JAZZ - A Louisiana Kitchen

[Schuarta]

A "touch" of New Orleans has arrived in Reno - JAZZ - A Louisiana Kitchen. It is adjacent to the new Scheels Sporting Goods Emporium in the Reno suburb of Sparks. I enjoyed lunch there today, including:

a dozen Raw Oysters (50¢ each on Thursdays), cold and delicious.
a bowl of Gumbo ($4.99), tasty - a little spicy.
a plate of Fried Catfish ($6.49), served with Cajun Coleslaw and Hushpuppies, not great/not bad, coleslaw was out standing.

Small chain with only 5 locations. Anyone else been in one?

I forgot to mention, they have Abita beer as well. Five types in bottles, and Turbodog "on tap". Now I know where Turbodog got his "handle".

Finally, the last item on the menu, at the bottom of the "Extras", is:

All-You-Can-Eat Hushpuppies...................$189.00

Then in fine print it says (includes a bottle of Dom Perignon).

[kcdixiecat]

There are a couple of them in Kansas City, MO. Great restaurants and pretty authentic cuisine. Same menu in KC! The fine print always brings a chuckle. I have to say that their beignets are AMAZING. They serve them with chantilly cream. YUMMY stuff.

[Schuarta]

Lunch was so good on Thursday, I (we) went back for dinner Friday night. Took my visiting daughter (#1 from Sacramento), and enjoyed both the dinner and the live jazz band playing.

Daughter had a pair of Cajun Bloody Marys, a dozen raw ersters, house salad, and Scallops & Shrimp Lafayette in a great cheesy sauce served with dirty rice.

I had an Abita Purple Haze and a Turbodog Draft, a mixed apps platter, and Scallops & Shrimp Pontchartrain also in another great white not-cheesy sauce, served with a mound of Jambalaya rice. The sauces are fantastic in this place.

About as close to NOLA as you can get while still in Reno. Sorry, I forgot the camera to provide you with pictures.

[kcdixiecat]

We found they're about as close to authentic as you're gonna get and not be in New Orleans. This was one of our favorite restaurants in Kansas City.

[sore_bluto]

Bottled Purple Haze doesn't do the beer justice. And I don't imagine you can get it on tap anywhere outside of the gulf coast. At least they have a good Abita selection.

[kimmiethebeadwench]

went to the one in KC a few times when I lived in Northern Missouri. pretty damn close.