New Orleans has a brand new eating vacation spot on the Mississippi River with the opening of Delacroix, the town’s solely stand-alone restaurant straight on the riverfront.
The restaurant opened Sept. 22 in Spanish Plaza, led by Chef Wiley Lewis and Basic Supervisor Roger Eyles. The pair purpose to create a culinary expertise that blends Louisiana coastal traditions with the vitality of the river.
Lewis, a Shreveport native, brings greater than a decade of expertise in New Orleans kitchens, together with roles at Borgne, August and Domenica, and helped launch the favored Willa Jean restaurant. She additionally labored as a fishmonger with Inland Meals, constructing ties with Louisiana fishermen that now form her seafood-focused menu.
“Meals is storytelling, and Delacroix is the place these tales come to life,” Lewis stated in an announcement. She described the menu as rooted in rustic South Louisiana cooking however elevated with seasonal substances and fashionable methods.
Eyles, a New Orleans native, has managed a number of well-known native eating places, together with Meauxbar, Cavan, Shaya and Mister Mao. Acknowledged by Zagat in 2016 as a “30 Beneath 30” hospitality chief, he returned to BRG Hospitality earlier than taking up the launch of Delacroix.
“Delacroix is a spot the place visitors can decelerate, collect with household and pals and join with the river in a private method,” Eyles stated.
The restaurant options fishing camp-inspired design components and presents personal eating choices for occasions. Its menu highlights native seafood, Louisiana classics, cocktails, curated wines and craft beers.
Delacroix, positioned at 1 Poydras St. in Spanish Plaza, is open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday via Thursday and till 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
