Tia Maria's Kitchen — Restaurant in New Orleans

I came to New Orleans for work and as always when I can I look for honduran food. I found Tia Maria's Kitchen and I decided to try it...I liked and enjoyed it so much I came back a 2nd time...and if I had a chance, I'd come back a third and a fourth. Here's why....when you are from Honduras and you grew up with a mom and Tias and abuelas that KNOW how to cook you know how food should be prepared and taste. The Campesino breakfast was on point! Loved it! It had the sweet plantains, eggs, refried beans fried cheese, crema and a delicious pork chop...ah, and the homemade style corn tortillas. I was in heaven! Everything was on point! I also ordered 2 baleadas to go for breakfast the next day, have to admit, they never made to the next day! LOL. They were also delicious! Right amount of refried tasty beans, crema, cheese and scrambled eggs. Very filling too, be ware, they are big and satisfying. The next day, I came in for early dinner- I had a nice tall glass of horchata that had that taste I remember of peanuts, rice and cinnamon. Ugh, I wanted a gallon of it! For my dinner I ordered El Ceibeño with fried chicken. Wow! Don't tell my mom or tias but, it was better than theirs! LOL. Absolutely delicious! Nothing to critique or that I didn't like. The staff is also great, the owners Tia Maria and her son, so personable and friendly. I know any time I come to New Orleans I will be visiting...and if you are in town and looking for honduran, Salvadoran Nicaraguan or just central American food, this is the place. The menu is varied but limited to the best items that are a must! Prices are fair and decent...and the portions, see my pictures and judge for your self. I...

Unassuming Hispanic restaurant located in a crowded market off of Tulane. There are several Honduran places in the area that I'm wanting to try, this one happened to be the closest. We ordered for breakfast/brunch although their full menu seems to always be available. I was super excited for the papusas, as I've been on a craving of late. Instead of going with traditional stuffed versions, I ordered the papusa sandwich and breakfast tacos. While the tacos were good, the execution was off. They used the papusa masa dough for the shells, which was basically useless. They would fall apart as soon as you touched it, so we had to use a fork. The star was the papusa sandwiches. We ordered the carne asada and chuleta frita versions. They were just as messy as the tacos especially with the added chimichurri. If you let them cool slightly they hold together better, but there was no waiting this time. The carne was flavorful and juicy, but we both agreed that the chuleta was the winner. We also ordered side a maduros, which was unnecessary as all the items came with them anyway. I ordered online for pickup and walked from my location, but the interior is nice and spacious enough...

Freaking amazing, we were in town for a thing and the kid found this recommended on Reddit. I confused it with another recommendation so wasn't expecting this style of food until I walked in. It was honestly amazing and I'm glad we went.

The horchata is nutty like it says, michelada was great, the margarita however was wildly off, like too much sour or not enough tequila.

The food was amazing and they provide the pickled vegetable mix, which nobody has locally anymore and the slaw mix was spicy good.

We got pupusa chicharrones for the table, and the family ordered chicken tacos, mixed enchiladas, and beef pastelitos. I got the pork chops fried, it was good, the rice was unexpectedly great, terrible photo. While I was in no way disappointed, I think I'd go for pupusa and pastelitos as a regular order.

Waitress was really helpful and service was great.

Parking was free on the street, signage is confusing for a tourist, since the signs didn't seem to match parking reality, but like...