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Andy Reid Had Comical Line About His Favorite Restaurant in New Orleans

Andy Nesbitt

Andy Reid probably isn't going to have dinner at his favorite New Orleans restaurant next week.
Andy Reid probably isn't going to have dinner at his favorite New Orleans restaurant next week. / @SportsRadio810
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Andy Reid has the Kansas City Chiefs back in the Super Bowl for the third straight year, and while he's focused on leading his team to what would be a historic win over the Philadelphia Eagles, he did have some time on Thursday to talk about the food scene in New Orleans, where this year's big game will be played.

Reid, who loves food (especially cheeseburgers), was asked during his press conference if he had a favorite place to eat in The Big Easy. The 66-year-old coach had a fast answer for that.

"Emeril’s, not that I’d turn any of them down," Reid said with a laugh. "When I was with the Eagles, the head chef there, tremendous chef, was a huge Eagles fan. He invited me over and he said I'm going to start at the ocean and finish at the mountains. He put me in the kitchen and he said have at it. He said I’ll stop when you’re full so four hours later we were done."

A reporter then asked and important follow-up question:

"Any worries that he’ll poison your food this weekend?"

Reid quickly replied: "I probably won’t go there."

Here's that moment:

Chiefs fans hope Patrick Mahomes & Co. will feast on the Eagles' defense a week from Sunday.

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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