BY ANNETTE SISCO | STAFF WRITER Happy Thursday, New Orleans food fans! This week, we offer you eight places to eat next in New Orleans. We check in with restaurants that have remained closed since Hurricane Ida. A takeout favorite on Freret Street makes a comeback, and Popeyes brings New Orleans-style fried chicken to ... India? Haydel's king cakes come with a special trinket. Alon and Emily Shaya give us a peek into their renovated home, where life centers, naturally, around the kitchen. Plus, our recipes for broccoli soup and butter rolls are a cold-weather treat. Let's dig in... 1. Eight on the plate. Every month Ian McNulty recommends a handful of top-of-mind restaurants that seem especially suited to the moment. This time he's thinking comfort food: turtle soup at Rosedale, quesadillas at El Pavo Real, and some old-school New Orleans classics at Saint John. Find his list of eight places to eat next here. 2. Close to the edge? Already straining beneath the weight of the pandemic, the hospitality industry took another blow when Hurricane Ida struck Aug. 29. Amid supply-chain woes and labor shortages, rebuilding has stalled at some places. Ian McNulty reports on the status of Central Grocery, New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood Co., Cowbell and others. 3. Wait! There's more. A Freret Street takeout shop feels like having your own private chef: Now it's back. Popeyes opens its first restaurant in India, where the menu will be familiar to New Orleanians — with one key difference. This Porta-perfect trinket, to be tucked inside king cakes at Haydel's Bakery, overcame shipping delays just in time. And see the renovated home where New Orleans chef Alon Shaya and wife Emily have friends over for "Cajun Shabbat." 4. Recommendations, please! Brigtsen's. Luke. Vincent's. A real foodie is coming to New Orleans and he wants opinions on his must-eat list from members of our Where NOLA Eats Facebook group. Help a visitor out! 5. Warm up, chill out. A cold day is the perfect opportunity to simmer a pot of soup on the stove, then ladle it up with a side of fresh bread. Our food writer Teresa B. Day wants you to try these soul-warming recipes for broccoli soup and buttery rolls. That's it for the food newsletter, but in New Orleans the food news never stops. For more, visit us at NOLA.com. Thanks for reading, and have a great weekend! --AS P.S. Want to support our award-winning journalism? Check out this great deal. Just $1 for six months — for local journalism that matters! Subscribe here today. | 