Guidebook for New Orleans

Carla & Deirdre
Carla & Deirdre
Guidebook for New Orleans

Food Scene

Delicious breakfast and baked goods in a casual atmosphere with fun, generally bayou-themed art on the walls. Strong coffee. One of my favorites.
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New Orleans Cake Café & Bakery
2440 Chartres St
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Delicious breakfast and baked goods in a casual atmosphere with fun, generally bayou-themed art on the walls. Strong coffee. One of my favorites.
Delicious everything! Seriously. I've never eaten anything there that wasn't delicious.
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Booty's Street Food
800 Louisa Street
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Delicious everything! Seriously. I've never eaten anything there that wasn't delicious.
Two words--General's Chicken. Good lord, that's good eating.
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Red's Chinese
3048 St Claude Ave
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Two words--General's Chicken. Good lord, that's good eating.
I think they've got the best biscuits in town. Hipstery (they're the source for the best coffee) but friendly and relaxed.
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Satsuma Cafe
3218 Dauphine St
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I think they've got the best biscuits in town. Hipstery (they're the source for the best coffee) but friendly and relaxed.
Yummy and bountiful. Kosher and vegan and waffle fries! A black-owned business to boot.
Dreamy Weenies
740 N Rampart St
Yummy and bountiful. Kosher and vegan and waffle fries! A black-owned business to boot.
Newly renovated and just a block away with a great variety of local food vendors. Good for people-watching, too.
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St. Roch Market
2381 St Claude Ave
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Newly renovated and just a block away with a great variety of local food vendors. Good for people-watching, too.
Really good New York-style pizzas with fresh, often innovative ingredients. They've got a larger menu but I've only ever gotten the pie. In the evenings they deliver by bike.
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Pizza Delicious
617 Piety St
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Really good New York-style pizzas with fresh, often innovative ingredients. They've got a larger menu but I've only ever gotten the pie. In the evenings they deliver by bike.
Good strong coffee and mochi 9the only place in town I know of that serves it regularly)--what more could you need?
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The Orange Couch
2339 Royal St
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Good strong coffee and mochi 9the only place in town I know of that serves it regularly)--what more could you need?
A great breakfast spot with the most delicious (and indulgent) Bananas Foster french toast. Plus they serve French Truck coffee, my favorite.
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The Ruby Slipper Café
2001 Burgundy Street
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A great breakfast spot with the most delicious (and indulgent) Bananas Foster french toast. Plus they serve French Truck coffee, my favorite.
Right around the corner and they make a good cup of coffee.
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Byrdie's Pottery
2402A St Claude Ave
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Right around the corner and they make a good cup of coffee.
Very good coffee a few blocks away on St. Claude. No shortage of good coffee here!
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St. Coffee on St. Claude
2718 St Claude Ave
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Very good coffee a few blocks away on St. Claude. No shortage of good coffee here!

Shopping

A sweet little storefront connected to the Healing Center that sells beautiful and reasonably priced Haitian voodoo banners among other items.
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Island of Salvation Botanica
2372 Saint Claude Avenue
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A sweet little storefront connected to the Healing Center that sells beautiful and reasonably priced Haitian voodoo banners among other items.
You always need to know where a drugstore is nearby; this one's just a few of blocks away. There's also a new CVS on Elysian Fields & N. Claiborne if that's your preference (it's not on the map yet).
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Walgreens
1100 Elysian Fields Ave
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You always need to know where a drugstore is nearby; this one's just a few of blocks away. There's also a new CVS on Elysian Fields & N. Claiborne if that's your preference (it's not on the map yet).
Great little shop that only sells work by local artists and craftspersons. It's housed at the Kowalski address in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Buy Local!
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I.J. Reilly's Knick Knacks and Curiosities
632 Elysian Fields Ave
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Great little shop that only sells work by local artists and craftspersons. It's housed at the Kowalski address in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Buy Local!
If you like thrift and don't mind a little dust, Bargain Center (and the adjacent, basically unmarked Pop Shop) is a must. I've gotten many a gem at these two unassuming spots.
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Bargain Center
3200 Dauphine St
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If you like thrift and don't mind a little dust, Bargain Center (and the adjacent, basically unmarked Pop Shop) is a must. I've gotten many a gem at these two unassuming spots.
My absolute favorite shop for small gifts and housewares, and the proprietor is so lovely!
Nadine Blake
My absolute favorite shop for small gifts and housewares, and the proprietor is so lovely!

Everything Else

This is one of my favorite spots in the city--a little down at the heels, a little creepy, and totally fun. I love love love this kind of thing, though.
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Musee Conti Wax Museum
917 Conti Street
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This is one of my favorite spots in the city--a little down at the heels, a little creepy, and totally fun. I love love love this kind of thing, though.
This bike rental is connected to a great shop, I.J. Reilly's, which only sells work by local artists and craftspersons.
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Confederacy of Cruisers
634 Elysian Fields Ave
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This bike rental is connected to a great shop, I.J. Reilly's, which only sells work by local artists and craftspersons.
I'm sure not many people go on vacation and buy plants but if you are one who does, this is a great local nursery.
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Harolds Indoor Outdoor Plants
1135 Press St
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I'm sure not many people go on vacation and buy plants but if you are one who does, this is a great local nursery.
A lovely shop with a special selection of wines, spirits, and some local foods. I believe they do tastings and whatnot, too.
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Faubourg Wines
2805 St Claude Ave
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A lovely shop with a special selection of wines, spirits, and some local foods. I believe they do tastings and whatnot, too.
Okay, yes, the clothes are really only for the well-heeled 20-something, but maybe that's who you are! They have great accessories, too, that you won't find elsewhere. Plus, it's owned by black women!
Exodus Goods
Okay, yes, the clothes are really only for the well-heeled 20-something, but maybe that's who you are! They have great accessories, too, that you won't find elsewhere. Plus, it's owned by black women!

Essentials

An astonishingly comprehensive selection for what is essentially a corner store. And I think they're open 24 hours.
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Mardi Gras Zone Supermarket
2706 Royal St
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An astonishingly comprehensive selection for what is essentially a corner store. And I think they're open 24 hours.