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Our People

Owners

Kenny LaCour
Kim Kringlie

Managers

Joey Drago, General Manager
Jimmy Scheidell, Sommelier & Beverage Director
Tyler Porter, Bar Manager
Val Menina & Collin Moreau, Chefs de Cuisine
Jonathan Vasquez,  Executive Sous Chef

Chef

Kim Kringlie, Executive Chef

Dining

Cuisine

Contemporary Louisiana cuisine using fresh local and seasonal ingredients.  A well curated variety of seafood, fowl and meats.

Dress

Throughout the property, The Dakota encourages upscale dress attire...
•Jackets are preferred for gentlemen, never required 
•Jeans are discouraged but permitted without rips
•Limited seating for shorts in the lounge and only at management’s discretion
•NEVER permitted are flip-flops/gentlemen's sandals or other open-toed shoes; t-shirts, tank tops/cut-off sleeves, sweatshirts/sweat pants. Gentlemen, please remove hats when entering the building as they are NOT ALLOWED while seated.

Wines

Award winning wine list with extensive domestic and imported offerings exceeding 760 selections of current and older vintages.  

Corkage

$50 per 750ml (2 bottle maximum); Corkage waived for each bottle purchased from our list of equal size to bottle brought in.  Unfortunately, guests may not bring in selections of wines that are already offered on our list.  

Plating

$5.00 per person for desserts brought in

Capacity

200 seats total. Dining rooms can be both general seating, or private seating with private capacity up to 100 guests.

Payment

   

Accolades

Times Picayune

4 "Beans"

Wine Spectator

1992-2003 Award of Excellence

Wine Spectator

2004-2023 Best of Award of Excellence

Tom Fitzmorris

5 Stars

The Zagat Guide

Top 25 New Orleans Restaurants

Other

Reservations

Reservations gladly accepted

Bar

Full service

Private Groups

The Dakota Restaurant welcomes private groups. Please contact us for group menus and details. 

Event Planning

Our catering company, Dakota Catered, will be glad to assist with any off-premise weddings, dinner parties, and elegant social engagements and celebrations. Please email info@thedakotarestaurant.com for information or a consultation

Grand Events, our event planning company, is happy to assist with your local, national, and international planning needs for weddings/receptions, corporate events and large and smaill social engagements and celebrations.  Please email info@grandeventsnola.com for a consultation or visit the Grand Event website...grandeventsnola.com.