![]() ![]() Joseph Street and walk a block to the National WWII Museum, a massive institution whose multimedia exhibits and 250,000 artifacts will keep history buffs engaged for hours. Check out the Zoo, Aquarium or Nature Center if you’re traveling with kids, arrive for a pre-booked tee time at the lagoon-laced public course or just sit for a spell under the ancient oaks before catching the famous St. ( Hansen’s Sno-Bliz makes a strong, heat-beating detour for a New Orleans snowball doused with homemade syrups like root beer, wild cherry or spearmint.) Your destination is Audubon Park, covering 350 acres between the Mississippi River to St. ![]() Continue along Magazine Street, lined with shops and cafés, into Uptown. It’ll take about 25 minutes to get to nostalgic-for-the-’90s Molly’s Rise and Shine - plenty of time to stop and smell the jasmine and wear out the heart button on your Trulia app - for Mason Hereford’s sweet-and-savory carrot yogurt and pitch-perfect take on a McMuffin sandwich. Today takes you to the opposite side of New Orleans, starting with a leisurely walk from the hotel to breakfast in the Garden District, one of the most scenic, real estate envy-inducing enclaves of the city. Save room for tableside-flambeed dessert this is the place that invented bananas Foster. What awaits in the rarefied watermelon-colored dining room includes robust gumbo, roasted oyster domed in cornbread crumbs and glazed duck with farro done in the style of dirty rice. The dinner seating is promptly at six, so be on time. The bubblegum-pink Royal Street restaurant has been in business since 1946 and is one of those rare establishments beloved by locals and tourists. That Louisiana heat and humidity is probably getting to you about now, so catch a ride back to the hotel to clean up before dinner at a New Orleans legend, Brennan’s. Try the Fletcher’s Paradise, a Madeira-and-Cognac punch flavored with pineapple and cardamom. Part of the Hotel Peter and Paul, the joint lives in a renovated Catholic rectory. Get your steps in exploring the adjacent neighborhoods of Marigny and Bywater, stopping in the former for a drink at the evocative Elysian Bar. Decorated with vivid paintings and masks, the easygoing dining room is a stage for grilled shrimp with citrus and pikliz (vinegary pickled veggies) and crispy wings marinated in spicy, herbaceous epis, fried and smothered in tangy passionfruit barbecue sauce. For another perspective on water and weather, Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond, one of the permanent exhibits at the Presbytère museum on Jackson Square, shouldn’t be missed for its thoughtful storytelling and sobering artifacts.Ĭontinue up through Louis Armstrong Park and Congo Square to lunch at Fritai, Charley Pierre’s year-old homage to the street food of his native Haiti. Rau and galleries like Frank Relle, whose “Until the Water” series features haunting nightscapes of Louisiana bayous and swamps. You can take your time under the iconic spearmint-striped awning or snack while wandering the Quarter - caution: you will look like a cocaine lord after - and specifically Royal Street, home to jaw-dropping antiques dealerships like M.S. Grabbing a bag of them, still warm from the fryer, and a chicory-kicked café au lait is not an original way to start the morning in New Orleans, but it is a very delicious one. You’ve heard about the beignets, sourdough donuts buried in blizzards of powdered sugar, at Café du Monde, the French Quarter legend established in 1862. Come to think of it, it’s actually perfect for first timers, which is who this weekend itinerary of powdered-sugared greatest hits and interesting, lesser-known stops is ideal for. We’ll also say that while it isn’t in our desired neighborhood, what the riverfront CBD location lacks in charm it makes up for in convenience, just 15-minute walk to the Garden District in one direction and through the Quarter into Marigny in the other. Vincent and plenty of passable filler in the mid-range, but there’s very little in the traditional luxury market, which is why Four Seasons’s arrival - along with its best-in-class service - is such a BFD. The Crescent City wants not for idiosyncratic Airbnbs, headline-making boutiques like the new St. Located in the former World Trade Center, the property is a luxurious mix of bars and restaurants, fifth-floor pool and spa home to a Sazerac-themed men’s massage and 341 pristine white-and-caramel rooms big enough to do gymnastics in.
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