Clancy's

Clancy's Review

Understatement defines the mood at locally beloved Clancy's. The decor is neutral, with gray walls and a few ceiling fans above bentwood chairs and white linen cloths. The small bar is usually filled with regulars who know one another (and tourists who wish they were regulars). Most of the dishes are imaginative treatments of New Orleans favorites. Some specialties, like the seasonal smoked soft-shell crab, are exceptional. Other signs of an inventive chef are the expertly fried oysters matched with warm Brie, and a peppermint ice-cream pie. On more festive nights you may yearn for earplugs.