{"id":1212,"date":"2012-02-06T18:17:48","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T00:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oneshoediaries.com\/blog\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2012-02-06T18:17:48","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T00:17:48","slug":"new-orleans-gumbo-crawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneshoediaries.com\/blog\/new-orleans-gumbo-crawl\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Gumbo Crawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4136\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneshoediaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gumbo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4134]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oneshoediaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/gumbo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The best gumbo I found so far in the French Quarter was at 441 Royal Street. If you have any suggestions forext time I visit please let me know in the comments section below\" title=\"New Orleans Gumbo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The best gumbo I found so far in the French Quarter was at 441 Royal Street. If you have any suggestions forext time I visit please let me know in the comments section below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Something I like to do when I visit a city, is find out what they are famous for and then try all the local recommendations to find the best one for myself. For instance, in Cincinnati I did Cincinnati-Style chili and in Baltimore I did Marland-Stlye crab cakes.<\/p p>So when I recently visited New Orleans I figured I would find out who had the best seafood gumbo in the French Quarter. I posted on Facebook to hear others favorites and then mapped them out and off I went. Here is a breakdown of what I discovered in order from good to the best from my taste test. And I only room for 5 bowls in me \ud83d\ude42<\/p ul li><strong>Stanley:<\/strong> Dark Roux kinda watery good mix of seafood. <strong>B<\/strong><\/li li><strong>Mr. B&#8217;s Bistro: <\/strong>Classic dark, thick roux, could use more seafood in it, the flavor was bold, butot as complex as I like it. <strong>B+<\/strong><\/li li><strong>Coop&#8217;s Place:<\/strong> (as aote, be ready to wait in line outside, even for bar seats.) The atmosphere was fun, and the gumbo looked perfect. Dark roux, but a tad thin, but good chunks of various seafood Needed just a little more umph to get an A. <strong>A-<\/strong><\/li li><strong>Lebayou Oyster Bar: <\/strong>Dark mustard color Roux. Lots of crab meat. Kinda thick. Big strong flavors! <strong>A<\/strong><\/li li><strong>Royal House Oyster Bar:<\/strong> Dark Roux, thick, big complex flavor. Perfection. 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