Regular diners looking for the old Duane Park
Café have been walking in—dumbfounded—to find
that their pretty, if stuffy, old haunt has now been transformed into
an eclectic Louisiana mansion with 18th-century etchings. “But they
always stay, and they say the food is so much better,” says co-owner
(and former Duane Park Café manager) Marisa Ferrarin, who describes the
new menu as “seasonal contemporary American with a Southern twist.” She’s brought onboard
former DPC chef Shawn Knight, who tips his hat to NoLA with dishes like remoulade-laced crabcake with
caviar, and barbecued quail with black-eyed-pea salad and grilled
speck.
