New Orleans’ Newest Restaurant Openings, Now on Resy

At this rustic-chic Warehouse District charmer, full of brick and wood, with mismatched vintage plates on both the walls and the tables, chef Farrell Harrison reinvents tapas to reflect the New Orleans melting pot, with salutes to Spain, Vietnam, Italy, Germany, the Middle East, and more.

When the weather is most agreeable, a night in your own gazebo dining with friends is the only place to be. You’ll share tangy Caesar salads and shrimp toast, focaccia with whipped feta and caramelized onion, crispy chicken with pickled peppers, and spaetzle, though you may hoard the desserts for yourself. There’s plenty of indoor dining in the 110-year-old main cottage, as well.

Chefs Sarthak Samantray and Aman Kota spiced up the town for a couple of years with their wildly popular Lufu (for “Let Us Feed U”) pop-up before turning it into this handsome full-time restaurant, where the “you’ll-want-everything” dinner menu avoids the clichés, and there are tandoori salads and “naanwiches” for lunch.

Beggars Banquet was the name of the DiIonno family’s first restaurant — a luncheonette that opened 50 years ago in New Jersey — and it’s the name of their newest one today: a lively Lower Garden District spot with a butterfly motif, Rolling Stones lyrics on the bathroom walls, and a Southern-accented all-American menu.

Here’s an instant classic in the historic 19th-century Pontalba Buildings on Jackson Square — an intimate, casually elegant cocktail lounge and raw bar, where the libations range from New Orleans classics to high-style creations, and the oysters come from all three coasts.

Porthole mirrors and light bars shaped like ship’s ribs lend a maritime vibe to this animated Freret Street star, and the almost-entirely-seafood menu (including at least half-a-dozen varieties of oysters plus traditional caviar service) cruises along smoothly with the maritime theme.

This instant Magazine Street landmark, from the team behind the Spanish-leaning Costera, stands out on the New Orleans Italian scene for its menu of Northern Italian specialties (think arancini with fonduta and lasagna Bolognese) and its cool blue dining room that evokes Liguria more than Little Palermo.

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.

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.