Cuisine:

• Cajun
• Creole
• Diner
• Fine Dining
• Others

Court Of Two Sisters Description:
It was two Creole sisters and the notions shop they owned on this site that gave The Court of Two Sisters its name. However, 613 Rue Royale has long played a significant role in the history of the French Quarter and old New Orleans.
Originally known as "Governor's Row", the 600 block of Rue Royale was home to five governors, two state Supreme Court Justices, a future Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and a future President of the United States. It is not surprising, then, that the original resident of our address was Sieur Etienne de Perier, royal governor of colonial Louisiana between 1726 and 1733. It has also been rumored that the outrageous Marquis de Vaudreuil, the colonial royal governor who transformed New Orleans from a marshland village into a "petit Paris", was once a resident of 613 Rue Royale.
The two sisters, Emma and Bertha Camors, born 1858 and 1860 respectively, belonged to a proud and aristocratic Creole family. Their "rabais", or notions, outfitted many of the city's finest women with formal gowns, lace and perfumes imported from Paris. Marriage, reversals of fortune, widowhood - nothing could separate the sisters. Indeed, as the Picayune was to report, the sisters died within two months of each other in the winter of 1944. United in death as in life, the sisters lie side by side at St. Louis Cemetery #3.
Sometimes a restaurant is all about its history. While no first visit to the city is complete without a meal at Court of Two Sisters' rambling wisteria-covered courtyard, unfortunately the product and the service are inconsistent and lackluster. The daily buffet offers an array of traditional New Orleans recipes (etouffées, turtle soup, jambalaya, bread pudding, pecan pie), but too often the food seems not as fresh as one might like. In the evening, the dinner menu reads more tempting than it tastes. The restaurant has a rich history and a beautiful setting, but seems overpriced for what it offers, and better meals are available in other established spots throughout the French Quarter. Fight the good fight for a table in the courtyard, if you want the full experience.


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