Guidebook for New Orleans
Food Scene
Mimi's In the Marigny
2600 Chartres StreetBest fried chicken ever.
Dooky Chase Restaurant
2301 Orleans AveFamous Creole/soul food restaurant.
CC's Coffee House
701 Metairie RdMediocre coffee, but nice, pretty location.
Fair Grinds Coffeehouse
3133 Ponce De Leon StPossibly my favorite coffeehouse in NOLA.
Great, inexpensive French Quarter cafe. Good sandwiches and soups, and croissants like baked, buttery sunlight.
102 locals recommend
Croissant D'Or Patisserie
617 Ursulines AveGreat, inexpensive French Quarter cafe. Good sandwiches and soups, and croissants like baked, buttery sunlight.
The origin of the po-boy, NOLA's ubiquitous, gigantic sandwich.
681 locals recommend
Parkway Bakery & Tavern
538 Hagan AveThe origin of the po-boy, NOLA's ubiquitous, gigantic sandwich.
Treme Coffeehouse
1501 St Philip StNice little place, on the way to the Quarter.
Essentials
Whole Foods Market
300 N Broad StHealthy grocery store, half a mile away.
Arts & Culture
Excellent music and theater venue. Probably the best place to hear things other than the standard, Frenchmen St. fare.
264 locals recommend
Allways Lounge and Theater
2240 St Claude AveExcellent music and theater venue. Probably the best place to hear things other than the standard, Frenchmen St. fare.
A wonderful art-house movie theater, in an under-appreciated neighborhood, Central City.
29 locals recommend
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center
6621 St Claude AveA wonderful art-house movie theater, in an under-appreciated neighborhood, Central City.
Drinks & Nightlife
Siberia Lounge
2227 St Claude AveDelicious Slavic food. Get the pirogis.
Great, cheap and smoky dive bar with the best and cheapest tacos in NOLA.
80 locals recommend
St Roch Tavern
1200 St Roch AveGreat, cheap and smoky dive bar with the best and cheapest tacos in NOLA.
Friendly neighborhood bar. As with many New Orleans bars, there's free beans and rice on Monday nights.
223 locals recommend
Pal's Lounge
949 N RendonFriendly neighborhood bar. As with many New Orleans bars, there's free beans and rice on Monday nights.
Very friendly Treme neighborhood bar with live music several nights a week.
18 locals recommend
Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar
1931 Orleans AvenueVery friendly Treme neighborhood bar with live music several nights a week.
Everything Else
Huge, beautiful park with many attractions, including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Besthoff Sculpture Garden (highly recommended), a botanical garden, and a bike path that goes up to the lake.
1516 locals recommend
City Park
1 Palm DrHuge, beautiful park with many attractions, including the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Besthoff Sculpture Garden (highly recommended), a botanical garden, and a bike path that goes up to the lake.
This is a tiny museum, run out of a house, with a very knowledgeable guide. Highly recommended as an introduction to New Orleans second-line and Mardi Gras Indian culture.
143 locals recommend
Backstreet Cultural Museum
1531 Henriette Delille StThis is a tiny museum, run out of a house, with a very knowledgeable guide. Highly recommended as an introduction to New Orleans second-line and Mardi Gras Indian culture.