New Orleans Recommendations
Here’s our guide to maximize the fun (and your waistlines, most likely) when you visit us. For more recommendations, check out the Hot Lists on our profile pages.
* requires a taxi or car from the French Quarter
DO
- Listen to live broadcasts of Louisiana musicians on WWOZ.org
- * Take a moonlight paddle through a swamp (March-November) or journey into Honey Island Swamp with native guides
- Get a muffuletta sandwich at the Central Grocery on Decatur Street in the Quarter. Take it across the street to the Mississippi River levee, find a bench and enjoy
- Ride the St. Charles streetcar to the end of the line and back
- Take the free ferry across the Mississippi river and back (departs from the foot of Canal Street every 30 minutes) for the most spectacular view of the city seen from anywhere
- Catch a brass band at Donna’s
- * Bowl a few frames and listen to some live local music at Mid-City Rock ‘n’ Bowl
- * Take a plantation tour
- Explore Marie Laveau’s House of Voodoo
- Visit the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, the National WWII Museum and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
- * Get an insider’s appreciation of the history and traditions of Carnival at Mardi Gras World
EAT
French Quarter
- ACME Oyster and Seafood Restaurant
- Bayona
- Café du Monde
- Clover Grill
- Croissant D’Or Patisserie
- Hookah Café
- Louisiana Pizza Kitchen
- Meauxbar Bistro
- Palm Court Jazz Café
- Pelican Club
Central Business District (CBD)
Marigny *
Mid-City *
Uptown *
STAY
There are hundreds of hotels in New Orleans; here are our top picks. The first two we’ve listed are within walking distance of our office and offer Zehno clients special corporate rates. The other French Quarter hotels we’ve heard good things about, but since we live here we haven’t actually stayed there.
Central Business District (CBD)
French Quarter
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