Best Of New Orleans #9

Every day during the month of August, we're highlighting one restaurant from our recent ranking of the 31 Best Restaurants in New Orleans. Today's restaurant, SoBou, is #9 on our list. 

Short for South of Bourbon, SoBou is the Commander's Family's "saloon"-style restaurant, focused on elevated bar food and great cocktails. One look at the menu tells you all you need to know that this place is all about having a great time: crispy boudin balls, "The Fries" with pickled okra mayo, sweet potato beignets, flash-fried chicken drumettes, a surf and turf with smoked cochon de lait and fried oysters, and a burger topped with a fried egg, duck bacon, and a "foie gras ice cream float." And oh, yeah — between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, martinis are 25 cents. Did we mention it's just about impossible to leave this place without having a great time?

Here's our complete ranking:
#31. Maurepas Fine Foods
#30. Boucherie
#29. Mother's
#28. Luke
#27. The Joint
#26. Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse
#25. Mahony's
#24. MiLa
#23. La Petite Grocery
#22. Gautreau's
#21. Coquette
#20. Parkway Bakery
#19. Clancy's
#18. Dooky Chase
#17. Drago's
#16. Emeril's
#15. Redfish Grill
#14. Jacques-Imo's
#13. Bayona
#12. Camellia Grill
#11. Domilese's
#10. Willie Mae's Scotch House
#9. SoBou
#8. Root
#7. Herbsaint
#6. Domenica
#5. Cochon
#4. Peche
#3. August
#2. Galatoire's
#1. Commander's Palace