Few New Orleans restaurants have perfected the art of hospitality quite like Commander’s Palace. The Garden District classic is a treasure trove of rooms each like its own jewel box, like the front dining room with actual figurine birds perched along the wallpaper, or the coveted garden room upstairs with its sweeping windows of the courtyard below. Wherever you land, you’ll be among a maze of the who’s who about town, whether you’re in for 25-cent martinis at lunch or staying for a luxurious dinner of turtle soup and painted quail. Service here is still treated like an art form, where guests are served in synchronicity and servers communicate with each other with silent signals. It’s even more impressive when you have a larger table.