Go Shop View archives

• 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