Guidebook for New Orleans

Les And Dionne
Les And Dionne
Guidebook for New Orleans

Drinks & Nightlife

This is where we met in 2010 and have been together ever since. Great place to experience amazing local live music and grab a cheap drink! Please make sure to tips the bands.
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The Spotted Cat Music Club
623 Frenchmen St
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This is where we met in 2010 and have been together ever since. Great place to experience amazing local live music and grab a cheap drink! Please make sure to tips the bands.
Great live music daily, wonderful beer, wine and liquor selections and a very nice large wooden dance floor. Fantastic atmosphere for meeting with friends. Please make sure to tip the bands.
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618 Frenchmen St
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Great live music daily, wonderful beer, wine and liquor selections and a very nice large wooden dance floor. Fantastic atmosphere for meeting with friends. Please make sure to tip the bands.
One of the French Market's biggest assets. Freshly made to order smoothies and daiquiris with real fruit! Delicious every time.
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The Organic Banana
1100 North Peters Street
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One of the French Market's biggest assets. Freshly made to order smoothies and daiquiris with real fruit! Delicious every time.
Great live music daily...please be sure to tip the band accordingly.
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Fritzel's European Jazz Bar
733 Bourbon St
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Great live music daily...please be sure to tip the band accordingly.
Live music in the back room and classic jazz brunch on Sundays. The charbroiled Buffa's burger is another good choice here.
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Buffa's
1001 Esplanade Ave
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Live music in the back room and classic jazz brunch on Sundays. The charbroiled Buffa's burger is another good choice here.
Free swing dance lesson every Sunday at 8 pm...band plays 9-12. Cheap drinks and great company.
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Allways Lounge and Theater
2240 St Claude Ave
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Free swing dance lesson every Sunday at 8 pm...band plays 9-12. Cheap drinks and great company.

Arts & Culture

Unique handmade original art, jewelry, clothing and photography! Open weekends weather permitting.
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Frenchmen Art Market
2231 Saint Claude Avenue
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Unique handmade original art, jewelry, clothing and photography! Open weekends weather permitting.
A wonderful part of our past preserved perfectly. So educational and informative for visitors young and old.
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The Presbytere
751 Chartres St
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A wonderful part of our past preserved perfectly. So educational and informative for visitors young and old.
Home of Jazz Fest and only a short 10 minute bike ride from our home. Also try your luck at some horse racing and place a bet!
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Fair Grounds Race Course
1751 Gentilly Blvd
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Home of Jazz Fest and only a short 10 minute bike ride from our home. Also try your luck at some horse racing and place a bet!
Located inside the Healing Center.
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Cafe Istanbul
2372 St Claude Ave
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Located inside the Healing Center.

Food Scene

Ridiculously good pick your own pasta, sauce and sides.
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Arabella Casa Di Pasta
2258 St Claude Ave
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Ridiculously good pick your own pasta, sauce and sides.
One of our favorites offering Creole Italian cuisine, steaks and seafood. The Ocean Sauce will get your taste buds jumping and they have a decent wine selection. Cash only here.
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Adolfo's
611 Frenchmen St
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One of our favorites offering Creole Italian cuisine, steaks and seafood. The Ocean Sauce will get your taste buds jumping and they have a decent wine selection. Cash only here.
Best Jambalaya and Southern fried chicken in town. Great bar food at reasonable prices.
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Coop's Place
1109 Decatur St
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Best Jambalaya and Southern fried chicken in town. Great bar food at reasonable prices.
John Besh's latest in culinary goodness! This time around enjoy happy hour specials consisting of tacos and pitchers of margaritas. Great atmosphere and great food!
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Johnny Sánchez
930 Poydras St
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John Besh's latest in culinary goodness! This time around enjoy happy hour specials consisting of tacos and pitchers of margaritas. Great atmosphere and great food!
Absolutely the best BBQ in New Orleans! Try a pulled pork sandwich with a side of macaroni and cheese or baked beans with sweet tea and pie!
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The Joint
701 Mazant St
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Absolutely the best BBQ in New Orleans! Try a pulled pork sandwich with a side of macaroni and cheese or baked beans with sweet tea and pie!
A favorite to have a satisfying breakfast or brunch or lunch. Ever changing menu with several choices to fill your belly up!
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Eat New Orleans
769 West 5th Street
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A favorite to have a satisfying breakfast or brunch or lunch. Ever changing menu with several choices to fill your belly up!
Located 2 blocks away and residing in an old bank, a fabulous choice to have brunch after a late night of partying it up on the town.
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The Ruby Slipper Café
2001 Burgundy Street
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Located 2 blocks away and residing in an old bank, a fabulous choice to have brunch after a late night of partying it up on the town.
One of the top rated burgers in New Orleans and a favorite of ours served with a baked potato. If you have a Monsoon, it may knock your socks off.
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Port of Call
838 Esplanade Ave
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One of the top rated burgers in New Orleans and a favorite of ours served with a baked potato. If you have a Monsoon, it may knock your socks off.
Full service restaurant and bar featuring live music daily.
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The Dragon's Den
508 Frenchmen St
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Full service restaurant and bar featuring live music daily.
Great affordable food and full service bar open extremely late.
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Great affordable food and full service bar open extremely late.
A must for a late night snack of coffee and beignets.
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Cafe Du Monde French Market
800 Decatur St
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A must for a late night snack of coffee and beignets.
Home of the world famous breakfast in a cup! Also, great frozen Chai tea and cookies...a favorite.
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Envie Espresso Bar & Cafe
1241 Decatur St
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Home of the world famous breakfast in a cup! Also, great frozen Chai tea and cookies...a favorite.
Very tasty pizza with a touch of awesome!
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Louisiana Pizza Kitchen
95 French Market Pl
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Very tasty pizza with a touch of awesome!
Praline Bacon!
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Elizabeth's
601 Gallier St
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Praline Bacon!
Right next door. Amazing Praline filled and covered beignets, baked goods, lunch menu and fish fry Friday!
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Loretta's Authentic Pralines
2101 N Rampart St
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Right next door. Amazing Praline filled and covered beignets, baked goods, lunch menu and fish fry Friday!
Really good selection of burgers and 60 beers on tap!
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Junction Bar & Grill
3021 St Claude Ave
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Really good selection of burgers and 60 beers on tap!
Fantastic Alligator cheese cake!
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Jacques-Imo's
8324 Oak St
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Fantastic Alligator cheese cake!
Authentic Thai food at it's best...fine dining.
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SukhoThai
2200 Royal St
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Authentic Thai food at it's best...fine dining.
Culinary Arts, fine wine and live music outdoors or in, amazing.
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Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
600 Poland Ave
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Culinary Arts, fine wine and live music outdoors or in, amazing.
Fantastic intimate atmosphere and fine dining at it's best accompanied by live music and specialty drinks.
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Three Muses
536 Frenchmen St
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Fantastic intimate atmosphere and fine dining at it's best accompanied by live music and specialty drinks.
Great sushi!
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Wasabi Sushi & Asian Grill
900 Frenchmen St
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Great sushi!
Huge selection of fancy hot dogs and sausages from around the world.
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Dat Dog
5030 Freret St
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Huge selection of fancy hot dogs and sausages from around the world.
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Frey Smoked Meat Co.
4141 Bienville St
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One Stone Restaurant
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Essentials

Full service Pharmacy and more only 1 block away.
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Walgreens
1100 Elysian Fields Ave
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Full service Pharmacy and more only 1 block away.
Closest full service grocery store locally owned and operated. Huge election of beer, wine and spirits as well as fresh produce and baked goods.
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Rouses Market
400 N Carrollton Ave
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Closest full service grocery store locally owned and operated. Huge election of beer, wine and spirits as well as fresh produce and baked goods.
A brand new fresh market with all the essentials!
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Robert Fresh Market
2222 St Claude Ave
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A brand new fresh market with all the essentials!

Everything Else

Closest basic medical care open daytime hours only.
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Urgent Care Eleven
3218 St Claude Ave
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Closest basic medical care open daytime hours only.
Nearest Hospital for medical care and emergencies.
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University Medical Center New Orleans LCMC Health
2000 Canal St
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Nearest Hospital for medical care and emergencies.
Local food co-op, fitness center and physical therapy.
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New Orleans Healing Center
2372 St Claude Ave
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Local food co-op, fitness center and physical therapy.

Sightseeing

One of New Orlean's top attractions for visitors and highly recommended by us. Plan to spend a full day or two experiencing everything and ask for a discounted 2nd day admission.
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I-National WWII Museum
945 Magazine St
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One of New Orlean's top attractions for visitors and highly recommended by us. Plan to spend a full day or two experiencing everything and ask for a discounted 2nd day admission.
Take in a day or evening cruise down the Mississippi River on an old steamboat. Explore the steam generators and enjoy some great food and live music. Another highly recommended thing to do while here
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Steamboat Natchez
400 Toulouse St
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Take in a day or evening cruise down the Mississippi River on an old steamboat. Explore the steam generators and enjoy some great food and live music. Another highly recommended thing to do while here
A wonderful way to spend a rainy afternoon enjoying some amazing art history.
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Iziko lezobuciko ze-New Orleans
1 Collins Diboll Cir
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A wonderful way to spend a rainy afternoon enjoying some amazing art history.
Enjoy a stroll through this historic park located just a block outside the French Quarter in the Treme neighborhood.
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Louis Armstrong Park
701 N Rampart St
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Enjoy a stroll through this historic park located just a block outside the French Quarter in the Treme neighborhood.
An enormous park that will take many days to see the entirety of it. 18 hole golf course, driving range, fields, jogging and biking paths, miniature golf, botanical & sculpture gardens, feed the ducks
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City Park
1 Palm Dr
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An enormous park that will take many days to see the entirety of it. 18 hole golf course, driving range, fields, jogging and biking paths, miniature golf, botanical & sculpture gardens, feed the ducks
Take a walk through the historic Garden Districts and Uptown or ride a street car! Many fine dining restaurants along this beautiful Live Oak lined Avenue.
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Saint Charles Avenue
Saint Charles Avenue
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Take a walk through the historic Garden Districts and Uptown or ride a street car! Many fine dining restaurants along this beautiful Live Oak lined Avenue.
Take the ferry at the base of Canal St. to historic Algiers Point. The Mayberry neighborhood of New Orleans. Great way to spend an afternoon giving you a picturesque view of the city.
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Algiers Point
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Take the ferry at the base of Canal St. to historic Algiers Point. The Mayberry neighborhood of New Orleans. Great way to spend an afternoon giving you a picturesque view of the city.
Visit a piece of history where US currency was once forged. There are regular music concerts featured upstairs in an acoustically perfect room.
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I-Jazz Museum yase-New Orleans
400 Esplanade Ave
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Visit a piece of history where US currency was once forged. There are regular music concerts featured upstairs in an acoustically perfect room.
St. Louis Cathedral is the oldest Catholic Cathedral in the United States. A must see while visiting the city.
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Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France
615 Pere Antoine Alley
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St. Louis Cathedral is the oldest Catholic Cathedral in the United States. A must see while visiting the city.
Come visit some beautiful art galleries or watch a band 'busk' for a day. Either way, Don't miss out on this gem in the French Quarter! Turns into a pedestrian mall daily for several blocks.
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Royal Street
Royal Street
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Come visit some beautiful art galleries or watch a band 'busk' for a day. Either way, Don't miss out on this gem in the French Quarter! Turns into a pedestrian mall daily for several blocks.
Visit Historic Jackson Square and enjoy local artists selling their works.
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Jackson Square
701 Decatur St
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Visit Historic Jackson Square and enjoy local artists selling their works.
Feed the ducks or walk the 2 mile paved roadway reserved for walkers, runners or bicyclists.
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Audubon Park
6500 Magazine St
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Feed the ducks or walk the 2 mile paved roadway reserved for walkers, runners or bicyclists.
Go for a walk in the swamp and see lots of alligators and insects. Free to the public.
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Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
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Go for a walk in the swamp and see lots of alligators and insects. Free to the public.
Part of the National Park systems and a great place to visit.
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New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park
419 N Peters St
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Part of the National Park systems and a great place to visit.
A wonderful new park along the river!
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Crescent Park
2300 N Peters St
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A wonderful new park along the river!
Come learn about the Mardi Gras Indians, and see how their costumes are made.
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Backstreet Cultural Museum
1531 Henriette Delille St
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Come learn about the Mardi Gras Indians, and see how their costumes are made.

Shopping

Stock up on the cheapest gas and food. Local items available are too.
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Costco Wholesale
3900 Dublin St
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Stock up on the cheapest gas and food. Local items available are too.
Vast selection of local music artists and occasional live music.
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Louisiana Music Factory
421 Frenchmen St
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Vast selection of local music artists and occasional live music.
Massive daily market with a great selection of affordable gifts and souvenirs.
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Franch Market Place
French Market Place
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Massive daily market with a great selection of affordable gifts and souvenirs.