Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles

What's in a name?

Growing up in a city with restaurants as diverse as they are ecclectic is great. Still, one can always get fooled by the name of a restaurant. Down here in Nawlins', the locals have come up with ingenius ways of naming their local eateries. Just today I met Mrs. Veritas for lunch down in the c.b.d. That's were she works, and I was just finishing my last day of summer school. Time to celebrate.

Upon deciding that we were going to eat lunch downtown their was a new level of complexity as we had to choose from a myriad of places to eat. This is were it gets interesting. Usually I am not one to finick over where we eat because in this great city that has little to offer economically there is so much to choose from as concerned with food. Sometimes Mrs. Veritas gets turned off by the name of the restaurants, but the truth is the name is only half of what you experience. Places down here have made a living off of naming their places with wild and crazy names. How many would want to eat at a placed called Mother Cluckers. Or go listen to music at the Funky Butt. This is only a sample of some of the great named restaurants. Mixed in between the fabled five star cuisines like Emeralds, Brennans, Arnauds, and Commanders there lies the places known for their local flavor and funny names. Today we ate at Nacho Mama's. It was great little Mexican catina, to likes of Baja Fresh but with a cajun flair. If you like your food mild, don't even walk through the door.

Then their are the classic named restaurants such as: Juan's Flying Burrito, Mother's, Bozo's, Dooky Chase, Fat Harry's, Igor's Buddha Belly Burger Bar and Washateria, Juan's Flying Bagel, Lucky's Retired Surfer Bar and Grill, Mother's Mustache, and on, and on it goes. It's crazy to think that you wouldn't want to try one of these places because they are pretty good when it comes to food.

I just love the food down here, and what makes it better is when you tell someone that you ate at Nacho Mama's, and the food is outa this world. I can't get over how many restaurants my fable city contains; over 1,000. The local food guides can't even list them all, not too mention their are so many family owned restaurants that are better than the five star joints in the quarter. Needless to say, I am on a mission to be try new restaurants whenever I get the chance. So many options, and so little time. I am constantly telling friends when they come to town, to try as many places as possible, you're not going to be disappointed when it comes to food down here.