Leigh & Adam

Great restaurant and bar in walking distance to reception and hotel. Chef Nina Compton, “mixes the indigenous ingredients and Rick culinary heritage of New Orleans with those of her Caribbean roots. Tapping into her classical French culinary training and deep experience with Italian cuisine, the result is a playful menu that takes the food you know, and makes it food you love.”

A Chef Donald Link restaurant. “Focused on working with local fishermen and farmers who harvest sustainably, Pêche serves simply prepared contemporary dishes, rustic creations cooked on an open hearth, as well as fresh oysters and Gulf fish.”

This is a large room with stations of different food choices around the outside and a large bar in the middle. Get traditional New Orleans food from Elysian Seafood, Indian streetfood from Tava, or a salad from Happy Jaxx (good salads can sometimes be hard to find in New Orleans). Order a Moscow Mule with the local New Orleans HuHu’s Ginger Beer from the bar!

The fine dining eatery on the quieter outskirts of the Quarter pays homage to the original bar of the same name, which interestingly was also the birthplace of the brandy crusta. The restaurant is at 1026 St. Louis St. in a Creole cottage that dates back to the 1830s. Check out the copper top bar that was built in the 1880s. The contemporary menu has 10 rotating dishes, such as gougeres with Parmesan custard, beef tongue pastrami with hazelnut pesto, fried chicken bao with collard kimchi and kombu-cured salmon served on an English crumpet with celeriac slaw and remoulade. Gumbo is served with buttered rice and potato salad. Several dishes change on a nightly basis.

From the website: “The National WWII Museum tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world—why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn."

Jackson Square is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.

Read this Forbes article for an overview of museums around New Orleans featuring Louisiana music, art, history, food, and more.

Clusters of shops are interspersed with charming homes, and a mix of renovated warehouses and shops selling housewares, pottery, period furniture, clothing, books, glass, toys, china, soaps and jewelry. Magazine Street is the ideal spot for a leisurely walk-about, with plenty of coffee shops, cafes and restaurants to provide a pit stop and refreshment to the tired shopper. There is a Magazine Street bus that departs from Canal Street, or take the St. Charles Streetcar and walk several block towards the river to Magazine.

A slightly cleaner alternative to Bourbon St! Find bars with live music up and down Frenchman Street. Some require a cover, some do not (it always changes). Try Blue Nile, Maison, Cafe Negril, The Spotted Cat, The Three Muses, and more.

Longway is a tavern that still views New Orleans’ French Quarter as a neighborhood. They are a third place for everyone living, working, and playing in the French Quarter--a casual spot with an open-air courtyard where you can grab a bite and a beer before heading off to other destinations, have dinner, or to savor a nightcap when the party is winding down