Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

come see us, when you're in town. We hang out in the offseason too.

Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

Only been a few times but...

DO watch out stay in well lighted places & with a group (BUT isn't it like that in ay big city!!?)

Dress Saints for sure - MOST people will dig that right there.

DO not forget ot Lucky Pierre's

Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

Alright my friend - best places to go and not eat "touristy" crap food and get shafted on drinks. You'll be in the mix of everything going on but be able to avoid a generic experience.

Good luck and GEAUX SAINTS!!

Breakfast:
Stanley in the French quarter at lafayette square $$ (awesome food - great view)
Cafe Du Monde $ (you've gotta have beignets and coffee)


Lunch:
Mothers $$ (probably a line around the block, but the Debris Sandwich is RAD)
Yo mammas - Fr quarter $ (awesome burger selection)
Port of Call $ (What Yo Mammas is now, they were 10 years ago before they started to slack)
Mr. B's Bistro $$ - Best BBQ Shrimp in town (real new orleans style)
Bourbon House $$ - Great oysters and located at the bottom of your hotel


Dinner:
Cochon $$
NOLA $$$ (Emeril's good restaurant)
Herbsaint $$$
Domenica in Hotel Roosevelt $$$

Drinks:
Hotel Monteleone - The Carousel Bar $$ (yes it rotates) $$ (down from your hotel)
Lucy's $ (packed w Saints fans before game and short walk to Dome)

Walk up Poydras to the game and you'll see kids selling canned and bottled beers for $3 and plenty of bars w mixed drinks.


SF76

Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

You have not met the NOPD up close and personal.

Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

I've been there plenty of times and the last time I was there I had 3 different guys on 3 different streets ask me that same thing. I was dressed in jeans and a t shirt once, dress pants and a collared shirt the next, and full out Saints gear the third. I was blown away by this statement and for the life of me, I can't figure out what the hook is. I even asked around with the local bartenders and waiters and no one gave me a straight answer.
Can someone please tell me how this ends?
Are they trying to bait you into saying your from out of town?
Trying to get a buck off you?
Trying to sell you drugs?

By NO means did I look like I was from out of town, I looked like a total local. WTF?
I'm still perplexed about this one!

Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

Alright my friend - best places to go and not eat "touristy" crap food and get shafted on drinks. You'll be in the mix of everything going on but be able to avoid a generic experience.

Good luck and GEAUX SAINTS!!

Breakfast:
Stanley in the French quarter at lafayette square $$ (awesome food - great view)
Cafe Du Monde $ (you've gotta have beignets and coffee)


Lunch:
Mothers $$ (probably a line around the block, but the Debris Sandwich is RAD)
Yo mammas - Fr quarter $ (awesome burger selection)
Port of Call $ (What Yo Mammas is now, they were 10 years ago before they started to slack)
Mr. B's Bistro $$ - Best BBQ Shrimp in town (real new orleans style)
Bourbon House $$ - Great oysters and located at the bottom of your hotel


Dinner:
Cochon $$
NOLA $$$ (Emeril's good restaurant)
Herbsaint $$$
Domenica in Hotel Roosevelt $$$

Drinks:
Hotel Monteleone - The Carousel Bar $$ (yes it rotates) $$ (down from your hotel)
Lucy's $ (packed w Saints fans before game and short walk to Dome)

Walk up Poydras to the game and you'll see kids selling canned and bottled beers for $3 and plenty of bars w mixed drinks.


SF76

Now this is a great game plan.

Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

Here ya go...if ur say on Bourbon st and they come up and ask.."Say i bet i can tell you were you got your shoes for 10$"..and you being the tourist want to see if this guy is a psychic you say.." Ok tell me where".... he looks at you and says " On Bourbon St...now give me my ten dollars" get it?

Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

Another answer you'll maybe get is "on your feet". Saw that in a NOLA commercial a few years back, when I still lived in the area.

Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

Yep..also watch out for the guys on bikes there notorious for robbing you

Re: 1st time in new orleans
 

I was in NO in 2003 last. Shoes guy didn't like it when my reply was "the $10 is in my pocket with some extra, you just have to try to get it out".