"Chef Nina Compton and Larry Miller’s Bywater restaurant — recently renamed BABs, an abbreviation of the original Bywater American Bistro moniker — has remained a New Orleans classic since its opening in 2018, the same year that Compton won the James Beard Award for Best Chef, South. Here, she homes in on Italian cuisine, serving dishes like cool basil burrata, goat bolognese, and shrimp fra diavolo in a high-ceilinged, industrial dining room with rustic touches. Save room for brown butter biscotti." - Clair Lorell
L. Kasimu Harris/BABs