Guidebook for New Orleans

Rebecca
Guidebook for New Orleans

Food Scene

Amazing place to get breakfast and hang out in the Marigny Cupcakes are $1 if you order food!
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New Orleans Cake Café & Bakery
2440 Chartres St
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Amazing place to get breakfast and hang out in the Marigny Cupcakes are $1 if you order food!
Amazing chargrilled oysters! There's always a line but it's worth it
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Acme Oyster House
724 Iberville St
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Amazing chargrilled oysters! There's always a line but it's worth it
Obviously a touristy place., but if you want to go, it's worth getting a chicory coffee or café au lait and an order of beignets. (What tourists don’t know—they don’t enforce a line. Many tourists make a line, expecting to be seated, but it’s first come first serve. Usually the line-standers aren’t great at snagging open tables when they become available. I usually go in a different entrance and just take a seat when someone else gets up.)
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Cafe Du Monde French Market
800 Decatur St
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Obviously a touristy place., but if you want to go, it's worth getting a chicory coffee or café au lait and an order of beignets. (What tourists don’t know—they don’t enforce a line. Many tourists make a line, expecting to be seated, but it’s first come first serve. Usually the line-standers aren’t great at snagging open tables when they become available. I usually go in a different entrance and just take a seat when someone else gets up.)
Great vegetarian options!
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Green Goddess
307 Exchange Pl
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Great vegetarian options!
Great New Orleans food. Great Fried chicken and jambalaya. Total dive place!
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Coop's Place
1109 Decatur St
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Great New Orleans food. Great Fried chicken and jambalaya. Total dive place!
Best fine dining in the quarter! (other options are Sobu or Irene's)
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Tableau
616 St Peter
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Best fine dining in the quarter! (other options are Sobu or Irene's)
good menu for brunch and dinner, affordable, and super cute. In the gayborhood area of the quarter, and gay-owned!
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Eat New Orleans
769 West 5th Street
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good menu for brunch and dinner, affordable, and super cute. In the gayborhood area of the quarter, and gay-owned!
known for their famous Mufaletta-- basically an Italian cold cut sandwich on a giant roll (bigger than my head)
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Central Grocery & Deli
923 Decatur St
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known for their famous Mufaletta-- basically an Italian cold cut sandwich on a giant roll (bigger than my head)
Verdi Marte-- drunk food, po'boys. open 24 hours. gets infinitely better past midnight. Near Frenchmen.
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Verti Marte
1201 Royal St
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Verdi Marte-- drunk food, po'boys. open 24 hours. gets infinitely better past midnight. Near Frenchmen.
good, decently priced weekend brunch, pricier for dinner
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Paladar 511
511 Marigny St
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good, decently priced weekend brunch, pricier for dinner
cute little cafe, AND THEY HAVE GELATO
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The Orange Couch
2339 Royal St
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cute little cafe, AND THEY HAVE GELATO
make a reservation at least 2wks in advance. Expensive- 3-4 $s on yelp, and 100% worth it. Chef (Donald Link) won a James Beard Award in 2015.
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Pêche Seafood Grill
800 Magazine St
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make a reservation at least 2wks in advance. Expensive- 3-4 $s on yelp, and 100% worth it. Chef (Donald Link) won a James Beard Award in 2015.
John Besh. One of the best places I’ve ever eaten. They have a $20 pre-fixe lunch on Fridays, which I’d recommend.
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August
301 Tchoupitoulas St
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John Besh. One of the best places I’ve ever eaten. They have a $20 pre-fixe lunch on Fridays, which I’d recommend.
for brunch/breakfast. Order the Bananas Foster French Toast and/or the shrimp and grits. (veg/vegan)
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Surrey's Café & Juice Bar
1418 Magazine Street
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for brunch/breakfast. Order the Bananas Foster French Toast and/or the shrimp and grits. (veg/vegan)
$0.25 oysters for happy hour.
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The Blind Pelican
1628 St Charles Ave
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$0.25 oysters for happy hour.
n my opinion, best pho in the city. Also solid Bahn Mi. (Mediocre vermicelli though)
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Lilly's Café
1813 Magazine St
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n my opinion, best pho in the city. Also solid Bahn Mi. (Mediocre vermicelli though)
Best Mexican food in town - Also great live music most nights, and SO MUCH tequila.
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Casa Borrega: Fonda & Mezcaleria
1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
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Best Mexican food in town - Also great live music most nights, and SO MUCH tequila.
for Po Boys. Best po-boys in the city. Really really really good. Some veg/vegan options.
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Parkway Bakery & Tavern
538 Hagan Ave
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for Po Boys. Best po-boys in the city. Really really really good. Some veg/vegan options.
no reservations, but the BEST paella.
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Lola's
3312 Esplanade Ave
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no reservations, but the BEST paella.
New Orleans classics, and so good. Soul food. Open for lunch only.
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Dooky Chase Restaurant
2301 Orleans Ave
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New Orleans classics, and so good. Soul food. Open for lunch only.
open for breakfast I think every day. AWESOME local food, and a really cool spot. usually there will be a wait. Some (veg/vegan)
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Elizabeth's
601 Gallier St
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open for breakfast I think every day. AWESOME local food, and a really cool spot. usually there will be a wait. Some (veg/vegan)
the closest New Orleans comes to real, New Jersey/New York pizza. SO GOOD.
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Pizza Delicious
617 Piety St
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the closest New Orleans comes to real, New Jersey/New York pizza. SO GOOD.
Delicious Gourmet food. I’ve loved every pasta dish I’ve had there. (veg/vegan)
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Mariza
2900 Chartres Street
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Delicious Gourmet food. I’ve loved every pasta dish I’ve had there. (veg/vegan)
afé and juice bar, (veg/vegan), and its neighboring bars, restaurants, and thrift shops.
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Satsuma Cafe
3218 Dauphine St
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afé and juice bar, (veg/vegan), and its neighboring bars, restaurants, and thrift shops.

Drinks & Nightlife

Oldest bar in New Orleans!
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Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar
941 Bourbon St
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Oldest bar in New Orleans!
(exactly what it sounds like) at the Hotel Monteleone!
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Carousel Bar
214 Royal St
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(exactly what it sounds like) at the Hotel Monteleone!
Amazing hand made cocktails - great place to start off the night!
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Bar Tonique
820 N Rampart St
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Amazing hand made cocktails - great place to start off the night!
This street is for music and dancing. Live Jazz at most places, especially the Spotted Cat, the Maison, and DBA. If you're getting there from the quarter at night, walk up Decatur. It's an interesting walk!
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Frenchmen Street
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This street is for music and dancing. Live Jazz at most places, especially the Spotted Cat, the Maison, and DBA. If you're getting there from the quarter at night, walk up Decatur. It's an interesting walk!
excellent all-vinyl-Soul DJ every Saturday night, generally good shows other nights
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Hi-Ho Lounge
2239 St Claude Ave
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excellent all-vinyl-Soul DJ every Saturday night, generally good shows other nights
one of the weirdest places I’ve ever been (featuring such acts as burlesque with snakes, topless bed-of-nails variety show acts, and Acro-cats, an acrobat with acrobatic cats);
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Allways Lounge and Theater
2240 St Claude Ave
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one of the weirdest places I’ve ever been (featuring such acts as burlesque with snakes, topless bed-of-nails variety show acts, and Acro-cats, an acrobat with acrobatic cats);
Usually a rock/punk band. Slavic soul food in the back; get the pierogies, also the asparagus. (veg/vegan)
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Siberia Lounge
2227 St Claude Ave
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Usually a rock/punk band. Slavic soul food in the back; get the pierogies, also the asparagus. (veg/vegan)
karaoke every night. Excellent place to end the night.
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Kajun's Pub
2256 St Claude Ave
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karaoke every night. Excellent place to end the night.
yummy tapas, cool vibe upstairs.
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Mimi's In the Marigny
2600 Chartres Street
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yummy tapas, cool vibe upstairs.
pretty grungy bar, excellent vietnamese food in the back. (veg/vegan)
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Lost Love Lounge
2529 Dauphine St
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pretty grungy bar, excellent vietnamese food in the back. (veg/vegan)
often good music, country night on Wednesdays
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Mag's 940
940 Elysian Fields Ave
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often good music, country night on Wednesdays
only really good craft beer bar in New Orleans, great balcony patio. Also notably: excellent selection of whiskeys. Some veg/vegan options, Great Grilled Cheese. Open 24 hrs.
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Avenue Pub
1732 St Charles Ave
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only really good craft beer bar in New Orleans, great balcony patio. Also notably: excellent selection of whiskeys. Some veg/vegan options, Great Grilled Cheese. Open 24 hrs.
has skee ball machines! $.25 per game.
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Half Moon Bar & Restaurant
1125 St Mary St
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has skee ball machines! $.25 per game.
great cocktails without the fuss.
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Twelve Mile Limit
500 S Telemachus St
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great cocktails without the fuss.
bar and music venue; good BBQ
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Chickie Wah Wah
2828 Canal St
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bar and music venue; good BBQ
a must
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Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar
1931 Orleans Avenue
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a must
wine store where they cork it for you, you go outside to a beautiful courtyard to drink it. Also have v. good food. Free wine tastings Sunday at 3. Live (often gypsy) jazz every night. (veg/vegan)
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Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
600 Poland Ave
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wine store where they cork it for you, you go outside to a beautiful courtyard to drink it. Also have v. good food. Free wine tastings Sunday at 3. Live (often gypsy) jazz every night. (veg/vegan)

Sightseeing

Street performers, art, and many other surprises!
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Royal Street
Royal Street
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Street performers, art, and many other surprises!
Street Artists, History, and Beauty! Check it out!
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Jackson Square
701 Decatur St
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Street Artists, History, and Beauty! Check it out!
The birthplace of Jazz! And every Thursday for most of the year there are FREE concerts right by the house! Just stroll over! In Armstrong Park is Congo Square; known as the birthplace of Jazz. New Orleans is the only place in America that I’ve heard of where during slavery, a) there were black people who were never enslaved, and b) enslaved people had a day off. On their days off, they would go gather, play music and dance in Congo square. It’s said that Jazz music found its roots there, and in the neighborhood that used to stand around it (Storyville) gave a lot of famous New Orleanians their start (Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, etc.)
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Louis Armstrong Park
701 N Rampart St
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The birthplace of Jazz! And every Thursday for most of the year there are FREE concerts right by the house! Just stroll over! In Armstrong Park is Congo Square; known as the birthplace of Jazz. New Orleans is the only place in America that I’ve heard of where during slavery, a) there were black people who were never enslaved, and b) enslaved people had a day off. On their days off, they would go gather, play music and dance in Congo square. It’s said that Jazz music found its roots there, and in the neighborhood that used to stand around it (Storyville) gave a lot of famous New Orleanians their start (Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, etc.)

Shopping

Get yourself a real Mardi Gras wig! It's so much fun to try on these crazy wigs!
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Fifi Mahony's
934 Royal St
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Get yourself a real Mardi Gras wig! It's so much fun to try on these crazy wigs!

Entertainment & Activities

totally worth going!
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Preservation Hall
726 St Peter
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totally worth going!

Parks & Nature

pretty rails-to-trails riverfront park. Take the Rusty Rainbow (Chartres and ...Piety?) over for a great view of the city and the skyline.
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Málmýri park
2300 N Peters St
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pretty rails-to-trails riverfront park. Take the Rusty Rainbow (Chartres and ...Piety?) over for a great view of the city and the skyline.
Nice place to hang out, there’s also kayak and canoe rentals. Try Bayou Paddle Sports ($20 for 2 hours), and also check Groupon and/or LivingSocial
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Bayou St John
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Nice place to hang out, there’s also kayak and canoe rentals. Try Bayou Paddle Sports ($20 for 2 hours), and also check Groupon and/or LivingSocial
Bigger than central park, and gorgeous. There's a tree there with tons of wind chimes in it near the Art Museum; great place to hang. See also: the Sculpture Garden, the Botanical Garden
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City Park
1 Palm Dr
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Bigger than central park, and gorgeous. There's a tree there with tons of wind chimes in it near the Art Museum; great place to hang. See also: the Sculpture Garden, the Botanical Garden
beautiful - great place for a run!
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Audubon Park
6500 Magazine St
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beautiful - great place for a run!

Arts & Culture

Þjóðminjasafn Seinni heimsstyrjaldar
945 Magazine St
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Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp St
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on Sundays (except summer). Look ‘em up. Worth it.
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Second Line Brewing
433 N Bernadotte St
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on Sundays (except summer). Look ‘em up. Worth it.