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1850 House Museum 55
AAcadian Cultural Center
(Lafayette) 162accommodations 15, 171-86,
see also Sleeping subindex
airport 180Bywater 177-9CBD 179-82Central City 182-4Faubourg Marigny 177-9French Quarter 174-7Garden District 182-4Lower Garden District
182-4Mid-City 185-6Riverbend 184Tremé, the 185-6Uptown 184Warehouse District 179-82
activities 20-3, see also bicycling, walks
African American people 188-9
Backstreet Cultural Museum 147
history 120, 193-4, 196-8Mardi Gras Indians 79,
146, 22, 77, 80McKenna Museum of Afri-
can American Art 117New Orleans African
American Museum 147River Road African Ameri-
can Museum (River Road) 157
Second Lines 153air travel 214Alcee Fortier Park 25, 145All Saints Day 23ambulance 220
Aquarium of the Americas 24, 103
architecture 19, 205-6Creole 7, 6-7, 12Historic New Orleans
Collection 58Preservation Resource
Center 106tours 54, 88
area codes 222Armstrong, Louis 148, 207art galleries 34, 70, 104,
see also individual art galleries
arts 33-6, 202-4, see also music
festivals & events 22, 23, 203
film 23, 35literature 21, 202-4markets 34public art 203theater 34-5, 36
Ashe Cultural Arts Center 117ATMs 220-1Audubon Zoo 24, 128, 128
BBackstreet Cultural Museum
147Banksy 204, 202Barataria Preserve (Down
the Bayou) 24-5, 169bars 19, 31, 32bathrooms 222-3Bayou Boogaloo 21bayous, the 168-70Bayou St John 147Beauregard-Keyes House 55beer 30, 32bicycling 25, 215
Confederacy of Cruis-ers 88
Big Top Gallery & Three Ring Circus 118
Black Code 193Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras
World 103, 78
Blanchard, Terence 207boat tours 53, 145, 163boat travel 215-16Bolden, Charles ‘Buddy’ 207books 188, 201, 203-4bounce music 36, 209Bourbon St 56BP oil spill 189, 211Breaux Bridge 161-5bus travel 215-16business hours 218Butler, Benjamin ‘Beast’ 195Butterfly Garden & Insec-
tarium 103Bywater 45, 86-97, 86,
242-3accommodations 177-9drinking & nightlife 86-7,
92-3entertainment 93-7food 86-92highlights 86-7shopping 97sights 88transport 87
CCabildo 50, 50Cajun Country Swamp Tours
(Breaux Bridge) 163Cajun music 208-9Cajun Music Hall of Fame
(Cajun Prairie) 166Cajun Prairie 165-8Cajun Village (River Road)
158Canal St Ferry 102car travel 216casket girls 55, 192Castle-Haley, Oretha 120CBD 45, 98-112, 98, 244-5
accommodations 179-82drinking & nightlife 98-9,
109-11entertainment 111food 98-9, 106-9
highlights 98-101shopping 111sights 100-2transport 99
cell phones 14, 222cemeteries 23, 116, 117
Lafayette Cemetery No 1 115, 115
Metairie Cemetery 146St Louis Cemetery No 1
144, 144St Louis Cemetery No 3
145St Roch Cemetery 84
Central Business District, see CBD
Central City 45, 113-25, 113, 248-9
accommodations 182-4drinking & nightlife 113-14,
122-3entertainment 123food 113-14, 118highlights 113-14sights 117-18
Champagne’s Swamp Tours (Breaux Bridge) 163
Chaz Fest 21chemists 220children, travel with 24-5,
105, 218churches 49, 49City Park 9, 24, 142-3,
8, 142Civil War 195-7Civil War Museum 105climate 15, 20-3, 218cocktails 12, 30, 32, 12Code Noir (Black Code) 193Congo Sq 149, 193, 194Congo Square Rhythms
Festival 21Connick Jr, Harry 207consulates 219Contemporary Arts Center
105costs 14, 27, 172, 222
Index
Sights 000Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
See also separate subindexes for:
5 EATING P232
6 DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE P233
3 ENTERTAINMENT P234
7 SHOPPING P234
4 SLEEPING P235
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230230courses 218credit cards 220-1Creole food 18-19, 29Creole Queen 53culture 207-9currency 14customs regulations 218cycling, see bicycling
Ddance 35dangers, see safetyDeepwater Horizon 189, 211demographics 188-9Destrehan Plantation
(River Road) 156disabilities, travelers
with 223drinking & nightlife 19,
30-2, see also individual neighborhoods, Drinking & Nightlife subindex
driver’s licenses 216drinks 12, 30-1, 12driving, see car travel
Eeconomy 188-9electricity 218-19embassies 219emergencies 220entertainment 33-6, see
also individual neigh-borhoods, Entertain-ment subindex
environmental issues 210-11
Esplanade Ave 145Essence Music Festival 21Eunice 167events, see festivals &
events
FFair Grounds Race Course
145Faubourg Marigny 45,
86-97, 86, 242-3accommodations 177-9drinking & nightlife 86-7,
92-3entertainment 93-7food 86-92highlights 86-7
shopping 97sights 88transport 87
Faulkner, William 74festivals & events 20-3,
203, see also Jazz Fest, Mardi Gras
film 23, 35films 188, 204fire 220Floyd’s Record Shop (Cajun
Prairie) 166Foburg Fest 20folk art 203food 26-9, 18, 26, see also
individual neighbor-hoods, Eating subindex
costs 27Creole 18-19, 29festivals 21, 23Freret St 13, 132opening hours 27po’boy 10, 23, 27, 11tours 54Vietnamese 29, 57, 150
free people of color 193-4French Market 53, 72French Quarter 44, 46-75,
46, 238-9, 6-7accommodations 174-7art galleries 70drinking & nightlife
47, 65entertainment 68-9food 47, 58-65highlights 46-52shopping 69-75sights 48-58tours 54transport 47walks 54, 60, 60
French Quarter Festival 21Frenchmen St 10, 88Freret St 13, 132Freret St Farmers Market
132funk music 208
Ggalleries, see art galleriesGallier Hall 102Gallier House Museum 54Garden District 45, 113-25,
113, 248-9, 12accommodations 182-4drinking & nightlife
113-14, 122-3food 113-14, 118highlights 113-15
shopping 124-5sights 115-17walks 12, 119, 119
gardens, see parks & gardens
gay & lesbian culture 39-41, 39
gay travelers 39-41, 220geography 210God’s Vineyard 124Goodrich Stanley House 116Grace King House 117
HHaley’s Harvest 124Halloween 23Hargrove, Roy 207Harrah’s Casino 106haunted hotels 176Healing Center 96health 220, 223Hermann-Grima House 57Higgins, Andrew Jackson
100hip-hop 36, 209Historic Voodoo Museum
55history 190-201
antebellum period 192-3books 201Cajun 162civil rights 120, 196-7Civil War 195-7Creole 190desegregation 197-8French influences 191-2Hurricane Katrina
199-201jazz 197, 207Native American 191prostitution 55, 192segregation 196-7slaves 193-4Spanish influences 191-2tourism 198-9Vietnamese 57WWII 197
holidays 221Houma (Down the Bayou)
169Houmas House (River
Road) 158House of Broel 116Hurricane Katrina 188-9,
199-201, 210
Iimprov 13insurance 216
internet access 219Irish Channel 116itineraries 16-17
JJackson Sq 25, 48, 48Jackson, Andrew 192jazz 36, see also individual
musiciansCongo Sq 149, 193, 194cruises 53festivals 21, 22, 23Hogan Jazz Archive 129history 197, 207Jazz Walk of Fame 102Louis Armstrong Park
148Musical Legends Park 58New Orleans Jazz
National Historic Park 53
Preservation Hall 69Jazz Fest 21, 76, 82-5, 82,
83, 84, 85, 208Jean Lafitte National
Historic Park 56Jefferson, Thomas 192Jim Crow restrictions 196Joan of Arc Parade 20Jungle Gardens (Breaux
Bridge) 163
KKellogg, William Pitt 196Konriko Company Store
& Conrad Rice Mill (Breaux Bridge) 163
LLafayette 161-5Lafayette Cemetery No 1
115, 115Landrieu, Mitch 189language 14, 224Latter Memorial Library
130Laura Plantation (River
Road) 157Laurel Valley Village 169Laveau, Queen Marie 148Le Moyne, Jean-Baptiste
191Le Moyne, Pierre 191Lee Burke, James 163Lee Circle 106legal matters 220lesbian travelers 39-41,
220Levee Park 130
Sights 000Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
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231231levees 210Lil’ Wayne 209literature 21, 202-4,
see also bookslive music 10, 18, 33, 34,
35, 36, 94, 10Louis Armstrong New
Orleans International Airport 214
Louis Armstrong Park 148Louisiana Children’s
Museum 25, 105Louisiana Crawfish
Festival 21Louisiana State Peni-
tentiary Museum (St Francisville) 160
Louisiana Superdome 102Lower Garden District 45,
113-25, 113, 248-9accommodations 182-4drinking & nightlife
113-14, 122-3food 113-14, 118highlights 113-14shopping 123-4sights 116-17
Lower Quarter 53-6, 58-62
MMagazine St 9, 138, 9Mamour 167Mardi Gras 7, 20, 76-81, 7,
77, 78, 79, 80, 81Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras
World 103, 78for families 25history 78-9Indians 79, 146, 22,
77, 80krewes 79, 81Mid-Summer Mardi
Gras 23parades 80-1Second Lines 153traveler information 80-1
markets 34, 53, 72, 132Marsalis, Branford 207Marsalis, Wynton 207Martin Luther King Jr
Day 20McIlhenny Tabasco Factory
(Breaux Bridge) 163McKenna Museum of
African American Art 117medical services 220Metairie Cemetery 146Mid-City 45, 140-54, 140,
254-5accommodations 185-6drinking & nightlife 140-
1, 151-2
entertainment 152-3food 140-1, 149-51highlights 140-4shopping 154sights 142-6transport 141
Mid-Summer Mardi Gras 23
Mississippi River 59mobile phones 14, 222money 14, 27, 172, 220-1Morgan Effigy 190Morial, Ernest ‘Dutch’ 198Morton, Jelly Roll 207Mortuary Chapel 147motorcycle travel 216Musée Conti Historical Wax
Museum 57museums 19, see also
individual museumsmusic 4, 207-9, see also
individual musicians, jazz
festivals 20, 21, 22, 23live music 10, 18, 33, 34,
35, 36, 94, 10opera 35
Musical Legends Park 58Musicians’ Village 88Myrtles Plantation & B&B
(St Francisville) 160
NNagin, Ray 198Napoleon Bonaparte 192National WWII Museum 9,
100, 8, 100Neville, Aaron 208New Iberia 163New Orleans African
American Museum 147New Orleans Cotton
Exchange 107New Orleans Culinary
History Tours 54New Orleans Film
Festival 23New Orleans Jazz &
Heri tage Festival, see Jazz Fest
New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park 53
New Orleans Krishna Temple 145
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum 56
New Orleans Public Library 102
New Orleans Wine & Food Experience 21
New Year’s Eve 23
newspapers 219nightlife, see drinking &
nightlife, Drinking & Nightlife subindex
Ninth Ward 89Nottoway Plantation (River
Road) 157
OOak Alley Plantation (River
Road) 157Oakley Plantation &
Audubon State Historic Site (St Francisville) 159
Ogden Museum of South-ern Art 101, 101
Ogden, Roger 101oil 168, 197Old New Orleans Rum
Distillery Tour 88Old US Mint 53Oliver, Joe ‘King’ 207Opelousas 167opening hours 218Our Lady of the Rosary
Rectory 146
Pparks & gardens 19, 24-5,
124, see also individual parks & gardens
Parkway Partners 124pets 183pharmacies 220Pitot House 145planning, see also Jazz
Fest, Mardi Grasbudgeting 14, 27children 24-5, 218festivals & events 20-3itineraries 16-17New Orleans basics 14-15New Orleans’ neighbor-
hoods 44-5repeat visitors 13travel seasons 15websites 14-15, 172
Plessy V Ferguson Plaque 88
Plessy, Homer 196po’boy 10, 27, 11Po-Boy Festival 23police 220Ponderosa Stomp 23population 189postal services 221Prairie Acadian Cultural
Center (Cajun Prairie) 166
Presbytère 51, 51Preservation Hall 69Preservation Resource
Center 106Prospect 203public holidays 221
QQueen Marie Laveau 148
RR&B 208radio 219restaurants 29Rig Museum (Down the
Bayou) 168River Road 156-9River Road African
American Museum (River Road) 157
Riverbend 45, 126-39, 126, 250-1
accommodations 184drinking & nightlife
126-7, 135-7entertainment 137food 126-7, 130-5highlights 126-8shopping 137-9sights 128-30transport 127
riverboatsCreole Queen 53Steamboat Natchez 53
Riverfront 56road rules 216Rosedown Plantation
Historic Site (St Francisville) 159
Royal St 52, 52Running of the Bulls 21
Ssafety 221-2San Francisco
Plantation (River Road) 157
Sanctuary 146Satchmo SummerFest 22Scrap House 106Second Lines 153Shadows on the Teche
(Breaux Bridge) 163shopping 9, 37-8, 9, see
also individual neigh-borhoods, Shopping subindex
Sieur de Bienville 191Sieur d’Iberville 191
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232232sissy culture 40slaves 193-4smoking 219Southern Food & Beverage
Museum 105St Augustine’s Church 148St Charles Ave Streetcar
11, 11St Claude Ave 13, 94St Francisville 159-61St Louis Cathedral 49, 49St Louis Cemetery No 1
144, 144St Louis Cemetery No 3
145St Patrick’s Day 20, 22St Roch Cemetery 88St Vincent’s Infant Asylum
116Steamboat Natchez 53streetcar travel 217Super Sunday 20
Ttaxes 222taxis 217telephone services 14, 222Tennessee Williams
Literary Festival 21theater 34-5, 36Thibodaux (Down the
Bayou) 169time 14, 219tipping 219toilets 222-3tourist information 14, 223Touro Synagogue 129tours 217
architecture 54, 88bicycle 88boat 53, 145, 163 cemetery 116food 54history & culture 54, 58swamp & wetland 163,
169, 170Toussaint, Allen 208, 208train travel 215trams 217travel to New Orleans
15, 214travel within New Orleans
15, 215-17traveler’s checks 220-1
Tremé, the 45, 140-54, 140, 254-5
accommodations 185-6drinking & nightlife 140-1,
151-2entertainment 152-3food 140-1, 151highlights 140-4shopping 154sights 142-4, 147-8transport 141
Treme (TV show) 204Trombone Shorty 207Tulane University 129
UUnited Fruit Company 107Upper Quarter 56-8, 62-5Uptown 45, 126-39, 126,
250-1accommodations 184drinking & nightlife
126-7, 135-7entertainment 137food 126-7, 130-5highlights 126-8shopping 137-9sights 128-30transport 127
Ursuline Convent 53
Vvacations 221vegetarian travelers 29Vermillionville (Lafayette)
162Vietnamese people 57
food 29, 57, 150visas 14, 223voodoo 148Voodoo Music Experience 23Voodoo Spiritual Temple 56
Wwalks, see also tours
French Quarter 60, 60Garden District 12,
119, 119Warehouse District 45,
98-112, 98, 244-5accommodations 179-82drinking & nightlife 98-9,
109-11entertainment 111food 98-9, 106-9highlights 98-101shopping 111sights 100-6transport 99
Washington Sq Park 88weather 15, 20-3, 218websites 14-15, 172Wetlands Cajun Cultural
Center 169wine tasting 111women travelers 223work 223
Zzydeco 208-9
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9 Roses 15013 Monaghan 91
AAcme Oyster & Seafood
House 64Adolfo’s 91Alibi 65American Sector 108Angeli on Decatur 62Angelo Brocato 151Antoine’s 63Arnaud’s 63
BBacchanal 89Bayona 62Bennachin 61Birdman Coffee & Books
(St Francisville) 161Blue Plate Café 122Bon Ton Cafe 108Boucherie 131Brennan’s Restaurant 63Brigtsen’s Restaurant 131Broussard’s 63
CCabin Restaurant (River
Road) 158Café Adelaide 108Café Amelie 61Café Beignet 65Café Degas 149Cafe Des Amis (Breaux
Bridge) 164Cafe du Monde 62Café Reconcile 120Cajun Seafood 151Cajun Village Coffee House
(River Road) 158Cake Café & Bakery 13, 89Camellia Grill 132Carriage House Restaurant
(St Francisville) 161
Casamento’s 134Central Grocery 61Clementine Dining & Spirits
(Breaux Bridge) 163Clover Grill 61Cochon 107Cochon Butcher 106Commander’s Palace 118Coop’s Place 58Coquette 118Court of Two Sisters 64Cowbell 132Creole Creamery 133Crescent City Pie &
Sausage Company 149Croissant D’or
Patisserie 62
DDante’s Kitchen 130Dat Dog 131Deanie’s 63Delachaise 133Dickie Brennan’s 63Domenica 13, 107Domilise’s Po-Boys 133Dong Phuong Oriental
Bakery 150Dooky Chase 151Drago’s Seafood
Restaurant 108
EElizabeth’s 89Emeril’s 109
FFatoush 91Fiorella’s 59Fremin’s (Down the Bayou)
170French Press (Breaux
Bridge) 164
GGautreau’s 130Gene’s 92Grapevine Cafe (River
Road) 158Green Goddess 62Gumbo Shop 64Guy’s 133GW Fins 64
HHansen’s Sno-Blitz 135Herbsaint 106High Hat Cafe 132
Sights 000Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
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233233IIl Posto 133Irene’s Cuisine 61
JJacques-Imo’s Café 131Joey K’s 121Johnny’s Po-Boys 65Juan’s Flying Burrito 120
KKim Son 150K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen 63Kyoto 134
LLa Peniché 90La Petite Grocery 132Latil’s Landing (River
Road) 159Le Jeune’s (Down the
Bayou) 170Lil’ Dizzy’s 151Lilette 131Liuzza’s by the Track 150Lola’s 149Lost Love 91Louisiana Pizza Kitchen 62
MMagasin Cafe 133Magnolia Cafe (St
Francisville) 160Mahony’s Po-Boy Shop 134Mama’s Fried Chicken
(Cajun Prairie) 166Mandina’s 150Mardi Gras World 92Mat & Naddie’s 131Maurepas Foods 90Midway Pizza 132Mojito’s 91Mona Lisa 61Mother’s 109Mr B’s Bistro 64Muriel’s 62
NNew Orleans Food Co-op
96Nola 64Nola Grocery 109Nonna Mia Café & Pizzeria
150
OOld Tyme Grocery (Breaux
Bridge) 164Olivier’s 64
PPalace Café 64Parasol’s 118Parkway Tavern 149Patois 130Pho Tau Bay 150Pig Stand (Cajun Prairie)
166Port of Call 59Praline Connection 91Prejean’s Cajun Dining
(Breaux Bridge) 164
RRampart Food Store 89Refuel 134Restaurant August 107Rita Mae’s Kitchen (Down
the Bayou) 170Rock-n-Sake 108Ruby’s Slipper 149
SSake Café Uptown 122Satsuma 13, 90Schiro’s Café/Little Julie’s
India Kitchen 91Slice 118Slim Goodie’s Diner 121St James Cheese Co 133Stein’s Deli 120Sucré 121Suis Generis 91Surrey’s Juice Bar 118Sylvain 58
TTaco Sisters (Breaux
Bridge) 164Tan Dinh 150Taqueria Corona 135Tee-Eva’s Old-Fashioned
Pies & Pralines 134The Company Burger 132The Joint 89Tracey’s 121Trolley Stop 120Tujague’s 61Twelve Mile Limit 150
VVerti Marte 61Victor’s Cafeteria (Breaux
Bridge) 163
WWandering Buddha 90
Wayne Jacob’s Smokehouse & Restaurant (River Road) 158
Whole Foods 135Willie Mae’s Scotch House
151
YYang’s 151Yo Mama’s 65
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45 Tchoup 136
AAbbey 68
BBalcony Bar 122Balcony Music Club 68Bayou Beer Garden 152Bellocq 110Big Daddy’s Bar 93Bombay Club 68Boot 137Bouligny Tavern 136Bridge Lounge 122Buffa’s 92Bulldog 122
CCafé Lafitte in Exile 66Cafe Tremé 152Capdeville 110Carousel Bar 66Chart Room 66Circle Bar 110Columns Hotel 135Cooter Brown’s Tavern
& Oyster Bar 136Country Club 92Cure 135
DDouble Play 68
EErin Rose 66
FFahy’s 67Fair Grinds 152Finn McCool’s 152Flora Gallery & Coffee
Shop 93
F&M’s Patio Bar 136French 75 66
HHalf Moon 123House of Blues 68
IIgor’s Lounge 123
JJean Lafitte’s Old Absinthe
House 67
LLafitte’s Blacksmith
Shop 66Le Bon Temps Roulé 136Loa 110Lost Love 92Lucy’s Retired Surfers
Bar 109
MManning’s 111Markey’s 92Mimi’s in the Marigny 92Molly’s at the Market 66Monkey Hill Bar 137Ms Mae’s 137
NNapoleon House 67
OOld New Orleans Rum
Tour 13Orange Couch 93
PPal’s 152Pat O’Brien’s 67Pirate’s Alley Cafe 67Polo Club Lounge 110Pravda 67
RR Bar 92Rawhide 2010 68Rendezvous 122Rue De La Course 136Rusty Nail 109
SSaint Bar & Lounge 123Sazerac Bar 109
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234234Snakes & Jakes 136St Joe’s Bar 135St Roch Tavern 93Still Perkin’ 122Swizzle Stick Bar 109Sylvain 66
TThe John 92Tonique 66Tropical Isle 67Twelve Mile Limit 150
VVic’s Kangaroo Café 111
WWhiskey Blue 110Who Dat Coffee Cafe 93Wine Institute of New
Orleans 111
YYuki Izakaya 93
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AAllWays Lounge 94Atchafalaya Club (Breaux
Bridge) 165
BBanks Street Bar 153Blue Dog Cafe (Breaux
Bridge) 165Blue Moon Saloon (Breaux
Bridge) 164Bourbon Pub & Parade 69Bullets 153
CCandlelight Lounge 153Chickie Wah Wah 153
Dd.b.a. 93, 33Dungeon 69
FFleur de Tease 68Fred’s Lounge (Mamou)
167
HHi Ho Lounge 93Howlin’ Wolf 111
KKajun’s Pub 94
LLa Poussiere (Breaux
Bridge) 165Liberty Theater (Eunice)
167
MMaple Leaf Bar 137Mid-City Rock & Bowl 152Miller’s Zydeco Hall of
Fame (Opelousas) 167Mudlark 13
NNew Movement 13
OOne Eyed Jacks 68Oz 69
PPalm Court Jazz Café 69Preservation Hall 69Prytania Theatre 137
RRandol’s (Breaux Bridge)
165Republic New Orleans 111
SSavoy Music Center
(Eunice) 167Shadowbox 13Siberia 94Slim’s Y-Ki-Ki (Opelousas)
168Snug Harbor 94Spotted Cat 94Sweet Lorraine’s 94
TTipitina’s 137
ZZeitgeist 123
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AAidan Gill For Men 123Antiques on Jackston/
Simon of New Orleans 123
Arcadian Books & Art Prints 71
BBeckham’s Bookstore 71Berta’s & Mina’s
Antiquities 138Big Fisherman Seafood 125Bloomin’ Deals 139Bourbon Strip Tease 74Boutique du Vampyre 73Bywater Bargain Center 97
CC Collection 139Central Grocery 73Centuries 71Cole Pratt Gallery 138Collectible Antiques 71Crescent City Comics 138
DDirty Coast 138Dr Bob’s Studio 97
EElectric Ladyland 97Elie Monster 70Euclid Records 97
FF&F Botanica 154Faubourg Marigny Book
Store 97Fleur de Paris 73Fleurty Girl 125Funky Monkey 125
GGarden District
Bookshop 125GoGo Jewelry 124Green Project 97Greg’s Antiques 71
HHazelnut 138Hemline 71Hové Parfumeur 73Humidity Skate Shop 74
JJackson (Jax) Brewery 74James H Cohen & Sons 71Java House Imports 73Jim Russell Records 124
LLe Garage 72Leah’s Pralines 73Librairie Books 71Louisiana Music Factory 69Lucullus 71
MMagazine Antique Mall 125Maple Street Book Shop 138Maple Street Books 154Mary Jane’s Emporium 74Maskarade 73Massey’s 154Meyer the Hatter 112Moss Antiques 70Ms Rau Antiques 72
NNew Orleans Art Supply 97New Orleans Music
Exchange 125
PPeaches Records &
Tapes 70Photo Works 72Pied Nu 139Potsalot 138
RRiverwalk Marketplace 112
SSanta’s Quarters 75Save Nola 73Southern Candy Makers 74Style Lab For Men 139Swirl 154Sword & Pen 70
TTabasco Country Store 73The Shops at Canal Place
112
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235235Thomas Mann Gallery 124Trashy Diva 124
VVieux Carré Wine &
Spirits 75Voluptuous Vixen 71
ZZombie’s House of Voodoo
75
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3-V Tourist Court (St Francisville) 161
AAshton’s Bed &
Breakfast 185-186Audubon Cottages 174Auld Sweet Olive Bed
& Breakfast 177
BB&W Courtyards 179Bayou Cabins (Breaux
Bridge) 165Bienville House Hotel 175Blue Moon Guest House
(Breaux Bridge) 165Bohemian Armadillo 178Bourbon Orleans Hotel 176Burgundy Bed &
Breakfast 178
Butler Greenwood Plantation (St Francisville) 161
Bywater Bed & Breakfast 178
CChateau Hotel 176Chimes 184Collinwood House 178Columns Hotel 184Country Inn & Suites 181Crescent City Guesthouse
179
DDauphine House 178Dauphine Orleans 175Degas House 185Drury Inn & Suites 180
EEmbassy Suites Hotel 182
FFrenchmen Hotel 179
GGarden District B&B 183Gentry Quarters 176Green House Inn 184
HHampton Inn New Orleans
Downtown 181Hampton Inn St Charles
Avenue 183Harrah’s New Orleans 182HH Whitney House 186Historic French Market
Inn 177Hotel Monteleone 174Hotel Provincial 175Hotel Royal 175Hotel St Marie 177Hotel Villa Convento 175House on Bayou Road 185Hyatt Regency New
Orleans 182
IIndia House Hostel 185International House 181
JJuliet (Breaux Bridge) 165
LLa Quinta Inn & Suites
Downtown 181Lafayette Hotel 182Lafitte Guest House 174Lamothe House 179Le Pavillon 180Le Richelieu 175Lions Inn B&B 178Loews New Orleans Hotel
180Loft 523 181
MMarquette House Hotel 184
Melrose Mansion 178
NNine-O-Five Royal Hotel 177Noni’s in Nola 179
OOlivier House 174
PPark View Guest House 184Prytania Park Hotel 183
RRoosevelt New Orleans 180
SSt Peter House Hotel 177Soniat House 174Sully Mansion B&B 183
TTerrell House 182The Saint 174
UUrsuline Guest House 177
WW French Quarter 175Westin New Orleans at
Canal Place 177Windsor Court Hotel 180
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