# Going to New Orleans for a week! We leave tomorrow, tell me what not to miss. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967 "2016-01-12T21:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967/41 "2016-01-13T19:29:39Z")
Unless I missed it, no one has mentioned Frenchmen St. GREAT music with no cover, usually. Very good food. Walking distance from Bourbon St. Fun, fun, fun. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967/42 "2016-01-13T20:01:09Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > Unless I missed it, no one has mentioned Frenchmen St. GREAT music with no cover, usually. Very good food. Walking distance from Bourbon St. Fun, fun, fun. You missed it, and some places do have a cover šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967/43 "2016-01-13T20:43:57Z")
I just took my daughter there in December for a father/daughter long weekend. Every time I go to New Orleans, here are the places I always go to: No oneā€™s mentioned [Jacques Imoā€™s](http://jacques-imos.com/)? Very good restaurant. You wonā€™t be disappointed. Related fun, you can take the St. Charles street car all the way up there. Good for you for staying in Marigny. Youā€™ll love it there. Great music. I recommend [d.b.a.](http://www.dbaneworleans.com/) in the Marigny district. 2nd choice would be [Blue Nile](http://bluenilelive.com/). On Bourbon Street check out [Lafitteā€™s Blacksmith Shop Bar](http://www.lafittesblacksmithshop.com/Homepage.html). Itā€™s on the far end of Bourbon, away from Canal. Live music, fun bar, lit by candles. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967/44 "2016-01-13T21:59:32Z")
New Orleans resident here. I would recommend [The Original Pierre Masperoā€™s](http://www.originalpierremasperos.com/). Great food and it wonā€™t break you either. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967/45 "2016-01-13T23:23:54Z")
Crawfish etouffee. I think we ate it at the Gumbo Shop, but that was 8 years ago, so Iā€™m not positive. But damn, it was good. I donā€™t usually remember what I ate at a restaurant, but this was an exception. I live in the DC area, where you can get cuisine from around the world. But regional cuisine is another matter. Try to find a decent beignet or a good poā€™boy here, let alone a good plate of crawfish etouffee. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967/46 "2016-02-17T14:29:51Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > My husband and I are taking our first trip to NOLA. Weā€™re staying in a B&B in Marigny. Weā€™re into architecture, outdoors-y pursuits, art, food, and booze. Iā€™m thinking maybe a bike tour one day? Has anyone done that and can recommend an outfit? We were also thinking of renting a car one day and checking out stuff outside the city. Or are there buses for that sort of thing? > > Anyway, tell me about your favorite thing in New Orleans, please. Iā€™m super-excited. šŸ˜ƒ So Renee, how was it? Iā€™d like to hear about your trip. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967/47 "2016-02-18T11:05:19Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Almost every time Iā€™ve been to New Orleans, I was with friends who lived there. We always avoid the ā€˜touristyā€™ spots. But I always go to CafĆ© du Monde for beignets and cafe au lait. In 1981 my girlfriend and I went ona trip to NOLA and my parents ā€œdropped byā€ (Long story). Anyway, they did treat us to breakfast at Brennanā€™s so the next morning I said breakfast was on me and we went to the du Monde for the beignets and coffee. I was exhorting them to eat up (ā€œYouā€™re embarrassing me!ā€) but even after stuffing ourselves, it was less than $6 ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967/48 "2016-02-19T03:31:50Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > So Renee, how was it? Iā€™d like to hear about your trip. Iā€™m sorry, I meant to update this and never got around to it. We had a wonderful time! It really felt more like visiting a different country than an American city. Iā€™ve never been anywhere else where the entire economy appears to be based on partying. Highlights were the food (basically all of it, we loved just about every place we ate), walking around just taking things in, bar hopping, and live music everywhere. Iā€™d absolutely go back, and recommend it to anyone. Thank you all so much for the recommendations! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967/49 "2016-02-23T16:10:35Z")
Now that youā€™ve been, what/where would YOU recommend people go the next time theyā€™re there? Which recommendations posted above were you able to check out? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967.md?page=2)