Guidebook for New Orleans
Food Scene
Zotz Cafe
8210 Oak StBest coffee in my neighborhood! Very nice baristas!
PHOBISTREAUX
1200 S Carrollton AveGreat Pho, better Vermicelli. Bubble tea also available!
Breads On Oak
8640 Oak StThey have great breakfast treats!
La Casita
634 Julia StreetTex Mex Food. From 3 to 7pm $2 tacos and $4 Ritas!
Great location to get some work done. Excellent and very friendly baristas!
70 locals recommend
Rue De La Course
1140 S Carrollton AveGreat location to get some work done. Excellent and very friendly baristas!
Great restaurant with perhaps one of the best brunches this side of town!
70 locals recommend
Dante's Kitchen
736 Dante StreetGreat restaurant with perhaps one of the best brunches this side of town!
One of our local dinners with live music playing in the day and afternoon!
47 locals recommend
Live Oak Cafe
8140 Oak StOne of our local dinners with live music playing in the day and afternoon!
Drinks & Nightlife
Maple Leaf Bar
8316 Oak StGreat venue for music.
Great restaurant to get a flavor of New Orleans. Expect a minimum 45 minute wait; a great excuse to visit with neighbors!
406 locals recommend
Jacques-Imo's
8324 Oak StGreat restaurant to get a flavor of New Orleans. Expect a minimum 45 minute wait; a great excuse to visit with neighbors!
Snake & Jake's Christmas Club Lounge
7612 Oak StreetA local dive bar.
Oak
8118 Oak StWine bar with live music.
Everything Else
Ninja Karaoke
8433 Oak StAmazing sushi place across the street!
Mom and Pop pharmacy with a small selection of groceries and other nick knacks.
8 locals recommend
Castellon Pharmacy
8232 Oak StMom and Pop pharmacy with a small selection of groceries and other nick knacks.
Rouses Market
400 N Carrollton AveClosest Grocery store with great variety and prices.
Whole Foods Market
300 N Broad StI think you know what this place is like!
Shopping
Nice and affordable antique store to find a couple of local and relics and decorations to bring back home.
Malarky
8225 Oak StNice and affordable antique store to find a couple of local and relics and decorations to bring back home.
Driscoll Antiques & Restoration
High quality antique store with local pieces.
Parks & Nature
Audubon Park
6500 Magazine StOur local Zoo and a lush park that surrounds it.
Palmer Park
8211 S Claiborne AveCity Park
1 Palm DrArts & Culture
Frenchy's art gallery, a very talented and friendly local artist and 2015's Jazz Fest poster creator. His work: www.frenchylive.com
8 locals recommend
Frenchy Gallery
8328 Oak StFrenchy's art gallery, a very talented and friendly local artist and 2015's Jazz Fest poster creator. His work: www.frenchylive.com
Getting Around
Closest street car stop that takes you downtown. It's teh long scenic route that you see all of Uptown in, swinging by Audubon Zoo, the Garden District, the Warehouse District, with a terminus at the beginning of the French Quarter downtown.
S. Carrollton at Oak station
Closest street car stop that takes you downtown. It's teh long scenic route that you see all of Uptown in, swinging by Audubon Zoo, the Garden District, the Warehouse District, with a terminus at the beginning of the French Quarter downtown.