soup” for their Turtle Soup

- Cafe Degas 3rd Place “Best Place to get Creme BruleĆ©”

- Pandora’s 3rd Place “Best Snoball Stand”

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