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.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
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.
-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
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.
Daisy Jane - Jul 12, 2007 1:19:08 pm PDT #6088 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
The Gumbo Shop (Shoppe?) is also really nice, but a bit more low key and reasonably priced than some.
Shop. That's one of my favorites.
-t - Jul 12, 2007 1:59:28 pm PDT #6089 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Come to think of it, a lot of places run really excellent lunch specials during the summer. Commander's Palace was doing $15 lunches at one point. Check one of the free weekly papers that will no doubt litter the Convention Center.