The Times-Picayune critic Brett Anderson has named The Roosevelt Hotel's Domenica from celebrity chef John Besh and chef-partner Alon Shaya one of his Top 10 New Orleans restaurants for 2011.
From the restaurant's website:
"The name means 'Sunday' in Italian, and partners John Besh and Alon Shaya have created a restaurant in the renovated historic Roosevelt Hotel that is as warm and inviting as a traditional Sunday supper in a rural Italian village, where each bountiful dish is lovingly prepared with the purest ingredients according to ages-old technique. Domenica's warm and welcoming dining room is anchored by a number of refectory tables for just such lively meals, and none of the restaurant's handsome wooden tables is covered with a formal cloth: instead, in keeping with the homey tone, each place is marked with a paper place mat printed with the menu."
Full bar. Serving lunch and dinner daily.
James Beard Foundation: Alon Shaya, Best Chef: South finalist, 2012
"Located in the Roosevelt Hotel, chef John Besh's newest restaurant focuses on rustic Italian-style dishes using local ingredients, such as pigs raised on the Northshore for Besh's restaurants. Many pastas are made in house. Dishes include grilled pompano over salsa verde, fennel and Anson Mills polenta."
— Gambit Weekly
The Times-Picayune critic Brett Anderson has named The Roosevelt Hotel's Domenica from celebrity chef John Besh and chef-partner Alon Shaya one of his Top 10 New Orleans restaurants for 2011.
From the restaurant's website:
"The name means 'Sunday' in Italian, and partners John Besh and Alon Shaya have created a restaurant in the renovated historic Roosevelt Hotel that is as warm and inviting as a traditional Sunday supper in a rural Italian village, where each bountiful dish is lovingly prepared with the purest ingredients according to ages-old technique. Domenica's warm and welcoming dining room is anchored by a number of refectory tables for just such lively meals, and none of the restaurant's handsome wooden tables is covered with a formal cloth: instead, in keeping with the homey tone, each place is marked with a paper place mat printed with the menu."
Full bar. Serving lunch and dinner daily.
James Beard Foundation: Alon Shaya, Best Chef: South finalist, 2012
"Located in the Roosevelt Hotel, chef John Besh's newest restaurant focuses on rustic Italian-style dishes using local ingredients, such as pigs raised on the Northshore for Besh's restaurants. Many pastas are made in house. Dishes include grilled pompano over salsa verde, fennel and Anson Mills polenta."
— Gambit Weekly