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1st time in new orleans
In town this weekend for the game. Any suggestions on must do, must see, or must eat while I'm there?
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Go to mothers and eat.
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tell me you have your hotel reserved already..... if not, LaPlace is quite lovely this time of year.
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yeah crowne plaza on boubon st
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Mother's for any meal.....
Yo Mama's for a burger K-Pauls for dinner Bourbon Beach, Razoo's and Bourbon Blues all have 3 for one HHs... |
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Got that hotel.... good! now:
Just do the usual touristy stuff the 1st time, thats my suggestion. Even "hip" "undergroundy" people like the French Quarter, they just wont admit it. Bring lots of cash, you'll need it. Dont play with the "I know where you got them shoes" guy. Find a group of strangers to share the cost of it, and ride the mule/buggy deal around. Do a paddle-wheeler ride... check out the voodoo shops, look at all the weird people at Jackson Square. Do the Cafe DuMonde beignet thing. check out the riverwalk and moonwalk. See some plantation homes if you can. Musee Conti (wax museum) on Conti is not only a kickass museum, but a great primer on N.O. history. See Chris Owens show--- she's about 100, and still has the body of a 30 yr. old, and stop in every club on Bourbon St. including the gay stuff. Dont look like a tourist--- instead dress Saints, or Ghetto, or Biker, or Redneck, never like a yuppie tourist. Everyone who's ever been to N.O. goes to Pat OBriens & gets hurricanes. They taste like kool-aid, so drink lots of them and drink them fast--- they wont do anything bad to you. trust me. Then if you must get "local" the bohemian clubs are on Frenchman street over by Esplanade. Most of this stuff is considered touristy, but who shives a git what is supposed to be "cool?" "undergroundy" people live with their mama. Have fun and dont worry. Dont do anything wacky till you see somebody else do it first. This is your basic crash course in New Orleans. |
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I thought the rule was ... don't fight or urinate in public... everything else goes...
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http://www.skymall.com/images/produc...102473048d.jpg thats my kind of customer service mission statement. |
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I'm always nice .... I'm in Dallas....looks like you guys have a great group in Houston.....
Going to NOLA this weekend of course.... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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! |
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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 $3 and plenty of bars w mixed drinks. SF76 Now this is a great game plan. |
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Here ya go...if ur say on Bourbon st and they come up and ask.."Say i bet i can tell you were you got your shoes for 10$"..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? |
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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".
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I love Mother's. Great food, GREAT.
I like that name too. Me and my friend want to get #25 jerseys made, but instead of Bush, we are going to put "Shaved". HEH HEH HEH>>> |
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all great suggestions. I am adding Court of Two Sisters for Sunday Brunch. The food is 5 stars without the 5 star price.
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Char-grilled oysters at Drago's in the riverside Hilton are awesome so are the ones at Acme oyster house.
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Seriously everywhere they said is great, but stay off the side streets and keep to the lighted areas. Enjoy.
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OK, I just have to add this, all the restaurant advice is great, Mothers is perfect for breakfast, really need to check that out, but have none of you ever had a Muffaletta at Central Grocery?
They are the BEST! But of course you have to like muffaletta's... the atmosphere in the store is cool, old stuff from a hundred years ago on the shelves, you feel like you stepped back in time or something. They have been in business there since 1906. They are NOT open on Sunday's though. http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...l/13212659.jpg |
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Mike, if nicebush25 is a no-show you can bet I'll be decked out. Heading to the store after work to get ready for the weekend. It's hard to make a Honda Accord intimidating though.
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Ouch!
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All those places listed above, I have enjoyed at some time or other. We were in New Orleans for the (ugh) Dallas game, and I really enjoyed Acme Oyster Bar again. They seem to be pretty consistent! Once I saw Marshall Faulk in there just before we beat the Rams in the playoff game. We went to K-Paul's the night before the Dallas game, and they seated Wade Phillips and his family right next to us for dinner. You just nevah know who you'll run into!
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Cafe du Monde Mothers Pralines those are the "don't miss no matter what when you're in NOLA" for me. |
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food: dinner
Jacques-Imo's 8324 Oak Street New Orleans, LA 70118 504-861-0886 lunch: Nola's 534 Saint Louis St. New Orleans, LA 70130 ph: 504 522 6652 breakfast: Angeli 1141 Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA 70116-2605 (504) 566-0077 other places to try, juan's flying burrito 2018 magazine street | New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Dine-In or Take Out: Monday thru Thursday 11am-10pm, Friday & Saturday 11am-11pm and Sunday 12pm-10pm p: (504) 569-0000 nightlife.... try frenchman st. it's in the back of the quarter, places to see there are, d.b.a., apple barrel, dragen's den cafe brasil..... etc etc also pirate's alley cafe 622 pirates cove is a nice place to sit and drink wine during the night hours. get a little table outside and sip wine and enjoy the chilled atmosphere and sites around you as it sits next the the Catherdral. all of the places i have mentioned are very local and you can get a good feel of what it is like to live in new orleans by visiting these places |
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lafittes blacksmith bar (best bar on bourbon st)
acme oyster house (INCREDIBLE food!!!!) parasols (get the roast beef po boy, fo sho!) |
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Jacques-Imo's could use the business from all the construction on Oak st. And have a bottle of Gruet while you're there!!!
After dinner, go next door to Maple Leaf and catch some live music! |
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