Tremé just got one of its old souls back.
Two Sisters, the long-running New Orleans soul food kitchen run by the Finister family, has quietly returned to the neighborhood with a new Basin Street outpost. The family-style restaurant is back to serving classic home-cooked plates, heavy on gravy and rich with roux, including smothered turkey wings and slow-braised oxtails.
The new location at 1610 Basin Street opened earlier this month and is currently operating 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday–Friday and Sunday, with plans to roll out breakfast hours in July. The restaurant’s number is (504) 302-2400. The menu leans into old-school recipes and generous portions, with house specialties such as turkey necks, stewed hen, chitterlings and smothered turkey wings. As reported by NOLA.com, the smothered okra here is roughly one-third okra, one-third shrimp and one-third smoked sausage…