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Things To Do/Places to Eat

Come to our wedding. Do not go to Bourbon Street. All we care about is food so this will be our official restaurant and bar recommendation list!

Rook Cafe

4516 Freret Street, New Orleans, LA 70115

One of our favorite coffee places, also featuring board games.

Urban Roast

2375 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

This coffee shop is attached to our regular plant store and it shows. It's really gorgeous inside so we asked them if we could have our wedding there; they said no, they don't have their event license. The coffee is great!

Slim Goodies Diner

3322 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70115

Classic diner-- coffee sucks, food is great. Featured on the home page!

Alma Cafe

800 Louisa Street, New Orleans, LA 70117

Upscale breakfast. Really good coffee.

Satsuma Cafe

3218 Dauphine Street, New Orleans, LA 70117

Medium upscale breakfast. Vegan/vegetarian options.

Toast

1845 Gentilly Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70119

Good, classic breakfast options with some variety-- be sure to get the abelskivers! Vegetarian options.

Flour Moon Bagels

457 North Dorgenois Street, New Orleans, LA 70119

Best bagels in the city. Pretty good coffee. Vegetarian options.

The Daily Beet

3300 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70115

~healthy~ food, cold pressed juices. Vegan/vegetarian options.

Stein's Market and Deli

2207 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Classic New York deli complete with lovingly cantankerous owner. Breakfast and lunch. Vegetarian options.

Parkway Bakery & Tavern

538 Hagan Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119

Our favorite place to snag a classic poboy! We like to get our to-go and walk over to the bayou and have a picnic. Vegetarian options (technically)

Sweet Soulfood

1025 North Broad Street, New Orleans, LA 70119

A fully-vegan restaurant serving up classic Southern soulfood; this place is so good it could convert anyone to loving vegan food.

Queen Trini Lisa

4200 D'Hemecourt Street, New Orleans, LA 70119

Trinidadian food, so good! Get the dobles and the plantains. Vegan/vegetarian options.

Addis Nola

2514 Bayou Road, New Orleans, LA 70119

Ethiopian food; we had our engagement party here and it was amazing. Vegan/vegetarian options.

Dees Xquisite Seafood

1401 Saint Bernard Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70116

Leslie's favorite seafood in the city-- everything is slathered in parmesan butter and cooked to perfection. Get the combo plate and split it because it's huge.

Pizza Delicious

617 Piety, New Orleans, LA 70117

Our city's best pizza. Get the garlic knots. Vegetarian and vegan options.

1000 Figs

3141 Ponce De Leon Street, New Orleans, LA 70119

Mediterranean-ish lunch and dinner. Great falafel and chicken. Vegetarian options.

Lilly's Café

1813 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Sophie's favorite pho, great broth and delightful owner. Vegetarian options.

Carmo

527 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Upscale South American; vegan/vegetarian options, good seafood and ceviche

Mister Mao

4501 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA 70115

the most millennial restaurant we've ever been to; vegan/vegetarian options

Marjie's Grill

320 South Broad Street, New Orleans, LA 70119

Great cocktails, small plates to share with a group; vegetarian options

Seaworthy

630 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Great oysters, good cocktails

Doris Metropolitan New Orleans

620 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Excellent steakhouse, great wine list.

Shaya

4213 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70115

Upscale Mediterranean. Incredible lamb. Vegetarian options.

Mantra Indian Cuisine

3116 South I-10 Service Road West, Metairie, LA 70001

Our go-to Indian comfort food! This place is in a former Denny's in the parking lot of a La Quinta Inn in the suburbs. The head chef used to run an Indian restaurant out of a gas station in Houma, became locally famous for his amazing food, and now he's opened up his own place. Vegetarian options. Available on ubereats ;)

LUFU NOLA

301 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130

Leslie had ONE bite of a dish at a restaurant food competition and it was SO GOOD that we are recommending the entire restaurant based on it. It was THAT good. This place just opened and we haven't had a chance to go ourselves yet.

Bakery Bar

1179 Annunciation Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Incredible cocktails (!), cake, and a bone marrow luge.

Bar Tonique

820 North Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA 70116

This is our go-to bar; extensive cocktail menu and neither of us have ever ordered anything that was bad.

The Carousel Bar & Lounge

214 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

The CLASSIC fun New Orleans bar-- it's literally a carousel. bar. The drinks are great!

THE TELL ME BAR

1235 Saint Thomas Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Wine bar with good ambiance and wine selection. Rotating pop-ups for food and snacks.

Barrel Proof

1201 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Whiskey bar; it's good

Cure

4905 Freret Street, New Orleans, LA 70115

Classic cocktails with rotating specialty menu

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