Ashley’s guidebook

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Ashley’s guidebook

Breakfast & Coffee

Local breakfast place just a short drive away with great crepes and mimosas
180 locals recommend
Toast
1845 Gentilly Boulevard
180 locals recommend
Local breakfast place just a short drive away with great crepes and mimosas
Cute coffee shop with good espresso drinks; Black-owned business
9 locals recommend
Park Island Brew
1688 Gentilly Blvd
9 locals recommend
Cute coffee shop with good espresso drinks; Black-owned business
Everything on the menu is delicious. A local standby for good breakfast.
376 locals recommend
Satsuma Cafe
3218 Dauphine St
376 locals recommend
Everything on the menu is delicious. A local standby for good breakfast.
if you gotta get a beignet, do yourself a favor and go to the city park location of cafe du monde. the one in the quarter has a line that will kill all desire you have for fried dough, and at this one you can look at birds.
86 locals recommend
Cafe Du Monde City Park
56 Dreyfous Dr
86 locals recommend
if you gotta get a beignet, do yourself a favor and go to the city park location of cafe du monde. the one in the quarter has a line that will kill all desire you have for fried dough, and at this one you can look at birds.
it's completely vegan and completely delicious!
93 locals recommend
Breads On Oak
8640 Oak St
93 locals recommend
it's completely vegan and completely delicious!
the best breakfast tacos in town!
233 locals recommend
Pagoda Café
1430 N Dorgenois St
233 locals recommend
the best breakfast tacos in town!
very cute coffee shop in the bottom of a shotgun house
Lowpoint
1301 Poland Avenue
very cute coffee shop in the bottom of a shotgun house
if you're in the lower garden district, go here for coffee. great vegan and gluten-free baked goods as well.
148 locals recommend
Hivolt
1829 Sophie Wright Pl
148 locals recommend
if you're in the lower garden district, go here for coffee. great vegan and gluten-free baked goods as well.

Bars

Local dive - great place to watch the Saints game, with cheap raw oysters, occasionally.
21 locals recommend
Jockey's Pub and Sports Bar
1841 Gentilly Blvd
21 locals recommend
Local dive - great place to watch the Saints game, with cheap raw oysters, occasionally.
Tiny wine shop with $5 glass pours and patio tables to enjoy your bottles on site
152 locals recommend
Faubourg Wines
2805 St Claude Ave
152 locals recommend
Tiny wine shop with $5 glass pours and patio tables to enjoy your bottles on site
Go here for Saints games, you won't be disappointed. Otherwise a very picturesque dive bar with good cocktails.
221 locals recommend
Vaughan's Lounge
4229 Dauphine St
221 locals recommend
Go here for Saints games, you won't be disappointed. Otherwise a very picturesque dive bar with good cocktails.
Stop in for a drink on your walk around Bayou St. John. A local favorite.
223 locals recommend
Pal's Lounge
949 N Rendon
223 locals recommend
Stop in for a drink on your walk around Bayou St. John. A local favorite.
fancy-pantsy
26 locals recommend
Jewel of the South
1026 St Louis St
26 locals recommend
fancy-pantsy
the skee-ball might be working!
60 locals recommend
Half Moon Bar & Restaurant
1125 St Mary St
60 locals recommend
the skee-ball might be working!
such weird and delicious beer. board games inside. pop-ups. live music and events.
17 locals recommend
Zony Mash Beer Project
3940 Thalia Street
17 locals recommend
such weird and delicious beer. board games inside. pop-ups. live music and events.

Lunch & Dinner

Great tacos with masa ground in house; excellent beverage program; huge outdoor patio
24 locals recommend
Galaxie
3060 St Claude Ave
24 locals recommend
Great tacos with masa ground in house; excellent beverage program; huge outdoor patio
Fun outdoor wine bar with live music
839 locals recommend
Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
600 Poland Ave
839 locals recommend
Fun outdoor wine bar with live music
A French bistro with a giant patio hidden behind a nondescript wooden gate in an alley.
143 locals recommend
N7
1117 Montegut St
143 locals recommend
A French bistro with a giant patio hidden behind a nondescript wooden gate in an alley.
The food is incredible, and this is the place to go for classic daiquiris
118 locals recommend
Cane and Table
1113 Decatur St
118 locals recommend
The food is incredible, and this is the place to go for classic daiquiris
My favorite restaurant in town - try the pappardelle
203 locals recommend
Paladar 511
511 Marigny St
203 locals recommend
My favorite restaurant in town - try the pappardelle
Reasonably priced, delicious food - good for vegetarians as well
237 locals recommend
1000 Figs
3141 Ponce De Leon St
237 locals recommend
Reasonably priced, delicious food - good for vegetarians as well
the best gumbo that wasn't made by someone's grandma. a set menu; pricey; for special occasions.
19 locals recommend
Mosquito Supper Club
3824 Dryades St
19 locals recommend
the best gumbo that wasn't made by someone's grandma. a set menu; pricey; for special occasions.
people think this place is touristy and i guess they're right, but this is definitely the best shrimp po-boy in the city and it's not even close
681 locals recommend
Parkway Bakery & Tavern
538 Hagan Ave
681 locals recommend
people think this place is touristy and i guess they're right, but this is definitely the best shrimp po-boy in the city and it's not even close
Once my favorite pop-up, now a full-scale boil restaurant with good happy hour specials.
43 locals recommend
Clesi's Restaurant & Catering
4323 Bienville St
43 locals recommend
Once my favorite pop-up, now a full-scale boil restaurant with good happy hour specials.
Tiny Cuban place in the Quarter with good food and drinks, reasonably priced.
15 locals recommend
Manolito
508 Dumaine St
15 locals recommend
Tiny Cuban place in the Quarter with good food and drinks, reasonably priced.
wood-fired pizza and good cocktails
9 locals recommend
Margot’s
1243 Frenchmen Street
9 locals recommend
wood-fired pizza and good cocktails
super delicious divey mexican place, great for a beer at the bar and cheap street tacos
El Rinconcito
216 N Carrollton Ave
super delicious divey mexican place, great for a beer at the bar and cheap street tacos
they invented jazz brunch.
574 locals recommend
Commander's Palace
1403 Washington Ave
574 locals recommend
they invented jazz brunch.
if you want to try all the classic new orleans dishes, this is the place to go. Black-owned business.
196 locals recommend
Neyow's Creole Café
3332 Bienville St
196 locals recommend
if you want to try all the classic new orleans dishes, this is the place to go. Black-owned business.
classic new york style pizza; don't sleep on the house salad.
460 locals recommend
Pizza Delicious
617 Piety St
460 locals recommend
classic new york style pizza; don't sleep on the house salad.
when this was a pop up in the back of a punk rock club, i fell in love with the asparagus salad and never looked back.
16 locals recommend
The Green Room Kukhnya
1300 Saint Bernard Avenue
16 locals recommend
when this was a pop up in the back of a punk rock club, i fell in love with the asparagus salad and never looked back.
a wing and daiquiri shop, but fancy. the chicken sandwich is ridiculous.
19 locals recommend
Bourrée at Boucherie
1510 S Carrollton Ave
19 locals recommend
a wing and daiquiri shop, but fancy. the chicken sandwich is ridiculous.
food hall with a variety of options for food, cocktails and coffee
466 locals recommend
St. Roch Market
2381 St Claude Ave
466 locals recommend
food hall with a variety of options for food, cocktails and coffee
the queso dip is addictive. great happy hour.
38 locals recommend
Barracuda
3984 Tchoupitoulas St
38 locals recommend
the queso dip is addictive. great happy hour.
huge selection of craft beer, very good burgers
116 locals recommend
Junction Bar & Grill
3021 St Claude Ave
116 locals recommend
huge selection of craft beer, very good burgers
full disclosure: i've never been here, but it's been on my list for 5 years because it looks like it came out of a time machine.
81 locals recommend
Crescent City Steak House
1001 N Broad St
81 locals recommend
full disclosure: i've never been here, but it's been on my list for 5 years because it looks like it came out of a time machine.
get the collard green melt.
126 locals recommend
Turkey and the Wolf
739 Jackson Avenue
126 locals recommend
get the collard green melt.
really the only proper deli in town; an institution. go if you want a bagel & lox.
216 locals recommend
Stein's Market and Deli
2207 Magazine St
216 locals recommend
really the only proper deli in town; an institution. go if you want a bagel & lox.
as a north carolinian, i can't recommend any bbq in louisiana without betraying my hometown. but this place is good.
189 locals recommend
Blue Oak BBQ
900 N Carrollton Ave
189 locals recommend
as a north carolinian, i can't recommend any bbq in louisiana without betraying my hometown. but this place is good.
i know i've recommended a lot of salads, but the salad at this donut shop is really good.
266 locals recommend
District Donuts Sliders Brew
2209 Magazine St
266 locals recommend
i know i've recommended a lot of salads, but the salad at this donut shop is really good.
a classic new orleans soul food restaurant; Black-owned business
201 locals recommend
Li'l Dizzy's Cafe
1500 Esplanade Ave
201 locals recommend
a classic new orleans soul food restaurant; Black-owned business

Neighborhoods

A great place to take a walk at sunset - beautiful houses overlooking the bayou.
238 locals recommend
Bayou St John
238 locals recommend
A great place to take a walk at sunset - beautiful houses overlooking the bayou.
the neighborhood that care forgot. fun; packed; parking is a disaster.
790 locals recommend
French Quarter
790 locals recommend
the neighborhood that care forgot. fun; packed; parking is a disaster.
the oldest Black neighborhood in the US! beautiful homes, close to the Quarter, lots of activity on mardi gras and st. joseph's night and during second lines.
63 locals recommend
Tremé / Lafitte
63 locals recommend
the oldest Black neighborhood in the US! beautiful homes, close to the Quarter, lots of activity on mardi gras and st. joseph's night and during second lines.
the hipster neighborhood; lots of bars & restaurants
106 locals recommend
Bywater
106 locals recommend
the hipster neighborhood; lots of bars & restaurants
the first suburb of new orleans, subdivided from bernard de marigny's plantation. old, classic new orleans architecture a short walk from the french quarter. this is where you'll find the music clubs on frenchmen street.
130 locals recommend
Marigny
130 locals recommend
the first suburb of new orleans, subdivided from bernard de marigny's plantation. old, classic new orleans architecture a short walk from the french quarter. this is where you'll find the music clubs on frenchmen street.

Shopping

Local, Black-owned bookstore and coffee shop; a great place to relax and find specialty books
25 locals recommend
Baldwin & Co.
1030 Elysian Fields Ave
25 locals recommend
Local, Black-owned bookstore and coffee shop; a great place to relax and find specialty books
Maybe you need to buy a wig.
28 locals recommend
Fifi Mahony's
934 Royal St
28 locals recommend
Maybe you need to buy a wig.
Locally & ethically made products with great design
Goods that Matter
1114 Josephine Street
Locally & ethically made products with great design
if you are a vinyl collector, this is a good spot to find local music
35 locals recommend
Louisiana Music Factory
421 Frenchmen St
35 locals recommend
if you are a vinyl collector, this is a good spot to find local music
another great shop to find local vinyl
85 locals recommend
Euclid Records
3301 Chartres St
85 locals recommend
another great shop to find local vinyl
This is a very fun, very pricey antique store full of rare objects
7 locals recommend
M.S. Rau
622 Royal St
7 locals recommend
This is a very fun, very pricey antique store full of rare objects
when you're walking down frenchmen looking for a club, this is a good place to stop and find locally made gifts.
13 locals recommend
Palace Market
619 Frenchmen St
13 locals recommend
when you're walking down frenchmen looking for a club, this is a good place to stop and find locally made gifts.
best local book store in town
16 locals recommend
Blue Cypress Books
8123 Oak St
16 locals recommend
best local book store in town
Black-owned business. Nice design, great place for local gifts: jewelry, prints, notecards, tea towels, t-shirts.
The Collective Shop
3512 Magazine Street
Black-owned business. Nice design, great place for local gifts: jewelry, prints, notecards, tea towels, t-shirts.
A very fun store full of local oddities
The Hidden South - Art, Oddities, And Antiques
7124 Saint Claude Avenue
A very fun store full of local oddities

Sightseeing

bigger than central park - children's museum, art museum, sculpture garden and botanical garden are all inside. cafe du monde has a stand in the park, and there's plenty of trails for walking, running or cycling. the waterways are great for kayaking or renting paddle boats.
1516 locals recommend
City Park
1 Palm Dr
1516 locals recommend
bigger than central park - children's museum, art museum, sculpture garden and botanical garden are all inside. cafe du monde has a stand in the park, and there's plenty of trails for walking, running or cycling. the waterways are great for kayaking or renting paddle boats.
a couple blocks with most of the music clubs where you'll find nightly jazz performances.
655 locals recommend
Frenchmen Street
655 locals recommend
a couple blocks with most of the music clubs where you'll find nightly jazz performances.

Museums

huge focus on folk art with great representation from all around the south. good special exhibits, great gift shop.
315 locals recommend
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp St
315 locals recommend
huge focus on folk art with great representation from all around the south. good special exhibits, great gift shop.
Be sure to check out the urban slavery tour
18 locals recommend
Hermann-Grima House
820 St Louis St
18 locals recommend
Be sure to check out the urban slavery tour
for aficionados of weird museums.
55 locals recommend
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
514 Chartres St
55 locals recommend
for aficionados of weird museums.
damaged during Ida but will be opening in july 2022! the best place to learn about Black masking traditions and second lines.
12 locals recommend
Backstreet Cultural Museum
1531 Saint Philip Street
12 locals recommend
damaged during Ida but will be opening in july 2022! the best place to learn about Black masking traditions and second lines.
art gallery / museum / art installation from bemike - inspiring and beautiful
66 locals recommend
Studio Be
2941 Royal St
66 locals recommend
art gallery / museum / art installation from bemike - inspiring and beautiful