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The beef daube po-boy at Breakaway’s R&B in the Marigny could’ve come from another era of New Orleans cooking. The crawfish étouffée, buttery and just the right kind of peppery, could’ve come off a grandmother’s stove after a springtime boil. The fries are a persuasive demonstration of the powers of persillade, garlicky and irresistibly aromatic...

French Quarter Fest-goers can still find chef Paul Artigues’ food, but at a new location and different concept. The former chef-owner of Green Goddess recently opened Breakaway’s R&B in Marigny. There are a couple of holdover dishes from the former vegetarian-friendly restaurant, but the new spot is grounded in New Orleans home-style cooking — with some creative dishes interspersed...

Let there be no doubt, Breakaway’s R&B in the Marigny is air conditioned. “Whatever we called our new place, we were going to add the words ‘with air conditioning’ to the name,” says chef Paul Artigues, who opened Breakaway’s R&B with his wife and partner Olivia in January. That’s because unlike his former restaurant — Green Goddess, which occupied a small space on Exchange Alley — the new place is indeed climate controlled...

Chef Paul Artigues and wife Olivia Artigues open Breakaway's R&B in Marigny on Thursday. The New Orleans neighborhood-style restaurant is at 2529 Dauphine St., in the space formerly occupied by Lost Love Lounge. The name is inspired by Irma Thomas' song "Breakaway." The R&B means restaurant and bar more than rhythm and blues, but the Artigues liked the idea of a reference to local music to help set the tone for their neighborhood place...

Ten years ago, New Orleans chef Paul Artigues took over the kitchen at the Green Goddess, the Exchange Alley restaurant in the French Quarter that he co-founded in 2009. Now, Green Goddess’s era of serving eclectic, vegetable-forward meals in a courtyard setting is over, but Artigues’s role as head chef will continue when he and his wife Olivia Artigues open a new restaurant and bar in the Marigny tomorrow, January 27...

The owners of French Quarter’s former Exchange Alley destination the Green Goddess have opened a new restaurant and bar in the Marigny, and while it’s early days for the new spot, it’s great to have a new bar in the home of former dive bar Lost Love Lounge...

In its past incarnation as the Lost Love Lounge, late night zombies knew to pass by for good late night eats. Chef Paul Artigues, who opened Breakaway R&B in the space with his wife and partner Olivia in January, is keeping the tradition going...

Breakaway’s R&B is named for local soul queen Irma Thomas’s 1964 hit—a song that chef and drummer Paul Artigues has covered with his longtime friend, Guitar Lightnin’ Lee. It’s no wonder this perfectly cavernous bar has such a great jukebox...

At the newly opened Breakaway’s R&B, located in the former Lost Love Lounge space in the Marigny, chef Paul Artigues and his wife and partner Olivia are killing it with a menu that includes Green Goddess-inspired salads, the airiest of crawfish fritters and Dagwood-sized house roasted sandwiches busting with ham, turkey and beef Daube debris, served til midnight or 1 a.m. depending on the day...