re: NOLA Food Rec's - (Trip recap on p. 3)

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Casamento’s

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I was going to suggest that too, but it's closed on Mondays and usually only open at night on Sundays unless there's a different schedule for Jazz Fest. In any event, the place is likely to be packed and they don't take reservations.

Don’t let this board turn you against the quarter. People like Fun bunch will make you think you’re hanging out in fat city. They will always give you the selfish perspective of someone who has lived in the area their whole life. For a visitor you should be excited and it should be explored


For every shite tourist trap there are 2 gems. You can kill a weekend eating and drinking and not leave. From upscale restaurants and bars to the more divey joints.

Plus you can walk to Frenchman and enjoy all it offers

Someone who's never been doesn't know that. So when someone says they want to go to the quarter, I ask why. most of the time it's because they want the bourbon shitfest experience.

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Bunchie thinks FQ means walking up & down Bourbon street with a hand Grenade

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99.99% of people that come to NOLA, that's what they do.

And then they complain about the city. The FQ is an absolute shithole if that's what you do, and that's what everyone does.

I try to get people out of the FQ, because every time I hear someone complain about their New Orleans trip, I ask them what they did and they spent all of their time in the FQ and on Bourbon.

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Then he’ll tell you go walk down magazine street or take a street car ride or WW2 museum or some corny shite.

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A) I didn't, B) there is nothing corny about either of those things, although those wouldn't be high on my list for a first time visitor.

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The FQ is by far the most interesting part of Nola.

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It CAN be an interesting place, but many many many tourists don't experience that.

But you and Gyno love to be contrarian. If everyone came on here extolling the virtues of the FQ, you two would be encouraging him to go uptown.

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Someone who's never been doesn't know that. So when someone says they want to go to the quarter, I ask why. most of the time it's because they want the bourbon shitfest experience

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The bourbon shitfest will be for late night probably one night. The rest of the time we spend in the french quarter will be basically everything else.

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But you and Gyno love to be contrarian. If everyone came on here extolling the virtues of the FQ, you two would be encouraging him to go uptown

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Nah, I genuinely love the FQ. There’s many things to see and do, and Frenchman & WHD are both walkable. It really is hard to beat.

You admit there are things to do besides touristy shite. Shoot, I can spend a good 6 hours walking Royal street end to end. Guess I don’t understand shitting on it when there are plenty of things to do that don’t involve going to bourbon street or tourists traps

Great divey bars like lafites & chart room. Carousel bar, French 75, Sazerac bar are a walkable trio for classic Nola establishments. Live music is easily accessible. Just curious but where else in the city (or world) do places like this even exist, much less bundled up next to each other?

I don’t hate on uptown at all but for me it’s strictly eating & drinking & St Charles ave if you are into that. I actually don’t hate on any part of the city but when these threads come up & people say the FQ sucks they are giving bad information

I’m on mobile but I’ll post some of my favorites later.

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The FQ CAN be awesome, but you have to do a lot of research.

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well, what do you think the people are asking for when they come here

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There are some amazing bars and restaurants. I love dive bars like Chart Room. I like Sylvain and Doris Metro. I still like Galatoire's even if it is passe.

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Bunchie, thosee are the places id start to recommend. So why Is it so hard for you? Off the top of my head Irene's, Bayona, GW's, Italian Barrel, Cafe Amelie, Revolution, KPauls, Meauxbar, Eat, NOLA, Lafitte's, Carousel Bar, St Lawerence, Erin Rose, Tiki Tolecta, Molly's, Cosimo's, Copper Monkey and many more. You have no taste if you cannot enjoy the FQ and places like this.

Saying the quarter is a concentrated area of the city's best bars and restaurants is now a contrarian take? You shite on the FQ in every thread on here, an area enjoyed by many locals and well as millions of visitors. Maybe your "hot take" is the contrarian one

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Frenchman isn't the FQ. So...

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I never said it was

Who really gives a shite about areas of town when it's all walkable? You're going to go tell someone "stroll down Magazine St" and it's like 6 miles long

Im not looking to LUNCHBOX up this guy's thread w you, bubba

a lot of people turn here for advice, searching and whatnot. they just need to know to not follow your advice on the FQ

We’ll be down for the race

I’ll add go to the top of the pontchartrain for drinks at some point

I believe this thread was mostly about getting lunch while walking around the FQ during the day.