Francis Ford Coppola turned this French Quarter house into a seven-room hotel with exposed-brick interiors, antiques, and modern art.

Address:
714 Gov. Nicholls St.
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States

Phone:
(415) 788-7500 ext. 200

A French-Creole favorite since 1840.

Address:
713 Saint Louis St.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
United States

Phone:
(504) 581-4422

Gorgeous torchlit courtyard, great wine list, and local outfit Jazz Lab with Jessie Morrow on Wednesdays.

Address:
600 Poland Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70117
United States

Phone:
(504) 948-9111

The restaurant's chef and co-owner, Susan Spicer creates an ecelctic global menu.

Address:
430 Dauphine St.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
United States

Phone:
(504) 525-4455

The people-watching is almost as good as the upscale Creole food.

Address:
6100 Annunciation St.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
United States

Phone:
(504) 895-1111

It’s not edgy in the slightest, and it hasn’t been trendy since Huey Long was in office. Yet the Columns endures, and thank God for that. This 1883 Italianate mansion, rising among the moss-shrouded oaks on St. Charles Avenue, just happens to be a hotel. But really, it’s a bar: the Victorian Lounge, to be exact—all smoke-bur... Morenished mahogany and creaking floorboards under an ornate stained-glass chandelier. That a landmark so rife with atmosphere could also function as a workaday tavern is one of the Columns’s singular charms. (Is your local pub on the National Register?) Yet a neighborhood haunt is precisely what it’s become, drawing a cross section of New Orleans society, from parish pols and Loyola students to debutantes and their mothers. The crowd and the vibe evolve throughout the afternoon and into the night. Choosing the ideal hour is impossible, though it’s hard to argue with that last delicious gasp before twilight, when the band launches into Sidney Bechet’s “Preachin’ Blues,” the scent of honeysuckle and fresh-cut grass wafts across the porch, and all is just right in New Orleans.

Address:
3811 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115
United States

Phone:
(504) 899-9308Less

Hidden away in Uptown, this French-Creole restaurant feels like a secret eating society. An old-fashioned dining room in a former apothecary, F&W Best New Chef 2008 Sue Zemanick runs the kitchen.

Address:
1728 Soniat St.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115
United States

Phone:
(504) 899-... More7397Less

An interiors shop owned by Mad Men's Bryan Batt.

Address:
5515 Magazine St.
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States

Phone:
(504) 891-2424

Formerly the Hotel Monaco, New Orleans.

Address:
333 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
United States

Phone:
(504) 524-8890

A boho-chic boutique property on the edge of the French Quarter with a candlelit bar.

Address:
221 Camp St.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
United States

Phone:
(504) 553-9550

Don't miss Thursday nights with the Soul Rebels at this raucous bar.

Address:
4801 Magazine St.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115
United States

Phone:
(504) 895-8117

Celebrity chef, Susan Spicer's restaurant in Lakeview features an eclectic, globalized menu: a ceviche with fresh tortilla chips and guacamole; Thai shrimp and pork meatballs; pizza from a wood-burning oven; deviled eggs.

Address:
900 Harrison Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States

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