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Godfather · 09-07-2009, 12:53 AM

Here's a link to a FQ website with maps and attractions. This will also put some of what I said earlier into context.

http://frenchquarter.com/maps/

You don't want to go too far northwest, as Armstrong Park is in a questionable neighborhood and one of the city's worst projects is just past that. You don't want to go northeast of St. Ann on Bourbon.

Another one of my favorite restaurants is Port of Call on Esplanade Avenue. You can get a grilled half pound burger and a baked potato there. Jackson Square around St. Louis Cathedral has street artists. You can get caricatures drawn or your portrait painted. Most of them have samples of their work posted.

Another thing I forgot to post earlier: Beware of scam artists. Some of them try to bet you they can tell you where you got your shoes at. (You got them on your feet or You got them on Bourbon Street). Just a good example of never take another man's bet. There are also guys who try to scam you on shining your shoes (not sure about the details on that).

Here's a citywide map:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/nor...a/new-orleans/

This is what I meant about traditional directions being useless. On a street parallel to the river, you start going south, then you're going east, then north, as you go toward downriver/toward downtown.

Re Dunbar's, one of the places I mentioned in my first post: It's no longer located on Freret Street. I googled it and found that it's currently on Pine Street just off St. Charles. Thought I'd check because some outdated info might still be out there.

09-07-2009, 12:53 AM	#4
Godfather Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 6	Here's a link to a FQ website with maps and attractions. This will also put some of what I said earlier into context. http://frenchquarter.com/maps/ You don't want to go too far northwest, as Armstrong Park is in a questionable neighborhood and one of the city's worst projects is just past that. You don't want to go northeast of St. Ann on Bourbon. Another one of my favorite restaurants is Port of Call on Esplanade Avenue. You can get a grilled half pound burger and a baked potato there. Jackson Square around St. Louis Cathedral has street artists. You can get caricatures drawn or your portrait painted. Most of them have samples of their work posted. Another thing I forgot to post earlier: Beware of scam artists. Some of them try to bet you they can tell you where you got your shoes at. (You got them on your feet or You got them on Bourbon Street). Just a good example of never take another man's bet. There are also guys who try to scam you on shining your shoes (not sure about the details on that). Here's a citywide map: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/nor...a/new-orleans/ This is what I meant about traditional directions being useless. On a street parallel to the river, you start going south, then you're going east, then north, as you go toward downriver/toward downtown. Re Dunbar's, one of the places I mentioned in my first post: It's no longer located on Freret Street. I googled it and found that it's currently on Pine Street just off St. Charles. Thought I'd check because some outdated info might still be out there.