New Orleanians love making their way down 30-A during the summer, a stretch of land known as the Emerald Coast, with its bright blue water, tasteful architecture, and slate of top dining restaurants.

Eater editors recently visited New Orleans and ate through a long list of restaurants. We hit the classics, taking full ...

Frankie and Johnny’s is an old-school neighborhood seafood house and tap room serving all kinds of iconic New Orleans dishes — gumbo, po’ boys, chargrilled oysters, red beans and rice — since 1941.

Magazine Street is a jewel of an avenue, a treasure trove of hotels, dining, and retail that stretches some six miles from Canal Street in the CBD to Uptown and Audubon Park. Dotted with independent ...

New Orleans is known for having a robust happy hour scene, enticing early-bird customers with oyster specials, craft cocktail deals, and discounted bar snacks. These are built to lure in diners during ...

The independent coffee shop scene has thrived in New Orleans for over a decade, beginning with the arrival of third-wave shops in the 2010s. In the last few years, neighborhood cafes have become ...

Great news crawfish fanatics: Last year’s high prices are not in the forecast for spring 2025 boils. A quick check in early February found Rouse’s selling boiled crawfish at $4.99 a pound, down to ...

An Illustrated Love Letter to the Most Famous Sandwich in New Orleans The Reuben at Stein’s Market and Deli inspires awe and art ...

Philly has cheesesteaks, Manhattan has subs, Chicago has Italian beef. But only New Orleans has po’ boys, the iconic, overstuffed sandwich that is a city-wide crave. As the story goes, po’ boys were ...

It’s not exactly a rooftop bar, because it’s just inside, but the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the river sure feel on top of the world. Observatory 11 at the Westin is more than a convention ...

The French Quarter is the oldest square mile in New Orleans and home to more restaurants and bars per square block than any other neighborhood. This guide is a varied cross-section of restaurants in ...

Thankfully, affordable dining isn’t that hard to come by in New Orleans. Make that, affordable good dining, because life’s too short to eat bad food (or drink bad wine, but that’s another story).