Patois
Restaurant · West Riverside ·
Locally sourced French & New American fare by chef Aaron Burgau
Locally sourced French & New American fare by chef Aaron Burgau
"This beloved fine-dining restaurant has been drawing romance-seekers to its corner cottage for years, the epitome of a romantic neighborhood restaurant. The French-Louisiana menu is refreshingly large, and really, everything is good, but seafood dishes are at the top — the restaurant’s founding chef was named King Of Louisiana Seafood years back, after all." - Clair Lorell
"This Uptown white tablecloth restaurant is featured as chef Janette Desautel’s first restaurant (known on the show as Desautel’s)." - Missy Frederick
"The Bower chef Marcus Woodham is a big supporter of the Uptown restaurant Patois. “Chefs Aaron Burgau and Jonathan Lomonaco put out a locally sourced menu cooked from the soul,” Woodham says. He’s also a fan of Kingpin. “It’s a great dive bar Uptown that has food trucks pop up almost nightly. Chances are you will run into a chef, server, or bartender that served you earlier that evening here. Good choice for a Saints game.” He takes his kiddos to Blue Oak for the barbecue beans, mac-n-cheese, and smoked chicken. For dessert, Hansen’s Sno-Bliz. “Don’t let the line scare you. It’s just a chance to meet new friends while waiting. I’ve only ever had the satsuma sno-ball, it’s too damn good to try anything else. Pop the tailgate on the truck and enjoy.”" - Beth D’Addono
"At the Uptown fine-dining restaurant Patois I observed a COVID outbreak forced a temporary shutdown; the restaurant briefly reopened before closing again due to what staff described as a “significant staff shortage.”" - Eater Staff
"I noted that the Uptown fine-dining restaurant Patois first shut down on a Friday night after staff tested positive for COVID-19, was able to reopen earlier in the week, and then closed again because of a "significant staff shortage." - Clair Lorell