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• Food09/22/2026FoodDesk

  Dolfy's Opens in New Orleans

  4508, Freret Street, Uptown Historic District, Uptown, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 70115, United StatesDolfy's

  

  Starts 03/31/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better185 days agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as March 2026, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.^[1]

  Adolfo Garcia Jr. and Sophia Petrou Garcia open a Spanish restaurant on Freret Street built around pintxos and Basque-style wood-fire steak.

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• Food09/22/2026FoodDesk

  Dakar NOLA Opens in New Orleans

  Dakar NOLA, 937, Leonidas Street, Leonidas, Greenville, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 70118, United StatesDakar NOLA

  

  Starts 11/30/2022ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.8 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as November 2022, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.^[1]

  Chef Serigne Mbaye opens a Senegalese fine-dining restaurant tracing the West African roots of Louisiana Creole cooking; in 2026 it moved to a larger space.

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• Food09/22/2026FoodDesk

  Antoine's Opens in the French Quarter

  Antoine's Restaurant, 713, Saint Louis Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 70130, United StatesAntoine's

  

  Starts 04/03/1840CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better186.5 years agoThe article's infobox gives the exact day, 3 April 1840, with a citation.^[1]

  Antoine Alciatore opened his restaurant on 3 April 1840 in the French Quarter, and it has been run by his descendants ever since - the oldest family-run restaurant in the United States. Oysters Rockefeller were invented in its kitchen, and the recipe has never been published.

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