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The Columns Hotel

Item: The Columns Hotel
Author: Beth D'Addono

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Built in 1883, the Columns offers a gorgeous Victorian setting, a stellar bar (order a Ramos gin fizz) and a reputation among locals for serving a most genteel Sunday brunch. Friday, Saturday and Sunday The Columns opens up the lovely Victorian dining room at 11 am. Within minutes, it is filled with "in the know" locals, coming to feast on shrimp & grits, eggs Benedict or jumbo lump crab cake. The menu is both ala carte and a three course prix fixe, with four entrees priced between $30 and $42. flat $40, which includes a glass of bubbly or a mimosa. Getting to The Columns is as easy as hopping on the St. Charles Avenue streetcar.

Address:

3811 Saint Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 899-9308

Hours:

Sun 11am-3pm

Website:

thecolumns.com

EXPERT TIPS BY: Beth D'Addono
New Orleans Local Expert

Uptown New Orleans' Best Brunch: "Pick a nice day and do brunch on the porch facing St. Charles Avenue."

Best for Uptown New Orleans' Best Brunch Because: The Columns is classy and elegant with a brunch both scrumptious and filling.

Main Menu
- Dinner Entrees
  
  Rock Cornish Hen Filled
  
  with wild rice ($38.95)
  
  Chicken Roulade Of Pine Nuts, Spinach, And Fontina Cheese
  
  ($38.95)
  
  Homemade Ravioli Filled
  
  with three italian cheeses ($35.95)
  
  Double Cut Pork Chop Stuffed
  
  with oyster dressing ($38.95)
  
  Tenderloin Of Pork
  
  with mango chutney ($38.95)
  
  Cajun Crawfish Etoufee
  
  ($38.95)
  
  Boneless Breast Of Duck
  
  with pear brandy sauce ($38.95)
- From The Gulf
  
  Broiled Stuffed Shrimp
  
  ($38.50)
  
  Crawfish Pasta In A Creamy Paradiso Sauce
  
  ($37.95)
  
  Vol-au-vent Au Columns: Shrimp In Puff Pastry
  
  ($38.95)
  
  Pecan Crusted Seasonal Fish
  
  with sauce meuniere
  
  Salmon En Croute
  
  with fresh dill sauce ($42.50)
  
  Lump Crabmeat
- Chefs Choice
  
  Eggplant St. Claire Filled With Seafood And Herbs
  
  topped with champagne oyster sauce ($38.95)
  
  Sauteed Baby Veal St. Jacques
  
  with crabmeat and shrimp ($44.95)
  
  New York Strip Steak
  
  with marchand de vin sauce ($45.95)
  
  Mustard Crusted Rack Of Lamb
  
  ($45.95)
  
  Trinity Of Tournedos
  
  sauces: vin rouge, bearnaise, creole mustard ($48.00)

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