À la carte

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Creator

The Gem

Title

À la carte

Coverage

New Orleans

Date

1913

Description

The Gem operated in an old mansion on Royal Street from 1847 to 1919, variously as a coffee house, saloon, oyster house, café, and restaurant. This menu features chops and seafood in the American, French, and Creole styles. One item is sheepshead, a local fish that Mark Twain included on his list of iconic American foods in the fictionalized travelogue A Tramp Abroad (1880)