Travel Guide

New Orleans

05/09/2022

Next stop for Veronica Beard: New Orleans! For our latest campaign, we hit up the Big Easy, a mecca of fantastic food, incredible music, rich culture and vibrant people. Here is our insider's guide to that unparalleled city of high spirits and freewheeling living. As the locals say, laissez les bon temps rouler—let the good times roll…

P.S. Get the recipe for the city's signature Pimm's Cup below!

Locations and attractions featured in our campaign are marked with an asterisk.

Stay

Hotel Peter & Paul*
Hotel Saint Vincent
Maison de la Luz
Pontchartrain Hotel

Hotel Peter & Paul

EAT & DRINK

Café Du Monde* — the beignets are a rite of passage
Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone
Chemin à la Mer
Commander's Palace
Compère Lapin
Napoleon House*
Parkway Bakery & Tavern*
Pêche
Sazerac Bar at The Roosevelt
Sundae Best*

SHOP

Faulkner House Books
French Antique Shop
Leontine Linens
Little Flea NOLA
Lucullus Antiques
M.S. Rau
Neal Auction Co.
Royal Mask Shop*

Do

Audubon Aquarium of the Americas — for the kids
Bike through the Garden District*
Live music on Frenchmen Street — d.b.a., Snug Harbor and The Spotted Cat Music Club are highlights
Preservation Hall

See

City Park
Contemporary Arts Center
French Quarter
Kinfolk Brass Band* — follow them here
Longue Vue House and Gardens
New Orleans Museum of Art

COCKTAIL RECIPE

Napoleon House, on 500 Chartres Street in the French Quarter, is a New Orleans landmark. Founded in 1914 and a haunt for artists throughout the 20th century, the restaurant is famous for its signature Pimm's Cup. While the drink originates in London—yes, there's a Mr. Pimm—the cocktail has been a popular hit with NOLA's bon vivants since the 1940s. Here is the recipe...

Ingredients
1 1/4 oz. Pimm's #1
3 oz lemonade
7 Up, to top
Cucumber slice, to garnish

Directions

Fill a tall 12 oz glass with ice and add 1 1/4 oz. Pimm's #1 and 3 oz lemonade.
Then top off with 7 Up.
Garnish with cucumber.