I am certainly partial to people staying Uptown, because that's where I am and the side of town where I think the better restaurants and bars are. The St. Charles streetcar is just up one block from the inns on Prytania.
Uptown forever! Downtown never! (j/k) (kind of.)
It's slightly amazing to me that the Uptown attitude is not just native, but is transferred to the transplants.
Ahahahaha! It's more anti-FQ, really, than anti-rest of downtown.
It's all about the logistics of navigating the city and the fact that lots of residents (regardless of length of life here) think the FQ is not a fun place to hang out, so it becomes a natural barrier.
the fact that lots of residents (regardless of length of life here) think the FQ is not a fun place to hang out
Oh, sure. Though I do miss O'Flaherty's pub, which was on Toulouse near Decatur, and was an awesome place to hear live Irish music.
Gary and I went to O'Flaherty's to see Beth Patterson one time we were in New Orleans.
Yep, that's where I saw her the first time.
O'Flaherty's isn't there anymore? Although my pub was the Kerry.
No, Katrina killed off O'Flaherty's, though I think they'd had some challenges before that.
Aw, sad. I probably knew that at some point.
Yeah I get that. I stayed at Elysian randomly when I had a business trip and there was some big convention in town so the Marriott was booked. The hosts were amazing and the price was right, so it has been my go-to in NOLA ever since. I recognize that there are other options near our peeps, but EFI is great.