Finer dining:

⁃ Saint Germain: tasting menu restaurant in Bywater, gorgeous cuisine, super innovative, great wine program, amazing atmosphere. Where Pete worked and where we’re getting married! Chefs were just featured in Food & Wine best chefs 2023 and James Beard finalists

⁃ Saba: mediterranean food of dreams

⁃ Mosquito Supper Club: Louisiana native Melissa King’s gorgeous tasting menu restaurant celebrating the cuisine of the state.  Pete and I love the communal dining option! Hands down one of the best dining experiences of our whole lives

More everyday:

⁃ Turkey & the Wolf: Amazing sandwiches that aren’t po boys. Super cool owner who treats his staff right. Kind of insane food but done really well, super playful

⁃ Addis: Ethiopian gloriousness

⁃ Bacchanal: make sure a band is playing when you go! Perfect for large parties, better that way actually. Super casual environment, Nola as hell, great wine

⁃ Fritai: Haitian food, rum drinks, divine. Laaaaid back. One of our favorite restaurants … ever. Every time we’re in NOLA we go

⁃ Margot’s: amazing wood fired pizza, Negroni selection and BTG wine, perfect neighborhood spot (Bywater)

⁃ Sneaky Pickle: all veg menu, great cocktails for not super expensive, best jungle bird we’ve ever had, Bywater gem

⁃ Bar Sukeban: Best sushi meal I’ve ever had. Jackie (the owner) is a nut and so badass, we’re lucky to consider her a friend. Blew us away!

⁃ Cane & Table: tiki perfection!

PO BOYS:

⁃ Liuzza’s by the track

⁃ Banks Meat Market (late nite, giant po boys)

• Frady’s (bywater) best shrimp po boy in town
• Key’s  (gas station po boys that are fire)
• Guy’s (best po boy bread and all around classics)

Classic New Orleans:

⁃ Galatoire’s: a New Orleans staple for a reason. Bougie lunch is the way to go, guys bring a sport coat as it’s required :)

⁃ Mr. B’s Bistro: BBQ shrimp that reigns supreme!!!! $1 martinis during happy hour!!!! That’s all there is to say

⁃ Napolean House: the creator of the Pimms Cup! Amazing muffalet

Cocktail bars:

⁃ Bar Marilou: extremely sultry, right outside the quarter and the cocktails are really heady. Some of the most innovative in the city in my opinion. Get lost in here

⁃ Jewel of the South: worth the hype, just wow. Honorable mention to their food menu

⁃ Sylvain: French Quarter cocktail bar that’s low lights and gorgeous

⁃ Bar Tonique: maybe my favorite bar …. Ever? It has it all!

⁃ Pluck Wines: Super cute wine bar tucked away in the quarter

⁃ The Chloe & The Columns: two old houses on Magazine turned into boutique hotels with amazing beverage programs

• Pal’s Lounge in the Fairground district - very casual, divey vibe, a favorite
• Hotel Saint Vincent: old child asylum turned gorgeous boutique hotel, stunning bar

Dive Bars (all in the bywater):

• BJ’s
• Bud Rips
• Vaughns
  

Breakfast-y:

• Pond coffee in bywater
• Flour moon, best bagels
• Levee baking, THE place for pastries period
• Coffee Science