What's Carmo?
Carmo is a tropical café built upon the rich, multi-cultural culinary influences found throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Gulf South, the "Tropical" or "Atlantic Rim," if you like. The menu introduces New Orleanians to unique traditional/traditionally-inspired dishes, the majority of which are new to the city. West Africa meets Europe meets Latin America meets Southeast Asia in dishes that feature top-quality, local ingredients, as well as some exotic products from around the globe. Juice of cacau (the chocolate plant), red palm oil, dried pounded manioc root, specialty peppers and unique meats and cheeses are just a few items which help define this comfortably traditional-yet-innovative cuisine.