Café Freret can fry anything, and fry it well. Some of the older students may remember Saucy’s Grill next to what is now the Palms. It had the best wings in New Orleans. That restaurant has since moved to Freret Street and joined forces with Beebo’s Café – a great Sunday brunch place.

Now under the name Café Freret, this restaurant is open for breakfast at 8 a.m. and serves customers until 1 a.m, for the late-night burger crowd. The setting is peaceful and tourist-free. The breakfast entrees are cooked to perfection, with an omelet comparable to any in the city. If you’re really hungry, try the skyline breakfast sandwich.

If you like philly cheese steaks, try the New Orleans steak bomb for lunch or dinner. If that sandwich doesn’t sound good, go for a burger doused in their mesquite barbecue sauce made with real strawberry preserves, or the honey mustard sauce. These homemade concoctions won’t leave you disappointed.

The entrees are great, but it’s not uncommon for customers to just order wings at the restaurant. The delivery menu is still under the name Saucy’s, and the wings haven’t changed. Although the buffalo sauce is the best in the city, you have a choice of 13 different sauces: Chinese, Caribbean, Mexican, lemon pepper, Vietnamese, Thai, mesquite barbecue, honey mustard, Greek, Mediterranean, Indian and, of course, buffalo and hot buffalo.

The service can be slow, but the food is worth the wait. The only real drawback is price. Remember that you’ll be getting charged extra for fries, extra sauce and drinks. If you eat in, it will run you about $11 a person with drink and tip.

Prices for wings are comparable and the delivery is free. So, next time you decide to call Papa John’s on your speed dial, back away and try the wings at Café Freret. For delivery check www.saucys.net, or dine in on the corner of Lowerline and Freret Streets, two blocks past Broadway Street.

Karl Weis can be reached at [email protected]