No, Lakeview, you're not getting a second Frankie & Johnny’s. But the new restaurant from the operators of that Uptown institution have brought their prowess around boiled seafood to the 70124.

Boil & Barrel is a new Lakeview restaurant centered on two things: boiled seafood and bourbon.

Around them is a mix of New Orleans standards, and variations from the script to frame up a modern take on the neighborhood restaurant.

It was opened in early September by the same people who have for the past decade run the 1940s era Frankie & Johnny’s. That includes chef David McCelvey leading the kitchen, and Tarek Tay, a co-founder of the Byblos restaurant brand .

Bourbon den

Boil & Barrel is all ages and family friendly. It's the kind of place neighbors can walk to with the kid in a strolle

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