We are honored to have received recognition from our peers, critics and friends over the years. We continue to live by the philosphy that we are as good as our last meal served.

2009 Great American Seafood Cookoff
1st Place, Chef Tory McPhail

James Beard Foundation
Lifetime Achievement Award (Ella Brennan, 2009)
Lifetime Outstanding Restaurant Award
Lifetime Service Award
Who's Who of Food & Beverage Award
Best Chef, Southeast Region (Jamie Shannon, 1999)
Outstanding Service Award

2008 Gambit's Best of New Orleans
Best New Orleans Restaurant
Best Place To Get Bread Pudding

Wine Spectator Magazine
Best of Award of Excellence, 2009

DiRoNA
Achievement of Distinction in Dining

Restaurants & Institutions Magazine
Lifetime Ivy Award

Nation's Restaurant News Magazine
Lifetime Fine Dining Hall of Fame

Culinary Institute of America
Hall of Fame, Inducted 2008

2009, 2004 - 1988 - Zagat Survey/New Orleans
Most Popular Restaurant (18 total years)
Best Decor, 2009

2000, 1997 & 1995 Food & Wine Magazine
Reader's Choice Award, # 1 Restaurant in America

2009, 2008 Southern Living Magazine Reader's Choice
#1 Best Splurge Restaurant in the South

1999 - Robb Report
Chosen # 2 Chef in the World

1997 - Southern Living Magazine
Reader's Choice Awards, # 1 City Restaurant

1997 - Gourmet Magazine
Reader's Top Table Award, Tops for Special Occasions

1996 - New Orleans Magazine
Chef of the Year