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James Beard Awards

Del Porto chefs nominated as James Beard Award Semifinalists 2010

Best Chefs (South)

Chefs Torre Bagalman and David Solazzo have again been nominated as semifinalists for the award of Best Chef (South) in the James Beard awards.

Following on from their semifinalist nomination last year, Torre and David will be hoping to make the cut when the finalists are announced at the Palace Café in New Orleans on March the 22nd.

James Beard Foundation Website

Times Picayune article on the award nominations

Dining Guide

Del Porto Named as one of New Orleans' Best Restaurants

Times Picayune's top 10 restaurants of 2009

Ristorante Del Porto has again been chosen by the Times Picayune's food critic Brett Anderson as one of New Orleans' Top 10 restaurants, with Anderson writing that the food at Del Porto is "better than ever".

The Times Picayune's annual list of the top 10 restaurants in the city recognizes "restaurants that are performing at the highest possible level at this very moment", and Del Porto is pleased to make the list for the third year in a row.

Brett Anderson's Top 10 restaurants of 2009

Brett Anderson's Review of Ristorante Del Porto

Zagat Survey

Zagat New Orleans 2009

Listed as one of New Orleans' best restaurants

The recently published Zagat New orleans guide for 2009 lists Del Porto as one of the top rated restaurants in the city for food, with a rating of 26/30.

Del Porto is also listed in joint first place as the top Italian restaurant in New Orleans, as well as making the Top Service Ratings list.

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Happy Hour Continues

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