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[ms210]

I'm presenting at AERA in NO next weekend. Would appreciate any advice on restaurants/neighborhoods to explore. Many thanks.

[ellaminnow]

Hey, ms210 - Come on over to the New Orleans Meetup thread.   

[eigen]

I'll go ahead and respond here...

What are your interests/how long will you be in town? I assume the conference is downtown, but I'd suggest staying somewhere more towards the uptown area. The French Quarter is always worth exploring, but I personally love the architecture/gardens in the Garden District and on up to the area around Tulane/Audubon Park.

I don't know if you already have a hotel, but the Hampton Inn on St Charles is very nice, and centrally located. You can take the streetcar down St Charles to Canal, and then another streetcar up/down Canal St. That will get you most anywhere you need to go downtown.

Uptown, walking along Magazine Street can be nice- there's a variety of antique and other shops scattered most of it's length, as well as a range of restaurants.

If you want a good poboy, I recommend Mahoney's (mid-way up Magazine St between uptown and downtown), or if you can get over to it Crabby Jacks. Both are excellent.

In general, I find the food downtown to be more touristy, and therefore generally more expensive without as much authenticity. Once you move more towards the uptown areas, you find a lot of excellent restaurants, with less crowds and better prices for (mostly) better food.

I'd be glad to give more specific suggestions with a bit more information, I've been in charge of taking our most recent batch of prospective graduate students out to lunch and tour around lately.

[firecracker]

I'd be glad to give more specific suggestions with a bit more information, I've been in charge of taking our most recent batch of prospective graduate students out to lunch and tour around lately.

Please! I'll be in New Orleans in May, staying on Canal Street, not so far from Tulane University Hospital. Any suggestions for places to eat that are not touristy? Thank you!

[eigen]

What kind of food do you like?

Personally, I'd try to catch the streetcar up St Charles and eat somewhere in the uptown area- Mahoney's Poboys is excellent, and has won the New Orleans poboy festival the last two years running.

If you catch the streetcar and take it all the way up to Carrollton, you'll be almost right at Camelia Grill, which is a great southern diner style restaurant, though it's usually pretty crowded.

For breakfast, I'd check out Surrey's Juice Bar, which has two locations (both on Magazine St).

Jacque-Imo's (also on St Charles) has been a New Orleans fixture for years, and is famous for it's BBQ Shrimp.

[ex_mo]

If you get a chance wander over to Frechmen St, its within walking distance of the Quarter.  Great little bars, great music, fab food.  And not touristy at all.