Lil' Dizzy's Cafe is a fried chicken budget eat in New Orleans.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 1500 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116
Dat Dog on Freret in New Orleans is the Freret Street specialty hot dog counter, with $9 alligator sausage, crawfish dogs, vegetarian franks and crawfish.
TrySpecialty hot dog
TipBuild with crawfish etouffee on top of a frank for the local order; sides of fries run $4 a basket.
Parkway in New Orleans is the 1911 Mid-City po-boy room on Hagan Avenue near Bayou St John, with $13 fried shrimp po-boys dressed on Leidenheimer bread.
TryShrimp po-boy with debris
TipThe back garden patio runs cooler in summer; the counter line is faster than the wait staff.
Domilise's in New Orleans is the 1918 family po-boy counter on Annunciation Street in Uptown, with $13 fried shrimp po-boys dressed on Leidenheimer bread.
TryFried shrimp po-boy
TipCash and local-card only at the counter; the kitchen closes when the bread runs out for the day.
Mother's in New Orleans is the 1938 CBD cafeteria-line lunch counter at Poydras and Tchoupitoulas, with $12 red beans and rice plates and the Ferdi Special.
TryRed beans and rice
TipLines run long; arrive 11:00 or after 14:00 for the shortest wait, the cafeteria runs fast at the counter.
Liuzza's by the Track in New Orleans is the Bayou St John lunch counter near the Fair Grounds that invented the BBQ shrimp po-boy, $15 with butter-pepper.
TryBBQ shrimp po-boy
TipCash only at peak; check the Jazz Fest schedule, the room turns into a circus on festival weekends.
Hansen's Sno-Bliz in New Orleans is the 1939 Tchoupitoulas Street snowball stand at Bordeaux, the country's oldest sno-ball stand at $5 to $8 a cup.
TrySno-ball with cream-of-nectar syrup
TipOpen March to October only; cash only, the cream-of-nectar with condensed milk is the canonical order.
