Forget New Orleans restaurants for a moment, if you can. It's the city's hotel scene that is getting a lot of attention right now.
New Orleans’ Hidden Travel Gems
22.02.2024 - 19:11 / forbes.com / Ray Charles
Like its iconic gumbo, New Orleans is a fascinating cultural stew. No city in the world can lay claim to all the Big Easy offers: French-Creole cuisine, the spiritual home of jazz, one of the world’s longest (and most well-known) Mardi Gras celebrations, over 130 annual festivals and an abiding laissez les bon temps rouler (“let the good times roll”) local vibe.
Whether you’re in town to don beads and down Hurricanes or here on business with a few free hours, everyone should know there’s more to the city than the French Quarter. Here are our favorite lesser-known things to see and sample while everyone else is bumbling around Bourbon Street.
Eat your heart out
Of course, classic NOLA dishes — like bananas Foster at Brennan’s and oysters Rockefeller at Antoine’s Restaurant — should be on your must-eat list. But there are plenty of other delicious options from around the world here as well. Just be prepared to venture beyond the crowds.
“I was a frequent tourist before moving here, and I always thought the best dining was around the French Quarter,” says Jenny Adams, photographer and author of two books about New Orleans. “The French Quarter has epic, Old World meals, like Arnaud’s, and great newcomers, like MaMou, of course. However, the best meals are in smaller, less-sung-about spots. Rosalita’s serves incredible Mexican street food in a backyard in the Bywater. Another street food devotee is Budsi Authentic Thai, where they plate Bangkok curbside staples, like grilled pork shoulder with jaew sauce, at a cute pink building in the Marigny. My top pick [for Vietnamese] goes to Le’s Baguette in Uptown.” Adams adds that the 20-minute drive from the French Quarter across town is worth it for cinnamon- and star-anise-scented pho broth and lemongrass pork banh mi.
Other stellar, globe-trotting restaurants include Dakar Nola’s modern fine-dining Senegalese served in a communal table setting, Fritai’s Haitian favorites and Mister Mao’s delicious mishmash of global flavors and Southern influences.
See a (not-as-crowded) jazz show
Preservation Hall is one of the city’s iconic spots for live jazz. But tickets sell out quickly. Luckily, in the birthplace of jazz, if you know where to look, you can catch a show every night of the week. The ultimate resource, local jazz radio station WWOZ’s live music calendar, is updated continually. New Orleans Jazz Museum also hosts complimentary shows from Tuesday to Friday at 2 p.m., ideal if you’re traveling with little ones.
In other exciting music venue news, Dew Drop Inn, known as NOLA’s most influential mid-century music club where giants like Ray Charles and Irma Thomas would frequently drop by to perform, has been refashioned and will reopen soon.
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