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we dare to be different!

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weekly changing menu featuring exotic and unusual ingredients from our own farm and food lab! 

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we also take walk-ins!
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from our farm to your fork with a focus on zero waste cooking


what is suis generis?  it means from nothing - or one of a kind.  it's what we do every week.  we have created new and unique menus each week since march of 2012.  people say this is crazy.  it may be.  however, we are energized by creativity - by ingredients & concepts.  we cook because we love food, to seek umami, and we have a passion for experimentation.  we call it food evolution.  traditional restaurants waste food - our focus is the complete elimination of food waste by buying small amounts of ingredients, evolving and transforming food items with technique and fermentation.  then, we compost whatever is left to create soil, to grow seeds, to provide for future menus.

What Makes Us Different:

  

  • we create weekly menus that last 3 days only
  • we use what we grow at our own Tiki Farm to drive creativity
  • we have a full bar, craft cocktails and N/A options
  • we have a Food Laboratory to push the limits of flavor
  • we pickle, ferment and transform ingredients
  • we buy small amounts of things so they stay fresh
  • we always have vegan options
  • we compost all scraps to build soil at our Tiki Farm
  • we make koji, miso, vinegars, kosho, gochujang, tofuru, Tempe, amino pastes & amazake from scratch
  • we mill our own flour because it tastes better & has more nutrients
  • we love zombies (and cordyceps)
  • we make our own ice cream
  • we make our own pasta & dumplings
  • we love our customers – and especially our fabulous regulars!
  • we host fancy chef tasting dinners & private parties at our Tiki Farm
  • we give cooking classes and fermentation demonstrations in our Food Lab and at Suis Generis

our menu chages weekly & is usually posted by friday morning

Current Menu

july 17-19, 2026            


check out our 3 part summer series of fermentation classes & 6 course tasting dinners on 8/13, 8/27 and 9/3 at Suis-G - see details and book at the reservation button above: 

                                         

smaller dishes


marinated & char grilled octopus - korean bbq glaze, rice sticks, sweet banana peppers, jimmy nardello peppers, purple bell peppers, crispy shallots     17.5 


farmer's salad - tiki farm field greens, roast delicata squash, peaches, jicama, arbol spiced cashew & almond brittle, huacatay maple lemon dressing     15.5      


maitake mushroom ginger & lemongrass gyoza - beet ponzu    15

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savory pesto & sundried tomato cheesecake - cheez-it crust & red pepper coulee     15.5 


fabulous mezze plate - summer truffle salami, shropshire english cheddar blue, sweetgrass dairy cypress hand crafted cheese, dip du jure, exotic olives, roast red pepper, baguette & pita     17 (add third cheese +4) 


perky pickle plate - ever changing cast of house-made pickles     6 


large plates 


mississippi catfish - cajun buttermilk & house milled bloody butcher cornmeal crusted, collard green cornbread, 4 cheese mac'n'cheese     24


char grilled pork chop - southern herb pepper gravy, summer squash gratin twice baked potato     26.5
 

tofu vindaloo - cauliflower, carrots, bell pepper, stir fried pandan rice     22    (vegan)


happy endings


gwen's southern cheesecake - fresh berries     9


house made ice cream – fig w/ vanilla fig syrup     8


coconut strawberry mango sorbet     7.5   (vegan) 


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SCHEDULE NOTE: WE WILL BE CLOSED ON 2/15/26 FOR PARADES

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Suis Generis

3219 Burgundy St, New Orleans, LA 70117

+1.5043097850

Hours - Note: closed 4th of July weekend for our summer break!

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Also check out our Food Experiences and Cooking Classes at our farm in Pearlington, MS - an easy 35 minute ride from NOLA. 

Or - feel free to inquire about scheduling a fermentation class or private party/tasting menu at Suis Generis.

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