Chef Shane Pritchett's Fat Hen Grocery opens Thursday evening on St Charles Avenue and Cherokee St. Pritchett, a former chef at Emeril's Delmonico, now has two Fat Hen locations. One in Harahan and one at 7457 St Charles Avenue. Fat Hen Grocery has all the benefits of Fat Hen Grill in Harahan with the addition of a deli and a retail store. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Amy Limberg stands in front of a wall painted with various meats at the Fat Hen Grocery opening. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Chef Shane Pritchett stands next to a photograph of Alfred HItchcock behind the deli at Fat Hen Grocery. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
A half rack of St. Louis style ribs at Fat Hen Grocery. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Fat Hen Grocery serves barbeque, breakfast, brunch, burgers and sandwiches. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
"Little Piggy" sandwich, BBQ Berkshire pulled pork shoulder with ShaneMade pickles on a toasted bun. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Attendees enjoy pulled pork sandwiches and chicken pot pie at the opening of Fat Hen Grocery. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
The ShaneMade BBQ is for sale to go and delivery. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Looks like a very lovely delectable venue. Anticipating a visit.
Looking forward to a vist.
Buuuut, it’s not really a Grocery is it?
It always kinda gets me when people do that.
I’ll be there. Pulled pork sandwich appealing —
Finally. Something in this location that should make it. Welcome to the neighborhood Fat Hen.
Thank you Fat Hen for choosing this location (can walk there). We have been anxiously awaiting the opening. Bienvenue.
went there to day for breakfast it was packed and had such a great vibe. the food and service was AMAZING !!!!!!!!!! great article. will be back very soon
Chef’s wife: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/07/uptown_interior_designer_cops.html
Thank you for posting the photos from the Fat Hen Grocery Opening. They look fantastic! That’s wonderful about the plethora of delicious offerings at the Fat Hen Grocery: pulled-pork sandwiches, the “Little Piggy” sandwich, St. Louis-style ribs, BBQ Berkshire pulled-pork shoulder with the ShaneMade pickles on a toasted bun, burgers, and chicken pot pie.
Loved it @ the Harahan location, should do really well in NOLA! Good Luck
I had a bad experience yesterday with the woman responsible for seating customers. She was overtly rude and downright mean. She disallowed me from sitting at the counter and ordering coffee, then basically told me to leave when I told her I just wanted a cup of coffee. I was not rude or contentious in any way with her. There are too many quality restaurants in New Orleans to ever bother going back here. Good riddance.
The people that opened this place (juliet and shane pritchett) just pled guilty to like 10 counts of theft. They made thousands of dollars in charges on customers credit cards unauthorized.
I am wondering what people think about this. The crimes were mostly attributed to the wife, although it is hard to believe the husband was in the dark. Does the fact that the ownership (or at least the owner’s wife) has a criminal (or at least fraudulent) past influence your decision to dine here?
I also wondered if people would care about this when deciding whether or not to dine here. It’s definitely a little off-putting, for me, as I hate to think of purposely patronizing possibly dishonest people when there are so many honest ones to pick from. However, my suspicion is that in NOLA it’s going to live or die by the food quality and everyone will forget anything unrelated soon enough.
I’m not interested in supporting anyone that made unauthorized charges on their own customers’ credit cards. I’d rather support another locally owned establishment.
We went on Saturday evening. They have a lot of bumps to work out and clearly, no one is quite sure how BBQ is typically served. Combination platters are always welcome if you have ribs, pulled pork, and an appetizer that suggests you have smoked sausage. Also, leave the pulled pork “clean” and give me a few of those “ShaneMade” sauces, please! It’s also a shame to order a $4 serving of Berkshire bacon to have it improperly prepared and served in a pool of grease. I ordered a medium *well* burger and it was definitely on the rare side of medium. I’m not all that squeamish, but had that been served to my daughter, I would have sent it back. Temperature on burgers is *critical* because people take the preparation of ground meat seriously.
Some tweaks to the menu, more attention to preparation and presentation, and more even service (which will come with time) will go a long way here.
mediocre food, terrible service.
maybe they can iron out the kinks but I think this place will probably have the same fate as every other well intentioned eatery in this location.