Muffuletta from Central Grocery
Maple Leaf Bar (especially if Rebirth Brass Band is live)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Cochin Butcher on Tchoupitoulas St
Deanie’s Seafood
Two Chicks Cafe
Brennan’s for Bananas Foster. Invented there and still amazing. Commander’s Palace if you want to go upscale and classic. Arnaud’s. Definitely get yourself to one of the best dive bars in the country. Snake and Jakes Christmas Club Lounge http://snakeandjakes.com
Napoleon House- wonderful muffulettas
Do a Segway tour
Eat at the French Market
Praline Connection for amazing fried chicken
Old New Orleans Rum- fantastic tour, and good rum
Plenty of live music in the French Quarter at night- lots of clubs, and usually some street groups playing as well
@luvche21 I’m not entirely sure, but I believe a lot of the suggestions are around the French Quarter area, so you could hit a bunch of them by going there.
@f00l I meant that Monsoons are available “to go” on your walk to your next destination, as are any drink not in a glass container in New Orleans. Indefinite pronouns suck.
Absolutely concur with muffuleta at central grocery. They have my fav. You probably wont go wrong with any of the above suggestions. I live about 8 hours from there. My aunt lived in metarie in the 70s and 80s so we went a lot when i was younger. Some of those mentioned are newer so I’ve not been to them but the rest are amazing. The food is incredible. The music scene is fun and lively. Tons to do and see. Jazz fest is great so if you like music, consider taking vacation around it. It’s gotten huge with really big names since i started going in the 80s. I can’t handle the crowds now but my parents still go every year. Attendance was about 15k when i went. Now it’s about 100k i think my mom said. Mardi gras is fun but way too crowded now too. Halloween in nola is a sight everyone should see at least once.
My aunt lived in metarie in the 70s and 80s so we went a lot when i was younger.
Ah, Kenny Vincent’s Key West.
Home of “Beat the Clock” (drink prices go UP) on Saturday night, followed by 2am ladies drink free (coinciding with the strip clubs closing, so one guess as to where you go for after work drinks), and free Sunday Breakfast at 6am. Good times.
If you’re looking to get around, the two big cab companies are United and Bell.
Streetcar will get you out to the Garden District and the Riverbend. The FQ has plenty of touristy places you’ll enjoy.
Tujaques is an easy pick and plenty choices in the warehouse district too.
Born and raised there. Most of my old haunts are pre-K and long gone, though.
You can leave New Orleans, but New Orleans will never leave you.
@mikibell Like all New Orleans natives know, success and fortune are not to be found there. It is the most wondrous of cities that has perfected the art of dying for 300 years and still going.
House of Blues
Antoine’s
Cafe Du Monde
Pat O’Brien’s (at least drink there)
@ACraigL
/image Pat O’Brien’s Hurricane
Wear red shoes, the stains don’t show as much.
Mothers! Get the debris
And what he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ralph and Kacoos …awesome fillet mignon
Palace Cafe… Crayfish cheesecake with brown butter sauce!
Cochon.
Poboy from Parkway Bakery (my fave is the French Fry poboy).
Or Domilise’s.
Cannolis from Brocato’s.
You just missed Jazz Fest (April/May).
My favorite American city.
Muffuletta from Central Grocery
Maple Leaf Bar (especially if Rebirth Brass Band is live)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Cochin Butcher on Tchoupitoulas St
Deanie’s Seafood
Two Chicks Cafe
@compunaut
High Five on the Muffuletta from Central Grocery…its on Decatur and anything in Brocato’s…not just the cannolis
Brennan’s for Bananas Foster. Invented there and still amazing. Commander’s Palace if you want to go upscale and classic. Arnaud’s. Definitely get yourself to one of the best dive bars in the country. Snake and Jakes Christmas Club Lounge
http://snakeandjakes.com
Napoleon House- wonderful muffulettas
Do a Segway tour
Eat at the French Market
Praline Connection for amazing fried chicken
Old New Orleans Rum- fantastic tour, and good rum
Plenty of live music in the French Quarter at night- lots of clubs, and usually some street groups playing as well
Whoa. Everyone has different recommendations. Who do I believe?!
@luvche21 I’m not entirely sure, but I believe a lot of the suggestions are around the French Quarter area, so you could hit a bunch of them by going there.
@dashcloud my hotel is on Bourbon street, so I’ll hit as many as I can. In town for a conference so I can’t do too much though.
@dashcloud @luvche21
This is a city and culture where you won’t run short of excellent options.
Surely that’s a good thing?
@dashcloud @f00l @luvche21
and the plus side is that you’ll STILL have plenty of options after conference hours…
Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse!
https://www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com/
Lots of great suggestions. I’ll add Pascale’s Manale for BBQ Shrimp. Port of Call if you tire of native foods and need a burger.
@djslack
Port of Call also has these great fruity drinks that’ll make you feel right…
@amehzinggrace @djslack
It is called the “Monsoon”.
They’re like women’s breasts.
One is not enough, and three is too many.
And you can get em “to go”.
@mike808
Personal experience?
Again, personal experience?
My, my, my! Do tell!!!
Making off with the mammaries (“to go”, indeed!), separated from their physical source(s)?
That’s a story, even by NO standards.
We must hear more!
One hopes you were not working in a morgue when you gained that last-mentioned bit of knowledge.
/giphy “three breasts”
@f00l I meant that Monsoons are available “to go” on your walk to your next destination, as are any drink not in a glass container in New Orleans. Indefinite pronouns suck.
@mike808
Well, you have hailed from NO.
So I kinda hoped you have some spectacular stories to match up with my deliberate misinterpretations.
If you have these, Do Tell!
@f00l No comment. I exercise my 5th Amendment rights on this one.
@mike808
Absolutely concur with muffuleta at central grocery. They have my fav. You probably wont go wrong with any of the above suggestions. I live about 8 hours from there. My aunt lived in metarie in the 70s and 80s so we went a lot when i was younger. Some of those mentioned are newer so I’ve not been to them but the rest are amazing. The food is incredible. The music scene is fun and lively. Tons to do and see. Jazz fest is great so if you like music, consider taking vacation around it. It’s gotten huge with really big names since i started going in the 80s. I can’t handle the crowds now but my parents still go every year. Attendance was about 15k when i went. Now it’s about 100k i think my mom said. Mardi gras is fun but way too crowded now too. Halloween in nola is a sight everyone should see at least once.
@ivannabc
Ah, Kenny Vincent’s Key West.
Home of “Beat the Clock” (drink prices go UP) on Saturday night, followed by 2am ladies drink free (coinciding with the strip clubs closing, so one guess as to where you go for after work drinks), and free Sunday Breakfast at 6am. Good times.
Brennan’s for French Onion soup, and of course Café Du Monde for beignets.
@lordbowen be sure to get a cafe au lait with that too!
Copeland’s of New Orleans. Not had anything bad - or even so-so there EVER.
@DonnyDont real New Orleans non-chain food might blow your mind, then.
Emeril’s has some great restaurants there as well if you have a little $$ to spend.
If you’re looking to get around, the two big cab companies are United and Bell.
Streetcar will get you out to the Garden District and the Riverbend. The FQ has plenty of touristy places you’ll enjoy.
Tujaques is an easy pick and plenty choices in the warehouse district too.
Born and raised there. Most of my old haunts are pre-K and long gone, though.
You can leave New Orleans, but New Orleans will never leave you.
Sooooooo? Where’d ya go?
@mikibell Like all New Orleans natives know, success and fortune are not to be found there. It is the most wondrous of cities that has perfected the art of dying for 300 years and still going.