Monday, October 12, 2026, 3:30 PM - 8:00 PM · File Gumbo Bar, Tribeca, New York City
Filé opens for a rare Monday brunch on October 12 to mark both National Gumbo Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day, serving Tiny's Gumbo and shrimp & grits. The gumbo's namesake ingredient, ground sassafras leaf, was introduced to Cajun cooks by the Choctaw people.
The gumbo here runs on duck-and-chicken-fat roux. Order the all-in with chicken, andouille, shrimp, and crab, and you will understand what the buzz is about. The Jazz Fest crawfish bread, sauteed crawfish on Leidenheimer French bread baked golden, is non-negotiable. Weekends bring live jazz brunch, which turns the room into Tribeca via the French Quarter.
Duck and chicken fat roux with chicken, andouille sausage, shrimp, crab, and crawfish, finished w...
Half dozen oysters in herb butter, finished with Parmigiano-Reggiano and garlic baguettes.
Crawfish and holy trinity aromatics on Leidenheimer bread, baked golden. Non-negotiable.
Order all-in: chicken, andouille, shrimp, crab in dark roux — the Times wrote about this.