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The best Moules Frites this side of Europe​!

Simple menu, great food, social networking meets French food... When you're hungry for some Authentic Mussels and Fries, only Les Deux Papas will do!

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About Our Restaurant...

Oh right, we don't have a restaurant :-)

Exclusively at Fête Française, the ultimate way to get amazing Mussels and French Fries prepared fresh in front of you! Great atmosphere included.

The Story of Les Deux Papas It all started when a small French School, Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvell Orléans, created their yearly fund raiser La Fête Française and.......

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Event

Save the date!
Once a year ONLY!

March 22, 2025

You have been warned, and now is the time to mark your calendar and save the date! On this day and this day ONLY, Les Deux Papas will once again come out of hiding and cook for you.
Come see us at
Fête Française

Les Deux Papas recommend these fine bakeries:

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History

The Story of Les Deux Papas

It all started when a small French School, Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle Orléans, created their yearly fundraiser La Fête Française and...

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Authenticity

My grandmother's recipe

As a small kid growing up in Nantes, near the Atlantic Ocean, I remember harvesting mussels with my grandmother on the rocks on the beach of our little coastal town. We'd bring the bushel full of mussels home and...

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Location

Only at Fête Française, once a year!

We've been written about in the local paper, we have cooked them on live TV, and still to this day, there's no Les Deux Papas restaurant! We only appear...

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Delicious, Fresh, Simple

Remember this: great food should never be complicated! It should only be authentic.

Moules Marinières

Sautéed in olive oil, garlic, onion, thyme, and parsley, the mussels are then allowed to steam in deliciously dry Muscadet and are finished with some heavy cream right before being served piping hot right out of the pan.

Moules à la Provençale

Sautéed in olive oil, garlic, onion, thyme, and parsley, the mussels are then allowed to steam in deliciously dry Muscadet and are finished with the addition of a subtly spicy tomato and red pepper sauce right before being served piping hot right out of the pan.

The famous pan-shaking/fire show is something to witness!

Les Frites

French fries are not THAT famous, right? Well, perhaps other French fries are not, but Les Deux Papas French fries are certainly something worth waiting for!
We fry them with the finest premium peanut oil, at the perfect temperature. The radiant and slightly "dorée" color will amaze you. Oh, and as if that was not enough, we will be serving them with a healthy scoop of our secret aioli sauce. Yes, we are THAT proud of these French fries!

La Baguette?

In France, it's simply inappropriate to eat mussels without savoring the sauce with a "morceau de pain," a piece of bread. So, in keeping with tradition, we will have plenty of freshly baked French baguette from our friends at La Boulangerie on Magazine Street.
We do run out of them, so don't be late to the party and start your Fête Française by visiting us first :-)

Ask us how to properly eat mussels... There's a trick that only a few know about!

In just one day we cook:

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of mussels

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of French fries

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baguettes