Coquette, a longstanding New Orleans restaurant recognized for its modern Southern delicacies and as an upscale neighborhood favourite within the Irish Channel, will shut later this month after 18 years in enterprise. The ultimate day of standard service is ready for June 26.

Chef and proprietor Michael Stoltzfus opened Coquette in 2008 in a late-Eighties constructing that through the years had served as a residence, grocery retailer, and auto components retailer. The property was first transformed into restaurant house in 2004, housed The Residing Room Restaurant and Bar and a number of other different eating choices earlier than changing into Coquette, which operated with eating rooms on two flooring and a 12-seat bar.

Coquette constructed a status as each a neighborhood gathering place, and it additionally turned recognized for its fried rooster and Champagne dinners. The restaurant’s menu centered on trendy Southern cooking with native elements, that includes dishes equivalent to its fried rooster, whipped feta, smoked tuna dip, beef tartare “muffuletta,” tuna crudo, smothered flounder, rooster roulade, carrot bolognese, grilled pompano, and smoked beef brief rib.

Stoltzfus, who grew up on a working dairy farm in Maryland, labored at Restaurant August earlier than opening Coquette. He earned repeated recognition as a James Beard Award finalist for Greatest Chef: South. He additionally owns Right here As we speak Rotisserie, a rotisserie rooster restaurant at 1245 Constance St. within the Decrease Backyard District.

Stoltzfus didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.