Guidebook for New Orleans
Food Scene
Go to Orange Couch for your favorite barista-crafted beverage and a pastry. Great spot to sit and read or do some work.
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The Orange Couch
2339 Royal StGo to Orange Couch for your favorite barista-crafted beverage and a pastry. Great spot to sit and read or do some work.
St Roch Market has something for everyone. A coffee shop, pastry place, salads/smoothie place, tacos, Haitian food, pho/Vietnamese food, and oyster bar, and a bar for cocktails. Love it for lunch or dinner.
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St. Roch Market
2381 St Claude AveSt Roch Market has something for everyone. A coffee shop, pastry place, salads/smoothie place, tacos, Haitian food, pho/Vietnamese food, and oyster bar, and a bar for cocktails. Love it for lunch or dinner.
French restaurant N7 was named top 10 new restaurants by Bon Appetit magazine in 2016. Be transformed into French country road life in this hidden gem. It lives up to the hype. Just a four block walk from our place.
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N7
1117 Montegut StFrench restaurant N7 was named top 10 new restaurants by Bon Appetit magazine in 2016. Be transformed into French country road life in this hidden gem. It lives up to the hype. Just a four block walk from our place.
Enjoy chef Nina Compton's cozy New Orleans restaurant, located just three blocks from our place. Make sure to make a reservation--she won a James Beard award this year.
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Bywater American Bistro
2900 Chartres StEnjoy chef Nina Compton's cozy New Orleans restaurant, located just three blocks from our place. Make sure to make a reservation--she won a James Beard award this year.
Essentials
Whole food coop grocery store. Go here for fresh, local produce, anything you would go to a Whole Foods Market for.
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New Orleans Food Co-Op
2372 St Claude AveWhole food coop grocery store. Go here for fresh, local produce, anything you would go to a Whole Foods Market for.
Biggest grocery store in the neighborhood with all the standard fare. Includes a significant prepared food section and a wine/spirits department.
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Robért Fresh Market
135 Robert E Lee BlvdBiggest grocery store in the neighborhood with all the standard fare. Includes a significant prepared food section and a wine/spirits department.
A bit down at the heels, but Hank's is the closest place to grab beer, cokes, ice, and the like.
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Hank's Super Market
2634 St Claude Ave A bit down at the heels, but Hank's is the closest place to grab beer, cokes, ice, and the like.
Another close convenience store. You can find groceries and cold drinks at convenience store prices. But there when you need it and open 24 hours. Also you may find a boa or costume or something to mask it as this place was a Mardi Gras novelties place pre-Katrina.
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Mardi Gras Zone Supermarket
2706 Royal StAnother close convenience store. You can find groceries and cold drinks at convenience store prices. But there when you need it and open 24 hours. Also you may find a boa or costume or something to mask it as this place was a Mardi Gras novelties place pre-Katrina.
Getting Around
St. Claude Avenue Streetcar to French Quarter/ Canal Street/Superdome.
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St Claude at Elysian Fields (Nearside)
St. Claude Avenue Streetcar to French Quarter/ Canal Street/Superdome.
N. Peters + Esplanade station
Riverfront Streetcar to Canal Street.
Arts & Culture
Marigny Opera House is an old Catholic church converted into a performance space. It hosts ballets, theater pieces, and other performances. It is also notable as the wedding venue for Solange Knowles.
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Marigny Opera House
725 St Ferdinand StMarigny Opera House is an old Catholic church converted into a performance space. It hosts ballets, theater pieces, and other performances. It is also notable as the wedding venue for Solange Knowles.
This place is a gem. The proprietor Sylvestor Francis collected discarded one of a kind, hand sewn and beaded suits made by member of New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian tribes. In homage to Native Americans, early African American New Orleanians masked "Indian" and paraded in the streets. Still do. You can find out more about them at the museum and on wwoz.org.
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Backstreet Cultural Museum
1531 Henriette Delille StThis place is a gem. The proprietor Sylvestor Francis collected discarded one of a kind, hand sewn and beaded suits made by member of New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian tribes. In homage to Native Americans, early African American New Orleanians masked "Indian" and paraded in the streets. Still do. You can find out more about them at the museum and on wwoz.org.
The collection here is a must for jazz aficionados. Louis Armstrong's cornet. Instruments from all the early jazz improvisors. Sheet music and early recordings. The museum also houses a theater with live music events. Check the listings online at http://www.nolajazzmuseum.org/
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New Orleans Jazz Museum
400 Esplanade AveThe collection here is a must for jazz aficionados. Louis Armstrong's cornet. Instruments from all the early jazz improvisors. Sheet music and early recordings. The museum also houses a theater with live music events. Check the listings online at http://www.nolajazzmuseum.org/
Parks & Nature
Crescent Park is a great place to catch a glimpse of the mighty Mississippi River. Close to the house, you can enter at N. Peters and Marigny Street. Great route for running (about a mile end to end). You can take the rusty rainbow bridge in Bywater to descend close to Pizza Delicious for a slice or else the end at the end of Bywater will take you close to Bacchanal Wines, a great wine-shop/restaurant/music venue. For longer walks/runs, you can join up with the Moon Walk on the riverfront of the French Quarter and head all the way to Canal Street at the Aquarium of the Americas.
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Crescent park
2300 N Peters StCrescent Park is a great place to catch a glimpse of the mighty Mississippi River. Close to the house, you can enter at N. Peters and Marigny Street. Great route for running (about a mile end to end). You can take the rusty rainbow bridge in Bywater to descend close to Pizza Delicious for a slice or else the end at the end of Bywater will take you close to Bacchanal Wines, a great wine-shop/restaurant/music venue. For longer walks/runs, you can join up with the Moon Walk on the riverfront of the French Quarter and head all the way to Canal Street at the Aquarium of the Americas.