Guidebook for New Orleans
Food Scene
New, quaint and cute - friendly staff, ample outdoor space... delicious pastries made in-house.
51 locals recommend
The Station
4400 Bienville StNew, quaint and cute - friendly staff, ample outdoor space... delicious pastries made in-house.
Only 6 blocks from the house on Canal Street, Church Alley offers good coffee & pastries. It's a good place to chill and plan your day - hop on the streetcar afterward and head downtown or to City Park.
http://churchalleycoffeebar.com/menu/
16 locals recommend
Church Alley Coffee Bar
4201 Canal StOnly 6 blocks from the house on Canal Street, Church Alley offers good coffee & pastries. It's a good place to chill and plan your day - hop on the streetcar afterward and head downtown or to City Park.
http://churchalleycoffeebar.com/menu/
Do not pass up this iconic neighborhood dessert shop. Italian ice cream and desserts based on Sicilian family recipes from the early 1900's.
8 locals recommend
Brocato's
214 North Carrollton AvenueDo not pass up this iconic neighborhood dessert shop. Italian ice cream and desserts based on Sicilian family recipes from the early 1900's.
Yes, you need to experience traditional New Orleans cuisine but this place has the Best hummus, tabbouleh, baba ganoush. Reservations are usually necessary.
90 locals recommend
Saba
5757 Magazine StYes, you need to experience traditional New Orleans cuisine but this place has the Best hummus, tabbouleh, baba ganoush. Reservations are usually necessary.
My favorite for po-boys. This is where I go as soon as I get home from traveling. Peacemaker= fried shrimp & oyster po boy. <3
681 locals recommend
Parkway Bakery & Tavern
538 Hagan AveMy favorite for po-boys. This is where I go as soon as I get home from traveling. Peacemaker= fried shrimp & oyster po boy. <3
Irene's
529 Bienville StAnother favorite for Creole Italian cuisine.
New location in Mid-City. Convenient to the house. Good for coffee & breakfast - try the NOLA Hash.
Bittersweet Confections Mid-City
639 S Hennessey StNew location in Mid-City. Convenient to the house. Good for coffee & breakfast - try the NOLA Hash.
Grab a customized breakfast bowl or queso burrito before heading out for the day.
89 locals recommend
Wakin' Bakin'
4408 Banks StGrab a customized breakfast bowl or queso burrito before heading out for the day.
Drinks & Nightlife
Chickie Wah Wah
2828 Canal StGood music and acoustics. Check out schedule on WWOZ's Livewire.
3 blocks from the house, it's a sporty tavern with a nice outdoor space. Good for late-night cravings as it's open until at least 2AM.
97 locals recommend
Mid City Yacht Club
440 S St Patrick St3 blocks from the house, it's a sporty tavern with a nice outdoor space. Good for late-night cravings as it's open until at least 2AM.
Good happy hour specials for craft cocktails. Fascinating artwork hanging in here by Charlie Hoffacker, a homicide detective with the New Orleans Police Department - a mosaic made from 14,000 bullet casings. Nice back patio.
57 locals recommend
TRÈO
3835 Tulane AveGood happy hour specials for craft cocktails. Fascinating artwork hanging in here by Charlie Hoffacker, a homicide detective with the New Orleans Police Department - a mosaic made from 14,000 bullet casings. Nice back patio.
Parks & Nature
City Park offers so much including but not limited to: NOMA, Sculpture Garden, Botanical Garden, Storyland, Morning Call (beignets, coffee & live music), musical playgrounds for kids with xylophones and drums. There's a secret spot that's new post-Katrina if you're looking for a nice hike.
1516 locals recommend
City Park
1 Palm DrCity Park offers so much including but not limited to: NOMA, Sculpture Garden, Botanical Garden, Storyland, Morning Call (beignets, coffee & live music), musical playgrounds for kids with xylophones and drums. There's a secret spot that's new post-Katrina if you're looking for a nice hike.
5 miles from my house in Uptown New Orleans, Audubon is not as large as City Park but absolutely worth the visit. Bordered on one side by the Mississippi River and on the other by St. Charles Avenue, directly across from Tulane University and Loyola University.
893 locals recommend
Audubon Park
6500 Magazine St5 miles from my house in Uptown New Orleans, Audubon is not as large as City Park but absolutely worth the visit. Bordered on one side by the Mississippi River and on the other by St. Charles Avenue, directly across from Tulane University and Loyola University.
Absolutely wonderful if you want a peaceful break from the city and would like to see alligators and other wildlife.
124 locals recommend
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Absolutely wonderful if you want a peaceful break from the city and would like to see alligators and other wildlife.
Arts & Culture
For a self-guided tour
https://acloserwalknola.com/
Music has always been integral to daily life in New Orleans, and its landmarks can blend into its neighborhoods. The history of the city’s music, and its outsized influence in popular music everywhere, can be traced to creole cottages, parlors, churches, and street corners as well as concert halls and auditoriums. Some are still active; others have been transformed or demolished. A Closer Walk highlights and contextualizes these sites, to advocate for their future, to celebrate their memory, and to honor the men and women who have shared their music with us.
49 locals recommend
Congo Square
701 N Rampart StFor a self-guided tour
https://acloserwalknola.com/
Music has always been integral to daily life in New Orleans, and its landmarks can blend into its neighborhoods. The history of the city’s music, and its outsized influence in popular music everywhere, can be traced to creole cottages, parlors, churches, and street corners as well as concert halls and auditoriums. Some are still active; others have been transformed or demolished. A Closer Walk highlights and contextualizes these sites, to advocate for their future, to celebrate their memory, and to honor the men and women who have shared their music with us.
New Orleans' oldest fine arts institution and hosts an impressive permanent collection of almost 40000 objects.
Often there's live music for happy hour as well.
782 locals recommend
New Orleans Museum of Art
1 Collins Diboll CirNew Orleans' oldest fine arts institution and hosts an impressive permanent collection of almost 40000 objects.
Often there's live music for happy hour as well.
Absolutely stunning theater accessible by Streetcar, Saenger Theatre is in downtown New Orleans, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Highly recommend seeing a show here.
112 locals recommend
Saenger Theatre
1111 Canal StAbsolutely stunning theater accessible by Streetcar, Saenger Theatre is in downtown New Orleans, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Highly recommend seeing a show here.
Bike down the Lafitte Greenway from Mid-City to Treme
Pick up a Blue Bike from Carrollton & Canal or Banks & South Alexander, head down the street till you run into the Lafitte Greenway.
The Greenway extends from the intersection of North Alexander and St. Louis streets in Mid-City to Basin Street and St. Louis Street in Tremé, blocks from the French Quarter. The Greenway includes a 12-foot asphalt path for cyclists and pedestrians, new recreation fields, basketball courts, outdoor fitness parks, green space, and landscaping improvements including approximately 500 shade trees, native plant meadows, bioswales and stormwater retention features. The path is fully lit with LED energy-efficient trail lighting, includes curb extensions, signalized high visibility crosswalks & more.
1924 Spanish Colonial style warehouse and an attached circa-1940 seafood processing factory sat blighted and vacant for nearly 10 years. Today it has been renovated into a 4-screen movie theater. The project has been “revitalizing to the Mid-City and Treme neighborhoods.
*Bonus - this cinema has a bar.
155 locals recommend
The Broad Theater
636 N Broad St1924 Spanish Colonial style warehouse and an attached circa-1940 seafood processing factory sat blighted and vacant for nearly 10 years. Today it has been renovated into a 4-screen movie theater. The project has been “revitalizing to the Mid-City and Treme neighborhoods.
*Bonus - this cinema has a bar.
HEY Coffee Co.
2606 St Louis StExcellent coffee.
The Lafitte Greenway extends from the intersection of N. Alexander and St. Louis streets in Mid-City to Basin Street and St. Louis Street in Tremé, blocks from the French Quarter. The Greenway includes a 12-foot asphalt path for cyclists and pedestrians, new recreation fields, basketball courts, outdoor fitness parks, green space, and landscaping improvements including approximately 500 shade trees, native plant meadows, bioswales and stormwater retention features.
90 locals recommend
Lafitte Greenway
North Prieur StreetThe Lafitte Greenway extends from the intersection of N. Alexander and St. Louis streets in Mid-City to Basin Street and St. Louis Street in Tremé, blocks from the French Quarter. The Greenway includes a 12-foot asphalt path for cyclists and pedestrians, new recreation fields, basketball courts, outdoor fitness parks, green space, and landscaping improvements including approximately 500 shade trees, native plant meadows, bioswales and stormwater retention features.
Essentials
Big grocery store, Winn-Dixie is also across the street. If you want something smaller with more character - Terranova's 3308 Esplanade Ave. Whole Foods on Broad is near as well.
1002 locals recommend
Rouses Market
400 N Carrollton AveBig grocery store, Winn-Dixie is also across the street. If you want something smaller with more character - Terranova's 3308 Esplanade Ave. Whole Foods on Broad is near as well.