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When are you going? I want to give you a full local's rundown but I can't do it immediately. How mobile are you? How long are you staying? What is your price range? Anything you don't eat?
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Okay, here is a grand summary. I will probably think of some other stuff later and add it but have fun in New Orleans! First, on Commander's Palace, Galatoires, and Arnaud's - yes, all are stuffy and old. But both have lots of New Orleans history and you will get the full NOLA old-line feel. Food is decent but nothing to write home about. I really, really recommend venturing out of the quarter and trying some other stuff, but one of those places is probably worth it just for the experience. I would say Commander's so you can see the garden district...as far as yours yes you should go and I know I see waking tours all the time but I can't really recommend one. Great restaurants/bars any of which I highly recommend, not in any particular order. You really should get out of the quarter and down St. Charles if you can just to see it--it's a very cool avenue. Peche - excellent seafood, 100% recommendation, in the CBD (downtown), if you can't get a reservation there is a big bar and an oyster bar too Shaya - Israeli food uptown on Magazine Street, great place if you can get a table (local secret tip--they don't take reservations for the outdoor patio so if the weather is good you can probably walk in and get one of those if you go around 6-6:30) Meril - Emeril's newest place, in CBD on Girod, very good smallish plates Pizza Domenica - Magazine St uptown, great pizzas and bar Herbsaint - you can catch the streetcar on St. Charles just off of Canal and ride it a few blocks until you get to Herbsaint Ancora Pizza neapolitan pizza spot, really the best pizza but a bit further out on Freret St Cure cool cocktail bar also on Freret. If you are interested I would recommend making a night of both Cure for drinks and then Ancora for dinner Cochon - this will require cabs from the FQ, it's on Tchoupitoulas in the Warehouse District, but it's awesome Cochon Butcher next door to Cochon, bar and sandwiches, excellent Elizabeths breakfast place, best in town in my opinion, in the Bywater Sylvain - FQ, block from St. Louis Cathedral on Chartres towards Canal, kind of a gastropub feel Mo Pho vietnamese/cajun fusion, on City Park Blvd by the Burger King (trust me) Parkway Bakery and Tavern po boys, in Mid-City Hot Tin Bar rooftop bar in Ponchartrain Hotel, on St. Charles, very cool view and good drinks Columns Hotel - cool old hotel on St. Charles avenue with a porch bar, definitely go if you can even only for just a few drinks Bars and other places in the downtown area (CBD, quarter, etc). I like all of these and they are all cool for a pub crawl. Most of the places above have restaurant bars as well so keep that in mind. Cane & Table bar/restaurant in the back of the quarter area on Royal Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop (Bourbon at St. Philip) - classic, sort of divey place in an old-rear end house from like 1700 (Bourbon St, toward the back of the quarter) Napoleon House (St. Louis at Chartres) - another old building with lots of history Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar (Royal St. between Bienville and Iberville) - cool place in an old hotel with a piano and a revolving bar Fritzel's (Bourbon between Orleans and St. Ann) - small place for watching live, old new orleans-style jazz, where you sit and they bring you drinks. music goes pretty late so you can get there at 10 if you want Ace Bar rooftop bar in the Ace Hotel, Josephine Estelle restaurant downstairs has great homemade pasta too Bacchanal - indoor/outdoor music venue in the Bywater with food, super cool spot to spend an afternoon if the weather cooperates  Breweries these are all in the warehouse district, a short cab from the quarter NOLA brew pub - Tchoupitoulas, cool outdoor/indoor bar by the port and very good BBQ food Urban South Brewery - never been here but the beer is good, usually only food trucks for food Port Orleans - further up Tchoupitoulas, not sure about the food as this place just opened Phil Moscowitz fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Jun 11, 2017 |
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Jun 11, 2017 00:18
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ekeog posted:This list is missing Courtyard Brewery which is probably the best locally-made beer in the city. None of their stuff is distributed at all but it's all fantastic (particularly the west coast IPAs), and they'll usually have 15-20 beers by other breweries on tap as well. Thanks for the additions, I've never been to Courtyard and it's been over 10 years since I last went to the Avenue. The craft beer scene is pretty new here, only started getting going a few year ago seeing as Abita had a quasi-corrupt stranglehold on the market until then.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:34
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No trip report?
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Jun 27, 2017 01:25
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ekeog posted:This list is missing Courtyard Brewery which is probably the best locally-made beer in the city. None of their stuff is distributed at all but it's all fantastic (particularly the west coast IPAs), and they'll usually have 15-20 beers by other breweries on tap as well. loving awesome. Trying the IPAs right now and you are spot on. Best in the city.
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Jun 29, 2017 23:57
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