Clubs, restaurants, sightseeing,museums. Please advise :-)
2007-01-20 06:27:12 · 12 answers · asked by Dulsinea 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New Orleans
I hope you do not get raped by all the hulking criminals groids roaming the city in search of FEMA hand outs. New Orleans is a cesspool and I would suggest you avoid it.
2007-01-24 04:28:57 · answer #1 · answered by New Orleans Get Over It 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
All my experience is in the Quarter, but I think I have some valid recommendations.
Restaurants: try to avoid the touristy stuff like the Hard Rock Cafe or Margaritaville. I recommend Coop's Place (on Decatur, across the way from Margaritaville) very highly. A local described it to us as "gourmet food at local prices," and she was right! Also Mona Lisa's on Royal St., and Cafe Maspero, across from the Jax Brewery.
Museums: The Presbytere, on Jackson Square, which has the extremely interesting exhibit "Mardi Gras: It's Carnival Time in Louisiana." Also the Historic New Orleans Voodoo Museum on Dumaine (NOT to be confused with the Marie Laveau Voodoo Museum on Bourbon).
I don't go to clubs much, but a local recommended The Speckled Cat and the Apple Barrel on Frenchman St. for good music, and Preservation Hall is always a good choice, as well.
2007-01-24 06:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by ckmclements 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't help you much with the clubs, I am more bar type. You may want to check out the "best of New Orleans" polls that I believe the gambit still puts out. Some names tossed around for dancing and such are The Republic and The Metro, eck. My stomach turns making those suggestions but anywho. About the only place that my snooty butt will be seen in the French Quarter is at Pat O'Brien's. Pat O's is fun, but more fun if going with a big, happy crowd. Its piano bar was always a blast if the company is right.
Restaurants, I always took people to Pascal's Manale and they always loved it. Frankie and Johnnie's is usually a good seafood place for local flavor. Those are just a couple cheaper seafood places that I've always found fun. I'm sure there are differing opinions on places to go, but, with the exception of the French Quarter restaurants, it's hard to go wrong in New Orleans for food.
Sightseeing, spend time in the French Quarter but don't be afraid to spread your wings into the Uptown area. St. Charles Avenue is lined with beautiful homes. Magazine Street, which runs parrallel to St. Charles, is lined with stores and many good restaurants and bars. Uptown is where most local students and such go out at night, with the Warehouse District running a close second. Uptown is more of a bar scene, where as the Warehouse District has a more hopping, but local, scene.
Of course, our newest sightseeing attraction is, unfortunately, the areas destroyed by Katrina. To get your fill of that you can take Canal Boulevard out to the lake, take a left on Robert E. Lee and head back on Pontchartrain Blvd. You can see where the levee broke on the side streets off Pontchartrain Blvd on the west side, maybe a five or so blocks off of Robert E. Lee.
Museums, if you get uptown around Tulane and Loyola you can go to the Audubon Zoo. While most zoos are not that impressive, the Audubon Zoo is as much a botanical garden and park as it is a bunch of cages. There is also the aquarium dowtown which is nice, but, frankly, I've never been a big fan of any aquarium. A neat museum to me is the D-Day museum which is in the Warehouse District (also downtown). The Cabildo, which is next to the St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square, is home to the Louisiana Collection and a great place to see local history.
Hope my essay on New Orleans helps.
2007-01-22 16:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by MDHarp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a night time ghost tour (very spooky), have a Muffalatta at Frank's sit on the balcony overlooking the Joan of Arc statue, Harrah's casino, take a street car to the Garden District, take a walking tour of the great homes and cemetery (get a AAA guide book. Also, check out the aquarium, get some oysters, creole food and of course Bourbon Street Bring your umbrella, might hit some rain.
2007-01-20 10:35:45 · answer #4 · answered by jeffpsd 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well i live here so i say a dont miss is definitly the French Quater . Its such a historical place to see........A cool thing to do is to go on a street card ride up and down canal street, or go on a horse and carrige ride through the french quater its the best.....
hope you have fun in my home
NEW ORLEANS
oh yeah GO SAINTS
p.s you may run into a lot of crazy saints fans partys dont worry they wont hurt you there just hiped up about the saints on ther way to the super bowl
2007-01-20 16:29:26 · answer #5 · answered by Saints Fan 100% N.0.l.A. 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The muffeletta sandwich at the Central Grocery, 923 Decatur
Beignets and coffee at the Cafe du Monde, 800 Decatur
Take one the the many "Cooking Classes" that are offered. You don't actually cook but you watch a demonstration of your lunch being prepared.
BTW: I enjoy food.
2007-01-20 06:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You wont miss anything if you dont go......but if you have to, be very careful! I wouldnt carry a purse, carry cash in your bra. If your out at night be careful not to walk down any of the streets of the french quarter that arent heavily populated. Crime is out of control right now. I live 45 min away and worked in chalmette after the storm. I have no desire to go there now
2007-01-21 05:18:53 · answer #7 · answered by spoildrotn 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well depends on what you call fun, of course there is the French Quarter. Maybe a swamp tour if you like that sort of thing. A ride on a river boat if they are there. The zoo.
2007-01-20 14:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by desrtrse 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do not miss the performances at Jackson Square! If you let the "crime rate" answers scare you, you'll never travel anywhere. Take the risk...your own hometown probably has statistics that would scare you too.
2007-01-21 05:32:20 · answer #9 · answered by dreamgirl 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The spagetti factory in old new orleans. The gamling cruises. and the arch.
2007-01-20 06:33:11 · answer #10 · answered by JHAMAINE E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋