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Food Scene

If you bring a mug and buy a pastry, the coffee is only $1!
93 locals recommend
Shake Sugary
3304 St Claude Ave
93 locals recommend
If you bring a mug and buy a pastry, the coffee is only $1!
Recently voted one of the top 10 new restaurants in the US. This is a hip restaurant hidden behind a nondescript wooden fence - just look for the spray painted logo 'N7'. There is a great wine list. Check out the interesting menu of canned seafood.
143 locals recommend
N7
1117 Montegut St
143 locals recommend
Recently voted one of the top 10 new restaurants in the US. This is a hip restaurant hidden behind a nondescript wooden fence - just look for the spray painted logo 'N7'. There is a great wine list. Check out the interesting menu of canned seafood.
Great coffee, food and art. A very popular spot for breakfast and lunch.
376 locals recommend
Satsuma Cafe
3218 Dauphine St
376 locals recommend
Great coffee, food and art. A very popular spot for breakfast and lunch.
Wine shop, bar and restaurant all in one. Great food, great drinks, and check out some live music in the backyard.
839 locals recommend
Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
600 Poland Ave
839 locals recommend
Wine shop, bar and restaurant all in one. Great food, great drinks, and check out some live music in the backyard.
Often considered the best brunch spot in town. Praline Bacon!
442 locals recommend
Elizabeth's
601 Gallier St
442 locals recommend
Often considered the best brunch spot in town. Praline Bacon!
Oxalis' menu is always great, but their happy hour food and drink menu is the best. Kale salad and wings off the happy hour menu are highly recommended.
102 locals recommend
Oxalis
3162 Dauphine Street
102 locals recommend
Oxalis' menu is always great, but their happy hour food and drink menu is the best. Kale salad and wings off the happy hour menu are highly recommended.
Good, inexpensive food with a number of vegetarian options.
193 locals recommend
Sneaky Pickle
3200 Burgundy St
193 locals recommend
Good, inexpensive food with a number of vegetarian options.
Coffee!
84 locals recommend
Sólo Espresso
1301 Poland Ave
84 locals recommend
Coffee!
St Roch Market is a recently renovated public market that now houses some great dining and coffee options. Stop here for some oysters and a cocktail on your way to the quarter, or come for dinner.
466 locals recommend
St. Roch Market
2381 St Claude Ave
466 locals recommend
St Roch Market is a recently renovated public market that now houses some great dining and coffee options. Stop here for some oysters and a cocktail on your way to the quarter, or come for dinner.
Red's is a great Chinese - Southern food fusion restaurant nearby that will deliver. If you like spicy food, try the kung pao pastrami.
149 locals recommend
Red's Chinese
3048 St Claude Ave
149 locals recommend
Red's is a great Chinese - Southern food fusion restaurant nearby that will deliver. If you like spicy food, try the kung pao pastrami.
BBQ! It's the only bbq in town worth its salt.
405 locals recommend
The Joint
701 Mazant St
405 locals recommend
BBQ! It's the only bbq in town worth its salt.

Parks & Nature

Great for walking/jogging along the Mississippi. Also a nice spot for a picnic.
423 locals recommend
Crescent Park
2300 N Peters St
423 locals recommend
Great for walking/jogging along the Mississippi. Also a nice spot for a picnic.

Arts & Culture

A great museum showing local and regional art.
315 locals recommend
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp St
315 locals recommend
A great museum showing local and regional art.
This is the national WWII museum, and is definitely worth the ticket price. An amazing building and amazing collection.
804 locals recommend
The National WWII Museum
945 Magazine St
804 locals recommend
This is the national WWII museum, and is definitely worth the ticket price. An amazing building and amazing collection.

Drinks & Nightlife

It's cool and it's close.
108 locals recommend
Bud Rips
900 Piety St
108 locals recommend
It's cool and it's close.
They have live music in the back, so there may be a cover. Don't be too put off by the exterior.
129 locals recommend
Saturn Bar
3067 St Claude Ave
129 locals recommend
They have live music in the back, so there may be a cover. Don't be too put off by the exterior.
Great tapas, great bar.
673 locals recommend
Mimi's In the Marigny
2600 Chartres Street
673 locals recommend
Great tapas, great bar.
If you need to watch the game, or just have a drink and a snack. Markey's is my go to spot for day drinking.
392 locals recommend
Surrey's Café & Juice Bar
1418 Magazine Street
392 locals recommend
If you need to watch the game, or just have a drink and a snack. Markey's is my go to spot for day drinking.
For all your karaoke needs!
220 locals recommend
Kajun's Pub
2256 St Claude Ave
220 locals recommend
For all your karaoke needs!
Go here for DJ Soul Sister's Saturday night dance party.
297 locals recommend
Hi-Ho Lounge
2239 St Claude Ave
297 locals recommend
Go here for DJ Soul Sister's Saturday night dance party.
Frenchmen Street is loaded with bars and live music. Just hop along the many drinking establishments until you find a band playing music you can dance to. My favorite bar for music is The Spotted Cat, and for food; Yuki Izakaya (Japanese small plates)
655 locals recommend
Frenchmen Street
655 locals recommend
Frenchmen Street is loaded with bars and live music. Just hop along the many drinking establishments until you find a band playing music you can dance to. My favorite bar for music is The Spotted Cat, and for food; Yuki Izakaya (Japanese small plates)

Sightseeing

Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France
615 Pere Antoine Alley
113 locals recommend
A popular place to see local artists working and selling in the street.
477 locals recommend
Jackson Square
701 Decatur St
477 locals recommend
A popular place to see local artists working and selling in the street.
Stop by Cafe Du Monde for some beignets and cafe au lait. Open 24 hours, best to go late at night or early in the morning to avoid the crowds...
703 locals recommend
Cafe Du Monde French Market
800 Decatur St
703 locals recommend
Stop by Cafe Du Monde for some beignets and cafe au lait. Open 24 hours, best to go late at night or early in the morning to avoid the crowds...
Take a streetcar from Canal Street down St Charles Avenue to see Uptown neighborhoods and the many beautiful homes and mansions that line the street.
150 locals recommend
Saint Charles Avenue
Saint Charles Avenue
150 locals recommend
Take a streetcar from Canal Street down St Charles Avenue to see Uptown neighborhoods and the many beautiful homes and mansions that line the street.

Getting Around

You can catch a streetcar into the French Quarter from here, though the best way to get around is either uber or bicycles.
14 locals recommend
St Claude at Elysian Fields (Nearside)
14 locals recommend
You can catch a streetcar into the French Quarter from here, though the best way to get around is either uber or bicycles.

Essentials

Here's the closest place to pick up beer & booze. You can also get some snack foods, but there aren't really any close grocery stores.
19 locals recommend
Wagners
3200 St Claude Ave
19 locals recommend
Here's the closest place to pick up beer & booze. You can also get some snack foods, but there aren't really any close grocery stores.
A former Mardi Gras costume supply shop turned grocery store after Katrina. This is your closest spot to pick up some groceries, though it is expensive and carries very particular items to suit local customers. Check out the upstairs for all your Mardi Gras costume needs.
211 locals recommend
Mardi Gras Zone Supermarket
2706 Royal St
211 locals recommend
A former Mardi Gras costume supply shop turned grocery store after Katrina. This is your closest spot to pick up some groceries, though it is expensive and carries very particular items to suit local customers. Check out the upstairs for all your Mardi Gras costume needs.