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New Orleans, LA

Li'l Dizzy's Cafe

Creole, Gumbo

1500 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA

1500 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA

Hours
  • Mon11 AM – 3 PM
  • Tue11 AM – 3 PM
  • Wed11 AM – 3 PM
  • Thu11 AM – 3 PM
  • Fri11 AM – 3 PM
  • Sat11 AM – 3 PM
  • Sun · TodayClosed

From the local food press

Editor’s picks from published local guides
  • Soul Food

    A Treme soul-food and Creole institution known for gumbo and hot sausage po-boys, part of the Baquet family's long line of New Orleans restaurateurs. The buffet and fried chicken keep the neighborhood coming, and the room carries the easy familiarity of a place that has fed the same blocks for generations.

    Picks from NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and Gambit (nola.com)

  • Po-Boys

    Ian McNulty's 2025 best-of list flags the hot sausage po-boy at this counter-service Treme mainstay alongside its gumbo and fried chicken.

    Picks from Gambit (nola.com) and NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

  • Gumbo

    Baquet-family Creole gumbo. Earthy and dark, with ham, sweet shrimp, hot sausage, and quartered crabs.

    Picks from NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and Gambit (nola.com)

  • Fried Chicken

    A family-owned Creole soul-food cafe in Treme whose fried chicken is among the city's most beloved.

    Picks from Time Out New Orleans

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