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All dishes on the menu are available in large and small plates and wines by the glass are offered in full and half pours, encouraging guests to savor different pairings at one sitting. After a nationwide search, Michael Farrell, a veteran restaurateur with New Orleans roots, has been chosen as Executive Chef. Chef Farrell brings a wealth of culinary experience to the new endeavor. He served as Executive Chef in a number of acclaimed eateries throughout the nation including Alto in Denver, The Summer House on Island, Anthem in Las Vegas and Beano’s Cabin in Beaver Creek, Co. The style he brings to Le Meritage evolved over the course of his career beginning with his coastal upbringing. Chef Farrell will utilize the very finest meats, Louisiana seafood, game and classic local ingredients in the creation of dishes such as Pan-Roasted Drum with Fava Bean Succotash & Fried Green Tomatoes and Braised Beef Short Rib with Parsnip Puree & Sorrel Gremolata. The menu items have been created to compliment and pair with six specific wine categories - Light Whites, Full Body Reds, Sparklers, Full Body Whites, Fruity Reds and Spicy-Earthy Reds. Remove Trinity Artist Series Presents - Albinas Prizgintas with Taize October 5, 2009 - November 30, 2009 Times: Mondays 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Location:  Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Ave. Phone:  (504) 670- 2520 Come join us for Taize, every Monday in the Chapel with candlelight. Program directed by Albinas who will perform selections at the piano. The program is offered for the recovery of the city. Remove Gallery Bienvenu Presents - Artist: Sibylle Peretti "The Unusual Kind" October 6, 2009 - November 28, 2009 Times: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Location:  Gallery Bienvenu, 518 Julia Street Phone:  (504) 525-0518 German-born artist Sibylle Peretti conjures visions of childhood and childhood lost. In Perettis works, children are often grouped in pairs, conversing wordlessly with one another or with birds, water, or flowers, as if immersed in a mystical union with nature. Her ethereal imagery and haunting thematic subtexts captivate the viewers imagination.   Perettis exhibition at Gallery Bienvenu features porcelain sculptures and mixed-media works on panel, which incorporate myriad layers of paper, oil paint, and watercolor on either side of Plexiglas panels. Her unique techniques impart a texture that complements the works conceptual nuance. Collectors and museum curators around the world have responded to Peretti's vision, which hovers between fairy tale, dream, and historic fact. The current series was inspired by a growing fascination with children raised with little or no exposure to human beings. With their immaculate innocence, such children have intrigued storytellers and researchers for ages from Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome, who are said to have been nursed by a wolf to Victor of Aveyron, made famous by Truffault's film, The Wild Child to Genie, a feral child whose discovery made headlines in the 1970s.   These children live in a kind of private, untouchable world, the artist says, in which their honesty and purity opens doors of fantasies and dreams. With Peretti's imagery as a springboard, viewers may project themselves into the children's archaic, pre-verbal world. The works reconnect us to dormant memories or emotions, inducing free associations that encourage the mind to skim and skip where rationality alone could not lead. It is this freeing of the imagination, coupled with the rigors she lavishes on composition and surface, that so eloquently distinguishes her work. Remove 'Congo Square Rhythms' Exhibit October 12, 2009 - November 20, 2009 Times: Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Location:  The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation, Inc. Phone:  (504) 558-6100 Admission:  Free The Jazz & Heritage Gallery is pleased to announce "Congo Square Rhythms," an exhibit of paintings and mixed media works by Louisiana artists. The exhibit, will feature works by more than 25 local artists, each representing or inspired by the cultural legacy of Congo Square. Artists featured in the "Congo Square Rhythms" exhibit include: Ulrick Jean-Pierre, Shakor, Haitham Eid, Nat Williams, Sheila Phipps, Cecelia Tapplette-Pedescleaux, Bruce Brice, Larry Daniel Nevil, Michelle Levine, Ronald Jones, E. E. Williams, Michelle Lavigne, Eric Waters, Charles Simms, Ashton Ramsey, Jim Belfon, Alton Osborne, Cherice Harrison-Nelson and Latanya Clark, and others. Remove Hermes Bar at Antoine's Restaurant Present - Glen David Andrews November 7, 2009 Times: 1st Set: 9:30 pm / 2nd Set: 11:00 pm Location:  Hermes Bar at Antoine's Restaurant, 713 St. Louis Street Phone:  (504) 581-4422 In New Orleans, the city that gave the world jazz, a young trombone player and vocalist is proudly taking that style of music into the 21st Century. Glen David Andrews, articulates his city's deep musical heritage through his performing better than anyone his age. He has one foot planted in the more contemporary, funky sounds that define today's New Orleans brass band scene; meanwhile, Andrews shows his elders the respect he believes they deserve, as his other foot rests firmly in the music's time-honored traditions. Remove House of Blues Present - Pretty Lights plus Alex B November 7, 2009 Times: 9:00 pm Door opens; 10:00 pm Show http://www.hob.com Location:  House of Blues, 225 Decatur St. Phone:  (504) 310-4999 Admission:  $16.50 Come join us at the House of Blues for Pretty Lights plus Alex B. Remove Absinthe Museum of America Presents a New "Absinthe of the Month" November 13, 2009 Times: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Location:  Absinthe Museum of America, 823 Rue Royale, French Quarter, between Rue St. Ann and Rue Dumaine Lucid Absinthe Supérieure is the first genuine absinthe made with real Grande Wormwood to be legally available in the United States in 95 years. Established as the absinthe category leader on the U.S. market, Lucid is proud to be at the forefront of educating the American public on absinthe. Special guest on November 13th will be Master Distiller and absinthe historian Ted Breaux. Remove Colloquium to Discuss Jewish History in Louisiana & the Gulf South November 13, 2009 Times: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Location:  Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street Phone:  (504) 523-4662 During the 19th century, tens of thousands of French-speaking Jews from Alsace-Lorraine immigrated to Louisiana and the Gulf South. They settled in locales both rural and urban, forging new communities and melding cultural and religious traditions from Old World and New. On November 13, scholars from across the United States and Europe will trace the legacy of this historic migration. Advance registration (through October 16) is $35; registration after October 16 is $50. Remove The Inn on Bourbon's Opera Returns To Bourbon Street Series November 13, 2009 Times: 7:00 pm Location:  The Inn on Bourbon, 541 Bourbon Street Phone:  (504) 524-7611 Admission:  Free The Inn on Bourbon is continuing its Opera Returns to Bourbon Series with a jam packed schedule of free opera performances.  Come celebrate with food, special opera themed cocktails and fun at The IOB's Puccini Bar. Remove Nightlife Preservation Hall 726 St. Peter New Orleans, LA 70116 Toll-Free: () Phone: (504) 522-2841 Fax: (504) 558-9192 Website: www.preservationhall.com E-Mail: debbie@preservationhall.com Remove Restaurants Acme Oyster House 724 Iberville St. New Orleans, LA 70130 Toll-Free: (877) 815-6412 Phone: (504) 522-5973 Fax: (504) 524-1595 Website: www.acmeoyster.com E-Mail: melissav@acmeoyster.com Remove Attiki Bar & Grill 230 Decatur Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 587-3756 Fax: (504) 587-3756 Website: www.attikineworleans.com E-Mail: attikimed@yahoo.com Remove BACCO 310 Chartres Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 539-5510 Fax: (504) 539-5538 Website: www.bacco.com E-Mail: abernard@neworleans-food.com Remove Felipe's Taqueria 301 N. Peters St New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: (504) 267-4406 Fax: (504) 302-2613 Website: www.felipesneworleans.com E-Mail: info@felipesneworleans.com Remove What To Do Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic Houses 820 St. Louis Street New Orleans, LA 70112-3416 Phone: (504) 525-5661 Fax: (504) 568-9735 Website: www.hgghh.org E-Mail: hgrimagallier@aol.com Remove Print Itinerary Email Itinerary