You really shouldn’t pick a fight with New Orleans. Not when it comes to food.
Applebee’s reintroduced its Big Easy menu in February, celebrating the return of bold New Orleans’ flavors and new “Cajun-inspired” dishes that promise to “transport you to Bourbon Street with every bite.” Just what we all need.
Riddled as it may be with references to Bourbon Street, jazz, bayous and Mardi Gras, the menu seems mostly well-intentioned and features six meals that, as advertised, start at $11.99. But in an ad circulating social media in March, the massive national casual dining franchise takes aim at the very city it claims to admire…