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Muriels’s off of Jackson Square is delish!

Crepes: If you find yourself on Bourbon around lunch time Petunias crepes are deliciuos and filling. Also the dining room is like a time machine…old new oreleans, daytime romantic without being kitchsy.
http://www.petuniasrestaurant.com/lunch.htm.

@MsUsUk:
Do not go to Acme Oyster House, I worked for the health dept for years and it’s notoriously a repeat offender for their oysters

I second the Dante’s Kitchen recommendation!
And another favorite — way in the back of the French Quarter is a hole in the wall with the best burger you’ll ever have (waiting in line is part of the fun): Port of Call, http://www.portofcallneworleans.com/.

no recs for what to do but you will LOVE the sookie Stackhouse series. If you havent watched the Show True Blood on HBO, the books started that show. I am on the 4th book and they are amazing. Love em!

Have fun!

If you like history the WWII museum is amazing. The Zoo and Aquarium are really nice too. Like others have said spend some time on Magazine St. and Frenchman. You should really have a hurricane at Pat O’s and a Muffalatta at the Napoleon house in the Quarter or the Grocery on St. Charles. Make sure to take a Street car from Canal St. all the way down to Riverbend and back on the St. Charles line so you can properly soak up all of those old mansions. You are going to have such a blast! Looking forward to the post.

go on a swamp tour. as a native new orleanian, i thought it was pretty stupid until i had an out of town guest who insisted on it and i had so much fun. i got to hold the alligator and feed it swamp crack (marshmallows) and a couple of alligators were swimming in the water and hopped right on the swamp boat with us. it was such an amazing experience.

of course, you’ll have to go to court of two sisters for brunch and camillia grill and take a ride on the street car through the historic garden district/uptown area. it’s sad you won’t be there for the mardi gras season. king cake season starts January 6th, so make it a point to find RANDAZZO’S CREAM CHEESE STUFFED KING CAKE. this is the best. if you want, i will mail it to you! you have to have it! spend your time in the flea market and then walk right on over to cafe du monde for your beignets. you’ll catch a street performance right outside of the cafe du monde. most of the seating is outdoors, so check the weather and dress appropriately! from there, i would recommend walking further down (or driving because it’s a considerable walk!) to the Aquarium of the Americas. you can get a pass that lets you see the zoo and the aquarium. also, stop by tujagues at night for some zydeco music and great muffelattas!! Mother’s is a pretty popular breakfast joint and the line goes down around the building.

my parents restaurants are only three blocks from there! the international house is a nice place to stay. you can go to the bar there or you can walk down to whiskey blue which is across the street from mothers in the W hotel. nice crowd. you can then walk across the street to the swizzle stick bar or cafe adelaide in the Loews hotel. At lunch… they have twenty five cent martinis!! WOOHOO~

that’s all for now because i have a lot of work to get to this morning. hope you have fun and i get to run into you!

I third or fourth the Dante’s Kitchen recommendation. You can take the streetcar down St. Charles from the Quarter then up Carrollton Ave (where I live!). Brunch there is fabulous.

I can also second the do not go to Acme recommendation. It’s not the best on Bourbon. if you MUST eat on Bourbon Street, the Red Fish Grill is a crowd pleaser.

And for sure spend an afternoon in Audubon Park. It’s just a beautiful place to stroll and sit under the oaks, and the zoo is right there as well.

Then, shop on Magazine Street and go to The Bulldog for a pint.

Hope y’all enjoy my town!

You definitely have to check out Mothers Restaurant across from the W Hotel on Poydras. They has the BEST andouille sausage po-boys….yummy!