Coolinary 2025: GW Fins

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Fresh seafood meets culinary excellence in the French Quarter at GW Fins. The regular menu changes every single day, and that holds true for its Coolinary experience as well.

Michael Nelson is the executive chef at the restaurant, which is located at 808 Bienville St., just off of Bourbon. He says the Coolinary menu will be $56 per person this year, featuring three courses.

“You get an appetizer, an entree, dessert,” said Nelson. “It is going to look more like a pork chop and shishito peppers. We also have our famous crab cakes. And we’re also doing our sea scallop carbonara. Then we have some desserts rotating out. We’re trying a new Dubai chocolate cake on the dessert menu that’s, going to be pretty popular.”

For the appetizers, items like lobster bisque and fried shrimp will be featured.

The menu is printed daily, and that’s because Nelson says it’s based on the best ingredients that show up that day.

“I’m on the phone every morning ordering, talking to the farmers, the foragers, the fishermen. But when those products show up, we’re only accepting the best of the best. And so, whatever comes in that day that we feel is the freshest, best ingredients, that’s what’s going to make it on the menu,” Nelson explained.

“Our Coolinary menu really is, a true reflection of what we do. We really do put our best foot forward and are always trying to come up with new, exciting things to put on there,” said Nelson.

GW Fins offers the Coolinary menu Sundays – Thursdays during the month of August.

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