Changes in the hood food scene
For a lot of us in the neighborhood, La Vita’s raison d’etre came to an end when Fatma departed. You will remember the high times we had when it first opened and we sat on the avenue with friends and neighbors and began our life again here in New Orleans after Katrina.
The latest restaurant swan song is Amy and Al sold Asia Pacific to Moosey and it is being opened as Nona Mia – an Italian restaurant. Meaning that La Vita has become redundant so it is now becoming Santa Fe, which became Del Forno, which had a fire.
Now mind you Santa Fe’s food sucked when it was in the Marigny and the only reason people went there was to have margaritas and sit in the big rattan chairs. Hopefully the Santa Fe recipes that I hear the new cook is in possession of will burn up like Del Forno’s roof did and both of these restaurants will be about making quality food at affordable prices.
That’s really what the neighborhood deserves.