Melissa Martin — the self-taught, Chauvin-born chef behind Uptown's Mosquito Supper Club and the author of two cookbooks of Cajun culinary preservation, one a James Beard Award winner — opened Saint Claire in June 2025 with friend and restaurateur Cassi Dymond. The setting is the draw: a renovated 1920s house ringed by live oaks at the end of an Algiers cul-de-sac, steps from the Mississippi levee, all taper candles, mismatched porcelain, pews and a wraparound screened porch. The concise à la carte menu runs French country through a Louisiana lens — potato gnocchi with jumbo lump crab, duck confit, smoked beets with trout roe. The New York Times named it among the nation's best in 2025 and again on its 2026 New Orleans list. Come for the rare restaurant that quietly cedes the spotlight to the table.