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About New Orleans
About New Orleans
Attractions in New Orleans
Donna's Bar & Grill
Shoulder up to the bar, grab a plate of red beans and rice and groove to jazz, blues or brass bands in this homey room on the edge of the Quarter.
Shoulder up to the bar, grab a plate of red beans and rice and groove to jazz, blues or brass bands in this homey room on the edge of the Quarter.
Coop's Place
Coop's is a darkly lit cavern put together like a maze to befuddle inebriated patrons. But Coop's has acquired a well-worn appeal and a loyal clientele. The huge chalkboard menu includes jambalaya with rabbit meat (an authentic, rural touch), hot links over a mess of red beans and rice, and Louisiana nibbles like fried alligator bits.
Coop's is a darkly lit cavern put together like a maze to befuddle inebriated patrons. But Coop's has acquired a well-worn appeal and a loyal clientele. The huge chalkboard menu includes jambalaya with rabbit meat (an authentic, rural touch), hot links over a mess of red beans and rice, and Louisiana nibbles like fried alligator bits.
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
The excellent Ogden Museum of Southern Art displays a vast collection of modern artwork as well as definitive early outsider art, like that of Clementine Hunter. Henry Hobson Richardson designed the intricate stone annex.
The excellent Ogden Museum of Southern Art displays a vast collection of modern artwork as well as definitive early outsider art, like that of Clementine Hunter. Henry Hobson Richardson designed the intricate stone annex.
Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World
When there is no parade happening in New Orleans, you can get your fill of floats at Mardi Gras World where most of the best parade floats are made and stored. It's across the river from the French Quarter, in historic Algiers Point. The man behind the magic is Blaine Kern - 'Mr Mardi Gras' - who has been making parade floats since 1947.
When there is no parade happening in New Orleans, you can get your fill of floats at Mardi Gras World where most of the best parade floats are made and stored. It's across the river from the French Quarter, in historic Algiers Point. The man behind the magic is Blaine Kern - 'Mr Mardi Gras' - who has been making parade floats since 1947.
Bourbon St
There are bars galore on Bourbon St where tourists and locals alike roam, fuelled by booze. Bourbon St is New Orleans' entertainment equivalent of a cut-price buffet - the amusements are slopped out with indifference, but as the great songwriter Lee Hazelwood once said, 'You won't find it on any map, but take a step in any direction and you're in trouble.'
There are bars galore on Bourbon St where tourists and locals alike roam, fuelled by booze. Bourbon St is New Orleans' entertainment equivalent of a cut-price buffet - the amusements are slopped out with indifference, but as the great songwriter Lee Hazelwood once said, 'You won't find it on any map, but take a step in any direction and you're in trouble.'
Verti Marte
Handy for a quick, sodium-rich meal after everything else is closed. The take-out menu seems endless, but stick with basics like po'boys, seafood sandwiches and the daily chef specials and you'll do all right. The main selling points are the traditional seamy atmosphere and free delivery within the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny.
Handy for a quick, sodium-rich meal after everything else is closed. The take-out menu seems endless, but stick with basics like po'boys, seafood sandwiches and the daily chef specials and you'll do all right. The main selling points are the traditional seamy atmosphere and free delivery within the French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny.
Leah's Pralines
If you've tried pralines elsewhere and decided you didn't care for 'em, we suggest you try some at Leah's before making up your mind. The creamy pralines are deadly. Try one with rum in it if you don't mind extra zing. Grab a whole box and send it to your friends back home. And throw in some of the pecan brittle or rum pecans while you're at it.
If you've tried pralines elsewhere and decided you didn't care for 'em, we suggest you try some at Leah's before making up your mind. The creamy pralines are deadly. Try one with rum in it if you don't mind extra zing. Grab a whole box and send it to your friends back home. And throw in some of the pecan brittle or rum pecans while you're at it.
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A number of bars in New Orleans, including this one, served absinthe before it was outlawed in 1914. Today, Herbsaint, a locally produced anisette, is a relatively safe stand-in for old absinthe-based drinks. The bar itself is an historic spot, having opened in 1807, but the crowd is generally of the bottom-shelf Bourbon St variety.
A number of bars in New Orleans, including this one, served absinthe before it was outlawed in 1914. Today, Herbsaint, a locally produced anisette, is a relatively safe stand-in for old absinthe-based drinks. The bar itself is an historic spot, having opened in 1807, but the crowd is generally of the bottom-shelf Bourbon St variety.
French Quarter
There's no denying the Quarter's appeal. It's walkable, picturesque, always busy, and filled with an extraordinary range of great restaurants, bars, nightclubs, courtyard cafés, art galleries, rummage shops and quirky museums. A visitor can walk these blocks time and time again and on each occasion notice something new.
There's no denying the Quarter's appeal. It's walkable, picturesque, always busy, and filled with an extraordinary range of great restaurants, bars, nightclubs, courtyard cafés, art galleries, rummage shops and quirky museums. A visitor can walk these blocks time and time again and on each occasion notice something new.
Historic Voodoo Museum
This fascinating museum explores the history of voodoo, the exotic form of spiritual expression first brought to New Orleans by West African slaves who came on ships via Haiti. Tours of the museum are self-guided, so carefully read the handout as you pass through the rooms; otherwise, there is little to explain the exhibited arcana.
This fascinating museum explores the history of voodoo, the exotic form of spiritual expression first brought to New Orleans by West African slaves who came on ships via Haiti. Tours of the museum are self-guided, so carefully read the handout as you pass through the rooms; otherwise, there is little to explain the exhibited arcana.
House of Blues
Specializing in big-name, touring acts, the main hall can be cavernous. The smaller upstairs Parish room offers a little more soul.
Specializing in big-name, touring acts, the main hall can be cavernous. The smaller upstairs Parish room offers a little more soul.
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