James Clesi (205-837-3103; www.clesiscatering.com) knows a thing or two about boiling crawfish. After popping up outside bars and at tailgating parties for several years, Clesi opened his Mid-City flagship adjacent to the Banks Street Bar in 2015. He left that location last summer to start working on two new concepts, including a spot at Tulane Avenue cocktail bar Treo (3835 Tulane Ave., 504-304-4878; www.treonola.com), which he opened last week.
The bar's kitchen previously was home to Michael Gulotta's Italian concept Tana, which the chef closed recently to focus on his other restaurants. Clesi has taken over the kitchen and will have a grilling and boiling hub on the back patio.
