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Cochon

Item: Cochon
Author: Beth D'Addono

Cuisine: American, Cajun, Southern

Price: $$$

10Best Says

Cochon chef co-owner Stephen Stryjewski, winner of the 2011 James Beard Foundations "Best Chef South" award, pays homage to the old style Cajun Boucherie at this must-eat Warehouse District restaurant. Order a moonshine-based cocktail and dig in to platters of housemade charcuterie, including boudin, andouille sasuage, smoked bacon, and head cheese. Local seafood also stars in succulent crawfish pies and roasted gulf fish "fisherman" style, along with comfort foods including spoon bread with okra and tomatoes, roasted oysters and suckling pig. Stryjewski sources locally wherever possible and buys seafood and frogs legs from nearby Gretna and Des Allemands, Louisiana. Try the black-bottomed brown butter banana cream pie for dessert.

Address:

930 Tchoupitoulas St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-588-2123

Hours:

Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:00am - 5:30pm Dinner: Monday - Saturday: 5:30pm - 10:00pm

Website:

cochonrestaurant.com

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

Lunch: "If Cochon is tough to get into, enjoy the same piggy goodness at the more casual Butcher next door."
Best Restaurants: "Although Central Grocery is tough to beat, the muffaletta at Cochon may be the best in town."
Group Friendly: "Cochon swine-fueled cuisine can be had at Calcasieu, a private event space near the Convention Center with four dining rooms."

Best for Lunch Because: Cochon is one of the best restaurants in town for any meal, and lunch is a good deal.
Recommended as Best Restaurants Because: The James Beard Award-winning restaurant is an altar to all things swine, and it's not to be missed.
Best for Group Friendly Because: Cochon is one of the best restaurants in town.

Lunch & Dinner Menu
- Small Plates
  
  Wood-Fired Oysters
  
  with chili garlic butter ($14.00)
  
  Fried Alligator
  
  with chili garlic mayonnaise ($12.00)
  
  Crawfish Pie
  
  ($13.00)
  
  Fried Livers
  
  with pepper jelly & toast ($8.00)
  
  Pan Roasted Gulf Shrimp
  
  with country ham, english peas and tarragon ($14.00)
  
  Crab Salad
  
  with shaved radish, chili oil & corn cream ($12.00)
- Boucherie
  
  Smoked Pork Ribs
  
  with watermelon pickle ($14.00)
  
  Fried Boudin
  
  with pickled peppers ($9.00)
  
  Tomato Braised Pork Cheeks
  
  with hoe cake & pumpkin seeds ($12.00)
  
  Boucherie Plate
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Pork Tongue Pastrami
  
  with potato salad & rye breadcrumbs ($10.00)
- Soup and Salad
  
  Chicken & Andouille Gumbo
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Soup of the Day
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Heirloom Tomato Salad
  
  with sunflower seeds & cucumber vinaigrette ($10.00)
  
  Cucumbers & Herbs in Vinegar
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Mixed Greens
  
  with shaved pig's head, boiled egg, capers & tomato vinaigrette ($10.00)
- Entrees & Wood-Burning Oven
  
  Catfish Courtbouillon
  
  ($19.00)
  
  Smoked Ham Hock
  
  with gold rice, field peas & pickled peppers ($26.00)
  
  Louisiana Cochon
  
  with cabbage, cracklins & pickled peaches ($24.00)
  
  Rabbit & Dumplings
  
  ($23.00)
  
  Oven-Roasted Gulf Fish "Fisherman's Style"
  
  ($32.00)
  
  Seared Beef Short Rib
  
  with summer vegetables & preserved lemon broth ($27.00)
  
  Oyster & Bacon Sandwich
  
  ($20.00)
- Sides
  
  Lima Beans
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Macaroni & Cheese Casserole
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Twice-Baked Stuffed Potato
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Smothered Greens
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Creamy Grits
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Shrimp & Eggplant Dressing
  
  ($7.00)
Dessert Menu
- Desserts
  
  Lemon Lime Cheesecake
  
  with vanilla wafer crust. Suggested Wine Pairing: Michter's U.S.1 Bourbon $11 ($8.00)
  
  Double Chocolate Doberge Cake
  
  Warre's Heritage Ruby Porto. Suggested Wine Pairing: Warre's Heritage Ruby Porto $10 ($8.00)
  
  Pineapple Upside-down Cake
  
  with cherry sherbet & dulce de leche. Suggested Wine Pairing: Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac $10 ($8.00)
  
  Peach Cobbler
  
  with cinnamon ice cream. Suggested Wine Pairing: Barao de Vilar Ruby Porto $10 ($8.00)
  
  Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
  
  with candied spicy peanuts. Suggested Wine Pairing: Feist 10yr Tawny Port $10 ($8.00)
  
  Ice Cream or Sherbet
  
  chocolate, vanilla or daily selection ($6.00)
- Bourbon
  
  Flight "3 Featured Bourbons"
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Cyrus Noble
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Lexington
  
  ($9.00)
  
  James E. Pepper 1776
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Elijah Craig 12yr - Cochon Select
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Rowan's Creek
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Noah's Mill
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Bulleit 10yr
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Old Pogue
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Prichard's Double Barreled
  
  ($17.00)
- Rye
  
  Flight "3 Featured Ryes"
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Redemption
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Templeton - Iowa
  
  ($11.00)
  
  High West "Double Rye" - Utah
  
  ($11.00)
  
  Michter's U.S.1
  
  ($11.00)
  
  Willett Estate "4 yr Barrel Proof"
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Thomas Handy
  
  ($18.00)
  
  Sazerac 18yr
  
  ($18.00)
- Whiskey
  
  Power's
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Redbreast -Irish Whiskey
  
  ($14.00)
  
  Nikka Taketsuru 12yr - Japan
  
  ($17.00)
  
  Nikka Coffey Grain
  
  ($17.00)
- Moonshine
  
  Flight "Traditional Moonshines"
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Flight "Sissy 'Shines"
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Catdaddy
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Firefly "Peach"
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Firefly "Apple Pie"
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Midnight Moon Jr. Johnson's
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Midnight Moon "Strawberry"
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Ole Smoky - Tennessee
  
  ($7.00)
  
  High West Oat Silver
  
  ($9.00)
- Liqueur
  
  Averna
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Angioletto Hazelnut
  
  ($7.00)
  
  Luxardo Fernetc
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Luxardo Amaretto
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Cardamaro
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Clement Creole Shrubb
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Chartreuse VEP
  
  ($25.00)
- Scotch
  
  Glenrothes Select Reserve
  
  ($13.00)
  
  Benromach - 10yr Speyside
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Bunnahabhain - 12yr
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Macallan - 12 yr
  
  ($16.00)
  
  Benriach - 16 yr "Curiositas"
  
  ($19.00)
  
  Springbank - 15 yr
  
  ($22.00)
- After Dinner
  
  Pierre Ferrand Pineau des Charentes
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Daron Calvados
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Domaine de Durban Beaumes de Venise '07 France
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Kruger-Rumpf Riesling Eiswein
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Feist 10yr Tawny Port
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Feist 20yr Tawny Port
  
  ($18.00)
  
  Fonseca Porto Bin 27
  
  ($11.00)
  
  Warre's Heritage Ruby Porto
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Barao de Vilar Ruby Porto
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Kelt VSOP Cognac
  
  ($12.00)
Bar Menu
- Cocktails
  
  Mime on a Bike
  
  citadelle gin, fraise des bois strawberry, celery shrubb, sour, soda ($10.00)
  
  Hey Jack
  
  dos lunas tequila, pama liqueur, jalapeno, tarragon, lime juice, ginger beer ($10.00)
  
  Coo-wee
  
  evan williams 1783 bourbon, mathilde pear, limeade, blueberry syrup, boston bittahs, mint, blenheim ($10.00)
  
  Mollywop
  
  cathead honeysuckle vodka, campari, peach bitters, lemon san pellegrino ($9.00)
  
  Cochon Old-fashioned
  
  no. 3 gin, sapins 40%, angostura bitters ($9.00)
  
  The Charlie Bird
  
  plantation 5yr rum, baska snaps, dry curacao, lemon juice, miller high life ($10.00)
  
  The rub
  
  michter's rye whiskey, apple cider vinegar, angostura bitters, simple syrup ($10.00)
  
  Bertrand Road
  
  cana brava rum, king's ginger, xocolatl mole bitters, rosemary simple syrup, cucumber, lemon ($9.00)
  
  Son of a Peach
  
  peach, lillet blanc, thyme, cremant ($9.00)
- Bourbons
  
  Cyrus Noble
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Elijah Craig 12yr - Cochon Barrel Select
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Black Maple Hill
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Michter's 10yr
  
  ($18.00)
- Whites
  
  Cremant DE Bourgogne, Simmonet-febvre
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Champagne, Charles DE Cazanove NV
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Riesling, Selbach-oster '12
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Pinot Gris, Ant Moore '12
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Sauvignon Blanc, Greenhough '13
  
  ($8.00)
  
  Chardonnay, Maroslavac-leger '12
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Gruner Veltliner, Weingut Stadt Krems '12
  
  ($7.00)
- Rose
  
  Zinfandel, Turley '13
  
  ($9.00)
- Reds
  
  Pinot Noir, Albert Bichot '11
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Pinot Noir, Ici LA-bas '09
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Zinfandel, Frog's Leap '12
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Chateauneuf Du Pape, Guigal '07
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Cabernet Sauvignon, Cultivar '12
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Merlot Freemark abbey '11
  
  ($10.00)
  
  Malbec, Melipal '11
  
  ($9.00)
- Beer
  Abita (Save Our Shore)
  Pint: $6.00
  
  Pitcher: $18.00
  Gnarly Barley Radical Rye P.a.
  Pint: $6.00
  
  Pitcher: $18.00
  Tin Roof Brewery Perfect Tin
  Pint: $6.00
  
  Pitcher: $18.00
  Lazy Magnolia Southern Hops'pitality Ipa
  Pint: $6.00
  
  Pitcher: $18.00
  Nola Blonde
  Pint: $6.00
  
  Pitcher: $18.00
  Clown Shoes Galactica Ipa
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Sweetwater Ipa
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Tin Roof Watermelon Wheat
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Shiner Ruby Redbird Grapefruit
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Stiegl Grapefruit Radler - 16.9oz Can
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Southampton Biere DE Mars White Ale
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Wasatch White Label White Alec
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Day of the Dead Hefeweizen
  
  ($6.00)
  
  LA Socarrada Ale with Rosemary
  
  ($9.00)
  
  Saison Dupont, Farmhouse Ale - 12.7oz
  
  ($10.00)
  
  LA 31 Biere Pale Ale
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Monk's Café Flemish Sour Ale
  
  ($8.00)
  
  New Belgium LA Folie Sour Brown Ale - 22oz
  
  ($14.00)
  
  Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Lazy Magnolia Pecan Ale
  
  ($5.00)
  
  New Belgium Fat Tire
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Covington Pontchartrain Pilsner
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Bud Light
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Coors Original
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Miller High Life
  
  ($4.00)
- Cider
  
  Angry Orchard Crisp Apple
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Crispin Organic Cider Honey Crisp 22oz
  
  ($12.00)
  
  Etienne Dupont Organic Apple France 375ml
  
  ($15.00)
  
  Crispin Pacific Pear
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Original Sin Hard Cider
  
  ($6.00)
- Beverages
  
  Arnold Palmer
  
  ($3.00)
  
  Fest Bourbon Crème Soda
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Blenheim Ginger Ale (Spicy)
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Orange Crush
  
  ($4.00)
  
  Howdy Cherry Jubilee
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Cheerwine
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Buho Amaro Ginger Cola
  
  ($3.00)
  
  Mexican Coke
  
  ($4.00)
  
  Abita Root Beer Draft
  
  ($4.00)
  
  Dang! Butterscotch Root Beer
  
  ($5.00)
  
  Barq's Root Beer
  
  ($4.00)
  
  Diet Dang! Root Beer
  
  ($5.00)

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