I’ve eaten at 3 of these: Commander’s Palace, Antoine’s and Keen’s Steakhouse.
Antoine’s was the best. in NOLA My dad was a successful restaurateur in Chicago. Every Easter vacation, we’d drive straight down the map to NOLA, where my beloved grandmother lived. We stopped at all the same places on the way. I wonderful little hotel with excellent food was in Southern IL and waiters were all Black. They were always delighted to see us again. Next night we stopped some tiny motel in Norther MS, and got fabulous grits with fried egg on top. No other place had the same stuff.
Of course, we went to Antoine’s in NOLA. Owner always remembered us and we ordered exactly what he recommended that night.
BUT my dad’s favorite restaurant in the world was Trilby’s a small place in Ocean Springs, MS, that looked like a little house. Owner was a delightful little old lady who absolutely loved my dad like a son. His mom died when he was 5, so he loved her like a mother.
My dad’s best advice on food: “Buy the best you can afford and do as little to it as possible. Food is good.”
So that’s how I cook. Zero recipes.