My sis is coming to N.O.

Can you find out what kind of places she likes? What kind of food and possible price range you are looking for.

Peoples taste and budgets really are all over the place. If I sent any of my Aunts to Stella or August they would pass out just by looking at the prices and I know they would not know how to approach that kind of food.

All of the places in the quarter and warehouse district will be safe. Lots of good food choices too.

Mother's

check out nola.com If you have ever gone to al.com you will find nola easy to use. Click on visitors and you should see a dinning guide and entertainment guide.

btw, will clay beat trussville this year?

For the splurge meal, send her to the Pelican Club.

For some of the other meals, look up Palace Cafe and Mr. B's to see if those menus look good to them.

For a cheap lunch: Mother's, Johnny's Po Boys, Central Grocery for a muffaletta, Palace Cafe does a 2 course temperature lunch (2 courses is the price of the high temp from the day before...98 degrees= $9.80).

For reasonable dinner: I would check out the Coolinary menus (Pelican Club, Arnauds)...3 courses for $30, Cochon.

There are two great events going on that weekend...Satchmo Summer Fest at the US Mint and White Linen Night on Julia...17 art galleries will be open and there will be food and music on the street...its one of the better nights of the year in NOLA (both are free and she does not need to wear linen to the latter).

If she likes wine bars...WINO is a MUST for her.

I would also tell her a good idea is to drive or a $5 cab to the Garden District (she could also streetcar it)...go to Commader's Palace for lunch...2 courses are $18 and 4 types of martinis (3 of them are flavored) for 25 cents at lunch...then right there on Magazine from Washington to Louisiana Streets there are a million shops and gelato places, bars etc. (lots of dress shops for girls)...really that is probably the best spot in the city IMO. Not to mention all of this is set in the Garden District, one of the 2 or 3 prettiest neighborhoods in the nation.

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I do that at least twice a year

anywhere but the court of 2 sisters...for a good steak goto del monica, for a good louisiana cusine goto brennans, for a quick bite to eat goto mothers (although went there the other day was not impressed) and for a good time stay out the quarter and go uptown or warehouse district

Seriously read the Summer in NO thread.

Red Fish Grill and Bourbon House