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| - Working downtown, you're always looking for new and good lunch spots. It's nice to see classy joints like this popping up all over the downtown area. Especially in the newly renovated Market Square. When they first started renovating the area, I just had this "what's the point" feeling. Market Square was a haven for the homeless and unemployed. Driving property value down, and detracting your average downtown commuter.
I'm happy to say I was sorely mistaken. The face-lift Market Square has gotten has made me look at downtown Pittsburgh in a whole new light. A nice open airy atmosphere with plenty of trendy eateries all around. Sure you can't drive out all of the "riff-raff," but they certainly tried.
A co-worker and I stopped by NoLa to check it out a couple weeks ago. I thought the decor was cool, an over-the-top (in a good way) vision of Bourbon St and Mardi Gras. We both got the Chicken and Andouille Po Boy, which was tasty. We found the homemade mustard was a bit overpowering though, as it was not evenly distributed and sort of gobbed onto the sandwich.
The service was good. In fact, it was too good. My co-worker and I were approached, no joke, six times by four different people asking how our meal was and how everything was going. This was excessive, and borderline annoying, given that we weren't even there an hour.
Overall I think this place is pretty good, and has the potential to be better. I feel like they are still trying to work out some of the kinks, and once they do, things will definitely approve.
If you love somewhat-pricey cajun food, and are downtown, this place is right up your alley.
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