ZAGAT guides – Top Lists
Upperline is featured in these New Orleans top lists:
- Food
- Most Popular
- People-Watching
- Service
- Contemporary Louisiana Cuisine
- Décor
- Dining Alone
New York Times
“A visit to Upperline… is a lovely tutorial in contemporary Creole food with Cajun touches blended in a way that could exist only in New Orleans. For the people who have returned to rebuild their city, a meal at Upperline is a soothing reminder that no matter what, their food will endure.”
— Kim Severson
New Orleans Times-Picayune
You could call JoAnn Clevenger a curator, and not just because her restaurant doubles as a museum of New Orleans art. As hostess, the restaurateur works the room as though it were a stage set of her own making, and chef Ken Smith’s best dishes — duck-andouille gumbo, grillades and grits, fried green tomatoes dressed with shrimp remoulade — sit firmly among the best versions in town.
–Brett Anderson