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Saint Claire
Cajun & Creole
A fifteen-minute ferry ride from the French Quarter lands you in Algiers, where Melissa Martin's second restaurant occupies a century-old property that reads more Provençal farmhouse than Louisiana. The Cajun-French cooking leans into whatever the season offers, stone fruit and wild grapes drifting across duck confit and dark roux gumbo. A 2026 James Beard semifinalist for Best New Restaurant, it made both the Times's New Orleans and national restaurant lists in 2025.
The awards strongest first
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in New Orleans Right Now
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
One number, weighted & current 80
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Rabbit rillettes
“Here you’ll find seasonal produce like figs and muscadine grapes, pickled peaches and sautéed plums, gilding plates of rabbit rillettes, rare tuna paillard and duck confit.”
The New York Times, 2025 -
Tuna paillard
“Here you’ll find seasonal produce like figs and muscadine grapes, pickled peaches and sautéed plums, gilding plates of rabbit rillettes, rare tuna paillard and duck confit.”
The New York Times, 2025 -
Duck confit
“Here you’ll find seasonal produce like figs and muscadine grapes, pickled peaches and sautéed plums, gilding plates of rabbit rillettes, rare tuna paillard and duck confit.”
The New York Times, 2025 -
Dark roux gumbo
“It’s as if the trip to this stylish country refuge of antiques, oak trees and dark roux gumbo passed through Western Europe.”
The New York Times, 2025
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