Coquette
A Garden District corner restaurant with enough ambition to keep dinner interesting.
Garden District
Coquette occupies a handsome Magazine Street corner and cooks like it knows the neighborhood can handle nuance. The restaurant is Southern in vocabulary, contemporary in structure, and more serious than its easygoing room first suggests.
The tasting menu is the cleanest way to understand the kitchen, but the bar and à la carte options can make a smaller evening work. Expect Louisiana ingredients handled with restraint and the occasional sharp left turn.
This is the Garden District dinner for people who want a proper restaurant without the old-line script. It pairs neatly with an afternoon on Magazine Street and a walk under the oaks before dessert becomes inevitable.
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