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Chef Danny Trace • Casual
Bar Chef Lu Brow· Power Lunch: 25¢ Martinis
Louisiana Wild Shrimp Remoulade 8
Shrimp boil vegetables, mizuna greens and preserved lemon
Golden Meadow Oyster Roast 9
Blue crab and Brie fondue, shrimp & tasso creamed
spinach and artichoke crowned oysters
Louisiana Shrimp and Grits 28
Andouille stone ground grits, melted leeks
and truffled woodland sauce
Creole Spiced Filet of Beef 32
Roasted garlic boulangere potatoes, Creole tomato jam,
grilled green onions and foraged mushroom fricassee
Chocolate Mintini 8
Godiva Dark Chocolate liqueur . t.
and fresh mint syrup i.f..6. . ~
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504·595.3305 • 300 Poydras NEW ORLEANS HOTEL
LOU I S I ANA
ONE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE RESTAURANTS Is RIGHT HERE IN NE'V ORLEANS
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James Beard Foundation
Lifetime Outstanding Restaurant Award
Lifetime Service Award
Who's Who of Food & Beverage Award
Commander's Kitchen Cookbook, Nominated
Chef Tory McPhail - ((Rising Star
Chef of the Year," Nominated
2004 - Zagat SurveylNew Orleans
Voted ((Most Popular Restaurant"
for 17 Straight Years
Gambit Weeldy "Best of New Orleans"
Best Overall Restaurant
Best Lunch Specials
Best Service
Wine Spectator Magazine
Critic's Choice in 14 Cities
***** -Tom Fitzmorris
New Orleans Magazine
Best Restaurantfor Fine Dining
Louisiana Life Magazine
# 1 Restaurant, Statewide
Distinguished Restaurants of
North America (DiRoNa)
Fine Dining Award
Restaurants & Institutions Magazine
Lifetime Ivy Award
PROPER ATTIRE REQUIRED. PLEASE No
SHORTS OR SHIRTS WITHOUT COLLARS.
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TODAY'S
LUNCH SPECIALS
- APPETIZERS -
Commander's Las Vegas Salad
Tender baby spinach tossed with shaved onions,
candied pecans, crumbled Point Reyes blue cheese
and sugar cane vinaigrette
Soup du Jour
Gumbo du Jour
~o;j Turtle Soup l' Roasted Tomato and Eggplant Soup
- ENTREES -
Commander's Mixed Grill
Duck and black currant sausage, roasted garlic lamb
sausage, herb grilled pork tenderloin with truffled white
beans and a three mustard glaze 16
or
Hickory Grilled Gulf Fish
Winter greens, cucumber ribbons, shaved red onions,
matchstick mirlitons and roasted red pepper with
charred Meyer Lemoncello vinaigrette 19
or
Boneless Prime Black Angus Short Ribs
Creole mustard and sour cream smashed new potatoes,
cowboy onion rings and Tchoupitoulas sauce 18
- DESSERTS -
Ponchatoula Strawberry Shortcake 7
Pecan Pie a la Mode 6.S
Praline Parfait 6.S
Trio of Commander's Made Ice Cream 6.S
Creole Bread Pudding Souffle 8
(Please order in advance - cook time is 20 minutes)
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Visit Our New Restaurant
504.595.3305
in the LOEWS NEW ORLEANS HOTEL
AFTER LUNCH AT COMMANDER'S PALACE
a self-guided walking tour of the Garden District
. New Orleans The Garden Distri~t
Central Business District
Map not to scale - French Quarter 2 miles
from Garden District.
E xperience the charm of America's most fascinating
city with a self-guided tour of an area in New Orleans known as
the Garden District.
It's an old and very lovely section of town bordered by Jackson
and Louisiana Avenues, between St Charles Avenue and
Magazine Street. Grand, elegant homes inhabit lush, flowering
gardens and feature an unusual mixture of Spanish, English,
French and Greek Revival architectural styles.
Populated by the first Americans to settle in New Orleans after
the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the Garden District reflects an
exciting and prosperous period of time. Shunned at first by the
Creoles, who continued to live in the French Quarter, the new
Americans lavishly developed their own community and established
their own church, a grand hotel, a theater, a cemetery, even a railroad.
LAFAYETTE CEMETERY.At the c~rner of.prytania Stre"et
and Washington Avenue is the cemetery~aid out in 1833 by the original
residents of the Garden District. Within its first 20 years, the cemetery
was almost filled with persons who succumbed to yellow, fever. A"
well-kept cemetery, it is opened to the public. Above-ground, houselike
tombs served the same family for ge)1erations.
, 2627 COLISEUM STREET. The gingerbread trim \
and elaborate iron work flatter this beautiful mansion, which has a
magnificent ballrooev inside.'
. '1331 THIRQ. STRE ET. Decorated in iron lace, this
home was built in 1850 for Michael Musson, a prominent cotton
merchant who wa,s president of the Cotton Exchange and ~lso served
as the Ne~,Orleans postmaste(.
1415 THIRD. STREET Built i.n 1865 for Walter Robinson,
a Virginia gent~eman, ,this home represents an architectural style
characteristic of the' period precedjng the Civil, War. It is' also
believed 'to have had the first indoor plumbing in New Orleans.
1410 SECOND STREET This Garden District mansion
features Corinthian columns a~d s~ucc~. Although most of these "
nineteenth-century homes have brick exteriors, they were either
painted 'ot stuccoed and then painted to rese1Jlble ~tone.
1421 SECQND STREET A true Southei'n~style home that.
1_ _____- --'!.ilSJ..e!"-lLl~u.l l..QLc~!h.!~~erlS.t1 with the house at 2507 Pry tania, CUle.-C:all
almost imagine the equally lovely Southern belles and gents enjoying
a host of lively social evepts here. '
2504 PRYTANIA STREET Owned by the Women'~ Opera ..
Guild and open for tours, the home was built in 1859 Jor an American
merchant. While the interior is decorated in a VictorIan style, die
home's €xterior features a hybrid of Italianate and Greek Revival styles.
2507 PRYTANIA STRE'ET. This home w~s built in the early
1850's for Joseph H. Maddox, owner of the New,orleans Daily
Crescent, ~n important newspaper during that time. Inside,' the fireplace
.features original, hand-p,ainted tiles that depict a bayou scene.
2423 PRYTANIA STREET. Hom~s of this period were typical
In thai they were lavishly decorated inside and seemed to quietly
harmonize with their lush outside surrouridings. ,
2343 PRYTANIA STREET. 'Designed in a free Renaissance
style by James Freret, this' lavish mansion was built in 1872. Its
constructi'on is believed to have cost $100,000 .. Bradish Johnson, the
origi~~l' owner, was a wealthy sugar planter. Currently, the mansion is
the private Louise S. McGehee Schoql for girls. The school cafeteria .
was once a. stable, and the ~m is the refurbished carriage house.
These people spared no expense in custom-designing their 20-
to-30-room homes. Hand-painted murals decorate some of the
ceilings; hand-carved mahogany banisters adorn winding staircases;
imported Italian marble covers many of the mantles; and large,
open galleries, or verandas, stretch from one side of th€ homes to
the other.
A walking tour through parts of the Garden District is an especially
pleasant walk. Quaint, narrow sidewalks are lined with
wrought-iron fences, they're shaded by magnificent live oaks, magnolias
and palm trees. As a point of departure, Commander's
Palace provides easy access to some of the city'S most beautiful
homes and gardens. '
Highlighted below are the Garden District homes and areas
that possess especially interesting histories or portray antebellum
architectural styles:
2340 PRYTANIA STREET. BeI'ieved to be the oldest home
in the Garden District, it was built for Thomas Toby, a manager of
. large plantat~(ms from Philadelphia. Located at the 'end of the city
' busline, it was nicknamed "Toby's Corner." The home is owned by
a fourth generation family member. ' '
1331 FIRST STREET A skull and s'~me crossbones found
under the floorboards of this home during the last renovation period
created some excitement. However, the owners belie,:,e they were
voodoo relics hidden long ago b'y some servahts .
1315 FIRST STREET The beautiful and elaborate iro,n lace
adorning this home portrays a romantic period, of time - a 'time when
affluent Garden District families often played host to Edgar Degasj
Mark Twain and others.
1239 FIRST STREET Built in 1857 for $13,.000, the home
exemplifies/the typical New Orleans interpretation of the Greek
Re,::ival architec,tural style of that time. '
, 1134 FIRST STREET.This home, built by slaves, was owned
by Judge Jas;ob u. Payne, a friend of Jefferson Davis, the President
of the Confederacy. Davis died in one oJ the rooms in 1889. It is a
popular belief that Payne designed this house. Gentlemen of this era
thought architecture was a ~ecessary skill to possess.
2427 CAMP STREET. Warwick Manor was originally a grand
Garden..Disni ct..home,..wh ich-ser..v-ed.as a private-schQol f.or-.cl'UJdr-en
of affluent parents. .
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1213 THIRD STREET Nineteenth century guests who visited
such elegant Southern homes stayed for weeks. Life centered around
balls, theaterantl opera: ,
1417 THIRD STREET. This renovated carriage house is wellsuited
for New Orl~ans tropical-like weather. It sits on land that was
once part of several large plantations, which was later divided up into
the Garden District and other small communities.
1448 FOU~TH STREET Notice the ~nteresting cornstalk
fence at this house, which was built in 1859 for a w.ealthy merchant.
The Italian villa style house cost $2~,750.
As you walk past the Di~trict's many homes suggested on our map,
notice the distinct architecture - grilled ironwork, ornate exterior
moldings, the Greek columns, lead or stainea-glass windows.. Matly of
the homes are still owned by descendants of the original owners.
