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Best places to eat in New Orleans?

Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:32 am
Posted by WPS85
Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:32 am
Or strongest drinks in New Orleans? Headed there today for the weekend. Help a guy out
Posted by Pimphand
Member since Sep 2021
5790 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:33 am to
I always stop at Deanie's in the quarter for BBQ shrimp.

Oyster po-boy at Johnny's is hard to beat too.

Since this sounds like it's your first trip you should probably get a voodoo at Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
Posted by Septiger
Member since Nov 2020
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Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:35 am to
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Or strongest drinks in New Orleans? Headed there today for the weekend. Help a guy out


You want a strong drink ?
Go to Port of Call and order a Monsoon.
Don’t drink two.
Posted by WPS85
Member since Jan 2023
157 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:35 am to
Yeah a guy at work told me about Lafittes. He also said they had the best hurricanes too
Posted by Pickle_Weasel
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:36 am to
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Oyster po-boy at Johnny's is hard to beat too.


Mother's is pretty great.
Posted by PSS101
Member since Jun 2024
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Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:36 am to
Galatoires
Posted by BumKnee
Member since Oct 2021
264 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:41 am to
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Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop


Best Hurricane in the Quarter. Real juices, very potent. Plus, just a cool place.
Posted by Lucado
Member since Nov 2023
5015 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:48 am to
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Galatoires


And Antoines for dinner. Grab a mojito at Old Absinthe House.
Posted by Dr Rosenrosen
Member since May 2006
4334 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 8:52 am to
Drago's for the charbroiled oysters
Posted by VFL67
Member since Feb 2025
2729 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:01 am to
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Best places to eat in New Orleans?

I'm assuming you are staying around the quarter, so a muffuleta at Napoleon House is a good time, especially in the courtyard.

quote:

strongest drinks in New Orleans?

Monsoon at Port o Call

Posted by Deadmanshand
Member since Jun 2026
137 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:03 am to
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Mother's is pretty great.


Mother's is tourist trap trash.
Posted by VFL67
Member since Feb 2025
2729 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:04 am to
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Mother's is tourist trap trash.

Most things in the CBD or the Quarter are tourist traps. My hot take about NOLA is that the tourist traps are still decent quality and a fun time
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
51463 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:09 am to
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I always stop at Deanie's in the quarter for BBQ shrimp.

Wife and I spend the weekend in New Orleans a couple years ago for our anniversary and ate at Deanies. I would not recommend this place. Either you have bad taste or we caught them on a really bad day because the food was disgusting and tasted like it had been fried in a mixture of old grease and well water. We will never go back there
Posted by WPS85
Member since Jan 2023
157 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:09 am to
Appreciate the input guys.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
51463 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:11 am to
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Mother's is tourist trap trash.

Mothers is not tourist trap trash, they are legit home cooking in a restaurant setting. They're nothing to rave over compared to other places, but if you want actual home cooked meals in a restaurant setting, it's at Mothers.
Posted by TigersCajuns
Earth
Member since Sep 2010
377 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:11 am to
I'd recommend that most, not all, around the Quarter are just tourist traps, not that they won't have good food, just not as good as you get further out.

I recommend here for a po'boy:
LINK
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
28143 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:12 am to
Dragos or Felix and Acme's have the best BBQ oysters
Posted by LSU Patrick
Member since Jan 2009
78180 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:13 am to
I recommend Mandina's.

LINK
Posted by TROJANFORCEONE
Member since Aug 2022
441 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:26 am to
I will always be a fan and recommend Dickie Brennan's. When my daughter was 8, our family and her best friend's family were dining there. The waitress asked my daughter and her friend if they would like to go help the chef in the kitchen prepare desserts. They got to decorate cakes and mix batter. They still talk about that evening 11 years later.
LINK to Dickie Brennans
Posted by WPS85
Member since Jan 2023
157 posts
Posted on 7/30/26 at 9:33 am to
Love a good po’boy.
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