NEW ORLEANS

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  • HAZELNUT

    This home accessories shop is co-owned by local actor Bryan Batt (Mad Men), who mans the counter when he’s in town. “Old World charm with a chic metropolitan twist,” is Hazelnut’s slogan and its handsewn toiles with New Orleans scenes are collectors’ items. (9/2011)

    5515 Magazine St
    504-891-2424
    www.hazelnu...orleans.com

  • Scriptura

    You’ll never want to send an e-mail again after visiting this charming paperie that sells whimsical notebooks, creamy writing papers, fountain pens and other high-end accessories. The custom printing and invitations are a local favorite, and the wrapping papers just might outshine the gift. (9/2011)

    5423 Magazine St
    504-897-1555
    scriptura.com

  • LOUISIANA MUSIC FACTORY

    If you miss real record stores, check out LMF’s new and used CDs and vinyl—jazz, zydeco, Cajun, R&B, blues and other local sounds, spread over two stories— all well-organized (and well-priced). Music lovers will especially love the frequent in-store performances. (9/2011)

    210 Decatur St
    504-586-1094
    www.louisia...factory.com



 

Go See View archives

  • AUDUBON ZOO

    Besides the usual elephants and monkeys, this zoo’s jewel is its unique Louisiana swamp exhibit, with white alligators, black bears, raccoons and a real duckweed swamp with an authentic Cajun houseboat. (9/2011)

    6500 Magazine St
    504-861-2537
    auduboninstitute.org

  • NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART

    Since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has emerged as a center of American contemporary art. Catch Swoon: Thalassa, a room-sized cut-paper installation by the street artist Swoon, hanging in NOMA’s Great Hall. Through Sept. 25. (9/2011)

    1 Collins Diboll Circle
    504-658-4100
    www.noma.org

  • THE OLD URSULINE CONVENT

    The oldest building in the Mississippi Valley (built in 1752), this space has been many things, including a convent, an orphanage and a hospital. Today, visitors can view the oldest surviving example of the French colonial period in the US on daily tours (except Sunday). (9/2011)

    1100 Chartres St
    504-529-3040



 

Go Eat View archives

  • BAYONA

    Susan Spicer’s temple of internationally-inspired, modern Louisiana food continues to impress with innovative dishes like oyster, spinach and Italian sausage gratin, crispy smoked quail salad with pears and a bourbon-molasses dressing and the showstopper smoked duck, cashew-peanut butter and pepper jelly sandwich. $$$ (9/2011)

    430 Rue Dauphine
    504-525-4455
    www.bayona.com

  • Green Goddess

    This tiny restaurant (16 seats, no reservations) on a beautiful, quiet French Quarter alley is intensely seasonal, with an ever-changing menu. Watermelon-ginger soup with lump crab meat and whitealmond gazpacho are typical late-summer starters that you shouldn’t miss. (9/2011)

    307 Exchange Alley
    504-301-3347
    greengoddessnola.com

  • COCHON

    Cajun swamp-rustic meets hip gourmet, as Donald Link serves up all manner of pork dishes, alligator and oysters, along with housemade pates, sausages, salumi, mustards and pickles. Cochon’s highmeets- low ethos is perfectly encapsulated in its collection of moonshine whiskeys. $$$ (9/2011)

    930 Tchoupitoulas St
    504-588-2123
    www.cochonrestaurant.com



 

Go Party View archives

  • TIPITINA’S

    A New Orleans institution for 34 years, Tip’s has kept up with the times, adding air conditioning and banning smoking. You might hear a local brass band, a Cajun-rock combo, classic R&B, Texas swing, zydeco music or a funky piano player, but no matter the genre, you will have a blast— and you will dance. (9/2011)

    501 Napoleon Ave
    504-895-8477
    tipitinas.com

  • Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

    This is a place where serious jazz happens every night. We mean serious, as the jazz room is no cell phones and no chattering—just great music in an intimate space. Ellis Marsalis and Charmaine Neville are two of the impressive house acts at this casual spot, that also has a lively restaurant and bar up-front. We suggest getting all of your socializing out of your system there before entering the jazz room. (9/2011)

    626 Frenchmen St
    504-949-0696
    snugjazz.com

  • Maple Leaf Bar

    Some of the best brass band sounds in the city are served up seven nights a week at this tin-roofed temple of funk that’s a taxi ride away from the French Quarter. Check out Rebirth Brass Band (Tuesdays) and Dirty Dozen Brass Band (call for nights). (9/2011)

    8316 Oak St
    504-866-9359
    mapleleafbar.com



 

Fun Fact!


Treme, adjacent to the French Quarter, is the oldest African-American neighborhood in America. It was only moderately damaged by floods from Hurricane Katrina and is the setting for HBO’s critically acclaimed, locally shot drama of the same name which will begin filming its third season in January 2012.


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