OMG, how did this place not already have their own business listing on Yelp? For shame! Though I am…read morehappy to get a chance to be the first to review Vintage Garden Kitchen on Yelp, because this is an absolute *gem* of a business, and everyone in the world needs to know about it. Yesterday afternoon, I saw a tweet reminding people to place orders before 4pm, because today (Wednesday) is the day they deliver - yes, that's right, deliver! - their jars of amazingly delicious, healthy, vegetarian-friendly, locally sourced, and [insert list of superlatives and synonyms for the word awesome] soup. Straight from their garden, via the kitchen, to your door. Thanks to the reminder on Twitter, I placed my order online yesterday afternoon for four pints of soup: Fiery Shiitake Mushroom and Barley; Moroccan Chickpea Stew; Rustic Vegetable Bean; and Vegan Lentils and Greens. Each pint comes in a re-usable mason jar, and when you collect six of those, you get a free pint of soup with your next order! Brilliant: it's savvy (saves the business money), and green, and convenient. There's so much win here that I'm having a hard time putting it into words. Long story sort: The Vintage Garden Kitchen is an Arc Enterprises Company, meaning that not only do they provide amazing food (AND DELIVER IT TO YOUR DOOR!), but also, in doing so they provide employment for adults with developmental disabilities. (They're one of the businesses run by the nonprofit Arc of Greater New Orleans.) I've seen the garden where they grow all the food that is used to make these amazing soups, and it blows my mind that food this fresh, this nutritious, and this beautifully convenient is available in New Orleans. But wait, it gets better: their food is shockingly affordable. A half pint of, say, Moroccan Chickpea Stew feeds 2 people, and costs $4.99. The minimum order for delivery is $15, so for four pints I paid about $22.00, and it was delivered the very next day. How. Awesome. Is. That. Seriously. They deliver every Wednesday between 10am and 2pm, and orders must be placed before 4pm on Tuesday to ensure delivery. They deliver to 70001, 70005, 70115, 70118, 70119 (yay!), 70124, and 70125. Again, the minimum order for delivery is $15 (so, approximately three pints, or two quarts, blah blah math and stuff). They take credit cards, it's easy to place an order online, and you can also order in two other ways. Either pre-order for pick-up (and you can come get your soups between 8am and 4pm M-F), or if you don't want to pre-order, you can simply stop by during business hours. Walk-ins are welcome, too! So...yeah. Amazing, amazing, amazing. I'm so glad the Vintage Garden Kitchen exists. I highly recommend you give them a try. Then you, too, can write your very own rave review of this freaking awesome local business. Well done, Vintage Garden Kitchen. Well done. And THANKS!

I love the Vintage Garden - the fact that they are an Arc Enterprises Company, meaning they provide…read moreemployment for adults with developmental disabilities. (They're one of the businesses run by the nonprofit Arc of Greater New Orleans.) They deliver every Wednesday between 10am and 2pm, and orders must be placed before 4pm on Tuesday to ensure delivery. They deliver to 70001, 70005, 70115, 70118, 70119, 70124, and 70125. Again, the minimum order for delivery is $15 (so, approximately three pints, or two quarts). They take credit cards, it's easy to place an order online, and you can also order in two other ways. Either pre-order for pick-up (and you can come get your soups between 8am and 4pm M-F), or if you don't want to pre-order, you can simply stop by during business hours. Walk-ins are welcome, too! Bring back your mason jars (I think if you bring 10 back you get a pint free) & bring your leftover grocery/walmart/target/etc bags to help them out as well. SO MANY great soups!!! Some of my favorite are the Yellow Split Pea soup, Mushroom and Asparagus, Moroccan Chickpea Stew; Rustic Vegetable Bean, Roasted Buternut Squash, Chicken & Andouille Gumbo, Sweet Roasted Pepper & Carrot, Veggie Tortilla Soup, Smothered Chicken with Rice & Greens - SO MANY GREAT SOUPS!!!! The location is a little out of the way, on Labarre south of Airline Highway across the railroad tracks, but definetly worth the trip!!!!

Absolutely amazing chef! I hired Chef Melissa Lambert to do a private dinner for 2 for my husbands…read more39th birthday. It was in our home, where I set up a romantic setting and she was our personal chef. I purchased a 6 course meal and requested her to serve and describe each dish. The food was prepared fresh and from scratch. Our menu consist of : 1st course( hors d'oeuvre) Mini Crab Cakes w/Remoulade Sauce 2nd course(soup) Chicken & Sausage Gumbo w/White Rice 3rd course (salad) Garden Salad Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing 4th course ( (Palate) Vodka Lemon Sorbet 5th Course (main) Pan Fried Redfish Rice Pilaf Green Beans 6th (dessert) Turtle cheesecake. Her presentation was that of a 5 star restaurant and the taste of it ALL was exquisite. Chef Melissa was accommodating to all of our needs, flexible, professional and had the most pleasant personality and demeanor about herself. This was definitely an experience my husband and I will never forget. I will be using her in the near future for all of my catering needs.

Hired Melissa to cater my bachelor party and did not disappoint! She was communicative, timely and…read moreeasy to work with. The food was top notch. We got fried chicken, crawfish with all the fixings, jambalaya, beans, bread pudding...the works. Everyone raved about the food and we did not leave NOLA hungry. Highly recommend!

From the chicken fest to friends of codey. I have followed the batterina. The cheesecakes are…read morealways fresh and delicious. It is worth more than what they charge. They meet everyone with a smile snd a greeting. I am at customer for life.

The Batterina always has the longest line at the Fried Chicken Festival. People say the cheesecake…read moreis really good so I had to try it. Since it was raining on and off Sunday, and it wasn't as many people , I only had to wait about 5-10 minutes in line. I ordered the biscoff cheesecake and it was really good. I had 2 small complaints. One being that it didn't come in a to go box (since it is pretty big and I knew I wouldn't be able to finish it out there). I understand the box cost money, but I think if she offered a to go option in a box for $2 more people would purchase it. Second complaint was just that the cheesecake wasn't really cold or firm how I like it, but I blame that on the weather. I put my piece in the freezer when I got home and when I ate it the next day it was so much better! So I'm sure if you purchase from one of the stores she sells at you would enjoy it.

Rating: 9/10 I was…read morelooking for a place to get a fish plate and found this hidden spot. They have a Fish Friday special ($15.99) that consists of a filet of catfish, crawfish pasta and a roll. That coupled with a fresh lemonade was really good. As the name says, they also cater and this is #1 on my list for catering an upcoming event I have. Support this BOB!

I finally decided to try this place and it was good overall. I had the catfish with catfish over…read morecrawfish magnolia pasta. My catfish was real, but it was slightly burnt still overall the good taste. The pasta was amazing. Very creamy as expected. Loved that. I also had the crawfish bread and oh my gosh the crawfish bread is so good. I definitely recommend getting that. Overall, I will definitely go back to try some more things.

Well, I'll first start off saying I do not like SPICY! Even though I'm black, I don't mess with…read moreHOTT, spicy foods. So I was turned off from this place. The reviews were GREAT, that's the only reason I tried them. Salmon - dry and tasteless. I'm not sure what they're seasoning their food with, but it's not not style. Brussels Sprouts- tasteless again and hard, but it leaves a spicy after taste. BBQ RIBS & Wings - The ribs fell off the bones, however the taste was of pepper and more pepper, I thought it was the sauce so I rinsed them off and it still had that gross pepper taste. Even my eyes started to water. Mac & cheese was pretty tasty per my son Potato salad was DELICIOUS, my FAVORITE!! Baked beans were EXCELLENT ALSO. Finally a sweet flavor that wasn't spicy and it felt like the beans melted in your mouth, they were so GOOOOD. I wanted to like this place, but oh well ‍. The two stars are for the potato salad and the baked beans, everything else was a disappointment. Maybe you guys should do a smoked sweet flavor. But to have it smoked AND peppery was not cool, I choked...BUT that's just me ‍

I LOVE THE SMOKE BOOTH. There truly just aren't enough…read morewords. Their food is consistent and arrives hot and just always AMAZING. It's literally my fav delivery spot. Trust me. Do the salmon, philly cheese, steak, or any flavor of their wings. 10/10.

During the 2020 pandemic I've been sampling a variety of fried chicken sandwiches. I saw Chef Nat's…read moreKitchen advertising on Facebook and decided that I needed to try it. I'd never heard of them before, and when I went looking to order there wasn't much information. The primary ways of ordering were Uber Eats and DoorDash. Deciding that I didn't want to pay a delivery fee, I opted for pickup and was given the address of a house. Turns out that Chef Nat's Kitchen is literally Chef Nat cooking in his kitchen. LOL, can't say he did any false advertising in that regard! I didn't actually go in his house to pickup, but he seemed to have a good set up from what little I saw. The carport was fenced in with some seating and a little "Open" sign on the carport fence. He did also have a "Chef Nat's Kitchen" banner on the house, so you knew you were approaching the right house. There was an empty lot diagonally across the street, so it was easy to park out of the way. Chef Nat was very friendly. I asked permission to add him to Yelp - I felt I had to ask first due to his setup - and he quickly agreed. He also said he appreciated feedback, which seemed to be true; more later. The fries and sandwich were good. I usually find white fries boring and avoid them, but these had enough seasoning on them to give them a little interest. The piece of chicken was huge, hanging off both sides of the bun, and was topped with a sauce that had a nice little kick to it. The thicker sections were maybe a smidge dry, but in that "white meat chicken" type of way. The only criticism I had was the bun - it couldn't handle the awesomeness of the chicken - and Chef Nat said he'd look into it when I mentioned it to him. Overall it was good food and a small, friendly, black-owned business. Chef Nat said he'll be getting a brick-and-mortar store and I'll be looking forward to it.

I really enjoyed eating this! The taco itself was not too flabby, and had a little bit of crisp to…read moreit. The sauce was mainly sweet, but had a little bit of kick to it which I also liked. The fried shrimp was not very crispy but that was only because delivery took a while. I am looking forward to try other things from here!

I wasn't sure what to expect when I ordered their Crawfish Strudel. They arrived frozen and a dozen…read moreto a bag. A few months later and I am still eating them. So good - makes an excellent breakfast. Happy that I ordered a few dozen. The strudel is flaky and good and the filling decadent with the crawfish and cheese. You just bake them and enjoy and you can cook just one or several.

So with jazzfest not happening this year (again) this wonderful spot started offering Jazzfest Pop…read moreup foods! They were giving the option to preorder or to just walk in! This made jazzfest not happening an okay thing in my book! They partnered up with someone else for the mango freeze, but I was sooo happy it was offered. I ended up getting crawfish strudels, mango feeeze, white chocolate bread pudding and of course the crawfish Monica! Everything was reasonably priced and tasted so delicious! If for any reason Jazzfest doesn't happen again please please please continue this tradition! Love it!!

Consistently great in all aspects! From the quality of the food to the quality of the service, spot…read moreon!

I was so disappointed with what I got for the order I received. I ordered meatballs, cocktail…read moresausage, sandwiches, and fried chicken wings for my daughter's Bridal Shower. A short time before the time of the shower I went to set up the food. The meatballs and cocktail sausage were cold in zip lock bags with sauce in containers. The chicken wings cold and looked half cooked. When I called them and asked why my food is cold, I was told you have to specify if you want cold or hot. I think they should have asked me. Anytime I ever ordered catering for a party I received my food ready to be served. I had nothing to warm the food up in. I was totally screwed. The girl that answered the phone told me that she will talk to the owner about giving me a full refund. Well, I never heard back from them!!! The event planner said she will never recommend this company and this place is booked every day!