One Restaurant

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It's a small restaurant with a tight focus: turning out exciting contemporary Creole cooking. Despite the minuscule kitchen, they succeed at this consistently and in an original style. Unless you're a regular, you probably have not had these dishes before. They're so intensive that they even bake their own bread.

Adjacent to the busy intersection of St. Charles Ave, and Carrollton Ave. restaurant row is heavily traveled and diverse in its offerings. ONE brings a certain style to the neighborhood, with its monochromatic look, sleek vodka bar and a menu that can hold its own with some of the city's heavyweight eateries. In New Orleans it's not really about how cool the place looks -- it's more about how the chef treats your taste buds. The menu at ONE is a full-flavored affair; starting with appetizers, like the perfectly-textured sauteed herb gnocchi with crabmeat, asparagus and cherry tomatoes in Parmesan broth. Close your eyes and picture that, but don't open them until you've given some serious consideration to the spicy lobster bisque with lobster dumplings - Yes, lobster dumplings. The entrée selection is limited, but covers several bases, from the pan-roasted grouper with smoked salmon and basil pesto, to the simmering coq au vin with bread pudding stuffed with carrots and green beans. The grilled beef tenderloin with Stilton cheese is elegantly served with dauphinoise potatoes and crisp asparagus. ONE has the goods to go the distance in this neighborhood - the room is way cool and the food is entirely memorable.

ONE is an ambitious New Orleans restaurant packaged as a friendly, if upscale, neighborhood hangout, and it's heartening to see such a novel idea garnering such an enthusiastic response.

Now that I eat for a living, people sometimes ask me where I spend my own money for dinner. ONE Restaurant & Lounge is now at the top of that list.

Saint Charles Avenue
Rumors of its greatness have not been exaggerated! Owners Scott Snodgrass and Lee McCullough weave it all together!

PAUL GREENBERG Ask for a table for two at ONE and three things will shake up your senses; the sleek, sophisticated atmosphere, the stellar service and an expertly prepared meal that you'll be talking about tomorrow.