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Host Peggy Scott Laborde welcomes Poppy Tooker who discusses ROOT.  

A pair of Restaurant August and Rambla alumni, GM Maximilian Ortiz and chef Phillip Lopez opened Root in mid-November in the old Feast space on Julia St. They describe their cuisine as “Modern American rooted in traditional flavors and techniques,” and Lopez’s menu is generally ambitious, featuring unique, often playful presentations…

Two weeks ago Chef Philip Lopez opened Root, a chic eatery in New Orleans’ Warehouse District. Between mid-December and April the city will see a flurry of multi-million dollar venues coming online, among them are Restaurant R’evolution in the French Quarter by Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramonto…

If “root” seems an unlikely name for a New Orleans restaurant, chef/owner Philip Lopez begs to differ. Lopez named his restaurant Root, he says, because it conjures “birth.” Hoping to build his own empire of eateries, Lopez wants this one to represent the birth of his business. Root is situated on a busy street in [...]

I probably use the word “ambitious” too often when writing about chefs. Hopefully from the context of what I’ve written, you understand what I mean when I use that adjective; it’s meant to convey that the chef pushes boundaries and that you should expect to be interested or even surprised when you experience his or [...]

We’ve been watching since August when Chef Phillip L. Lopez was named by Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine as one of the “Chefs to Watch” and it seems our waiting has come to an end…

Root is slated to open this week in the Warehouse District, taking over the former location of Feast. Its menu is a wide-ranging collection of charcuterie, comfort food and international flavors, from hanger steak to Korean-style chicken wings to daily foie gras preparations…

Hearing a lotta good buzz on Chef Phillip Lopez’s ROOT already. (Lopez was most recently at Rambla and recently pegged as one of Louisina Cookin’s Chefs to Watch.) ROOT is in the location of the short-lived Houston outpost of Feast…

Lopez said he chose ROOT’s name because the word “refers to inception, birth.” He hopes his new restaurant will be “one of many,” with its name serving as a constant reminder that “this is where it all began…”