RECOMMENDATIONS
Things To Do and Booklist
S.O.S' Favorite New Orleans Experiences
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Breakfast:
French Quarter:
Ruby Slipper
Brennan's
Warehouse District:
Bear Cat
Uptown:
LaBoulangerie
Camellia Grill
Bywater:
Bywater Bakery
Elizabeth's
Lunch:
French Quarter:
Port of Call (burger, monsoon)
Bourbon House (oysters)
Drago's (oysters)
Fat Boys Pizza
Vertie Mart
Dat Dog
Cornet
Uptown:
Barracuda Taco Stand
Turkey and the Wolf
Superior Seafood
Domilise's Poboy
St. Pizza
Warehouse District:
Luke
Maypop
Mid-City:
Blue Oak BBQ
Brown Butter
Katie's
Mopho
Bywater:
Pizza Delicious
Dinner:
French Quarter:
Doris Metropolitan
Cane and Table
GW Fin's
Tableau
The Italian Barrel
Mr. B's Bistro
Antoine's
Warehouse District:
Compere Lapin
Peche
Marigny:
Budsi's Authentic Thai
The Eysian Bar
Paladar 511
Bywater:
The Franklin
Desserts:
French Quarter:
Cafe du Monde
Uptown:
Hansen's Sno Bliz (seasonal)
Creole Creamery
Mid-City:
Angelo Brocato
Nightlife in New Orleans:
French Quarter:
The Dungeon - Bourbon and Toulouse (for the Rock N Rollers)
Carousel Bar & Lounge - Hotel Monteleone
Fritzel's - (for Jazz music)
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop - Bourbon
Cat's Meow - Bourbon (for Karaoke)
Santos Bar (for the Vampires)
Vampire Cafe
Sazerac Bar - The Roosevelt
Marigny:
The Elysian Bar - Hotel Peter and Paul
Always Lounge
Bacchanal
Uptown:
Hot Tin at the Pontchartrain Hotel
Cooter Brown's Tavern (for sports games)
Columns
Additional Local Attractions:
French Quarter:
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and Insectarium
The French Market on Decatur
Warehouse District:
WWII Museum
Uptown:
Audubon Zoo
S.O.S' Recommended Booklist
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Compilation Books - Stories and History of New Orleans
Empire of Sin
- Gary Krist
French Quarter
- Herbert Asbury
Building the Devils's Empire
- Shannon Dawdy
Fear Dat
- Michael Murphy
The Accidental City
- Lawrence Powell
Gumbo Ya-Ya: Louisiana Folk Tales
- Robert Tallant
Ready to Hang: Seven Famous New Orleans Murders
- Robert Tallant
Vice Books - Gallatin Street and Storyville
Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women
- Judith Schafer
A Guidebook to Storyville
- Al Rose (Storyville)
The Lost Sisterhood
- Ruth Rosen
Josie Arlington's Storyville
- Marita Crandle
The Last Madam
- Chris Wiltz
Mafia Books - Organized Crime and New Orleans Mafia
Five Families
- Selwyn Raab
Mr. New Orleans
- Frenchy Broulette
Cosa Nostra
- John Dickie
Paddy Wacked
- T.J. English
Borgata: Rise of Empire
- Louis Ferrante
Borgata: Clash of Titans
- Louis Ferrante
Story Specific Books - Deeper Dive Research Material
Shake the Devil Off (Zack and Addie)
- Ethan Brown
Seeing Justice Done (Executions and Punishments)
- Paul Friedman
The Faithful Executioner (Executions and Punishments)
- Joel F. Harrington
Let the Faggots Burn (Upstairs Lounge Fire)
- Johnny Townsend
Tinderbox (Upstairs Lounge Fire)
- Robert W. Fieseler
The Axeman of New Orleans: The True Story (Axeman)
- Miriam Davis
The Crescent City Lynchings (Sicilian Lynchings)
- Tom Smith
Mafia Kingfish (Mafia Boss Carlos Marcello)
- John H. Davis
Mad Madame LaLaurie (Delphine LaLaurie)
- Victoria Love
The Pirates Lafitte (Jean Lafitte)
- William Davis