Hey y'all over thanksgiving my wife and I are going to New Orleans. I have only ever been to party with the bros. Food is definitely priority number 1.

Where should we stay?
Where should we eat?
Any tour type things we should do?
Music venues?
What's your favorite thing about New Orleans?

Hotels:
- Hotel Monteleone (home of the Carousel Bar)
- The Eliza Jane
- The Rosevelt

Food:
- Central Grocery
- Edgar Degas House
- Cafe Du Monde
- French Market
- Peche
- Antoine's

Bar:
- Carousel Bar (an actual rotating bar)
- Lafitte's Blacksmith (oldest bar in the US ~1720)

To Do's:
- Whitney Plantation / Oak Alley / Laura Plantation

The Roosevelt should be decorated for Christmas, and it's beautiful. Rooms are small, but fine for 2.

The WW II Museum is outstanding. We spent a full day there and still talk about going back.

GW Fins
Mothers
Deanies for BBQ shrimp
Cochon
Muffalatta from Central Grocery picnic on Jackson Square or at Besthoff Sculpture Gardens
Court of Two Sister Jazz Brunch
Gumbo Shop...Creole Combination Platter
Pat Obriens for Hurricane compare to the one at Lafites Blacksmith Shop
Take the trolley to Garden District...take in Commaders Palace for Turtle Soup and .25 martinis if correct day

Hit up Preservation Hall for jazz

Frenchmen's Street for live music

Edit...I could spend all day at WW2 museum but that would take away from your time in NOLA if you have never been

We stayed at the Windsor Court in July and really enjoyed it.

search this site there are quite a few suggestions
all i know is if you eat poorly in new orleans you chose poorly
i love new orleans

I don't know if I've been to a place that beats Commander's Palace !

Van Buren Boy said:

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We stayed at the Windsor Court in July and really enjoyed it.

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Staying there next Thursday - Sunday. First time wife and I are going together. We have only been to new orleans for guys or girls only weekends.

Got a reservation to gw fins on Thursday night

Kreg17 said:

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Hotels:
- Hotel Monteleone (home of the Carousel Bar)
- The Eliza Jane
- The Rosevelt

Food:
- Central Grocery
- Edgar Degas House
- Cafe Du Monde
- French Market
- Peche
- Antoine's

Bar:
- Carousel Bar (an actual rotating bar)
- Lafitte's Blacksmith (oldest bar in the US ~1720)

To Do's:
- Whitney Plantation / Oak Alley / Laura Plantation

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We are going next week but are skipping out on the plantations. Can't make ourselves spend most of the time traveling too and back. Round trip transfer is longer than the tour

I think the Times Picayune, the local paper has probably the best restaurant reviewers. I will research their reviews and see what is happening over the weekend. Seems to cater to locals so you can find some fun and maybe quirky things to do. However if you have not been there at least try to find a table downstairs At Galatois and get a Pimm's at the Napoleon bar.

Any good places to watch the ND game Saturday near The Westin New Orleans? Manning's looks like it may be a zoo.

We stayed at the Ritz the week of Thanksgiving. It was decorated for Christmas. Great location and beautiful hotel. Rooms are great

SanAntoneAg88 said:

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Any good places to watch the ND game Saturday near The Westin New Orleans? Manning's looks like it may be a zoo.

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Wife and I will be in town. Will probably go to sports books at Ceasars

pimplepopper said:

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We stayed at the Ritz the week of Thanksgiving. It was decorated for Christmas. Great location and beautiful hotel. Rooms are great

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That's my favorite place to stay in New Orleans.

Breakfast:
Panola Street Cafe
Toast

Dinner:
Irenes
Mr. Johns
Revel
High Hat
Doris Metropolitan
Atchafalaya
Venezia New Orleans


Sweet treat:
Angelo Broccato

Bars:
The Rusty Nail
Lafittes
Frenchmen St
Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar | Live Jazz in New Orleans


The tour guides in the quarter do a history/ghost bar tour where you can hear stories and drink. Check who is playing at Tipitinas. Calendar Tipitina's I think games are being shown at Urban South Brewery, but Finn McCools is also a great bar for overall football watching.

Edgar Degas House
- Cafe Du Monde

Also: I agree with these AND there is a Cafe Du Monde in City Park near the New Orleans Museum of Art. Also around that neighborhood, the Deuches Haus might be doing their German Christmas market around that time.

Eat here

Jacques Imo's

Toups meatery… best meal of my life

Broussards, Antoines or Revolution?