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My New Orleans Travel Guide
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items We're going beyond Bourbon Street y'all. I wouldn't even know where to tell you to go on Bourbon TBH. This (ever-growing) New Orleans Guide lists some of my favorite restaurants, experiences, neighborhoods, hidden gems and local finds. Consider my Ne...
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My Favorite New Orleans Happy Hours
Favorite New Orleans Parks
My Favorite New Orleans Happy Hours
These are some of my favorite New Orleans Happy Hours.
Evviva, formerly The Franklin in the Marigny neighborhood, has a daily 5pm to 7pm $7 happy hour. I stopped in recently for a martini and an appetizer and enjoyed a nice solo end-of-the-day wind down
Evviva
The Country Club in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans has a Monday - Friday happy hour from 4-7 with well drinks and local draft beers for $5, with food specials too.
The Country Club
Meril is Emeril Lagasse's comfy, casual restaurant in the CBD that holds their happy hour daily from 2pm - 6pm in the bar area with half off wines by the glass, $4 draft beers and cocktails that range from $7 - $10 bucks. And because this is New Orle...
Meril Restaurant | Emeril Lagasse's Contemporary American ...
Plates in the warehouse district has a daily happy hour from 4pm - 6pm with appetizers from $5 - $12 bucks and cocktails from $6 - $8. Plates also offers an “adult happy meal” for $20 that includes chicken sliders, tater tots, a galactic brownie, and...
Plates Restaurant & Bar | Small Plates & Cocktails
The Bower has a daily happy hour from 4pm - 6pm with food (like cacio e pepe) and drinks $5 - $7 cocktails, martinis and house wines.
The Bower Bar
Pizza Domenica on Magazine Street in Uptown New Orleans has a great Monday through Friday happy hour from 3pm - 5pm with half off pizzas, wines by the glass and well cocktails for dine in only. This one is quite popular so expect a crowd.
PIZZA domenica
St. Roch Market is a food hall in the St. Claude area and they have a Monday through Friday happy hour from 3pm - 5pm. They have raw oysters for $1 each at the Salted Pearl, draft beers for $4 and house wines and cocktails at Roch's Reprieve.
St. Roch Market
Justini's has a happy hour that you will have to track down during the week because the times change daily
Tuesday-Thursday - 3pm - 6pm
Wednesday - ALL DAY
Friday - 3pm - 7pm
Saturday - 5pm - 7pm
My favorite happy hour dish from Justini's are the $4 Hot Sausage Tacos, the Truffle Fries and the $6 glass of Champagne, but their happy hour menu goes beyond that, so check them out.
Tuesday-Thursday - 3pm - 6pm
Wednesday - ALL DAY
Friday - 3pm - 7pm
Saturday - 5pm - 7pm
My favorite happy hour dish from Justini's are the $4 Hot Sausage Tacos, the Truffle Fries and the $6 glass of Champagne, but their happy hour menu goes beyond that, so check them out.
JusTini's
The Elysian Bar is consistently voted one of the prettiest bars in New Orleans, and they have a daily happy hour from 3pm - 5pm with $12 cocktails like Aperol Spritz and fancy food items like $24 Roasted Chili Butter and Bacon Oysters. Located in the...
The Elysian Bar
Sukho Thai, the restaurant is fabulous, let's start there, but we're here to talk about their happy hour. This Thai restaurant has 2 locations in New Orleans, this one on Magazine Street and another location on the edge of the French Quarter on Elysi...
Sukho Thai
We recently visted Charles & Julia Rooftop bar and had a pleasant experience. They have a daily happy hour from 4pm - 6pm both downstairs in the lounge and upstairs on the rooftop terrace.
Charles & Julia
4141, located inside the New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood on St. Charles Avenue in Uptown New Orleans has a daily happy hour from 3pm - 6pm. They have $4 beers, $6 wines by the glass and very reasonably priced food specials like hamburger sliders,...
4141 NOLA
Superior Seafood on St. Charles has a daily happy hour from 4pm - 6:30pm. They offer $1.25 raw oysters and drink specials.
Superior Seafood & Oyster Bar
This is a cute little spot on State St and Magazine and their happy hour is from Tuesday through Friday from 2pm - 6pm. Notable on their happy hour menu is their chicken & champagne crawfish boiled nugget basket with fries & a split bottle of...
Picnic Provisions & Whiskey » NOLA
Happy hour at Tableau in the French Quarter is on Wednesdays and Thursdays *drinks only* 3pm - 6pm and from Fridays to Sundays, they have full balcony sips and bites from 3pm - 6pm. With $4 private label wines by the glass, $7 cocktails, a nice menu ...
Tableau
Muriel's Jackson Square is a popular French Quarter Restaurant with stellar balcony views of the Quarter including St. Louis Cathedral. Muriel's has a weekday happy hour Monday through Friday from 3pm - 5pm
Muriel's Jackson Square
Jolie is a French restaurant on Julia Street with a moody speakeasy vibe. Jolie has a daily happy hour from 4pm - 6pm and you must try their Espresso Martini because it's delicious.
JOLIE
The Columns on St. Charles Avenue in Uptown New Orleans is located in a New Orleans mansion surrounded by mature trees and a beautiful courtyard. A seat on the front porch is coveted, but the indoor and courtyard seating are just as nice. The Columns...
Columns
New Orleans famously doesn't do a bunch of chain restaurants, that said, Felipe's isn't a big corporate chain, but a regional one. So I would be crazy to leave them off of my happy hour list given the fact that they have consistently won “Best Margar...
Felipe's Mexican Taqueria
Commander's Palace doesn't have a traditional happy hour, but they do a 25 cent martini lunch with your entree on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. And limit 3 martinis because that's enough. That's not me saying it, that's actually on the menu. Bus... is the dress code there.
Commander's Palace
Favorite New Orleans Parks
Crescent Park along New Orleans Mississippi Riverfront is one of those nice parks more people should use but they don't. It's literally never crowded unless there's some event happening there. There's a walkway and bike path, green space, areas to ro...
Crescent Park
Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park is the Newest addition to the parks along the Mississippi Riverfront newly opened in 2026 and it's lovely. You can also continue your walk from Crescent Park into this park. This park has swings, benches, a childre...
Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park
Woldenberg Park is also along the Mississippi riverfront and it's the oldest of the other 2 riverfront parks in New Orleans. You can also walk continuously from Crescent Park, through Goldring Park all the way to Woldenberg Park which ends at the Riv...
Woldenberg Park
Washington Square Park is in the Marigny neighborhood and borders Frenchmen Street which is widely known for its music venues. There are benches where you could read or eat lunch and its surrounded by beautiful mature trees.
Washington Square
Armstrong Park on Rampart Street in the Treme neighborhood is another one of New Orleans very nice parks that's never really crowded unless there's an event there. Armstrong Park also contains Congo Square which you can read a bit of African American...
Louis Armstrong Park
Jackson Square Park is one of the most popular parks because of its location in the heart of the French Quarter. Benches, green space and the iconic St. Louis Cathedral provides the backdrop to this park
Jackson Square
Audubon is a beautiful park in Uptown New Orleans on that borders both St. Charles Street and Magazine Street. There is a walking and bike path that's just shy of 2 miles long, massive oak trees providing lots of shade, green space and Audubon Zoo is...
Audubon Park
Listen, this little park feels like you're on vacation in a little beach town. It gives Hamptons or Martha's Vineyard vibes. It's another park along the Mississippi River, except it's Uptown. You can't bring your own food or chairs because the park p...
The Batture
City Park in New Orleans covers 1300 acres making it larger than Central Park in New York City. City Park has gardens, and playgrounds, a lake, a golf course, botanical gardens, a sculpture garden and more. City Park is also home to the New Orleans M...
New Orleans City Park