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What are you ordering for Sunday Night Football? Magazine Pizza is a great Warehouse District option. Click the photo for a full review!

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Shaya (Garden District, New Orleans, LA)

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Chef Alon Shaya was awarded a James Beard Award for Best Chef of the South 2015 and deservingly so! I’ve always been a fan of his first restaurant, Pizza Domenica, but now Restaurant Shaya is another top restaurant to add to my list. Restaurant Shaya presents a modern and refined take on Mediterranean food. Ambiance.    Pita. 

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The Bao (East Village, New York City, NY)

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When I hear “soup dumplings” (aka xiaolongbao), I think of the first time I ate at Joe Shanghai in Chinatown, New York City. It’s been years since I’ve been there, but my first bite of soup dumplings was a memorable one. Now, I’m sure there are many variations and even better ones, but the initial

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Num Pang (Meatpacking District, New York, NY)

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Chelsea’s Market is filled with goodies! Not too far from the delicious Los Tacos No. 1 (click here for review) Num Pang is an Asian sandwich shop very much like the Vietnamese banh mi. What makes them unique is their smaller-sized breads… Watermelon juice.      Five-Spice Glazed Pork Belly. Pickled Asian Pear.   Inside: Five-Spice Pork Belly. Pickled Asian

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Los Tacos No. 1 (Meatpacking District, New York, NY)

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I’ve done a little traveling from coast to coast, north to south and have an experienced tongue for tacos. Los Tacos No. 1 is definitely highly ranked in my book. There’s a pretty long line on this Sunday at 2 o’clock. The line extends way past a neighboring booth, but moves super quickly… Menu.    Taco

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Totto Ramen (Midtown East, New York, New York)

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You’ll notice when I’m traveling, I LOVE to eat ramen. There’s just something about that homey bowl of noodles, egg, and pork. Very simple and soothing to the soul. That being said, Totto Ramen was recommended to me by the locals when we arrived in New York. This location in particular is their newest location and there

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Phoenicia’s Restaurant (Metairie, LA)

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Meat Pie. Minced meat. Onions. Pine nuts. Spices. Phyllo dough.     Lamb Kabob. Marinated lamb. Choice of two sides: hummus, rice.   Phoenicia seems to be a very established Mediteranean restaurant in Metairie in the adjacent strip mall where Houston’s of Metairie used to be. I went on a Thursday night and I was the only person there until my

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Bangkok Thai (Carrollton, New Orleans, LA)

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There’s definitely a lack of good Thai food in this city and I feel like I’ve come pretty close to finding something good. We went on a late weekday afternoon and it was surprisingly empty. Initially, not a good sign, but we figured it was later in the afternoon and lots of people had already had

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