Deanie’s Seafood Proprietor Barbara A. Chifici has built a locally owned, family-operated business employing more than 300 New Orleanians and serving nearly 1 million visitors and locals annually. Today, with a thriving seafood market and catering business and two successful restaurants in New Orleans’ historic Bucktown neighborhood and French Quarter,  Deanie’s is a beloved New Orleans restaurant brand voted “Best Seafood Restaurant in New Orleans” by readers of Gambit Weekly magazine.
Deanie’s also prepares and ships delicious fresh and boiled Louisiana seafood to customers throughout the United States through its retail website, shopdeanies.com.

Deanie’s Seafood is proud of its heritage of serving fresh Louisiana seafood prepared with Deanie’s signature seasonings. Deanie’s authentic New Orleans cuisine is nationally renowned and featured on various Travel Channel and Food Network programs. Deanie’s recipes also have been showcased in Gourmet magazine and in cookbooks such as Chef John Folse’s “Hooks, Lies and Alibis.”

Deanie’s Seafood French Quarter restaurant, 841 Iberville St., is the vision of owner Barbara Chifici. Located at the corner of Iberville and Dauphine streets just a block off Bourbon and Canal streets, it opened its doors on Dec. 26, 2001 after an 18-month building renovation.

Deanie’s in the French Quarter was an instant draw for locals and tourists alike and was profitable within its first year of operations. Following Hurricane Katrina, Deanie’s Seafood returned with a new focus on serving the community, adding private dining rooms, an engaging courtyard and an expanded kitchen during renovations due to storm damage. Today, the French Quarter restaurant serves more than 400,000 customers a year.

Both Deanie’s restaurants are go-to locations for football fans during the NFL season. Deanie’s in the French Quarter hosts Saints Radio Network’s live broadcast of “The Point After” show on WWL Radio following each New Orleans Saints game.

The Chificis also support a number of community and school-based initiatives in New Orleans. In 2011, Mrs. Barbara commissioned local artist James Vella to create a glass aquarium representing Louisiana’s gulf coast and dedicated it to the America’s WETLAND Foundation. The 4-foot-by-5-foot aquarium sculpture is a permanent installation at the French Quarter location and serves as a warm reminder of Deanie’s love for and commitment to Louisiana’s unique culture, environment and the people that sustain our local economy.

“Louisiana Seafood is such a big part of our culture and economy. We’re really proud to be able to contribute to continuing the tradition of great seafood, great friends and good times,” said Deanie’s Seafood proprietor Mrs. Chifici.

Its third-annual Pinch-A-Palooza Festival, held April 22 at Deanie’s Seafood in Bucktown, brought more than 800 people to celebrate Crawfish season and pinch 1,000 lbs. of Seasoned boiled Crawfish during a daylong festival benefiting the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation.

Deanie’s Seafood is respected as a true community partner. Deanie’s is a member of the French Quarter Business Association, New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau and Louisiana Restaurant Association, and supports many local causes and programs, including as sponsors of the Rummel High School baseball team and participation in the annual Bucktown Seafood Festival, hosted by St. Louis King of France Church in Metairie.

Deanie’s also participates in various local community events and festivals, including French Quarter Festival, Louisiana Seafood Festival, Taste at the Lake, Taste of the Town, Essence Festival and Edible Schoolyard New Orleans’ annual Edible Evening.

Deanie’s Seafood will be highlighted in the Jefferson Visitors Bureau Oyster Trail, a three-year campaign focusing on Jefferson Parish restaurants serving Louisiana Oysters. Deanie’s will display a custom oyster sculpture designed by a local artisan and will be featured in a Jefferson Visitors Bureau Oyster Trail brochure.

About Deanie’s Seafood

For more than 50 years, Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants and Market have been serving huge portions of the best boiled, broiled and fried seafood in New Orleans. We invite you to visit the original location in Bucktown at 1713 Lake Avenue or in the French Quarter at 841 Iberville Street (located at the corner of Dauphine and Iberville streets).

Deanie’s Seafood is open 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. – 11 p.m., Friday & Saturday. The Bucktown location is closed on Mondays. To learn more about Deanie’s Seafood, visit us at www.deanies.com or call the restaurant directly at 504-834-1225.

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Deanie’s Seafood Proprietors Celebrate 30 Years as Owner/Operators of Beloved New Orleans Restaurant Brand

METAIRIE, LA.–(April 25, 2012)–With live music, an artists market, the 610 Stompers and more Crawfish than you can shake a stick at, Deanie’s Seafood in Bucktown delivered a fun afternoon of food, music and revelry during the third-annual  Pinch-A-Palooza Festival & Crawfish Eating Contest. Festival-goers pinched 1,000 lbs. of Seasoned boiled Crawfish during the event!

Deanie’s Seafood in Bucktown, 1713 Lake Ave., Metairie, converted the restaurant parking lot and adjacent street into a free family friendly street party to Celebrate Earth Day and Pinch d’at Tail–a portion of the proceeds from Pinch-A-Palooza 2012 benefited the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, which works to conserve the 10,000-square-mile Lake Pontchartrain Watershed. (See photos from Pinch-A-Palooza 2012 here.)

Performing were New Orleans six-piece electro-pop band Big History,  jazz-inflected vocalist Nasimiyu, and Grammy-award winners Rebirth Brass Band. Pinch-A-Palooza also welcomed nine artists from the Dutch Alley Artist’s Co-op, showcasing their works featuring Louisiana seafood.

Deanie’s partnered with Cumulus Media of New Orleans, WGNO TV ABC 26 and WNOL TV NOLA38, Where Y’at magazine, the 610 Stompers and the Dutch Alley Artist’s Co-op to deliver this year’s crawfish celebration. Seven teams competed to be named the winners of the Pinch-A-Palooza 2012 Crawfish Eating Contest. The First Place team was Deanie’s Seafood–eating more than 10 lbs. of Crawfish meat in just 10 minutes–made up of four contestants who entered to win a space representing the restaurant.  In second place, the 610 Stompers “610 Domination”!  Other teams included Where Y’at magazine and contest winners from four Cumulus radio stations–Old School 106.7 FM, Power 102.9 FM, Rock 92.3 FM and The Ticket Sports Radio 106.1 FM.

Plans are already underway for Pinch-A-Palooza 2013, which is scheduled for Sunday, April 21, 2013!

“We are going to make Pinch-A-Palooza bigger each year!,” said Darren Chifici of Deanie’s Seafood. “Pinch-A-Palooza is fast becoming the best celebration of Crawfish in southeast Louisiana.”

Quality local crawfish is plentiful now, and the restaurant offers popular crawfish dishes including: Deanie’s Famous Boiled Crawfish prepared with Deanie’s Signature Creole Seasonings, Fried Crawfish Tails, Crawfish Etouffee, Fried Crawfish Po-Boy, Crawfish Balls, Crawfish Duo ~ Fried Crawfish & Crawfish Etouffee (Lunch), and Crawfish Quartet ~ Fried Crawfish, Crawfish Etouffee, Crawfish Balls, Crawfish Dressing (Dinner).

METAIRIE, LA.-(April 19, 2012)-Deanie’s Seafood in Bucktown is pulling out all the stops for the third-annual Pinch-A-Palooza Festival & Crawfish Eating Contest on April 22. This year’s event features more music, more entertainment, an artists market, a video arcade and all the best Crawfish dishes from a New Orleans original. Deanie’s has added three acts to the lineup of free performances for Pinch-A-Palooza 2012.

Festival-goers will enjoy the electro-pop dance beats of New Orleans six-piece Indie band Big History, the sultry jazz-inflected sounds of vocalist Nasimiyu and her bluesy-brassy backup band, and music by local cover band Breakwater Drive.

Pinch-A-Palooza 2012 takes place from 2 to 8 p.m., Sun., April 22 at Deanie’s Seafood in Bucktown, 1713 Lake Ave., Metairie. As part of the festival, Deanie’s will make a donation to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (www.saveourlake.org) and contribute a portion of the proceeds from the event to support its education, advocacy and restoration efforts of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin habitat.

Pinch-A-Palooza will include live performances by the all-male dance troupe the 610 Stompers, Ordinary Men with Extraordinary Moves, and Grammy Award-winning New Orleans ensemble Rebirth Brass Band. This year, Pinch-A-Palooza also welcomes the Dutch Alley Artist’s Co-op, showcasing work by local artists featuring Louisiana seafood.

Deanie’s Seafood has partnered with Cumulus Media of New Orleans, WGNO TV ABC 26 and WNOL TV NOLA38, Where Y’at magazine, the 610 Stompers and the Dutch Alley Artist’s Co-op to deliver a family friendly crawfish celebration at the original Deanie’s Seafood restaurant, which opened in Bucktown 50 years ago. Deanie’s Seafood contestants have been selected to represent Deanie’s for the third-annual Pinch-A-Palooza Crawfish Eating Contest; along with the 610 Stompers “610 Domination,” Where Y’at magazine and contest winners from four Cumulus radio stations–Old School 106.7 FM, Power 102.9 FM, Rock 92.3 FM and The Ticket Sports Radio 106.1 FM–who will compete with their favorite Morning show personalities to eat as much crawfish as they can in 10 minutes.

“We’re excited that this year’s Pinch-A-Palooza is bigger and better, with more activities for the kids and adults, and more entertainment,” said Darren Chifici of Deanie’s Seafood. “It’s really a celebration of Crawfish, one of the many things that makes Louisiana so unique.”

Here is the Schedule for the day:

2 PM Breakwater Drive
3 PM Big History
4 PM Crawfish Eating Contest Rules & Introductions
4:20-4:30 PM Crawfish Eating Contest
4:35 PM 610 Stompers
5:15 PM Nasimiyu
6:30 PM Rebirth Brass Band

For more information on Pinch-A-Palooza, click here.

Quality local crawfish is plentiful now, and the restaurant offers popular crawfish dishes including: Deanie’s Famous Boiled Crawfish prepared with Deanie’s Signature Creole Seasonings, Fried Crawfish Tails, Crawfish Etouffee, Fried Crawfish Po-Boy, Crawfish Balls, Crawfish Duo ~ Fried Crawfish & Crawfish Etouffee (Lunch), and Crawfish Quartet ~ Fried Crawfish, Crawfish Etouffee, Crawfish Dressing (Dinner).

About Deanie’s Seafood

For nearly 50 years, Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants and Market have been serving huge portions of the best boiled, broiled and fried seafood in New Orleans. We invite you to visit the original location in Bucktown at 1713 Lake Avenue or in the French Quarter at 841 Iberville Street (located at the corner of Dauphine and Iberville streets).

Deanie’s Seafood is open 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. – 11 p.m., Friday & Saturday. The Bucktown location is closed on Mondays. To learn more about Deanie’s Seafood, visit us at www.deanies.com or call the restaurant directly at 504-834-1225.

The Early Bird Menu is available Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Deanie’s Seafood, 1713 Lake Ave. in Metairie. (The restaurant is closed Mondays.)

Try Deanie’s homemade Seafood Gumbo or Soup of the Day, or a house salad and enjoy an Oyster Dinner, Shrimp Dinner, Crawfish Etouffee, Stuffed Crab, Bucktown Seafood Salad and more for one great price.

NEW ORLEANS–Feb. 2, 2012–Looking for that perfect Valentine? “New Orleans’ Best Seafood Restaurant” offers a four-course Funny Valentine package at both Deanie’s Seafood locations–841 Iberville St. in New Orleans’ French Quarter and the original Bucktown location at 1713 Lake St., Metairie.

Available Sun., Feb. 12 through Tues., Feb. 14, Deanie’s Funny Valentine dinner package features a four-course meal for two and two glasses of wine for just $69.95. (*Bucktown location is closed on Monday.)

And, tell us your funniest or most romantic Valentine story to enter to win a Patron tequila party for 50 at Deanie’s Seafood in the French Quarter! Like us on Facebook to enter.

NEW ORLEANS—(Jan. 24, 2012)—Put on your best 80s outfit and boogie on over to the “Sweet 610 Debutante Ball 2- Electric Boogaloo” from 8 p.m. to midnight, Friday at the Sugar Mill, 1021 Convention Center Blvd. in the Warehouse District. Deanie’s Seafood will be serving our famous Crawfish Etouffee, enjoying the disco ball, fog machines, music and great dance moves for a great cause. The 610 Stompers’ second Deb Ball benefits the local chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The party features an open bar, live music and DJ and food from 12 local restaurants, and the 610 Stompers will be debuting their new 2012 dance moves just for you. Tickets may be purchased for $40 now through 610 Stomper and Stompettes members and online here.  Tickets are $50 at the door. More information is available on Deanie’s Facebook page.

ABOUT THE 610 STOMPERS
The 610 Stompers are an all-male dance krewe with a mission of giving back to the community through dance and entertainment.  The group is 80 members strong of “Ordinary Men” of all ages and professions dedicated to entertaining the world with their “Extraordinary Moves.”  They are featured performers in many parades, professional sporting events, and special events and fundraisers in the New Orleans area.

ABOUT DEANIE’S SEAFOOD
For nearly 50 years, Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants and Market have been serving huge portions of the best boiled, broiled and fried seafood in New Orleans. We invite you to visit the original location in Bucktown at 1713 Lake Avenue or in the French Quarter at 841 Iberville Street (located at the corner of Dauphine and Iberville streets).

Deanie’s Seafood is open 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. – 11 p.m., Friday & Saturday. The Bucktown location is closed on Mondays. To learn more about Deanie’s Seafood, visit us at www.deanies.com or call the restaurant directly at 504-581-1316.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Karen Hales
Deanie’s Seafood
khales@markit360.com
(985)445-6022

Melissa Izor
Deanie’s Seafood
Melissa@markit360.com
(504)329-2626

NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 3, 2012)–Deanie’s Seafood in the French Quarter hosts another season as Saints Radio Headquarters with live broadcasts of Saints Radio Network’s “Point After” Show following the Saints’ home and away games. The NFC South Division Champs New Orleans Saints (13-3) will host the Detroit Lions (10-6)  at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. EST Saturday, marking the first post-season game for the record-breaking team on their way to the Super Bowl.

Saints fans gather at Deanie’s Seafood, located at 841 Iberville St., to participate in “The Point After” radio show featuring former New Orleans Saints quarterback Cajun Cannon Bobby Hebert and commentator Big Chief Deke Bellavia. The next “Point After” show at the French Quarter restaurant will take place Saturday, January 7.

Deanie’s Seafood is an exciting game-day destination, where Hebert and Bellavia integrate questions and comments from the live audience along with providing detailed post-game commentary. With a relaxing atmosphere, a full menu of New Orleans favorites before, during and after the game and beverage promotions and beer specials, Deanie’s Seafood is where serious Saints fans go after the dome goes dark.

Named “New Orleans’ Best Seafood Restaurant” by readers of Gambit Weekly, Deanie’s Seafood in the French Quarter is the second location of Deanie’s Seafood, famous for its heaping portions of the best boiled, broiled and fried seafood. The French Quarter location opened in 2001 one block off of Canal Street at the corner of Iberville and Dauphine streets in the former D.H. Holmes department store.

“The Point After” is sponsored by Deanie’s Seafood and Zatarain’s and is broadcast locally on the flagship station of Saints Radio Network, WWL 870 AM and 105.3 FM, as well as 33 other Saints Radio Network affiliate stations throughout Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.

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ABOUT DEANIE’S SEAFOOD
For nearly 50 years, Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants and Market have been serving huge portions of the best boiled, broiled and fried seafood in New Orleans. We invite you to visit the original location in Bucktown at 1713 Lake Avenue or in the French Quarter at 841 Iberville Street (located at the corner of Dauphine and Iberville streets).

Deanie’s Seafood is open 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. – 11 p.m., Friday & Saturday. The Bucktown location is closed on Mondays.

To learn more about Deanie’s Seafood, visit us at www.deanies.com or call the restaurant directly at 504-581-1316.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Karen Hales
Deanie’s Seafood
khales@markit360.com
(985)445-6022

Melissa Izor
Deanie’s Seafood
Melissa@markit360.com
(504)329-2626

Celebrate 10 years of Deanie’s Seafood in the French Quarter with 610 Stompers

NEW ORLEANS—Dec. 20, 2011—Deanie’s Seafood restaurant, 841 Iberville St., celebrates 10 years of operations in the French Quarter with a special Post Saints’ Game Tailgate Party featuring a live performance by the 610 Stompers.

The 610 Stompers will perform live at Deanie’s Seafood during the “Point After” show with Bobby Hebert and Deke Bellavia following the Saints’ Monday Night Football Game on Dec. 26.  

With their signature ‘staches, powder blue coaches’ shorts and blazing red members-only jackets, New Orleans’ favorite all-male dance organization recently took New York by storm parading as part of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade lineup. They will be on hand Monday night to demonstrate their extraordinary moves and autograph copies of the 610 Stompers 2012 Calendar benefiting local charities. The group has raised more than $100,000 for programs benefiting the local community since forming in 2009.

Deanie’s Seafood, named “New Orleans’ Best Seafood Restaurant” by readers of Gambit Weekly, is the second location of Deanie’s Seafood, famous for its heaping portions of the best boiled, broiled and fried seafood. The French Quarter location opened in 2001 one block off of Canal Street at the corner of Iberville and Dauphine streets in the former D.H. Holmes department store.
With a relaxing atmosphere, a full menu of New Orleans favorites before, during and after the game and beverage promotions and beer specials, Deanie’s Seafood is where serious Saints fans go after the dome goes dark.
Coming off their sixth straight win, Monday night’s game against the Atlanta Falcons is all that stands between the Saints and the NFC South Division Championship Crown. Saints fans can hear detailed post-game commentary and participate as part of the audience during the live broadcast of the Point After, sponsored by Deanie’s Seafood and Zatarain’s. The program is broadcast locally on the flagship station of Saints Radio Network, WWL 870 AM and 105.3 FM, as well as 33 other Saints Radio Network affiliate stations throughout Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
About the 610 Stompers
The 610 Stompers are an all-male dance organization with a mission of giving back to the community through dance and entertainment.  The group is 80 members strong of “Ordinary Men” of all ages and professions dedicated to entertaining the world with “Extraordinary Moves.”  They are featured performers in many parades, professional sporting events, and special events and fundraisers in the New Orleans area.

About Deanie’s Seafood

For nearly 50 years, Deanie’s Seafood Restaurants and Market have been serving huge portions of the best boiled, broiled and fried seafood in New Orleans. We invite you to visit the original location in Bucktown at 1713 Lake Avenue or in the French Quarter at 841 Iberville Street (located at the corner of Dauphine and Iberville streets). Deanie’s Seafood is open 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. – 11 p.m., Friday & Saturday. The Bucktown location is closed on Mondays. To learn more about Deanie’s Seafood, visit us at Deanies.com or call the French Quarter location at 504-581-1316 or Bucktown at 504-831-4141.

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During a special event last August,  Deanie’s Seafood  and the Chifici Family celebrated the 5-foot by 4-foot glass sculpture during an event that raised more than $10,000 for the Foundation’s efforts to preserve coastal Louisiana and its delicate wetlands.

The wildlife display is features two tall herons standing on a bank surrounded by marsh grass. In the water are small vignettes: A large catfish nestled close to the bank. A school of redfish in the shallows looking for blue crabs. In a deeper section of dark green grass, a school of speckled trout feeding on shrimp. Closer to the sandy bottom are sheephead, flounder and baitfish.

The Deanie’s art installation is the largest collective sculpture Vella-who describes himself as a “diehard fisherman who never gets to fish”-has created in his career thus far. The Bywater artist specializes in fine art glass creations, custom designs and large-scale installations.

In a town famous for great seafood, Deanie’s is in a class by itself. It was the first seafood marketplace to open in the quaint fishing village of Bucktown  The original Deanie’s Seafood restaurant located at 1713 Lake Ave. is a local favorite and part of the fabric of the community. Its second restaurant in the French Quarter opened in 2001 and was immediately successful. After Hurricane Katrina delivered serious water damage to the restaurant, Deanie’s was completely renovated, adding private dining rooms and an expanded kitchen and reopened 18 months later. Today, the French Quarter location employs over 130 employees and serves more than 400,000 customers a year.

“New Orleans has given us so much and we wanted to take this opportunity to give back,” said Barbara Chifici, who is head of the family business. “The display is a tribute to the local fishing community and the diverse waterways that provide for it. We’re pleased to support the America’s WETLAND Foundation’s efforts to restore our wetlands and preserve a way of life.”

As part of its ongoing support of the foundation, Deanie’s will contribute a portion of the proceeds from Louisiana’s Alure, an original glass fishing lure ornament created by Vella Vetro Art Glass & Custom Designs available for purchase in both Deanie’s Seafood restaurants and online at www.shopdeanies.com. The hand-blown glass ornament is $45, with $5 going to support the America’s WETLAND Conservation Corps’ work protecting the coastline through hands-on restoration plantings.

“We’re honored and grateful for Deanie’s support of our efforts to save Louisiana’s coastal wetlands and to raise awareness of the importance of our threatened ecosystem,” America’s WETLAND Foundation Founder and Chairman R. King Milling said. “For Louisiana to maintain its seafood industry, the loss of its nurturing and protective wetlands on which 90 percent of Gulf of Mexico marine life depend must be reversed.  Otherwise, this nation could stand to lose one-third of its seafood supply.  We must not let that happen.”

Before he started working with glass, Vella was a wildlife painter who entered national competitions and went far in the federal duck stamp competition. His study of wildlife and love of fishing led him to produce smaller vignettes in glass, such as a pelican perched on a stump or individual fish on a log, following the rules of taxidermy. He also designed individual glass redfish, blue crabs, trout and shrimp.

After he was approached to design the display for Deanie’s, he decided to create a cross-section of the lake-going from marshy shallows to deeper lake bottom to a sandy section closer to the ocean bottom. This would require developing a base out of plaster that looks like the sand and dirt of the lake bottom and configuring and mounting the individual vignettes into a dynamic, cohesive three-dimensional piece.

“This is something I’ve always wanted to do but haven’t had a reason to,” Vella said. “It’s led me into some really interesting techniques that I’ve never gotten to do with glass before.”

The Louisiana Wildlife display is located at Deanie’s Seafood restaurant in the French Quarter, 841 Iberville St.

The Fishing Lure Ornament benefiting the America’s WETLAND Foundation is on sale at BOTH Deanie’s Seafood restaurants, the French Quarter restaurant located at the corner of Iberville and Dauphine streets, and the original Bucktown location, located at 1713 Lake Ave. in Metairie, and online at www.shopdeanies.com.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Karen Hales, Deanie’s Seafood
khales@markit360.com
(985)445-6022

John Hill, America’s WETLAND Foundation
talktojhill@aol.com
(504)756-0101

What better gift than lunch or dinner at Deanie’s? Give the gift that gives again: Buy a $100 gift certificate for Deanie’s Seafood restaurants and receive a $15 gift certificate for FREE!

Known for its heaping portions of fresh seafood prepared in Deanie’s special spices, Deanie’s Seafood restaurant is recognized by locals as the “Best Seafood Restaurant in New Orleans” (Gambit Weekly Readers Choice Awards). As for the gift of Deanie’s–You KNOW they’re gonna love it!

Deanie’s gift certificates are available at both Deanie’s locations:

Deanie’s in the French Quarter, 841 Iberville St., New Orleans (504)-581-1316

Deanie’s Bucktown, 1713 Lake Ave., Metairie, (504)-831-4141

redeemable at all Deanie’s Seafood locations.

The $15 promotional gift certificate is valid through March 31, 2012.