Yes, but these are GOOD places to eat (I know, having worked many conferences)
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
Toddson - Jul 12, 2007 8:21:48 am PDT #6078 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ChiKat - Jul 12, 2007 11:07:23 am PDT #6079 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Sail, if you come the second weekend, you are welcome to my couch. I may be in the process of packing by then, so you may have to put up with some boxes. If that's doable, then you can hang here. (I have a new couch that's not quite as comfy as the old one for sleeping, but it's still okay!)
-t - Jul 12, 2007 11:19:59 am PDT #6080 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've been to Emeril's and it's very good but quite pricey and not particularly New Orleansy. There's a wine bar right near there that's pretty nice, or used to be anyway. I can't remember the name, but it's something obvious like The Wine Something or The Cellar or something like that.
Daisy Jane - Jul 12, 2007 11:42:46 am PDT #6081 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I haven't been close to the convention center since PK, but I second Mulatte's.
If you do get to the quarter I suggest Muriel's right on the Square.
Wasn't there a line that went down to the Aquarium?
Toddson - Jul 12, 2007 11:48:05 am PDT #6082 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Conference food - mass cooking by a hotel kitchen. If you're lucky, it's edible. One conference - which I wasn't at, but heard stories about - the food was so bad people who didn't have time to go out and buy their own food were living on the Goo Goo Clusters one of the exhibitors was handing out. So the fact that the restaurants are serving actual good food is important.
Sparky1 - Jul 12, 2007 12:05:52 pm PDT #6083 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
At our conferences the publishers supply us with pretty good food-bribes, actually. However, I still have a per diem I can spend!
I really appreciate everyone's suggestions!
-t - Jul 12, 2007 12:11:43 pm PDT #6084 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wasn't there a line that went down to the Aquarium?
Yeah, runs along the levee. I don't know where the other stops are, I've never managed to catch it - I'd always get bored and just walk.
Dana - Jul 12, 2007 12:14:10 pm PDT #6085 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ditto. There may be a stop by the convention center, but honestly, if I was doing down there, I was already in a car, so it was park and walk.
brenda m - Jul 12, 2007 12:51:15 pm PDT #6086 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The Gumbo Shop (Shoppe?) is also really nice, but a bit more low key and reasonably priced than some.
JZ - Jul 12, 2007 12:58:11 pm PDT #6087 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Bacco is in the Quarter and has an amazing menu. It's not cheap, but if you go for lunch you can squeeze by for around $20 a person (I don't know if they still do it, but they used to do 25 cent martinis with the lunch menu), and it's all rich and satisfying enough that your stomach won't need much for the rest of the day and your mouth won't want to disturb its reverential reverie.
Hec and I got the lobster ravioli off the lunch menu when we were there, accompanied by a dollar's worth of excellent martinis. Easily the second-best meal we had in NOLA -- so swoonily, dreamily decadent.