Chifici Family Celebrates 37 Years at Deanie’s Seafood

Building A Seafood Legacy Out of Bucktown Seafood Market with ‘Tiny Restaurant’

NEW ORLEANS—(May 22, 2019)—The Chifici Family, local owner/operators of Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants, is celebrating its 37-year anniversary running New Orleans’ favorite seafood restaurant, the original Deanie’s Seafood Restaurant & Market in Bucktown.

The Chificis have built a locally owned, family-operated business employing more than 300 New Orleanians and serving nearly 1 million visitors and locals annually. Deanie’s Seafood Proprietor Barbara A. “Mrs. Barbara” Chifici runs Deanie’s Restaurants with five of her seven children. The business now includes three locations in New Orleans, a successful catering business, plus a fresh seafood market and online seafood business, Shopdeanies.com. Continue reading “Chifici Family Celebrates 37 Years at Deanie’s Seafood”

Deanie’s Fried Seafood Platter Offers Little Bit of Everything

New Orleans Restaurant’s Seafood Platter features Bounty of local seafood

Deanie’s Seafood values the traditions that started in Bucktown more than 50 years ago and carries them through all of Deanie’s Seafood restaurants to this day. And nothing says classic Deanie’s quite like our Giant Fried Seafood Platter. According to Gayot, “Seafood is found all over New Orleans, but one place is synonymous with classic Southern fried seafood, and that’s Deanie’s.”

The Giant Fried Seafood Platter has been around since soon after Frank and Barbara Chifici purchased the original restaurant and seafood market in 1982. Back then, it was called the Captain’s Platter. We’ll let you in on the secret to perfectly fried seafood.
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Deanie’s in Bucktown: Highlighting a New Orleans Original

A Look Back at the First Deanie’s Seafood Location in Bucktown

A New Orleans institution for more than 55 years, Deanie’s Seafood Restaurant in Bucktown, 1713 Lake Ave., Metairie, is the original location of one of New Orleans’ favorite seafood enterprises. Family-owned and -operated, Deanie’s Seafood is an authentic “scratch house” — everything is made in-house using original recipes, local ingredients and Louisiana seafood from Deanie’s Seafood Market, which is adjacent to the Lake Avenue restaurant.
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A New Year Message from Deanie’s Seafood

As we enter 2019, Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants would like to extend our hopes for a happy new year and our vision for continued success as one of the best seafood restaurants in New Orleans. We are honored to share the authentic flavors of one of the culinary capitals of the world with more than a million patrons each year!

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Deanie’s Best Seafood Restaurant in New Orleans for 2018

NODS FOR New Orleans best seafood, besT for boiled seafood

Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants is grateful to its loyal customers for continuing our legacy of accolades representing Deanie’s commitment for delivering locally sourced Wild Louisiana seafood with our signature housemade recipes. This year, Deanie’s has earned top seafood restaurant awards from Gambit’s “Best of New Orleans,” Where Y’at Magazine’s “Best of the Big Easy,” and New Orleans Magazine’s “Tops of the Town” awards.

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Celebrate National Seafood Month with Louisiana seafood

October is National Seafood Month, best for Gulf shrimp, oysters, crab

For those looking for the best time of year to enjoy delicious domestic seafood, National Seafood Month officially takes place during October. Congress made this distinction 30 years ago to recognize one of America’s oldest industries.

If you are planning to enjoy some of the best seafood from restaurants and markets this month, make sure you are getting the best quality.
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Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen Introduce Half-Off Happy Hour

Uptown restaurant launches weekday happy houR

Deanie’s Seafood Restaurant is announcing its ongoing happy hour specials featured throughout the week at its newest location, Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen, 2200 Magazine St. Located at the intersection of the Irish Channel and Garden District in New Orleans, Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen is offering a ½ Price Happy Hour on featured wine, beer and spirit brands from 4-7 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Guests can enjoy half off wines, including Francis Ford Coppola Winery Chardonnay, Rodney Strong Sauvignon Blanc, Louis Jadot Rose, The Velvet Devil Merlot and Charles Smith CS Cabernet Sauvignon and featured beers by Bell’s Brewery Inc. including Amber Ale, Lager of the Lakes, Seasonal and Two Hearted Ale. Happy hour well brands include Deep Eddy Vodka, Bayou Rum, Old Forester, Beefeater and Jose Cuervo. Continue reading “Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen Introduce Half-Off Happy Hour”

Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen hosts Chamber Pop-Up Social Sept. 12

Enjoy happy hour specials and complimentary hors d’oeuvres

Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen will host a New Orleans Chamber of Commerce Pop-Up Social Wed., Sept. 12 as it continues its grand opening celebration! Pop-Up guests will enjoy happy hour specials and complimentary passed hors d’oeuvres from 5-6:30 p.m. at Deanie’s newest location in Uptown New Orleans, located at 2200 Magazine St.

The event will mark the launch of the Sea Food Kitchen’s new happy hour, which features half off select wines, beers and spirits, available on weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m.

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Deanie’s Celebrates Grand Opening of Newest Addition, Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen

Magazine Street restaurant introduces half-off happy hour to celebrate

The newest addition to the family of Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants, Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen, located at 2200 Magazine St. in Uptown New Orleans, celebrated its grand opening and ribbon-cutting August 21. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, District B City Councilmember Jay H. Banks, New Orleans Chamber of Commerce CEO & President G. Ben Johnson, and many more joined the Chifici family in the celebration.

To continue the grand opening festivities, Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen will host a New Orleans Chamber of Commerce Pop-Up from 5-6:30 p.m., Wed., Sept. 12 and launch a new happy hour offering half off select wines, beers and spirit available weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m.
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Deanie’s welcomes New Orleans Back to School

Serving generations of schoolday memories in Bucktown

With a new school year just around the corner, Deanie’s Seafood is excited to welcome back to school in New Orleans. With three locations—our original location in Bucktown (Metairie), Deanie’s in the French Quarter, and our newest restaurant, Deanie’s Sea Food Kitchen located on Magazine Street Uptown—our casual family restaurant is a local favorite. Each year we are a go-to restaurant for school sports teams, local college Parents Weekend visitors, homecoming and prom weekend celebrants, and teachers and students enjoying time with their families. We look forward to forging delicious memories for the new school year! Continue reading “Deanie’s welcomes New Orleans Back to School”