Dante’s Kitchen, New Orleans (2000)
The restaurant, located on Dante Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, opened in 2000 and closed in 2018. See coverage of the closing here.
“Dante’s Kitchen has closed. The Riverbend restaurant was once a standard bearer for modern New Orleans dining and had long been a fixture of its neighborhood. Chef and proprietor Emanuel ‘Eman’ Loubier confirmed the news, but did not address the reasons for closing. He said Dante’s Kitchen will reopen for one final service on Wednesday, Oct. 3, as a fundraiser for the restaurant’s staff. The meal will be served family style beginning at 6 p.m., with no reservations taken.
“The kitchen will be ‘cooking what we like to cook, served family style, because we are and have always been a family,’ Loubier said. […]”. —Ian McNulty, nola.com, October 1, 2018
Sighting Citation:
“Dante’s Kitchen, New Orleans (2000).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. December 3, 2025. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/dantes-kitchen-new-orleans-2000/.Related Sighting
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