Reply #4: No crawfish, sadly. Ran out of time. and NO SOFT-SHELLED CRAB.

[kestrel91316]

Over that I am truly bereft. Everybody was out wherever I asked.

Oysters - oyster po' boy at Mother's; broiled oysters at Drago's. It turned out Acme was NOT the oyster bar I ate at in 1980, so I passed (ran out of time anyway).

Shrimp wrapped in bacon (with grits and redeye gravy) at Mr. B's Bistro. Shrimp in the two seafood gumbos I had.

Crab cakes, nice and spicy, at Oceana.

I MUST return, and not for any damned conference. I need ALL DAY to be eating.

So many restaurants, so little time.......It didn't help that I got stuck in traffic here in LA, missed my plane, had to be rerouted through Chicago, and both those planes were late (one was broken and had to be replaced). Took me 24 hours to get from my home to the hotel in NOLA.