General Information
Nestled among the live oaks and colorful clapboard houses of mid-city New Orleans and City Park sits Ralph Brennan's Ralph's on the Park. At the heart of this vibrant eatery is a menu of globally-inspired interpretations of local cuisine, influenced by the eccentricity, diversity and traditions for which New Orleans is known.
if these walls could talk
Address
900 City Park Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70119
Phone
(504) 488-1000
Hours of Operation
Dinner
Monday - Thursday / 5:30 - 9:00 pm
Friday & Saturday / 5:30 -9:30 pm
Sunday / 5:30 - 9:00 pm
Weekend Brunch
Saturday & Sunday / 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
Lunch
Wednesday - Friday / 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Happy Hour
in the Bar: Tuesday - Friday / 4:00 - 6:00 pm
PLUS, NEW! ALL NIGHT Monday Happy Hour in bar 4:00-9:00pm
UPCOMING HOLIDAY HOURS:
Tuesday, December 24: Open 10:30 am - 2 pm with Brunch Menu / Closed for Dinner
Wednesday, December 25: CLOSED ALL DAY
Tuesday, December 31: Open with Standard Hours
Wednesday, January 1: Open with Standard Hours
Reservations
Please Reserve Online or Call 504-488-1000. Reserve Online
Parking
Valet Parking is currently unavailable. We invite you to self-park in our FREE, PRIVATE Parking Lot behind Ralph's on the Park at Dumaine and North Alexander Streets. Ample parking is also available along City Park Avenue.
Credit Payment
American Express, Visa, MasterCard
Dress Code
Smart Casual
Cuisine
Globally Inspired Local Cuisine
Press Inquiries
Simone Rathle
simone@simonesez.com | 703.534.8100
Sam Winters
Sous Chef
Kevin O'Dwyer
Manager
Arthur Hudson
Manager
Ralph Brennan recognizes team members each year at our annual holiday party with bonus checks honoring tenure and outstanding contributions. Team members recognized in 2023 celebrated 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years of service.
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK...
1860
Jean Marie Saux first constructs a coffeehouse at 900 City Park Avenue.
1893
Saux sells his coffeehouse business to Fernand Alciatore, 3rd son of Antoine Alciatore, founder of Antoine's Restaurant. Alicatore turns the coffeehouse into one of New Orleans' finest restaurants "A La Renaissance des Chenes Verts" or "Rebirth of the Green Oaks."
Alciatore hosts the "Tenth Grand Festival and Fete Champetre" under the oaks at City Park. New Orleans' most prominent residents including Jean Galatoire of Galatoire's Restaurant attend the feast.
1901
Alciatore sells his business to famous restaurateur Justin Tujague, of the Tujague's Restaurant family. Manager Irene Dours first courts the fancy ladies of Storyville as well as young families as patrons.
1912
Frank Lamothe, longtime proprietor of the building Jean Marie Saux helped construct, open's City Park Tavern (AKA "Old Reliable").
Lamothe hosts the annual "Ball of the Two Well-Known Gentlemen" a masquerade ball where fancy ladies and society ladies mixed and mingled. The Tavern is shuttered at the end of the Storyville era (1917).
1985
After seventy years of darkness as a dining facility (the building was used in the late 70's / early 80's as a bar), Jack and Martha Sands reopen the building as "Tavern on the Park."
2003
The historic building is purchased by Ralph Brennan and undergoes extensive renovation and reopens as Ralph's on the Park in December 2003.