| What’s
Nearby
Most visitors want to make a beeline to the French Quarter.
But there’s plenty to see in the Marigny, including many
spots you can’t miss while on the way into the Quarter.
Restaurants
Nightlife
For the Gay
Crowd
Other Spots of
Interest
Restaurants
La Peniche – This
round-the-clock diner has down-to-earth food morning, noon
and night. It features omelettes, sandwiches, three-course
dinners and lots of desserts (President Clinton enjoyed
a few). The fried chicken breast sandwich is great. Closed
Tuesdays after lunch until Thursday breakfast. (Corner of
Dauphine and Touro streets)
Praline Connection – If you’re looking for soul food,
this is the place to go. This place serves up fried chicken,
chicken livers, fried pickles, red beans and rice, meatloaf,
Crowder peas and all kinds of greens – mustard, collard
and cabbage. Gospel brunch on Sundays. (542 Frenchmen)
Cafe Marigny – Newly designed, this local hangout
offers New Orleans-style breakfast, until 11 a.m. during
the week, 2 p.m. on weekends. The menu also includes sandwiches,
salads and international dishes. (Corner of Frenchmen and
Royal streets)
Santa Fe – Southwestern cuisine
served up with local seafood on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights to an eclectic mix of patrons. (Corner
of Frenchmen and Dauphine streets)
Adolpho’s – Located above the
Apple Barrel, this cozy eatery features Iberian cuisine
and a great garlic soup. (611 Frenchmen St.)
Mona’s – Part grocery store,
part pita bread bakery and part restaurant, this is the
place to find kibby, hummus, gyros, baba Ganouj and the
popular vegetarian plate. (504 Frenchmen St.)
Marisol – Hudson Valley foie
gras, steamed mussels, and Thai crab-and-coconut soup are
examples of the international menu offered. Patio seating
is available. (437 Esplanade)
Siam Cafe – Grab a chair or pull
up a piece of the floor. This restaurant offers basic Thai
cuisine – pad Thai, spring rolls and other traditional dishes
-- to a mostly local crowd. (435 Esplanade Avenue)
Sukhot Thai -- Great
Thai food in a wonderful spot. Among the appetizers is a
great sampler plate and a wide selection of entrees. You
choose your own heat index. (1913 Royal Street)
13 Monaghan's -- Very
inexpensive food and bar that serves breakfast, as well
as other food, from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. Great breakfast burrito
for $4. Art on the walls and the tables. Cool place in the
summertime. (632 Frenchmen)
Snug Harbor -- Next
door to the jazz club, this eatery serves American food.
Try the salmon, baked potato and broccoli plate. Also has
good burgers and steaks. (626 Frenchmen)
Buffa’s – Described as an Esplanade
Landmark since 1939, Buffa’s has a full-service bar, but
is also serving food again – po’boys, salads and Cajun/Creole
specials from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (1001 Esplanade Avenue)
Feelings -- Just an
all-around really good restaurant and a local favorite.
If you want the trappings of fine dining without the pretension,
this place is for you. (2600 Chartres at Franklin)
Schiro's -- Small dining
room but a great place for Caribbean-inspired food. There's
a laundromat in the back, so you can eat and wash your clothes
at the same time. (2483 Royal Street)
Rose Nicaud Coffee Shop
-- Popular spot to sit and read the papers while you get
your cafeine fix. Good selection of desserts and pastries.
(632 Frenchmen)
Coffee, Friends and . . .
-- Coffee shop that features quiches, sandwiches and other
food items, and coffee, of course. Outside is a doggy watering
hole. (Corner of Mandaville and Dauphine)
El Palaceno -- Home
of the Cuban sandwich! This place is actually more of a
grocery store with items items imported from Latin countries.
To order the famous Cuban sandwich, go to the back and talk
to the cook. (Corner of Marigny and Royal)
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Nightlife
Café Brazil – If you can’t find
it here, you can’t find it anywhere. It’s list of offerings
include reggae, Latin, jazz, and klezmer. Opens nightly
at 6 p.m. (2100 Chartres)
dba – This homey hangout offers
patrons a huge selection of domestic and imported beers,
including 20 premium draught beers and single-malts. Also,
a variety of tequilas and live music. Opens at 5 p.m. (618
Frenchmen St.)
The Spotted Cat
– If you’re looking for a cosmopolitan, this small space
is one place for a taste test. Another small but cozy venue
that features live entertainment on the weekends. (617 Frenchmen
St.)
The Apple Barrel – A favorite
of locals, this tavern serves as the bar for the restaurant
upstairs. In fact, many diners stop off here first for a
pre-meal cocktail, before heading upstairs. Cozy and comfortable.
(611 Frenchmen St.)
Snug Harbor– One of the city’s
hottest jazz clubs, it’s the place you’ll find Ellis Marsalis
and Charmaine Neville. Artists usually perform two shows
per night -- at 9 and 11 p.m. Remember to buy your tickets
in advance. (626 Frenchmen St.)
Iggy’s – A mere 30 seconds away,
this bar named after a Great Dane is a watering hole for
locals. It features a pool table and an eclectic jukebox,
as well as bloody Mary specials on weekends. Plus Iggy.
(Corner of Rampart and Touro streets)
Checkpoint Charlie’s – From acoustic
blues to heavy-duty metal acts, this club is popular with
the local crowd, partly because you can wash your clothes
in the club’s laundromat next door. Good burgers too. (501
Esplanade)
Sweet Lorraine’s – A small but
elegant club that is gaining in prominence. It’s especially
popular on weekends where some of the city’s best jazz musicians
can be found. (1931 St. Claude Avenue)
Hi-Ho Lounge – Technically, it’s
not in either the Marigny Triangle or Rectangle, but it’s
close enough. Under new management, it’s offering an eclectic
schedule to find its niche. (2239 N. St. Claude Avenue)
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The Faubourg Marigny includes a vibrant
community for gays and lesbians and features many nightclubs
and businesses geared for the men who love men and women
who love women.
Matrix – Everyone is welcome
though this corner bar -- in various incarnations -- traditionally
has been the meeting place for women. It features a pool
table, and dance floor, and has a karaoke night. (Corner
of Elysian Fields and N. Rampart streets)
The Friendly Bar – It’s true
– this place is friendly. Mostly a local hangout for those
who aren’t into the Quarter scene, it features a pool night
on Thursdays and Meat Night on Wednesdays in which patrons
have use of the grill to cook their own burgers or steaks.
(Corner of Marigny and Chartres streets)
Cowpokes – The place for the
country and western crowd, it has a DJ playing new and old
country, as well as plenty of dancing. It also has a theater
venue called the Barn where plays centering on gay life
are featured. (Corner of St. Claude and Marigny streets)
The Phoenix – The place for the
leather boys, though everyone passes through its doors sooner
or later – especially on Wednesdays for martini madness.
(Corner of Elysian Fields and N. Rampart streets)
Faubourg Marigny Bookstore –
New Orleans’ largest selection of gay and lesbian books,
as well as cards and other gifts. It also possesses a used
book section. (Corner of Frenchmen and Royal streets)
2601 – A local night spot "on
the border" of the Marigny and Bywater, this bar has
a pool table as well as a laid-back ambiance. (2601 Royal
Street, or corner of Royal and Franklin streets)
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Washington Park -- The heart
of the Marigny, this one-block square park offers more than
a few benches to rest your feet. It’s got live oaks, palms,
and crepe myrtles, as well as a small playground, surrounded
by a beautiful iron fence. One of the jewels of the city
park system. (Bordered by Elysian Fields, Dauphine, Frenchmen
and Royal streets)
Binder’s Bakery – This local
bakery is a favorite for its king cakes, cream puffs, glazed
and jelly donuts, and coffee cakes. It supplies many New
Orleans restaurants with the French bread needed to make
po’boy sandwiches. All of our guests end up here at some
point. (940 Frenchmen St.)
Robert’s (pronounced “Row-bear”)
Super Market – The local grocer where you can stock up on
everything from the basic necessities to pickled pig’s feet,
dozens of hot sauces, and at least 15 different types of
barbeque potato chips. (Down here, these are the necessities!)
(2222 St. Claude Avenue)
632 Elysian Fields – The fictional
site of Tennessee William’s “A Streetcar Named Desire,”
it's a former barbershop that still maintains a red-and-white
barber pole, though it’s a little tarnished.
Aquatic Gardens – Looking for
something for your yard? It’s here: statuary, fountains,
pottery, sundials, plants, goldfish and water lilies. Staff
will help you create a pond or garden retreat. (621 Elysian
Fields)
Electric Ladyland Tattoos – A
popular place in a city where tattoos are an art form. A
wide selection for those into body art. (610 Frenchmen St.)
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