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The last restaurant we visited on our trip to new Orleans was Felix’s Restaurant and Oyster Bar on the corner of Iberville and Bourbon Street. It’s one of the most well-known places for oysters in the area, but it definitely has a mom-and-pop diner feel to it. The décor is simple and the employees are really friendly.
The oysters are, not suprisingly, outstanding. Jonathan Swift wrote, “He was a bold man that first eat an oyster,” and Sarah has yet to try one. I love, them, though–I first tried them at Whole Foods a few months ago. Felix’s has other good food besides oysters, however.
For appetizers, we sampled the shrimp remoulade, grilled oysters and raw oysters. The remoulade had a nice horseradish kick to it, and the oysters tasted like oysters “scampi.” They were topped with garlic, butter and breadcrumbs(?) and were tender and not overcooked. The raw oysters were … continue reading