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Need some suggestions guys. Wanting to take wife and 15 year old daughter to New Orleans for a long weekend; Thurs through Sunday. I haven't been in almost 20 years. Daughter has never been. Would like for her to see the sites, etc. Eat at some nice restaurants. Stay in a nice local. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
And for you degenerates who can't help yourselves, go ahead and make some funny suggestions; I know you can't wait. I'm sure I'll laugh at some. thanks
Lot of places. Some of my favorites to eat: Mexican- superior grill or negro gato. Seafood/Cajun - superior seafood or Luizzas by tracks.
Brunch- atchalahaya.
WWII museum awesome
Gotta do Cafe Du Monde for beignets at breakfast. Other than that, I could suggest some restaurants, but it may be easier for you to search this forum and SPS forum for old New Orleans trip threads. I know there are several at SPS. Use the search bar in the top right of the forum to search. If you find them, post the links in this thread because I'd like to see them for if I go down there later this year.
For sure do WWII museum and zoo.
For eating I suggest mothers for breakfast. Dominica for lunch one day. Herbsaint or la boca for dinner.
Pat O's piano bar if you go out a night
In the Quarter:
Port o Call for a great burger. They also do giant "deli-cup" cocktails. They'll get you drunk. (http://portofcallnola.com/)
Fiorella's Cafe for awesome fried chicken and red-beans and rice
Coop's Place (right across from Fiorella's) for fried seafood (http://www.coopsplace.net/)
Eat New Orleans for high quality creole at moderate prices (http://eatnola.com/)
Ali Baba's for an awesome gyro at the end of the night to soak up all the booze. located right off Bourbon.
The bar inside the lobby at Royal Sonesta has some of the best cocktails you can get, and they always have great live jazz.
Johnny's Po-Boys for the best poboy inside the quarter, and they deliver, which is pretty sweet (http://johnnyspoboys.com/)
Outside the quarter:
Commanders Palace. You'll need to make a rez, and probably won't want to take the child, but one of the country's most famous restaurants, and rightfully so, with amazing amazing food, and a very good value considering how much you get. Get the turtle soup fa sho. They also do great cocktails, and they have a really nice brunch. If you go for lunch, they have .25 cent martinis (max 3, lol). One of my favorite restaurants in the south (http://www.commanderspalace.com/).
Parasol's for my favorite po-boy in town (https://www.zomato.com/new-orleans/p...nt-new-orleans)
Willie Mae's Scotch House for what some call the best fried chicken in the country (http://www.yelp.com/biz/willie-maes-...se-new-orleans)
Pho-Orchid for very good Vietnamese (http://pho-orchid.com/)
Cleopatra's for some pretty damn good Middle Eastern food. It's on the westbank. (http://www.cleocuisine.com/)
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The zoo is world class.
Eats....incredible stuff all over the place. Throw a dart and don't eat at a chain and it's probably good. Couchon is my favorite..kinda pricey though. More moderately priced - Deanie's on the outside edge of the Quarter.
Really you can't go wrong with any of the restaurants in New Orleans. Unless it's a McDonald's.
Personally, I like Deanie's for massive fried seafood platters- and unfortunately for you crawfish season is over. As Flab said there is one in the Quarter and the original is in Metairie. I like GW Finns which is on Iberville in the Quarter- it's like Bonefish Grill on steroids. I also like Drago's- the original one is in Metairie but there is one near the Riverwalk Mall. It's Red Lobster on steroids. ACME Oyster House has really good oysters and is another favorite of mine. Mother's is really good and it's on Poydras St. near the Quarter and close to Harrah's. There might be a line, but don't let it scare you off- it moves quick.
My favorite hotel to stay in was the Hotel Monteleone which is in the French Quarter on Royal St. one street over from Bourbon. It's historic because Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Hemingway all stayed and wrote there. It's also haunted. Allegedly.
I love the aquarium because I can relax there. The WW II museum is awesome- plan on spending at least three hours there though if not more. There are some guided tours that are NOLA themed- there's a cemetery tour, a Garden District tour, a swamp tour, etc. There is a booth near Caf? Du Monde on St. Peter's St. that can hook you up with the tours. The Steamboat Natchez does a river cruise and it was pretty good- it takes about two hours. It has an optional catfish dinner with it. There are a lot of stores and places to walk up Magazine St. St. Charles Ave has a lot of old houses, but it's fun to walk up and down there too. The St. Charles street car is closed in uptown right now for most of their route because of construction. It's still a good way to get from the Quarter to Uptown.
Dayum, it's gonna be HOT in New Orleans this time of year. Woof.
We like Royal House for Dinner
http://www.royalhouserestaurant.com
And, court of two sisters for jazz brunch
Courtoftwosisters.com
Without question, when you go to New Orleans, you MUST go get a Muffuletta at Central Grocery, 923 Decatur St in the Quarter.
No trip to The Big Easy would be complete without a trip to Central Grocery. I kid you not, it would be a crime to not go there and get a, "Muff and a Dixie".
http://www.centralgrocerynola.com/
Redfish Grill is killer. On Bourbon around the corner from ACME, whose shrimp poboy I like a lot.
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Port of Call - Burgers
Parkway Bakery & Tavern - Poboys (you'll thank me later)
Cochon - Cajun/seafood
Acme - Raw oysters
Jacques imos is great. Brennans for brunch and you won't eat again until late dinner. Cafe maspero behind courthouse for chicken and waffles
Lumpy Chucklelips.....off topic, but I was about to respond about NOLA then I realized I haven't been since before the hurricane myself....which doesn't seem like a long time, but that was a damn DECADE. You know you're getting old when you start referring to things that happened over a decade before.
I think my last trip to NOLA was a Saints/Rams MNF game around 2000 or 2001. That's when I jumped off the Saints bandwagon for good.
ACME Oyster House! The feel and taste of the quarter.
Just put some Tony Cachere's on it.Quote:
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If nothing else it's fun to watch them shuck oysters at the oyster bar.Quote:
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An LSU fan told me not to get the tea at Krystal's.
IParkway is the tits.. We make the hour drive from Baton Rouge atleast once a month to go get a po-boyQuote:
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