Guidebook for New Orleans

Keisha
Guidebook for New Orleans

Essentials

You can shop for last minute incidentals, food and beverages or "make groceries" (creole 7th ward slang) right in the neighborhood.
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Circle Food Store
1522 St Bernard Ave
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You can shop for last minute incidentals, food and beverages or "make groceries" (creole 7th ward slang) right in the neighborhood.

Food Scene

Great well recognized creole food establishment with daily lunch buffet under $25 Tues-Fri from 11am-3pm. It is adorned with the owners' personal collection of art and Zulu Mardi Gras costumes.
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Dooky Chase Restaurant
2301 Orleans Ave
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Great well recognized creole food establishment with daily lunch buffet under $25 Tues-Fri from 11am-3pm. It is adorned with the owners' personal collection of art and Zulu Mardi Gras costumes.
Great soul and creole restaurant voted best fried chicken locally in the Gambit newspaper.
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Mimi's In the Marigny
2600 Chartres Street
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Great soul and creole restaurant voted best fried chicken locally in the Gambit newspaper.
Quaint Treme dining with buffet and a la carte boasting soul and creole inspired fare.
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Li'l Dizzy's Cafe
1500 Esplanade Ave
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Quaint Treme dining with buffet and a la carte boasting soul and creole inspired fare.
The smell with overtake you from just passing by this quaint intimate place of inspired Spanish cuisine, only open in the evenings from 5:30-9:30pm. You won't be disappointed.
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Lola's
3312 Esplanade Ave
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The smell with overtake you from just passing by this quaint intimate place of inspired Spanish cuisine, only open in the evenings from 5:30-9:30pm. You won't be disappointed.
Another Frenchmen jewel located a block away from Snug Harbor specializing in soul/creole cuisine. Don't forget to check out the Art Market opened most evening across the street as well as live music.
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The Praline Connection
301 Frenchmen St
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Another Frenchmen jewel located a block away from Snug Harbor specializing in soul/creole cuisine. Don't forget to check out the Art Market opened most evening across the street as well as live music.
Tasty fare with a good selection of food to choose from. I am always well pleased when I eat here.
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Cafe Degas
3127 Esplanade Ave
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Tasty fare with a good selection of food to choose from. I am always well pleased when I eat here.
Here is the most delicious gumbo ever aside from my mamas. There are a few other menu items for non-gumbo lovers too.
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Gumbo Shop
630 St Peter
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Here is the most delicious gumbo ever aside from my mamas. There are a few other menu items for non-gumbo lovers too.
This is a great seafood and cajun restaurant and proud Brennan's family establishment.
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Red Fish Grill
115 Bourbon St
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This is a great seafood and cajun restaurant and proud Brennan's family establishment.
There is Community coffee inside the house but should you desire to take in a little sightseeing along Esplanade Aveune, a warm cup awaits you.
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CC's Coffee House
701 Metairie Rd
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There is Community coffee inside the house but should you desire to take in a little sightseeing along Esplanade Aveune, a warm cup awaits you.
Great Sunday Brunch at a lesser price than dinner fare!
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French 75
813 Bienville St
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Great Sunday Brunch at a lesser price than dinner fare!
An Emeril Lagasse restaurant in a casual yet sophisticated environment with great food too!
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NOLA Restaurant
534 St Louis St
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An Emeril Lagasse restaurant in a casual yet sophisticated environment with great food too!
Great place for fresh seafood, raw or grilled oysters, and mixed drinks on a street boasting fine and rare antiques, jewelry stores and art galleries.
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Royal House
441 Royal St
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Great place for fresh seafood, raw or grilled oysters, and mixed drinks on a street boasting fine and rare antiques, jewelry stores and art galleries.
Great food in Mid City! It is always crowded with many hungry patrons for one to greet in a social and family style setting. It is really one of NOLA's best kept secrets!
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Katie's
3701 Iberville St
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Great food in Mid City! It is always crowded with many hungry patrons for one to greet in a social and family style setting. It is really one of NOLA's best kept secrets!

Drinks & Nightlife

A hostess favorite and highly recommended hot spot for delectable dinner and jazz (a perfect combination).
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Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro
626 Frenchmen St
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A hostess favorite and highly recommended hot spot for delectable dinner and jazz (a perfect combination).
I am in love with the burgers and so are many others. Try it. Hopefully the line isn't too long.
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Port of Call
838 Esplanade Ave
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I am in love with the burgers and so are many others. Try it. Hopefully the line isn't too long.
Hot spot for alcoholic beverages.
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Pat O'Brien's
718 St Peter
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Hot spot for alcoholic beverages.
Live nightly jazz entertainment and if you are lucky, you will hear Irvin himself play with his band at the Royal Sonesta on Bourbon St.
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The Jazz Playhouse
300 Bourbon St
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Live nightly jazz entertainment and if you are lucky, you will hear Irvin himself play with his band at the Royal Sonesta on Bourbon St.
Welcome to New Orleans and the Satchmos of our time. Here it is a slice of heaven to hear them play!
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Buffa's
1001 Esplanade Ave
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Welcome to New Orleans and the Satchmos of our time. Here it is a slice of heaven to hear them play!
Live jazz and good food with appearances by Kermit Ruffins. Also check out the Candlelight Lounge in Treme for jazz and blues entertainment.
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Kermit Ruffin's Speakeasy
1535 Basin Street
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Live jazz and good food with appearances by Kermit Ruffins. Also check out the Candlelight Lounge in Treme for jazz and blues entertainment.
Best local wine, spirits and food bar. Check it out.
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Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
600 Poland Ave
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Best local wine, spirits and food bar. Check it out.
Eat, drink and dance your heart out in NOLA! Don't forget the jazz!
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The Dragon's Den
508 Frenchmen St
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Eat, drink and dance your heart out in NOLA! Don't forget the jazz!

Arts & Culture

Local museum lovers are in for a treat with 3 floors showcasing French, American, Japanese and African art located in City Park. Check out the Sculpture Garden by walking or riding on the gandola.
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Iziko lezobuciko ze-New Orleans
1 Collins Diboll Cir
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Local museum lovers are in for a treat with 3 floors showcasing French, American, Japanese and African art located in City Park. Check out the Sculpture Garden by walking or riding on the gandola.
Learn how to cook indigenious cuisine which is passed down the generations of authentic New Orleanians and newbies alike to share and enjoy across the world. Grab a cookbook to take home too!
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New Orleans School of Cooking
524 St Louis St
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Learn how to cook indigenious cuisine which is passed down the generations of authentic New Orleanians and newbies alike to share and enjoy across the world. Grab a cookbook to take home too!
Ever dreamed of traveling down the muddy Mississippi River? Well here's your chance to get a glimpse of life as Mark Twain. The steamboat offers jazz and dinner cruises as well as a cruise to the zoo.
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Steamboat Natchez
400 Toulouse St
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Ever dreamed of traveling down the muddy Mississippi River? Well here's your chance to get a glimpse of life as Mark Twain. The steamboat offers jazz and dinner cruises as well as a cruise to the zoo.
A museum favorite for history buffs, active duty, veterans as well as family and friends. The museum hosts live shows, lunch and dinner as well as live re-enactments. It is ranked 4th in the U.S.
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I-National WWII Museum
945 Magazine St
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A museum favorite for history buffs, active duty, veterans as well as family and friends. The museum hosts live shows, lunch and dinner as well as live re-enactments. It is ranked 4th in the U.S.
Tour a historic home in the Vieux Carre and step back in time of Pre-Civil War Era.
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Hermann-Grima House
820 St Louis St
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Tour a historic home in the Vieux Carre and step back in time of Pre-Civil War Era.
Established in 1961, it is a traditional jazz venue well liked by many. Buy advance tickets to ensure you will see the show.
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Preservation Hall
726 St Peter
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Established in 1961, it is a traditional jazz venue well liked by many. Buy advance tickets to ensure you will see the show.
Learn about southern regional food and beverages as well as culinary history.
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Southern Food and Beverage Museum
1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
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Learn about southern regional food and beverages as well as culinary history.
Irvin Mayfield's newest hot spot for jazz entertainment.
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New Orleans Jazz Market
1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
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Irvin Mayfield's newest hot spot for jazz entertainment.
Celebrating NOLA's as well as nonlocal popular musicians and entertainers with live performances.
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Cafe Istanbul
2372 St Claude Ave
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Celebrating NOLA's as well as nonlocal popular musicians and entertainers with live performances.
This is a great venue to see Mardi Gras floats used in parades. It is a nice place to visit with or without children.
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Mardi Gras World
1380 Port of New Orleans Pl
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This is a great venue to see Mardi Gras floats used in parades. It is a nice place to visit with or without children.

Sightseeing

Make a memorable trip by exploring swamp life and eco tours outside of city limits.
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Cajun Encounters
941 Decatur St
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Make a memorable trip by exploring swamp life and eco tours outside of city limits.
Visit plantations outside of New Orleans with a tour of the grounds and interesting details about plantation owners, their family members and how slavery made many land owners economically solvent.
Old River Road Plantation Adventure
2041 Canal St
Visit plantations outside of New Orleans with a tour of the grounds and interesting details about plantation owners, their family members and how slavery made many land owners economically solvent.
It's a hub for perusing masterpieces of local artists and is across the street from Cafe du Monde and directly in front of the St. Louis Cathedral, The Cabildo and The Presbystere (both state museums)
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Jackson Square
701 Decatur St
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It's a hub for perusing masterpieces of local artists and is across the street from Cafe du Monde and directly in front of the St. Louis Cathedral, The Cabildo and The Presbystere (both state museums)

Shopping

An indoor boardwalk along the river of many discounted name brand shopping stores.
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Nordstrom Rack
500 Port of New Orleans Pl
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An indoor boardwalk along the river of many discounted name brand shopping stores.

Everything Else

It is an urban catholic church and shrine in honor of St. Jude (Saint of Hopeless Cases).
Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel, International Shrine of St Jude
411 N Rampart St
It is an urban catholic church and shrine in honor of St. Jude (Saint of Hopeless Cases).
It is an outdoor flea market with fresh seafood, fruit and veggies to take back to the house.
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Izimakethe ze-Colonnade - Imarike yase-French
1008 N Peters St
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It is an outdoor flea market with fresh seafood, fruit and veggies to take back to the house.