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From: rajeev@sftri.UUCP (S.Rajeev)
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Subject: Re: New Orleans Info Wanted
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Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 12:06:39 EST
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> My wife and I will be in New Orleans (one of Mark Twain's
> "interesting" cities) for four days in early July.  I'd 
> appreciate information about sights, good restaurants,
> interesting side trips, etc.
> 

I can give you some information about the French Quarter, which is probably
the most interesting part of the city.

Hotels: The Monteleone, right in the French Quarter, is a nice old hotel.
They also have a good jazz band in their rooftop cafe.

Sights: The Cathedral, a cruise on the SS Natchez, the old market
     (all these are within blocks of each other)
	Bourbon Street (raunchy and ribald and lots of fun)
	just walking around the old-world streets of the quarter

Food: Absolutely marvellous Cajun/Creole food. I ate gumbo with practically
	every meal. Shrimp creole, jambalaya, and a lot of things that
	were delicious, but whose names I dont remember.

	Court of the Two Sisters (buffet lunch - $15). This place has a
	live jazz quartet and a HUGE buffet. You can easily spend 2-3
	hours eating a leisurely lunch there, and you wont need dinner or
	even lunch the next day: you'll be so full. And the waiters there
	had such flair!

	K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen. Owned by a famous chef. Moderately
	expensive. Excellent, serious food.

	Little Pastry shops all around: beignets (local version of 
	doughnuts) make a good snack.

Jazz: Though I'm not a jazz fan, I found the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
	remarkable: five or six masters of the art playing their hearts
	out in a tiny, crowded little room.

Pubs: O'Briens makes a potent (patented?) drink called the Hurricane,
	served in a Hurricane lamp-like glass. Deadly!

These are of course the impressions of a tourist who was there only for
two days. The natives will probably have much better suggestions. In 
any case, take plenty of film: it's a very picturesque town.

Negative impressions: The Super(?)Dome is rather tacky. And to pay for it,
the city sales tax is 8.5%. Can be a bit of a shock.

The areas surrounding the city look rather bleak and oppressively poor.
Which makes the contrast with the rather prosperous-looking city obvious.
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