Thanks. I'm not a big partier (esp. when I'm by myself) and don't want to get in trouble drunk and get mugged, so that's out. I'll probably take in some of the sights and attractions in the touristy areas and take in a few restaurants ranging from diner to high end (latter at least once). Problem is I'm just getting over a sickness at the moment so I'd almost rather just stay in the hotel room and have chicken soup.
Budget is not a big issue. I just got $500 US of cash today so I'm thinking that will be more than sufficient since much of the stuff aside from the taxi and mom-and-pop diners etc. will be on credit card.
I'm curious though, do many places have tap-to-pay yet? It's almost ubiquitous in Canada, but I'm told not so much in the US. However, I'm wondering about tourist areas like where I'll be staying. Up here in Canada, I'm totally addicted to Apple Pay, and I'd say about 75% of my transactions are with that. I won't rely on my phone though for virtual credit cards. I will take a few of my physical credit cards with me.
P.S. I also wonder where I should go on election night.
Bah, you will be fine. I've lived here all my life and have gotten fallen down drunk on Bourbon and lower Decatur WAY after 9 more times than I can remember and I've never been mugged. From the time you leave the bar till the time you get in your cab you will be on streets with a metric shit ton of people.
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Sitting in Nola right now. Seems decent but the serving sizes are larger than I'm used to. I was afraid to order an appetizer in addition to the entree.
http://emerilsrestaurants.com/nola-restaurant
I'm guessing I'm going to be spending a lot of money on food this week. Lots of choice near here.
I was afraid to order an appetizer in addition to the entree. http://emerilsrestaurants.com/nola-restaurant
I'm guessing I'm going to be spending a lot of money on food this week. Lots of choice near here.
Sitting in Nola right now. Seems decent but the serving sizes are larger than I'm used to.
http://emerilsrestaurants.com/nola-restaurant
I'm guessing I'm going to be spending a lot of money on food this week. Lots of choice near here.
Yeah, the food is awesome and we like to eat lol. Enjoy!
BTW, when you get a muffaletta (and you must), don't order anything else. It's a big ass sandwich all on it's own and you will devour it until you are stuffed.
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I looked for the muffaletta, and it was on the menu on the window, but it wasn't on the dinner menu inside. I guess I'll have to go back there for lunch later this week.
I ordered the shrimp and grits. Very filling despite its size. Must be all that butter and cheddar. And bacon.
That local Abita Amber beer was good too.
P.S. Tried my first US Apple Pay transaction today... and failed. Nola doesn't take tap-to-pay, but the local CVS did... but for some reason wouldn't allow it for my purchase. Had to do the old school chip-and-pin.
I ordered the shrimp and grits. Very filling despite its size. Must be all that butter and cheddar. And bacon.
That local Abita Amber beer was good too.
P.S. Tried my first US Apple Pay transaction today... and failed. Nola doesn't take tap-to-pay, but the local CVS did... but for some reason wouldn't allow it for my purchase. Had to do the old school chip-and-pin.
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was there this past weekend, always a good time.
I highly recommend Sylvain, 625 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130. We ate brunch there and it was amazing, a very nice small place, especially the tables outside. I had the hanger steak and it was great.
If you get tired of bourbon street definitely get a bike cab over to Frenchmen St. It's a smaller, prettier part of town. You can walk there, we did at night and it's not bad but a lot quicker on a bike. Rare form is a great place to chill and have a drink. I've seen great Blues music there a few times.
The cat's meow is a karaoke place that we had a lot of fun in and none of us did any karaoke. Their setup there is pretty neat to watch other people, great atmosphere.
edit - The famous 'Acme Oyster house' is a must. Get the char-grilled oysters and some beers.... We tried twice to get into this place, huge lines unfortunately but I do think it' worth it if you wanting oysters.
I highly recommend Sylvain, 625 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130. We ate brunch there and it was amazing, a very nice small place, especially the tables outside. I had the hanger steak and it was great.
If you get tired of bourbon street definitely get a bike cab over to Frenchmen St. It's a smaller, prettier part of town. You can walk there, we did at night and it's not bad but a lot quicker on a bike. Rare form is a great place to chill and have a drink. I've seen great Blues music there a few times.
The cat's meow is a karaoke place that we had a lot of fun in and none of us did any karaoke. Their setup there is pretty neat to watch other people, great atmosphere.
edit - The famous 'Acme Oyster house' is a must. Get the char-grilled oysters and some beers.... We tried twice to get into this place, huge lines unfortunately but I do think it' worth it if you wanting oysters.
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Forgot about cat's meow. Add it to my initial list! The upstairs is quite hilarious for people-watching. They also have a public accessible balcony which came in handy during mardi gras.
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So much great food. I'd be repeating mostly what others have said.
Typical tourist places to swing by like Willie Mae's Scotch house for fried chicken. Parkway Bakery and Tavern for Po Boys.
Mothers was great as was Acme. Cochon Butcher is worth an afternoon visit.
The taxi drivers give good advice in general and you'd get a more inside perspective on the food scene. I got quite a few recommendations which I didn't have the time to try. Mothers sort of will give you a taste of everything at about the 90% level of traveling around the city.
For music I'm partial to happenings on Frenchman Street. There is amazing music just out on the streets leave alone the bars and venues. I spent most of my nights there. Bourbon Street gets old really fast.
Typical tourist places to swing by like Willie Mae's Scotch house for fried chicken. Parkway Bakery and Tavern for Po Boys.
Mothers was great as was Acme. Cochon Butcher is worth an afternoon visit.
The taxi drivers give good advice in general and you'd get a more inside perspective on the food scene. I got quite a few recommendations which I didn't have the time to try. Mothers sort of will give you a taste of everything at about the 90% level of traveling around the city.
For music I'm partial to happenings on Frenchman Street. There is amazing music just out on the streets leave alone the bars and venues. I spent most of my nights there. Bourbon Street gets old really fast.
Not sure if this has been mentioned or not but if you can carve out some time you should definitely try walking Royal street during the day and check out all of the stores. Not necessarily to buy anything, although you might, but some amazing art, antiques and really unique stores to look at.
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Checked out a bunch of different restaurants including:
Huck Finn's: Mediocre sports bar type cajun food. Not recommended. On the plus side, I think they forgot to charge the meal. I had a temporary charge on my credit card, but that's since disappeared, with no actual charge to replace it.
Country Flame: Lower end Mexican / Central American diner. Home cooked style food, not bad, but not a huge stand out either. Way better than Huck Finn's though.
Mother's: Went there for a Po-boy, but was unimpressed. The cold cuts were generic, and the pulled pork was soggy.
Emeril NOLA: Very good.
K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen: Very good.
Cochon: Very good.
Central Grocery: Muffaletta was mostly good, but the olive mix spread was too much saltiness for my taste.
Wanted to try August (which is a John Besh restaurant) for lunch but it turns out during the week they only have lunch on Friday. Was very disappointed to see it closed when I arrived. On my last day there I was going to go back but ended up going to see Arrival instead. Very glad I did. Excellent movie. I saw it at the theatres at Canal Place. It has the VIP type setup which has service (including booze) to the seats, and the seats are very comfortable, but overall the theatre kinda is mediocre. Mediocre sound and sub-par screen and projector setup. Their DLP setup was low on the contrast, yet also had hotspotting on the screen. I didn't have time to make the jaunt to a big theatre though, so I had to deal with it.
Had the beignets and iced cafe au lait (and the regular cafe au lait) at Cafe du monde, and they were good, albeit overpriced.
And yeah, Bourbon Street does get old fast. Lots of local drunks and drunk tourists. Reminded me of nightlife near a crappy Mexican resort. I did find it amusing though on election night when the strip clubs were trying to get me inside by telling me they had election coverage. The actual quote was "Titties and elections!". During the day I walked around and checked out the stores away on Bourbon Street, but never got to Frenchman street.
WW2 museum highly recommended, as is the 4D movie narrated by Tom Hanks.
P.S. In my entire time there, I didn't use Apple Pay even once despite trying. In fact only one place I visited the entire time I was there even had a tap-to-pay reader, but I still couldn't use Apple Pay with it. Not a single restaurant or retailer I went to supported it (that I know of), despite the fact Apple Pay was invented in the US. In contrast, I use Apple Pay daily up here in Toronto.
Huck Finn's: Mediocre sports bar type cajun food. Not recommended. On the plus side, I think they forgot to charge the meal. I had a temporary charge on my credit card, but that's since disappeared, with no actual charge to replace it.
Country Flame: Lower end Mexican / Central American diner. Home cooked style food, not bad, but not a huge stand out either. Way better than Huck Finn's though.
Mother's: Went there for a Po-boy, but was unimpressed. The cold cuts were generic, and the pulled pork was soggy.
Emeril NOLA: Very good.
K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen: Very good.
Cochon: Very good.
Central Grocery: Muffaletta was mostly good, but the olive mix spread was too much saltiness for my taste.
Wanted to try August (which is a John Besh restaurant) for lunch but it turns out during the week they only have lunch on Friday. Was very disappointed to see it closed when I arrived. On my last day there I was going to go back but ended up going to see Arrival instead. Very glad I did. Excellent movie. I saw it at the theatres at Canal Place. It has the VIP type setup which has service (including booze) to the seats, and the seats are very comfortable, but overall the theatre kinda is mediocre. Mediocre sound and sub-par screen and projector setup. Their DLP setup was low on the contrast, yet also had hotspotting on the screen. I didn't have time to make the jaunt to a big theatre though, so I had to deal with it.
Had the beignets and iced cafe au lait (and the regular cafe au lait) at Cafe du monde, and they were good, albeit overpriced.
And yeah, Bourbon Street does get old fast. Lots of local drunks and drunk tourists. Reminded me of nightlife near a crappy Mexican resort. I did find it amusing though on election night when the strip clubs were trying to get me inside by telling me they had election coverage. The actual quote was "Titties and elections!". During the day I walked around and checked out the stores away on Bourbon Street, but never got to Frenchman street.
WW2 museum highly recommended, as is the 4D movie narrated by Tom Hanks.
P.S. In my entire time there, I didn't use Apple Pay even once despite trying. In fact only one place I visited the entire time I was there even had a tap-to-pay reader, but I still couldn't use Apple Pay with it. Not a single restaurant or retailer I went to supported it (that I know of), despite the fact Apple Pay was invented in the US. In contrast, I use Apple Pay daily up here in Toronto.
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I'd say for Po boys parkway tavern and bakery is the place. Mother's is more for jambalaya or gumbo. I wouldn't call it high end but it seemed pretty traditional.
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I felt fine at 9 pm. Just avoid the back alleys and stuff.
In the French quarter I didn't feel unsafe so much as just irritated with some of the panhandlers and the drunks.
That's an awfully long walk. It's about 2 miles. I can't say how safe it is at night though since I didn't go there. Too lazy to walk that far. But you probably wouldn't want to go there at night anyway. That's something you'd want to see during the day.
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Best Po'Boy's we had was a small little room in back of the Erin Rose bar (I think it was there), the bar specialized in some kind of frozen coffee alcoholic drink.
Best food we had at some place on the way to the air boat rides, Restaurant des Familles in Marrero, the food was amazing. They had alligators in the back of the restaurant, but that might be pretty common around there. My wife tried softshell crab for the first time and fell in love with it and amazing grits.
Best food we had at some place on the way to the air boat rides, Restaurant des Familles in Marrero, the food was amazing. They had alligators in the back of the restaurant, but that might be pretty common around there. My wife tried softshell crab for the first time and fell in love with it and amazing grits.
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Two treats:
There's a cooking school in the French Quarter with the best bread pudding in the world, and Brennan's invented Bananas Foster, very good.
There's a cooking school in the French Quarter with the best bread pudding in the world, and Brennan's invented Bananas Foster, very good.
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