New Orleans’ Newest Restaurant Openings, Now on Resy

Take four industry vets and longtime friends, the old Metry Café space, and a stunning (and the only) rooftop dining area in Metairie, what do you get? You get Parish Line, a casual but attentive kind of space where the American bistro classics get a delicious upgrade. (Cajun caviar fries, anyone?)

Chef Huy Pham’s tiny jewel of a sushi bar in Metairie has expanded to a new location nearby, and it’s better than ever — with an izakaya-style lounge and an omakase room for specialty dinners, as well as a sushi bar more than three times the size of the original.

Here’s cause for celebration: a full-service, all-purpose restaurant from the team behind local institution District Donuts (yes, there will be donuts here, too). Look for table service and an expanded menu for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, too, making it a perfect spot to pre-game a Saints game.

Auction House Market is dead, but long live its upscale replacement, The Hall on Mag! Dreamt up by food hall entrepreneur Jamal Wilson, the food collective boasts cocktails and table-service fare from six kitchens — Japanese, Italian, Mediterranean, Southern, modern American, and Japanese-Mexican fusion — within a sleek and cozy space.

Because this is Jacqueline Blanchard’s dream restaurant. The French Laundry and Benu vet (and the owner of NOLA’s Coutelier knife shop) dives into impeccable bar snacks and sushi based on the best Japanese and Louisiana seafood available at her 22-seat izakaya and temaki bar, and it’s not hard to see why it’s one of the hottest tickets in town.

Don’t expect your standard curry house fare at this Indian street food specialist — chef Manish Patel’s follow-up to his popular stall in the now-closed Auction House Market. Instead, the menu runs to chaats, dosas, kati rolls, and even sandwiches, including an incredible ice cream sandwich made with mango kulfi.

SoCal-style fajitas, tacos, and burritos and an encyclopedia’s worth of Tequila and mezcal in a laid-back indoor-outdoor CBD space? Welcome to Rock-N-Taco, the latest from Logan Trotter (of Zoe’s Kitchen). The must-try dish: the Molcajete, full of carne asada, Gulf shrimp, chicken tinga, guacamole, and more — enough for four.