For some festival goers, the food at Jazz Fest is as much of an attraction as the music. Many of us seize the opportunity to treat ourselves to all our favorite eats that we only get to indulge in this time of year. And this year, there’s a whole new range of beverage options to raise a glass, or canned beverage, to celebrate.
It’s always fun to try new vendors, and this year’s newbies include all-vegan vendor Sweet Soulfood Vegan Cuisine in Food Area 2 (facing the Cultural Exchange Pavilion). They will serve sweet potatoes, sweet-heat cauliflower, collard greens and cornbread (read more here). Meanwhile, in Food Area 1 (running between Economy Hall and the Jazz & Heritage Stage), Cafe Dauphine will have fried bell pepper bites stuffed with crabmeat and shrimp as well as crawfish and shrimp stuffed egg rolls.
The third new food vendor is oyster farmer and pop-up Lady Nellie Oysters, which will have oysters on the half-shell with a satsuma mignonette. While that’s your only option to get raw oysters at the fest, TCA Brocato’s sells fried oysters with barbecue or Buffalo sauce, and Vucinovich’s Restaurant will have fried oyster po-boys and a fried oyster spinach salad…