I've always had good food at Three Muses on Frenchmen St. Eat there at night and you'll be sure to see music on the corner outside.

Peche is great, I was in NOLA three weeks ago and James Carville was at the table next to us. For late night, the rooftop bar at the top of the Ponchatrain Hotel (its called Hot Tin) on St. Charles is the go to spot for locals.

If you have 4 hours on Friday, the WW2 Museum is a must see - amazing experience, there is no other WW2 museum like it.

22 minutes ago, mcwast said:

jacques-imo's is a fun spot. my sister in law used to bartend there. long wait, but the owner will have a drink with you.

pascal's manale - the brennans bought it, i believe. they've got a dude shucking oysters at the bar in the lobby while you wait. the barbecue shrimp are the deal. don't bother with anything else.

camellia grill for breakfast. better than mother's.

columns hotel for drinks after dinner.

cochon is reliably good.

brigsten's is excellent if you can get a table.

brunch at oceana grill. they make a lot of the breakfast recipes from petunia's (which died shortly before or after katrina). crab cake eggs benedict and a mimosa. bananas foster french toast. all the crepes.

i miss uglesich's (fried seafood dive that closed pre-katrina when they retired), eleven 79 (veal porterhouse was a game changer), and dick & jenny's (they relocated to buffalo ny for reasons i do not understand).

if you are driving, central pizza, pop's po-boys (debris and oyster surf and turf poboy), and bon temps grill are all fantastic. afterward, buy a cheap cooler and load it up with frozen goodies and cracklin at best stop meat market in scott. their smoked boudin is absolutely killer. the stuffed pork chops are great too. i prefer their stuff over don's.

Excellent suggestions

bon temps cafe is a hidden gem. crawfish etoufee pot pie. i thought i'd died and gone to heaven.

34 minutes ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

Excellent suggestions

i would look like i ate paul prudhomme in about 60 days if i lived out there. cajun/creole is my kryptonite. i am powerless against it.