Three Exciting Restaurant Openings Hit New Orleans Just in Time for New Year’s - Eater New Orleans
"A stylish new lounge and restaurant landed in the Warehouse District last week, opened by a trio of British-born restaurateurs (Dallas-based brothers Chris and Mark Beardon and Andrew Duncan in New Orleans). They’ve recruited a talented set of local tastemakers for Jolie’s food and drink, an exciting group that includes Kiah Darion from Bar Marilou and Will Lester from Longway Tavern on the drinks side, and for food, Indigo “Soul” Martin, who formerly ran his pop-up Indigo Soul Cuisine, and Adrian Martinez, who worked as chef de cuisine at Sylvain. Jolie has transformed a distinctly sports bar-like space (World of Beer) into an unrecognizable, furniture and carpet-laden lounge with a sexy, old-world European feel. The food, drinks, and entertainment are all designed to be equally transportive, with live music, DJs, and a monthly “Cirque de Jolie” lineup of performers including sword swallowers and acrobats. Extravagant cocktails utilize tools like atomizers, eye droppers, and blow torches, occasionally incorporating a dash of glitter or other accouterments — Jolie’s version of a French 75 comes with a small baggie attached to the glass rim, filled with Pop Rocks to be dissolved in the bubbly drink. The food menu is mostly made of shareable plates with a French flair, like escargot, foie gras toast, tempura frog legs, bone marrow, and beef carpaccio." - Clair Lorell
