A Guide to New Orleans’s James Beard Award-Winning Restaurants | Eater New Orleans

"Mosca’s (say MOE-scuz) is a family-run Creole Italian roadhouse that sits along a dark stretch of Highway 90 West across the Huey P. Opened for business in 1946, the restaurant’s history includes ties to the late Carlos Marcello, a storied crime boss who was both the landlord and a regular. The guy had good taste in food anyway. The unchanged menu includes garlic-infused specialties like barbecued shrimp, baked oysters and of course the Chicken ala Grande, roasted with tons of fresh garlic, herbs and white wine. Sounds simple right? You try making it at home. Mosca’s is always better. The restaurant was rightly honored with the America’s Classics award in 1999." - Beth D’Addono