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New Orleans with children
Posted on 11/6/26 at 10:26 am
Posted on 11/6/26 at 10:26 am
My son called and asked if we would like to go to a cheerleading competition in New Orleans for the oldest grandchild.
My initial answer was NO, but my wife is worried that the two younger grandchildren might get bored and we could help keep an eye on them. We will be staying near the Moriel? center.
It's been decades since I have visited NO (Sugar Bowl games) and I never felt unsafe, but times have changed and maybe we can help occupy the younger kids time. We won't be out after dark.
Are there any kid friendly restaurants for breakfast or lunch? They will eat pho/chinese/dumplings and the usual hamburgers/sandwiches. Will probably treat my son/dil for dinner. He loved Mr.B's BBQ shrimp and Court of two Sisters banana foster when we took him years ago.
My initial answer was NO, but my wife is worried that the two younger grandchildren might get bored and we could help keep an eye on them. We will be staying near the Moriel? center.
It's been decades since I have visited NO (Sugar Bowl games) and I never felt unsafe, but times have changed and maybe we can help occupy the younger kids time. We won't be out after dark.
Are there any kid friendly restaurants for breakfast or lunch? They will eat pho/chinese/dumplings and the usual hamburgers/sandwiches. Will probably treat my son/dil for dinner. He loved Mr.B's BBQ shrimp and Court of two Sisters banana foster when we took him years ago.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 10:38 am to nuwaydawg
The area by the convention center is safe and you will be fine
The new children's museum in City Park is great and would be a nice day with them
The World War 2 museum is wonderful, depending on the age of the children
Cochon Butcher is great for sandwiches right there
The new children's museum in City Park is great and would be a nice day with them
The World War 2 museum is wonderful, depending on the age of the children
Cochon Butcher is great for sandwiches right there
Posted on 11/6/26 at 10:50 am to nuwaydawg
Can walk down to the Aquarium and Insectarium from the Convention Center plus there's a new outdoor park right there. Also maybe try a river steamboat thing.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 11:08 am to nuwaydawg
Couchon, St. Pizza, The District
Posted on 11/6/26 at 11:19 am to nuwaydawg
Its asafe area during the day the Aquarium is less the .5 .miles away and you can go eat a Mannings they have a huge courtyard area that us kid friendly food is blah but is good for a burger or wrap
This post was edited on 11/6/26 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 11/6/26 at 11:38 am to nuwaydawg
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We will be staying near the Moriel? center.
Not too far down Tchoup is Barracuda. Solid food, and it's all outside so kids can be kids and it isn't an issue. Weather should be nice this weekend too
Posted on 11/6/26 at 12:09 pm to Fun Bunch
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he new children's museum in City Park is great and would be a nice day with them
Could do an entire day at City Park. Beignets without the hassle of the Quarter, Storyland, putt-putt.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 2:15 pm to glassman
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Could do an entire day at City Park. Beignets without the hassle of the Quarter, Storyland, putt-putt.
This. They could also ride the streetcar out to City Park.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 2:29 pm to metallica81788
If the aquarium still has that parakeet room, kids love that. Other posters have covered the best nearby restaurants already.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 3:27 pm to glassman
Thank you all for the input. My wife and I appreciate the input. We have never experienced New Orleans except when there was a football game.
My thoughts during the Sugar Bowls past biased me, and now that I have a grandchild competing in an athletic event, it's entirely different. I'm 71 years old and those kids are what I and my wife live for.
But why do you have a competition in New Orleans? Is this like softball?
My thoughts during the Sugar Bowls past biased me, and now that I have a grandchild competing in an athletic event, it's entirely different. I'm 71 years old and those kids are what I and my wife live for.
But why do you have a competition in New Orleans? Is this like softball?
Posted on 11/6/26 at 3:36 pm to nuwaydawg
Thank you for not portraying your city as a shithole as some posters are prone to do.
Posted on 11/6/26 at 4:35 pm to nuwaydawg
Beignets at the cafe du monde in city park after the children’s museum and doing Storyland in city park, the sculpture garden, and perhaps a gondola ride or swan paddle boat would be a wonderful day with the kiddos, all contained within the park
Posted on 11/6/26 at 4:54 pm to nuwaydawg
Cheerleading comp in the convention center is a great fit.
Cochon Butcher is close and great for kids.
Delacroix is a great view and can kill some time.
Cochon Butcher is close and great for kids.
Delacroix is a great view and can kill some time.
Posted on 11/7/26 at 7:35 am to nuwaydawg
Cochin Butcher is great for kids. A little pricey but friendly as it gets
Posted on 11/7/26 at 8:36 am to nuwaydawg
Walk down the levee to the French Market, head back up to get beignets (at Café Du Monde), walk back to the Audubon Aquarium, and then head over to Cochon.....
That's if you're looking to kill time with the little ones while the parents are in the convention center.
Or if y'all are feeling adventurous buy the $3 per person all day pass and ride the ferry across to Algiers and back or go uptown on the street car and back, that's the kind of stuff kids love.
That's if you're looking to kill time with the little ones while the parents are in the convention center.
Or if y'all are feeling adventurous buy the $3 per person all day pass and ride the ferry across to Algiers and back or go uptown on the street car and back, that's the kind of stuff kids love.
This post was edited on 11/7/26 at 8:41 am
Posted on 11/7/26 at 12:41 pm to nuwaydawg
how old are these kids? big difference in my recommendations if you're talking about 5 year olds or 12 year olds
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