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As an early weeknight dinner got underway at Antoine’s, the low-lit, garnet-red dining room at the center of the landmark French Quarter restaurant looked like a vignette from the past.

Today, Antoine's is known to be the birthplace of numerous dishes that are widely considered to be emblematic of classic New Orleans cuisine.

At Antoine’s, the oldest restaurant in New Orleans, nearly every nook and corner tells a story. There are ...

There is a lot of pent-up party about to roll into the Crescent City. How are the city’s historical eateries preparing to roar into 2022? For answers, we

The country’s oldest family-run restaurant, and by some definitions the oldest restaurant period, is Antoine’s in New Orleans.

In March, shutting down restaurants to control the coronavirus seemed like a drastic measure. Now, nine months later, limits on the capacity of dining rooms, periodic shutdowns and skittish customers have become the new normal. At the start of the pandemic, The American South followed restaurants across the region navigating the early, confusing weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. As the year comes to a close, we spoke again to some of those restaurant owners to see how they are faring and what they...

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