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Marigny & Bywater
Restaurants




late night
delivery


within 3-4 blocks of the Arts Bed and Breakfast:

Cafe Flora
2600 Royal Street
947-8358
Mon - Sun: 8am - 12pm
A great local coffee house, even the cafe's menu reflects a certain aesthetic: imported coffee, chai tea, fresh-squeezed fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies and meat-free burritos.


Coffee, Friends and...
2401 Burgundy Street
948-7401
7am-7pm daily
Small and friendly gay-oriented coffee house two blocks from the Arts with pleasant outdoor seating. Small selection of pastries and sandwiches as well some custom blends of coffee.


Feelings Cafe
2600 Chartres
945-2222
www.FeelingsCafe.com
Sun - Thurs: 6pm - 10pm
Fri - Sat: 6pm - 11pm
Lunch: Fri: 11am - 2pm
Brunch: Sun: 11am - 2pm
One of the most romantic restaurants in New Orleans, guests to Feelings Cafe enjoy their courtyard's intimacy with a brick patio sheltered by palms, banana trees, and high walls ... music from the Patio Lounge along one side serenades you as you sip cocktails and dine at the outdoor tables.
Dishes in the Clemenceau style bring an old, nearly forgotten local taste to the table, including shrimp, seafood and steak dishes.


Schiro's
945-4425
2483 Royal Street
Mon - Thurs: 10am - 10pm
Fri - Sat: 10am - 11pm
The Café and Bar is a popular neighborhood gathering spot for our local collection of artists, musicians, and "personalities", and offers authentic New Orleans comfort food, great cocktails, and intriguing people watching.


Upstairs at Mimi's
942-0690
2601 Royal St.
Dinner and late-night daily
No Reservations
No place in New Orleans reproduces Spain's tapas culture like Upstairs at Mimi's. Most plates are fairly priced, ranging between $4 and $5.50 and a wine selection that draws from Spain, Chile and California.


Sound
Chartres St.
A newcomer in the Marigny scene, an unpretentious coffee house with a Zen touch.


La Spiga Bakery
949-2253
2440 Chartres St.
Only open Saturdays 7am-2pm
Fabulous bakery with fancy sandwiches.



Frenchmen Street:

Adolfo's
948 3800
611 Frenchmen St.
6pm-11pm Monday to Saturday
A dimly lit, romantic little Creole-Italian restaurant hidden away upstairs from the Apple Barrel Bar.


Hookah Cafe
566-7057
1132 Decatur St. (at Frenchmen St.)
Excellent Indian food, including great "tapas" style appetizers, entrees and their unique "naanwiches," sandwiches made with Indian naan bread and flavorful fillings. Perhaps the best part of Hookah is the Indian/Techno Fusion music background and sometimes live classical Indian music featuring Andrew, a fabulous local tabla player.


Marigny Brasserie
945-4491
640 Frenchmen St. (at Royal)
across from Washington Square park
www.CafeMarigny.com
Sunday-Thursday 5:30pm - 10pm
Friday, Saturday 5:30 pm - Midnight
Sunday Brunch 10:30am - 3:00pm
One of New Orleans most ambitious and creatively eclectic menus full of fresh seasonal ingredients prepared to order, and one of the most competitively- priced wine lists in New Orleans.


Marisol
437 Esplanade
943-1912
www.MarisolRestaurant.com
Dinner: Wednesday-Sunday 6pm-10pm, Open 'til 11pm on Friday & Saturday
Tapas Happy Hour: Wednesday-Friday 5pm-7pm
Lunch: Wednesday - Saturday 11am-2pm
Sunday Jazz Brunch: 11am-2pm
Closed Monday & Tuesday
Contemporary American International bistro with highly refined & inventive cuisine, an award - winning wine list, New Orleans' largest cheese list, a serenely beautiful dining room, and a tropical courtyard.


Mona's
949-4115
504 Frenchmen St.
Inexpensive Middle Eastern cuisine with hummous and a great gyro plate. Also with a small but well-stocked Middle Eastern grocery store.


Praline Connection
943-3934
542 Frenchman St. (at Chartres St.)
11am-10.30pm Sunday to Thursday,
11am-midnight Friday & Saturday
Southern/Soul food: fried chicken, Creole gumbo, meatloaf, corn bread, beans and greens. Also try the Sunday Gospel brunch at the Praline Connection Gospel & Blues Hall:
901-907 S. Peters St. 523-3973


Santa Fe
944-6854
801 Frenchmen St.
5pm-10pm Tuesday to Saturday
A popular southwestern restaurant with potent margaritas, chile rellenos (grilled peppers filled with melted cheese), steak tacos and roast duck.


Siam Cafe
949 1750
435 Esplanade Ave.
5pm-2am daily
All the Thai standards, including pad Thai, spicy curries, and many vegetarian dishes. Try the Royal Hunter's Grill. Also offers a nice variety of beers.



Snug Harbor

949-0696
626 Frenchmen St.
Jazz Bistro with the best live, contemporary jazz in the city. Good range of food types from pasta to burgers.


Thirteen (XIII)
942-1345
517 Frenchmen St.
delivery?
Eclectic dining, it stays open 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. At night, the funky Frenchmen vibe comes alive and the jukebox keeps you moving at the Spanish cedar-wood, custom-built bar.


Wasabi Sushi And Bar
943-9433
900 Frenchmen St.
The only Japanese restaurant in the neighborhood, but fortunately, great sushi and good food all the way around including a fine selection of sake. The former chef of Rock n Sake opened his own restaurant.




other Marigny & Bywater:

Buffa's Bar & Restaurant
945-9397
1001 Esplanade Ave
11am- 8pm daily
A neighborhood favorite with an inexpensive menu
since 1939.


Coffee, Friends and...
948-740
2401 Burgundy St. (at Mandeville)
6am-10pm Monday to Friday, 11am-10pm Saturday & Sunday
Very good spare ribs, chicken and pulled pork in generous quantities. A neighborhood favorite.



Bywater BBQ
944-4445
3162 Dauphine St. (at Louisa)
6am-10pm Monday to Friday,
11am-10pm Saturday & Sunday
weekend brunch
Deliver 5-10pm
Very good spare ribs, chicken and pulled pork in generous quantities. A neighborhood favorite.



Elizabeths
944-9272
601 Gallier St.
7am-2:30pm Tuesday to Saturday
One of the best deals in town for breakfast or lunch. Superb in quality and quantity, even the basic breakfast.


Harbor
947-1819
2529 Dauphine St.
10am-5pm daily
Aa soul-food joint in the back of a local bar frequented by elderly black men. Not many tourists here, though. Tasty fried chicken, pork chops, chitterlings, mustard greens and white bread where the fare is surprisingly low.


La Peniche
943-1460
1940 Dauphine St.
Thurs 9am-Tues 2am
Basic, inexpensive food: fried fish, po' boys, burgers, and even quiche. Good brunch as well, with specials like bronzed (with Cajun spices) pork, and be sure to have some chocolate layer cake (like homemade!) and peanut butter chocolate chip pie.


Mandich Restaurant
947-9553
3200 St Claude Ave.
noon-2pm Tuesday to Friday, 5pm-10pm Friday & Saturday
Dinner is served on weekends only.
A Bywater institution serving authentic Cajun cuisine: seafood gumbo, crisp catfish topped with smothered crawfish tails, baked oyster platters, and liver and onions.


Siam Cafe
435 Esplanade Ave.
949-1750
Siam Cafe has made a name for itself among New Orleans' ethnic restaurants, with authentic Thai dishes including the classic pad Thai, with sizzling spices, crunchy peanuts and a tasty peanut sauce that can be ordered on the side. The curry is medium spicy and comes with chicken, beef, shrimp or tofu.


Sukho Thai
1913 Royal St. (at Pauger Street)
948-9309
Tue.-Sun. 5-10PM (open for lunch now?)
Sukho (''dawn of happiness'') delivers a stylish Thai in Marigny. In addition to the expected noodle, vegetarian and curry dishes, there are a number of distinctive wok preparations and seafood specialties.


Zotz Coffee House
2003 Royal (at Touro).
Open 24/7
Funky coffee house. Rental computers and Internet. Royal Laundrette is next door.




LATE NIGHT/24HOUR

Hookah Cafe
566-7057
1132 Decatur St. (at Frenchmen St.)
Open until 4am though food stops at midnight
Excellent Indian food, including great "tapas" style appetizers, entrees and their unique "naanwiches," sandwiches made with Indian naan bread and flavorful fillings. Perhaps the best part of Hookah is the Indian/Techno Fusion music background and sometimes live classical Indian music featuring Andrew, a fabulous local tabla player.


Upstairs at Mimi's
942-0690
2601 Royal St. (at Franklin)
Dinner and late-night daily (2am?)
No Reservations
No place in New Orleans reproduces Spain's tapas culture like Upstairs at Mimi's. Most plates are fairly priced, ranging between $4 and $5.50 and a wine selection that draws from Spain, Chile and California.


La Peniche
943-1460
1940 Dauphine St.
Thurs 9am-Tues 2am
Basic, inexpensive food: fried fish, po' boys, burgers, and even quiche. Good brunch as well, with specials like bronzed (with Cajun spices) pork, and be sure to have some chocolate layer cake (like homemade!) and peanut butter chocolate chip pie.


Thirteen (XIII)
942-1345
517 Frenchmen St.
7 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Eclectic dining, it stays open 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. At night, the funky Frenchmen vibe comes alive and the jukebox keeps you moving at the Spanish cedar-wood, custom-built bar.


Zotz Coffee House
2003 Royal (at Touro). Open 24 hours. Funky coffee house. Rental computers and Internet. Royal Laundrette is next door.







"the style of an art gallery with the comforts of home"


the Arts


(504) 947- 4035
reasonably priced lodging
a New Orleans bed and breakfast inn
in the Faubourg Marigny, near the French Quarter