Star's Guide to NOLA

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Star's Guide to NOLA

Coffee Shops

Because, coffee.
Great coffee and pastries
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Monkey Monkey Coffee and Tea
4641 S Carrollton Ave
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Great coffee and pastries
Cute local owned little coffee shop.
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Church Alley Coffee Bar
4201 Canal St
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Cute local owned little coffee shop.
AMAZING food and great coffee and teas.
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The Station
4400 Bienville St
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AMAZING food and great coffee and teas.
Beignets and cafe au lait without the Quarter crowds
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Cafe Du Monde City Park
56 Dreyfous Dr
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Beignets and cafe au lait without the Quarter crowds

Shopping

Shops and Markets
Groceries galore. Walkable and variety.
Rouses Market
400 North Carrollton Avenue
Groceries galore. Walkable and variety.
About 4 blocks from the house, the easiest grocery store to walk to. Rouse’s is just across Carrollton from here.
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Winn-Dixie
401 N Carrollton Ave
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About 4 blocks from the house, the easiest grocery store to walk to. Rouse’s is just across Carrollton from here.
The closest Whole Foods. You could drive, take the streetcar and walk two blocks or grab a ride share if you want a larger selection of organic foods than Rouse’s carries. If you have Amazon Prime, they deliver almost everything with Prime Now app for free.
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Whole Foods Market
300 N Broad St
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The closest Whole Foods. You could drive, take the streetcar and walk two blocks or grab a ride share if you want a larger selection of organic foods than Rouse’s carries. If you have Amazon Prime, they deliver almost everything with Prime Now app for free.
Located on the corner of Canal and Carrollton, the closest pharmacy at 3 blocks away.
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Walgreens Pharmacy
3227 Magazine St
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Located on the corner of Canal and Carrollton, the closest pharmacy at 3 blocks away.
This farmers market happens from 3-7 on Thursday’s. The wine shop in the building hosts a free wine tasting from 5-7 and offers a great selection of quality wine and beer. Crescent City Farmers Market operates daily in different locations so check their website for other days and times.
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Crescent City Farmers Market
500 North Norman C Francis Parkway
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This farmers market happens from 3-7 on Thursday’s. The wine shop in the building hosts a free wine tasting from 5-7 and offers a great selection of quality wine and beer. Crescent City Farmers Market operates daily in different locations so check their website for other days and times.
Freret Street is a recently revitalized neighborhood that has fun shops, bars, restaurants and holds a monthly outdoor arts and craft market (first Saturday of the month).
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Freret Market
4421 Freret St
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Freret Street is a recently revitalized neighborhood that has fun shops, bars, restaurants and holds a monthly outdoor arts and craft market (first Saturday of the month).
One of the oldest open air markets. Lots of souvenirs at decent prices.
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Магазины Колоннады - Французский рынок
1008 N Peters St
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One of the oldest open air markets. Lots of souvenirs at decent prices.
Need souvenirs? This open air market is the place to find almost anything from alligator heads to voodoo dolls at a decent price. You can take the Canal Streetcar and transfer to the French Market Streetcar or take a Lyft. Parking here is hard.
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Магазины Колоннады - Французский рынок
1008 N Peters St
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Need souvenirs? This open air market is the place to find almost anything from alligator heads to voodoo dolls at a decent price. You can take the Canal Streetcar and transfer to the French Market Streetcar or take a Lyft. Parking here is hard.

Healthcare

Illness, accident, emergency
Just in case you have a mishap or illness, Ochsner Urgent Care is just 3 blocks away.
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Ochsner Health Center and Urgent Care - Mid City at Canal
4100 Canal St
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Just in case you have a mishap or illness, Ochsner Urgent Care is just 3 blocks away.
Lots of herbal remedies.
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The Herb Import Company
5055 Canal St
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Lots of herbal remedies.

Food scene

Best po-boys in the city.
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Parkway Bakery & Tavern
538 Hagan Avenue
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Best po-boys in the city.
Delicious doughnuts right down the street.
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Blue Dot Donuts
4301 Canal St
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Delicious doughnuts right down the street.
Breakfast, Brunch, there, to-go, or delivered.
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Biscuits & Buns on Banks
4337 Banks St
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Breakfast, Brunch, there, to-go, or delivered.
Great Benedict
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Fullblast Brunch
139 S Cortez St
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Great Benedict
The best gelato outside of Italy! Great tiramisu and other Italian specialty desserts
Angelo Brocato
214 North Carrollton Avenue
The best gelato outside of Italy! Great tiramisu and other Italian specialty desserts
EVERYTHING here is amazing. Perfect for a fancy date night.
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Zasu
127 N Carrollton Ave
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EVERYTHING here is amazing. Perfect for a fancy date night.
Fun food and drink scene
Vessel NOLA
3835 Iberville Street
Fun food and drink scene
Great big pizzas, thin crust.
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Mid City Pizza
4400 Banks St
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Great big pizzas, thin crust.
Fun pizza spot with lots of daily specials.
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G's Pizza
4840 Bienville St
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Fun pizza spot with lots of daily specials.
Great family owned BBQ with cornhole and dogs allowed on patio.
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Frey Smoked Meat Co.
4141 Bienville St
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Great family owned BBQ with cornhole and dogs allowed on patio.
Meals or meats eat-in or to-go. Everything made in-house and super delicious. The pork belly Cubano one of our faves.
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Piece Of Meat
3301 Bienville St
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Meals or meats eat-in or to-go. Everything made in-house and super delicious. The pork belly Cubano one of our faves.
The garlic shrimp are a must
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Lola's
3312 Esplanade Ave
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The garlic shrimp are a must
French New Orleans cuisine. A great place to people watch.
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Cafe Degas
3127 Esplanade Ave
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French New Orleans cuisine. A great place to people watch.
Old school New Orleans style cooking, family sized meals.
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Mandina's Restaurant
3800 Canal St
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Old school New Orleans style cooking, family sized meals.
Beautiful French Quarter courtyard with fantastic food. One of the most delicious spots to brunch.
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Cafe Amelie
900 Royal St
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Beautiful French Quarter courtyard with fantastic food. One of the most delicious spots to brunch.
Walkable, which is great for ordering pitchers of frozen lemon berry margaritas! Indoor and outdoor seating.
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Juan's Flying Burrito - Mid-City
4724 S Carrollton Ave
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Walkable, which is great for ordering pitchers of frozen lemon berry margaritas! Indoor and outdoor seating.
Closest thing to a California burrito line you can find in the South. Good margaritas. Indoor and lots of outdoor seating.
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Felipe's Mexican Taqueria
6215 S Miro St
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Closest thing to a California burrito line you can find in the South. Good margaritas. Indoor and lots of outdoor seating.
Modern Vietnamese
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MOPHO
514 City Park Ave
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Modern Vietnamese
Breakfast and Brunch just two blocks away. Outdoor seating and delivery.
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Wakin' Bakin'
4408 Banks St
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Breakfast and Brunch just two blocks away. Outdoor seating and delivery.
Solid Mediterranean food with a small speciality grocery shop and lots of outdoor covered seating.
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Mona's Cafe
3901 Banks St
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Solid Mediterranean food with a small speciality grocery shop and lots of outdoor covered seating.
Solid bbq, cue style, plenty of outdoor seating.
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Blue Oak BBQ
900 N Carrollton Ave
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Solid bbq, cue style, plenty of outdoor seating.

Cocktails

Amazing craft cocktails and top quality inventive food. Local cocktail historian wife and husband team Laura and Chris McMillian. Best Happy Hour in the city.
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Revel Cafe & Bar
133 N Carrollton Ave
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Amazing craft cocktails and top quality inventive food. Local cocktail historian wife and husband team Laura and Chris McMillian. Best Happy Hour in the city.
Local brewery with board games and pop-up food trucks. Super friendly locals and great selection of beer. Family and dog friendly.
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Second Line Brewing
433 N Bernadotte St
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Local brewery with board games and pop-up food trucks. Super friendly locals and great selection of beer. Family and dog friendly.
Creative crafted cocktails
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Cure
4905 Freret St
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Creative crafted cocktails
Tiki historian Jeff “Beachbum Berry” and his wife Annene opened this tropical trove of lost cocktails.
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Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29
321 N Peters St
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Tiki historian Jeff “Beachbum Berry” and his wife Annene opened this tropical trove of lost cocktails.
The only vegan restaurant with a full inventive bar program is set to reopen mid-January 2020 under new ownership and full of inspired choices for delicious food and drinks!
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Seed
1330 Prytania St
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The only vegan restaurant with a full inventive bar program is set to reopen mid-January 2020 under new ownership and full of inspired choices for delicious food and drinks!

Things to do

Local stuff that’s fun
Local owned book and game shop with a game playing room upstairs.. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
Tubby & Coo's Mid-City Book Shop
432 N Anthony St
Local owned book and game shop with a game playing room upstairs.. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
Fun for the whole family. The bumper cars and roller coaster (small) are our favorite. Not to be missed is the train ride that takes you all through City Park and the ferris wheel with the treetop views of downtown. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
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Storyland
5 Victory Ave
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Fun for the whole family. The bumper cars and roller coaster (small) are our favorite. Not to be missed is the train ride that takes you all through City Park and the ferris wheel with the treetop views of downtown. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
Wonderful collections. The cafe also has good snacks. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
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Художественный музей Нового Орлеана
1 Collins Diboll Cir
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Wonderful collections. The cafe also has good snacks. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
Right alongside Cafe du Monde so you can have beignets & café au lait while the kids are playing. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
City Park Playground
50 Dreyfous Drive
Right alongside Cafe du Monde so you can have beignets & café au lait while the kids are playing. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
Rent a swan boat, kayak, or bike around the lake. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
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City Park
1 Palm Dr
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Rent a swan boat, kayak, or bike around the lake. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
Just reopened in their brand new state of the art facility right down the road in City Park. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
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Детский музей Луизианы
15 Henry Thomas Dr
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Just reopened in their brand new state of the art facility right down the road in City Park. Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Parking is also easy here.
If you want to see some floats up close, and not here during Mardi Gras, you are in luck with this museum.
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Мир Марди Гра
1380 Port of New Orleans Pl
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If you want to see some floats up close, and not here during Mardi Gras, you are in luck with this museum.
Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Just down the road, this music festival is not to be missed.
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Jazz Fest
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Walk, take the Carrollton Streetcar, or ride a Blue Bike. Just down the road, this music festival is not to be missed.
Just a 2 block stroll, live music almost every night and a good happy hour.
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Banks Street Bar & Grill
4401 Banks St
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Just a 2 block stroll, live music almost every night and a good happy hour.
Oak Street is home to shops, restaurants, and the music club The Maple Leaf where you can catch great music nightly off the beaten tourist paths. Drive or take a Lyft here.
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Maple Leaf Bar
8316 Oak St
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Oak Street is home to shops, restaurants, and the music club The Maple Leaf where you can catch great music nightly off the beaten tourist paths. Drive or take a Lyft here.
If you have a few days and a family, purchase the family membership and visit the Aquarium, Zoo, Insectarium, and IMAX Theatre at a fraction of the price. Aquarium located at the end of the Canal Streetcar Line, edge of the French Quarter.
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Аквариум Северной и Южной Америки
1 Canal St
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If you have a few days and a family, purchase the family membership and visit the Aquarium, Zoo, Insectarium, and IMAX Theatre at a fraction of the price. Aquarium located at the end of the Canal Streetcar Line, edge of the French Quarter.
If you have a few days and a family, purchase the family membership and visit the Aquarium, Zoo, Insectarium, and IMAX Theatre at a fraction of the price. Insectarium located at the end of the Canal Streetcar Line, edge of the French Quarter.
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Сад бабочек Адубона и инсектарий.
1 Canal St
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If you have a few days and a family, purchase the family membership and visit the Aquarium, Zoo, Insectarium, and IMAX Theatre at a fraction of the price. Insectarium located at the end of the Canal Streetcar Line, edge of the French Quarter.
If you have a few days and a family, purchase the family membership and visit the Aquarium, Zoo, Insectarium, and IMAX Theatre at a fraction of the price. Drive or Lyft here. Zoo also features a splash park and lazy river to cool down in.
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Зоопарк Одубон
6500 Magazine St
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If you have a few days and a family, purchase the family membership and visit the Aquarium, Zoo, Insectarium, and IMAX Theatre at a fraction of the price. Drive or Lyft here. Zoo also features a splash park and lazy river to cool down in.
Thanksgiving Day is the first of the season and it is a nola to-do. Dress up and wear a fun hat, place a bet for a dollar and enjoy the party. All ages. There are also multiple fun events through the season that runs through spring including exotic animal races and much more. Their website lists all upcoming events.
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Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots
1751 Gentilly Boulevard
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Thanksgiving Day is the first of the season and it is a nola to-do. Dress up and wear a fun hat, place a bet for a dollar and enjoy the party. All ages. There are also multiple fun events through the season that runs through spring including exotic animal races and much more. Their website lists all upcoming events.
Cheese, wine, live music, food, courtyard to die for. Sunday nights are hopping and kids are allowed.
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Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits
600 Poland Ave
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Cheese, wine, live music, food, courtyard to die for. Sunday nights are hopping and kids are allowed.

Neighborhoods

A few short blocks packed with music clubs, bars, and restaurants. Can get crowded on weekends and festivals. Located just off the Esplanade edge of the Quarter. You can take the Canal Streetcar and transfer to the French Market Streetcar or take a Lyft. Parking here is hard.
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Улица Френчмен
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A few short blocks packed with music clubs, bars, and restaurants. Can get crowded on weekends and festivals. Located just off the Esplanade edge of the Quarter. You can take the Canal Streetcar and transfer to the French Market Streetcar or take a Lyft. Parking here is hard.
History and mystery, the French Quarter is filled with a million details you have to visit multiple times to even get a glimpse of. If you must see Bourbon Street, walk down one block then return to the more civilized areas like Chartres, Royal, or Decatur Streets.
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Французский квартал
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History and mystery, the French Quarter is filled with a million details you have to visit multiple times to even get a glimpse of. If you must see Bourbon Street, walk down one block then return to the more civilized areas like Chartres, Royal, or Decatur Streets.