Three Exciting Restaurant Openings Hit New Orleans Just in Time for New Year’s - Eater New Orleans
"The former home of a popular Westbank pizzeria, Tavolino, has been revived by Adrian Chelette, a local chef with a long background making standout pizza in New Orleans. Chelette, who most recently manned the pizza oven at Seventh Ward hotspot Margot’s following his time as co-owner at Ancora Pizza, has opened Nighthawk Napoletana in partnership with the team behind popular local taco hut Barracuda (owners Brett Jones and Bryson Aust have locations Uptown and in Algiers Point). Nighthawk has been in the works since just the summer, making for a quick, simple but modern transformation of its predecessor — there’s a large wood-burning pizza oven flanked by a dining counter, a bar, a small covered patio, and a narrow dining room made up of four-top tables covered with classic red and white checkered tablecloths. Still in its soft opening stage, the restaurant’s menu remains succinct — eight sourdough Neapolitan-style pizzas, a few salads, and small plates like meatballs and arancini." - Clair Lorell
