Antoine's  


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713 Rue St. Louis in the French Quarter, New Orleans, LA 70130
Tel: (504) 581-4422
 New Orleans Cuisine

Antoine's Restaurant is located in the heart of the French Quarter at 713-717 Rue Saint Louis - between Bourbon and Royal streets, 5 blocks from Canal Street.

Founded in 1840, Antoine's is the oldest restaurant in New Orleans, and the oldest restaurant under single-family ownership in America.
Antoine's is an institution.




ANTOINE'S DINNER MENU

METTRE EN APPETIT
Appetizers

Huitres en coquille a la Rockefeller (notre creation) $11.50

Oysters baked on the half shell with our famous Rockefeller sauce - our
creation!

Huitres Thermidor $11.50

Fresh Louisiana oysters baked on the half shell with a bacon and tomato
sauce-our creation.

Huitres a la Ellis $11.50

Oysters and sliced mushrooms poached in a savory sherry wine sauce-our
creation.

Huitres a la Foch $11.50

Crisply fried oysters served on toast, buttered with pate de fois gras, and a
rich colbert sauce-our creation

Canape Balthazar (commander d’avance) $14.25

Oysters seasoned, breaded and buttered to form a rich baked canape hot
from the oven - our creation.

Les escargots a la Bourguignonne $11.50

Snails basted in our version of the classical bourguignonne sauce of garlic
butter and fresh greens.

Les escargots a la Bordelaise $11.50

Snails basted and baked in a red wine and garlic sauce, crowned with a
delicious mixture of cheeses and french bread crumbs.

Crevettes a la mariniere $10.25

Shrimp smothered in a white wine sauce.

Crevettes cardinal $10.25

Prized Louisiana shrimp in a special white wine sauce with a hint of
tomato-our creation.

Crevettes ravigote $10.25

Boiled Louisiana shrimp served cold with a delightfully seasoned dressing.

Crevettes remoulade $10.25

Boiled Louisiana shrimp served cold in a tangy horseradish and creole
mustard remoulade dressing.

Avocat crevette Garibaldi $11.25 (Our creation!)

Ripe avocado stuffed with shrimp ravigote.

Cocktail aux crevettes $10.50

Cold boiled Louisiana shrimp served with a tomato cocktail sauce.

Chair de crabes ravigote $15.75

Lump crabmeat served cold with a delightfully seasoned dressing.

Chair de crabes St. Pierre $14.75

Lump crabmeat in a tomato sauce seasoned with garlic, baked hot in a
casserole, crowned with a special cheese and french bread crumb
gratinee-our creation.

Chair de crabes au gratin $14.75

Lump crabmeat served cold with garlic, baked hot in a casserole, crowned
with a special cheese and french bread crumb mixture baked and browned
in a casserole.

Cocktail a la chair de crabes $14.75

Cold backfin lump crabmeat on a bed of fresh greens with a light tomato
cocktail sauce.

Avocat a la chair de crabes Garibaldi $14.00

Ripe avocado with backfin of crab in a seasoned dressing.

Canapé St. Antoine (commander d’avance) $13.75

Lump crabmeat seasoned, breaded and buttered to form a rich baked
canapé hot from the oven-our creation.

Ecrevisses a etouffee (de saison) $12.00

Crawfish tails smothered with onions and peppers served as an hors
d’ouevre or with steamed rice as an entree.

Ecrevisses a la mariniere (de saison) $12.00

Crawfish smothered in a white wine sauce.

Ecrevisses cardinal (de saison) $12.00

Crawfish in a special white wine sauce with a hint of tomato-our creation.

Champignons sur tost $9.25

Large fresh mushroom buttons sautéed and served on buttered toast.

Caviar frais de Sturgeon Americain $31.75

Fresh American sturgeon caviar.

Foie Gras de Strasbourg a la Gelee $14.75

A special truffled goose liver imported from Strasbourg and served with
cold meat jelly.

POTAGES
Soups


Gombo creole $6.75/$7.75

The classical Louisiana seafood and okra stew with blue crabs, oysters, and
gulf shrimp.

Bisque d’ecrevisses cardinal $7.25/$8.25

Louisiana crawfish reduced to a thick, rich, and well-seasoned soup.

Consomme chaud au vermicelle $5.75/$6.75

Beef consomme served hot with vermicelli.

Vichyssoise $6.25/$7.25

The classical cold potato soup (flavored with chicken broth and finished
with heavy cream.)

Bisque de crevettes $7.50/$8.50

Gulf shrimp reduced to a thick, rich, and well-seasoned soup.

Potage alligator au sherry $7.25/$8.25

A well-seasoned sherry, wine-laced alligator bisque-our creation.

Consomme froid en tasse $5.50/$6.50

Cold jellied beef consomme.

Soupe a l’oignon gratinee $6.75/$7.75

A flavorful favorite onion soup baked in the oven and crowned with a
delicious combination of cheeses and french bread crumbs.

POISSONS
Fish


Filet de truite meuniere $21.50

Battered and fried filet of speckled trout served with a lemon-butter sauce.

Filet de truite a la Marguery $21.50

Filet of speckled trout poached in a white wine sauce with fresh shrimp,
mushrooms, herbs, and seasonings-our creation.

Filet de truite au vin blanc $21.50

Filet of speckled trout smothered in a white wine, shrimp and oyster sauce
and baked with a light bread and cheese gratinee.

Filet de truite Colbert $21.50

Broiled or fried filet of trout with a rich sherry wine sauce.

Filet de truite amandine $21.50

Filet of trout fried in a light butter with toasted slivers of almonds and a
lemon-butter sauce.

Filet de truite florentine $21.50

Trout poached in white wine in a bed of creamed spinach draped with
hollandaise sauce and baked with cheese and fresh bread crumbs.

Filet de truite tartar $21.50

Breaded and fried filet of trout served with homemade tartar sauce.

Filet de truite Pontchartrain $27.75

Broiled trout with lump crabmeat sautéed in butter.

Filet de truite aux ecrevisses cardinal (de saison) $26.25

Broiled or fried trout draped with crawfish in a white wine sauce-our
creation.

Bouillabaisse a la Louisiane (commander d’avance) $31.50

The classical mediterranean seafood dish served Louisiana style.

Crustaces sautés aux champignons $27.75

Lump crabmeat, shrimp, and mushrooms sautéed in butter, served in a
casserole.

Pompano grille $28.00

Grilled filet of pompano.

Pompano au "Buster" grille (de saison) $32.25

Grilled filet of pompano crowned with a fried or grilled "buster" crab.

Pompano a la mariniere $29.00

Poached filet of pompano in a white wine sauce and crowned with a large
broiled mushroom.

Pompano Pontchartrain $30.50

A classical combination of grilled filet of pompano with lump crabmeat
sautéed in butter-a house specialty.

Pompano en papillote $30.50

Our creation of pompano baked in a parchment bag with shrimp and lump
crabmeat in a white wine sauce.

Pompano amandine $30.25

Broiled or fried pompano with slivers of toasted almonds in a lemon-butter
sauce.

Crevettes a la creole $22.75

Fresh Louisiana shrimp in the classical creole tomato sauce, served with
steamed rice.

Crevettes ravigote $22.75

Boiled shrimp served cold in a well seasoned dressing.

Crabes mous grilles $22.75

Grilled soft shell crabs, served with hot melted butter.

Crabes mous frits $22.75

Soft shell crabs, fried in a light batter, with a lemon butter sauce.

Crabes mous amandine $23.25

Soft shell crabs fried in a light batter, with a lemon-butter sauce and toasted
slivers of almonds.

Crabes "Buster" amandine $25.25

Buster crabs crisply fried with toasted almonds in a lemon-butter sauce.

Crabes "Buster" grilles (de saison) $23.75

Grilled buster crabs.

Chair de crabes mariniere $25.75

Backfin lump crabmeat in a white wine sauce served hot in a casserole.

Chair de crabes ravigote $25.75

Backfin lump crabmeat served hot or cold in a delightfully seasoned
dressing.

Salade de chair de crabes $25.75

Cold lump crabmeat seasoned with fresh greens and a light house dressing.

Chair de crabes au gratin $25.75

Backfin lump crabmeat in a rich sauce with a light cheese and french bread
gratinee baked hot in a casserole.

OUEFS
Eggs


Ouefs Benedict $15.75

Baked ham on buttered toast with poached eggs and hollandaise.

Ouefs Sardou $15.75

Poached eggs on fresh steamed artichoke bottoms topped with hollandaise
sauce and truffles-our creation.

Ouefs a la florentine $15.75

Creamed spinach, pouched eggs and hollandaise sauce served in a
casserole.

Omelette nature $13.75

A fluffy three-egg omelette.

Omelette au fromage $14.25

A three-egg omelette with a delightful combination of cheeses.

Omelette aux crevettes $17.75

Omelette with fresh boiled Louisiana shrimp.

Omelette a la chair de crabes $20.75

Omelette with lump crabmeat

Omelette espagnole $16.75

A round omelette with peppers and onions in a light tomato sauce.

ENTREES

Poulet aux champignons $21.50

Chicken sautéed with fresh mushrooms.

Poulet sauté demi-bordelaise $21.50

Half chicken sautéed and browned in garlic butter.

Poulet a la creole $21.75

Half a broiled chicken delicately seasoned and smothered in light tomato
sauce.

Poulet au vin rouge $21.75

Half a broiled chicken in a rich brown red wine sauce.

Poulet sauce Rochameau $23.25

Broiled half of boneless chicken with two delicious sauces-a sweet brown
rochambau and a tangy béarnaise served over a slice of baked ham.

Poulet bonne femme (40 minutes) $23.75

Chicken sautéed and browned with potatoes, onions, garlic, and bacon.

Poulet Paradis $24.50

Broiled half of boneless chicken in red wine sauce flavored with currants,
grapes and a hint of bacon-our creation.

Chatebriand (pour deux (2) - 30 minutes) $59.00

Centercut tenderloin of beef for two, broiled and served with our special
fried potatoes, and your choice of sauces.

Cotelettes D’agneau grilles $29.75

Prime center cut lamb chops grilled and served with mint jelly.

Noisettes d’agneau Alciatore $32.25

Medallions of lamb wrapped in bacon, broiled, and served with a special
combination of sauces-a sweet Alciatore and a tangy béarnaise - all on top of
a delicious grilled pineapple slice-our creation.

Ris de veau a la financiere $24.75

Veal sweetbreads in a sherry wine sauce.

Entrecote naturel $31.50

Broiled centercut strip sirloin.

Tips de filet en brochette Medicis $26.50

Broiled tenderloin tips in a sherry wine sauce with peppers and onions.

Tournedos nature $28.50

Small broiled centercut tenderloin of prime beef.

Filet de bouef nature $34.25

Large broiled centercut of prime tenderloin.

SAUCES

Alciatore $5.50

A special combination of sweet brown pineapple sauce and a tangy
bearnaise-a favorite with broiled lamb or beef-our creation.

Champignons $5.25

Fresh mushrooms in a rich red wine sauce.

Marchand de vin $5.25

The wine merchant’s favorite sauce of onions, mushrooms, and red wine.

Bearnaise $5.25

A hollandaise sauce flavored with taragon and white wine.

Demi-bordelaise $5.25

The classic garlic butter sauce.

Medicis $5.25

Onions and peppers in a rich sherry wine sauce.


LEGUMES
Vegetables

Epinards sauce creme $5.50

Spinach in a light cream sauce

Petits pois a la francaise $5.50

Early peas seasoned with ham and onions in a casserole.

Chou-fleur au beurre $5.50

Steamed cauliflower served with butter or plain.

Chou-fleur au gratin $5.50

Steamed cauliflower in a rich cream sauce sprinkled with a cheese and
french bread crumb mixture and browned in the oven in a casserole.

Carottes au beurre $5.50

Sliced carrots served with hot melted butter.

Broccoli sauce hollandaise (de saison) $6.25

Steamed broccoli with hollandaise sauce.

Asparagus au beurre (de saison) $6.25

Steamed fresh asparagus with butter.

Haricots verts au beurre $6.25

French cut green beans in a special butter sauce.

Pommes de terre au gratin $5.00

Potatoes in a rich cream sauce baked in a casserole with a light cheese
gratinee.

Pommes de terre brabant $6.00

Little diced potatoes fried and served with melted butter.

Pommes de terre soufflees $6.25

The classical Antoine’s dish fried potato puffs.


SALADES

Salade Antoine $5.75

A delightful blend of five favorite greens served with a choice of dressings.

Salade de laitue et tomates $5.75

A head of lettuce salad with sliced tomatoes and a choice of dressings.

Salade de laiture au roquefort $5.75

A head of lettuce salad with a creamy roquefort dressing.

Salade d’anchois $5.75

Five favorite greens tossed with chopped anchovies and vinaigrette
dressing.

Salade de legumes $6.75

A refreshing mixture of broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, carrots, and tips
of asparagus served cold with vinaigrette dressing.

Avocat a la vinaigrette $6.00

Half of a ripe avocado served with vinaigrette dressing.

Avocat evantail $6.50

A ripe avocado sliced and shaped like a fan over bed of select greens and
garnished with a dollop of Fresh sturgeon caviar.

Salade Mirabeau $6.50

Ripe avocado on a bed of Boston leaf lettuce served with Russian dressing.

Fonds d’artichauts Bayard $6.50

Fresh steamed artichoke bottom stuffed with a light combination of greens
on a bed of lettuce with vinaigrette dressing.

Salade de couer de palmier $6.50

Hearts of palm on a bed of lettuce with ripe tomato wedges and vinaigrette
dressing.

Salade combinaison $7.00

Mixed greens tossed with artichoke, avocado, asparagus, tomato and
hearts of palm with a choice of dressings.

Salade aux pointes d’asperges $6.00

Asparagus tips salad


FROMAGES
Cheeses


Brie $7.00
Port Salut $6.75
Roquefort $7.25
Camembert $6.50


DESSERTS

Creme glacee-vanilla, chocolat, fraises $5.25

Vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry ice cream.

Sorbet-orange, citron-vert, ananas $5.25

Orange, lime, or pineapple sherbet.

Meringue glacee sauce chocolat $6.75

Vanilla ice cream on a light toasted meringue draped with chocolate fudge
sauce.

Creme glacee aux fraises $7.25

Vanilla ice cream with fresh strawberries.

Cerises jubilee $8.50

Sweet, dark cherries flamed in brandy at the table and served over vanilla
ice cream.

Peche Melba $7.75

A favorite concoction of a candied peach half, vanilla ice cream, raspberry
sauce, and chopped toasted almonds.

Omelette Alaska Antoine (pour deux (2)-commander au
commencement de repas) $16.50

Antoine’s very special presentation of Baked Alaska (Order in advance.)

Mousse au chocolat $6.25

Chocolate mousse topped with whipped cream.

Creme renversee au caramel $5.50

Caramel custard

Crepes Suzette $8.25

Thin French Pancakes rolled with an orange and butter creme filling and
flamed with orange liqueur and brandy.

Fraises au kirsch $8.05

Fresh strawberries and kirsch liqueur