Guidebook for New Orleans

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Guidebook for New Orleans

Food Scene

2 blocks away, real NYC style slices on the cheap!
460 locals recommend
Pizza Delicious
617 Piety St
460 locals recommend
2 blocks away, real NYC style slices on the cheap!
5 houses down (or maybe 6). So close, so good! Real New Orleans food, saucy and delicious. Great dinners, fabulous brunch, can't go wrong with this menu!
442 locals recommend
Elizabeth's
601 Gallier St
442 locals recommend
5 houses down (or maybe 6). So close, so good! Real New Orleans food, saucy and delicious. Great dinners, fabulous brunch, can't go wrong with this menu!
Best Fried Chicken in America in the heart of the Treme
673 locals recommend
Mimi's In the Marigny
2600 Chartres Street
673 locals recommend
Best Fried Chicken in America in the heart of the Treme
Known for the best Po-Boys in the city
681 locals recommend
Parkway Bakery & Tavern
538 Hagan Ave
681 locals recommend
Known for the best Po-Boys in the city
Get yo'self a Po-Boy at this locals favorite. Easy walk
81 locals recommend
Frady's One Stop Food Store
3231 Dauphine St
81 locals recommend
Get yo'self a Po-Boy at this locals favorite. Easy walk
One of our favorites, old time creole Italian. LONG waits on the weekend but you hang out at the quirky Apple Barrel Bar downstairs or wander Frenchmen. Get ocean sauce fish, escargot, eggplant app
137 locals recommend
Adolfo's
611 Frenchmen St
137 locals recommend
One of our favorites, old time creole Italian. LONG waits on the weekend but you hang out at the quirky Apple Barrel Bar downstairs or wander Frenchmen. Get ocean sauce fish, escargot, eggplant app
Modern upscale food court. Food is great and its a lot of fun. Happy hour from 4-6pm usually
466 locals recommend
St. Roch Market
2381 St Claude Ave
466 locals recommend
Modern upscale food court. Food is great and its a lot of fun. Happy hour from 4-6pm usually
Neither of us eat burgers but this place is legendary and open on Sundays!
386 locals recommend
Port of Call
838 Esplanade Ave
386 locals recommend
Neither of us eat burgers but this place is legendary and open on Sundays!
Legendary Treme restaurant. Lunch buffet is about 18 bucks, best option to try lots of Creole dishes
250 locals recommend
Dooky Chase Restaurant
2301 Orleans Ave
250 locals recommend
Legendary Treme restaurant. Lunch buffet is about 18 bucks, best option to try lots of Creole dishes
Closest coffe shop to home and awesome. Good option to get healthier food. Pear and brie sandwich is awesome
376 locals recommend
Satsuma Cafe
3218 Dauphine St
376 locals recommend
Closest coffe shop to home and awesome. Good option to get healthier food. Pear and brie sandwich is awesome
A little grungy, a lot awesome
104 locals recommend
St. Coffee on St. Claude
2718 St Claude Ave
104 locals recommend
A little grungy, a lot awesome
Coffee and Beignets...Its really, really, good and really really cheap. Iconic. MUST go
703 locals recommend
Cafe Du Monde French Market
800 Decatur St
703 locals recommend
Coffee and Beignets...Its really, really, good and really really cheap. Iconic. MUST go
Can't leave NOLA without trying a muffaletta at this classic spot. Buy one and then eat it by the river
128 locals recommend
Central Grocery & Deli
923 Decatur St
128 locals recommend
Can't leave NOLA without trying a muffaletta at this classic spot. Buy one and then eat it by the river
Craving raw/vegan? This is the place, hop on the streetcar!
67 locals recommend
Seed
1330 Prytania St
67 locals recommend
Craving raw/vegan? This is the place, hop on the streetcar!
One of my favorite restaurants on Earth. On the nicer side but delicious and romantic. The duck and pepper jelly peanut butter sandwich is incredible (but only served for lunch)
60 locals recommend
Bayona
430 Dauphine St
60 locals recommend
One of my favorite restaurants on Earth. On the nicer side but delicious and romantic. The duck and pepper jelly peanut butter sandwich is incredible (but only served for lunch)
A little bit of San Francisco in NOLA. Great place to get some work done, love their Mochi
128 locals recommend
The Orange Couch
2339 Royal St
128 locals recommend
A little bit of San Francisco in NOLA. Great place to get some work done, love their Mochi
If you find yourself uptown this place is classic for a poboy
113 locals recommend
Domilise's Po-Boy & Bar
5240 Annunciation St
113 locals recommend
If you find yourself uptown this place is classic for a poboy
A real bohemian spot. I love Ali the owner, pretty classic, great place to sit outside and just melt into New Orleans. Open till midnight.
53 locals recommend
Flora Gallery & Coffee Shop
2600 Royal St
53 locals recommend
A real bohemian spot. I love Ali the owner, pretty classic, great place to sit outside and just melt into New Orleans. Open till midnight.
Classic sno-ball, only open in summer like most sno-ball spots
115 locals recommend
Hansen's Sno-Bliz
4801 Tchoupitoulas St
115 locals recommend
Classic sno-ball, only open in summer like most sno-ball spots
'Real New Orleans Food' as they proclaim. Fun place. The Alligator Cheescake is out of this world. Combine with a night of amazing music at The Maple Leaf, the greatest bar on earth
406 locals recommend
Jacques-Imo's
8324 Oak St
406 locals recommend
'Real New Orleans Food' as they proclaim. Fun place. The Alligator Cheescake is out of this world. Combine with a night of amazing music at The Maple Leaf, the greatest bar on earth
Meat heavy amazing uptown restaurant, very reasonable for the quality and lots of very unique takes on dynamite ingredients. Worth a trip (combine with catching some music at The Maple Leaf
119 locals recommend
Boucherie
8115 Jeannette St
119 locals recommend
Meat heavy amazing uptown restaurant, very reasonable for the quality and lots of very unique takes on dynamite ingredients. Worth a trip (combine with catching some music at The Maple Leaf
Cheap and best bbq
405 locals recommend
The Joint
701 Mazant St
405 locals recommend
Cheap and best bbq
Burgers and Beers. Lots of each.
116 locals recommend
Junction Bar & Grill
3021 St Claude Ave
116 locals recommend
Burgers and Beers. Lots of each.
Everything is real good here
203 locals recommend
Paladar 511
511 Marigny St
203 locals recommend
Everything is real good here
Cool spot on the tracks for a coffee and a bite. A good choice on Sunday mornings if you don't want a long wait for brunch and just want a little fuel to get out and about
32 locals recommend
Press Street Gardens
800 Homer Plessy Way
32 locals recommend
Cool spot on the tracks for a coffee and a bite. A good choice on Sunday mornings if you don't want a long wait for brunch and just want a little fuel to get out and about
The best!! Go here daily, love the team, the food, everything!
140 locals recommend
Bywater Bakery
3624 Dauphine St
140 locals recommend
The best!! Go here daily, love the team, the food, everything!
new cute coffeeshop in the hood
17 locals recommend
Petite Clouet Cafe'
3100 Royal St
17 locals recommend
new cute coffeeshop in the hood
Brand new brew pub in the hood! Hit it up! Awesome
105 locals recommend
Bywater American Bistro
2900 Chartres St
105 locals recommend
Brand new brew pub in the hood! Hit it up! Awesome
Nina Compton crushing it at this higher end local spot! So good!
105 locals recommend
Bywater American Bistro
2900 Chartres St
105 locals recommend
Nina Compton crushing it at this higher end local spot! So good!
Alon Shaya's GEM! Don't miss it...outstanding.
90 locals recommend
Saba
5757 Magazine St
90 locals recommend
Alon Shaya's GEM! Don't miss it...outstanding.
kinda strange...but fun! give it a whirl!
86 locals recommend
Suis Generis
3219 Burgundy St
86 locals recommend
kinda strange...but fun! give it a whirl!
the new location for sneaky pickle! Love this spot...awesome vegan options galore and kinda hip new night spot!
193 locals recommend
Sneaky Pickle
3200 Burgundy St
193 locals recommend
the new location for sneaky pickle! Love this spot...awesome vegan options galore and kinda hip new night spot!

Everything Else

World Famous for its brunch and pool! 3 blocks away. One of the centers of LGBT living in New Orleans
451 locals recommend
The Country Club
634 Louisa Street
451 locals recommend
World Famous for its brunch and pool! 3 blocks away. One of the centers of LGBT living in New Orleans
Catch a breather here when in the Quarter, use the bathrooms, fill up on water, grab a free praline cookie at the desk of the Rib Room and enjoy the beautiful seating areas in the lobby
Omni Royal Orleans
621 St Louis St
Catch a breather here when in the Quarter, use the bathrooms, fill up on water, grab a free praline cookie at the desk of the Rib Room and enjoy the beautiful seating areas in the lobby
Need some bike work, this is the place to go
41 locals recommend
Gerken's Bike Shop
2803 St Claude Ave
41 locals recommend
Need some bike work, this is the place to go
Yoga! Sean Johnson is awesome. I love the Sunday morning chanting classes
22 locals recommend
Wild Lotus Yoga-Downtown
2372 St Claude Ave
22 locals recommend
Yoga! Sean Johnson is awesome. I love the Sunday morning chanting classes
Yoga for Ashtangis and lots of other styles. We go here in the early morning most weekdays.
10 locals recommend
Balance Yoga and Wellness New Orleans
118 S Cortez St
10 locals recommend
Yoga for Ashtangis and lots of other styles. We go here in the early morning most weekdays.
Hare Krishna in NOLA. Delcious uplifting FREE prasad (dinner) on Sunday eves
ISKCON
2936 Esplanade Ave
Hare Krishna in NOLA. Delcious uplifting FREE prasad (dinner) on Sunday eves

Arts & Culture

This place is buzzing at night with independent artists...take a stroll and enjoy!
112 locals recommend
Frenchmen Art Market
2231 Saint Claude Avenue
112 locals recommend
This place is buzzing at night with independent artists...take a stroll and enjoy!
Ground zero for music in NOLA. Catch groundbreaking tunes from any bar on this street OR just hang in the streets getting down with a brass band or old-timey Americana band
655 locals recommend
Frenchmen Street
655 locals recommend
Ground zero for music in NOLA. Catch groundbreaking tunes from any bar on this street OR just hang in the streets getting down with a brass band or old-timey Americana band
Saints games! WHO DAT
269 locals recommend
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
1500 Sugar Bowl Dr
269 locals recommend
Saints games! WHO DAT
Catch the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans. Try stubhub right before gametime for dirt cheap seats
115 locals recommend
Smoothie King Center
1501 Dave Dixon Dr
115 locals recommend
Catch the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans. Try stubhub right before gametime for dirt cheap seats
perhaps my favorite gallery in this city
Michalopoulos
617 Bienville St
perhaps my favorite gallery in this city
Go see the Blue Dog!
Rodrigue Studio
730 Royal St
Go see the Blue Dog!
Awesome on Saturdays when the market is rocking and great sno-balls!
16 locals recommend
Piety Street Market
2317 Burgundy Street
16 locals recommend
Awesome on Saturdays when the market is rocking and great sno-balls!
One of my favorite galleries
Alex Beard Studio
3926 Magazine St
One of my favorite galleries
Totally unique, a bit touristy but great traditional NOLA jazz music
264 locals recommend
Preservation Hall
726 St Peter
264 locals recommend
Totally unique, a bit touristy but great traditional NOLA jazz music
Here's where the JazzFest Magic Happens!!
65 locals recommend
Fairgrounds
65 locals recommend
Here's where the JazzFest Magic Happens!!
Free music on Wednesday eve in the Spring. Check the schedule
33 locals recommend
Lafayette Square
South Maestri Street
33 locals recommend
Free music on Wednesday eve in the Spring. Check the schedule

Essentials

Locally owned food-coop! Great produce and so many great businesses in this building. Closest actual grocery store (although Mardi Gras zone has plenty of non-fresh items).
195 locals recommend
New Orleans Food Co-Op
2372 St Claude Ave
195 locals recommend
Locally owned food-coop! Great produce and so many great businesses in this building. Closest actual grocery store (although Mardi Gras zone has plenty of non-fresh items).
Grocery store/costume store. A neighborhood landmark, open 24 hours
211 locals recommend
Mardi Gras Zone Supermarket
2706 Royal St
211 locals recommend
Grocery store/costume store. A neighborhood landmark, open 24 hours
Closest Whole Foods, unique store bc it caters to a lower economic bracket, awesome bulk section
736 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
300 N Broad St
736 locals recommend
Closest Whole Foods, unique store bc it caters to a lower economic bracket, awesome bulk section
24 hours, get the All the Jazz PoBoy to soak up those beverages
173 locals recommend
Verti Marte
1201 Royal St
173 locals recommend
24 hours, get the All the Jazz PoBoy to soak up those beverages
Makin' groceries in the quarter
1002 locals recommend
Rouses Market
400 N Carrollton Ave
1002 locals recommend
Makin' groceries in the quarter
fun climbing, great for beginners bc low walls and no ropes! Love this business so much!
9 locals recommend
New Orleans Boulder Lounge
2360 St Claude Ave
9 locals recommend
fun climbing, great for beginners bc low walls and no ropes! Love this business so much!

Drinks & Nightlife

Closest bar to home. A great neighborhood bar, great for sports if you're into it but definitely not a sports bar. Catch the Saints here
392 locals recommend
Surrey's Café & Juice Bar
1418 Magazine Street
392 locals recommend
Closest bar to home. A great neighborhood bar, great for sports if you're into it but definitely not a sports bar. Catch the Saints here
Go-to for grunge and punk music
238 locals recommend
Siberia Lounge
2227 St Claude Ave
238 locals recommend
Go-to for grunge and punk music
Saturday nights are legendary hear, DJ Soul Sista
297 locals recommend
Hi-Ho Lounge
2239 St Claude Ave
297 locals recommend
Saturday nights are legendary hear, DJ Soul Sista
A bar with some of the best Vietnamese food in town
166 locals recommend
Lost Love Lounge
2529 Dauphine St
166 locals recommend
A bar with some of the best Vietnamese food in town
Great bar, greater food. Get the 'try me'. Food till 3am most weekend nights!!
673 locals recommend
Mimi's In the Marigny
2600 Chartres Street
673 locals recommend
Great bar, greater food. Get the 'try me'. Food till 3am most weekend nights!!
A popular local dive
108 locals recommend
Bud Rips
900 Piety St
108 locals recommend
A popular local dive
Legendary bar and music club in the Bywater
221 locals recommend
Vaughan's Lounge
4229 Dauphine St
221 locals recommend
Legendary bar and music club in the Bywater
Great nearby wine shop, restaurant, music. Get your bottle and cheese plate and enjoy in the backyard with some of NOLA's finest musicians. Very popular.
839 locals recommend
Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
600 Poland Ave
839 locals recommend
Great nearby wine shop, restaurant, music. Get your bottle and cheese plate and enjoy in the backyard with some of NOLA's finest musicians. Very popular.
Favorite of the Quarter Dive Bars
47 locals recommend
Chart Room
300 Chartres St
47 locals recommend
Favorite of the Quarter Dive Bars
great music, great draft beer selection, try to catch the free early shows, esp Jon Cleary many Thursdays at 7pm or John Boutte
387 locals recommend
d.b.a.
618 Frenchmen St
387 locals recommend
great music, great draft beer selection, try to catch the free early shows, esp Jon Cleary many Thursdays at 7pm or John Boutte
Oldest Bar in America, on lower Bourbon before it gets seedy
37 locals recommend
Old Absinthe House
240 Bourbon St
37 locals recommend
Oldest Bar in America, on lower Bourbon before it gets seedy
My favorite bar on earth. Tuesdays are classic with Rebirth, but every night is great. I love Sunday nights here
384 locals recommend
Maple Leaf Bar
8316 Oak St
384 locals recommend
My favorite bar on earth. Tuesdays are classic with Rebirth, but every night is great. I love Sunday nights here
Classic dive bar, open 24 hours, bloody marys and laundry
35 locals recommend
Igor's Lounge & Gameroom
2133 St Charles Ave
35 locals recommend
Classic dive bar, open 24 hours, bloody marys and laundry
A little fancy (kind of NYC style), great drinks and food
155 locals recommend
The Franklin
2600 Dauphine Street
155 locals recommend
A little fancy (kind of NYC style), great drinks and food
24 hours, dirt cheap, classic nola bar
111 locals recommend
The Club Ms Maes
4336 Magazine St
111 locals recommend
24 hours, dirt cheap, classic nola bar
Heaven, one of my favorite music clubs on earth, blasts off during JazzFest
429 locals recommend
Tipitina's
501 Napoleon Ave
429 locals recommend
Heaven, one of my favorite music clubs on earth, blasts off during JazzFest
Go for the Pimms Cup and the hot muffaletta. A classic French Quarter spot, very authentic.
112 locals recommend
Napoleon House
500 Chartres St
112 locals recommend
Go for the Pimms Cup and the hot muffaletta. A classic French Quarter spot, very authentic.
Well, definitely touristy but huge and unique. I really do love the piano bar and the outdoor fountains are cool. If you get a Hurricane be sure to keep your glass to get the deposit back!
243 locals recommend
Pat O'Brien's
718 St Peter
243 locals recommend
Well, definitely touristy but huge and unique. I really do love the piano bar and the outdoor fountains are cool. If you get a Hurricane be sure to keep your glass to get the deposit back!
My favorite spot for sports. A billion beers on tap and bottles. Lots of TV, cool part of town but a little bit of a hike. End of streetcar line.
110 locals recommend
Cooter Brown's Tavern & Oyster Bar
509 S Carrollton Ave
110 locals recommend
My favorite spot for sports. A billion beers on tap and bottles. Lots of TV, cool part of town but a little bit of a hike. End of streetcar line.
A must!! Live music every night, cute wine shop...cheese plate is bomb!
839 locals recommend
Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
600 Poland Ave
839 locals recommend
A must!! Live music every night, cute wine shop...cheese plate is bomb!
Awesome local brewery/beer lab
72 locals recommend
Parleaux Beer Lab
634 Lesseps St
72 locals recommend
Awesome local brewery/beer lab

Sightseeing

Crescent Park! Take a walk over the Rusty Rainbow into the wild side along the river. Closes right after sunset but great sunset from the bridge. Walking the park is the shortest route to the Quarter
423 locals recommend
Crescent Park
2300 N Peters St
423 locals recommend
Crescent Park! Take a walk over the Rusty Rainbow into the wild side along the river. Closes right after sunset but great sunset from the bridge. Walking the park is the shortest route to the Quarter
Heavenly, walk around, enjoy the architecture and go adventuring in the most beautiful urban area in the United States
790 locals recommend
French Quarter
790 locals recommend
Heavenly, walk around, enjoy the architecture and go adventuring in the most beautiful urban area in the United States
City Park. Explore. Enjoy
1516 locals recommend
City Park
1 Palm Dr
1516 locals recommend
City Park. Explore. Enjoy
Play in the Spanish Moss, gorgeous
893 locals recommend
Audubon Park
6500 Magazine St
893 locals recommend
Play in the Spanish Moss, gorgeous
The Center of the city. I suggest walking by here several times, esp at odd times (early morn, late at night). From here you can actually walk to the Moonwalk and sit right down by the Miss River
477 locals recommend
Jackson Square
701 Decatur St
477 locals recommend
The Center of the city. I suggest walking by here several times, esp at odd times (early morn, late at night). From here you can actually walk to the Moonwalk and sit right down by the Miss River
Free and Air conditioned museum, kind of cool, worth popping in when walking to the Quarter (corner of the French Quarter)
109 locals recommend
New Orleans Jazz Museum
400 Esplanade Ave
109 locals recommend
Free and Air conditioned museum, kind of cool, worth popping in when walking to the Quarter (corner of the French Quarter)
Where Jazz Began...fall and spring have great free music on Thursday eves.
49 locals recommend
Congo Square
701 N Rampart St
49 locals recommend
Where Jazz Began...fall and spring have great free music on Thursday eves.
Center of Social Entrepreneurship in NOLA
Propeller Incubator
4035 Washington Ave
Center of Social Entrepreneurship in NOLA

Entertainment & Activities

Your local library
14 locals recommend
Alvar Library
913 Alvar St
14 locals recommend
Your local library