New Orleans Highlights
Welcome to New Orleans!
New Orleans is world-renowned for its distinctive music, Creole cuisine, unique dialects, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The historic heart of the city is the French Quarter, known for its French and Spanish Creole architecture and vibrant nightlife along Bourbon Street. The city has been described as the "most unique" in the United States owing in large part to its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. The Sheraton New Orleans Hotel is steps from world-famous restaurants, legendary nightlife, prime shopping, and Harrah's Casino. The Sheraton New Orleans Hotel offers two restaurants and a bar, a full-service Starbucks, an expansive 24-hour fitness center, a rooftop pool, and amazing downtown and river views.
New Orleans Cuisine and Restaurants:
New Orleans is world-famous for its cuisine. The indigenous cuisine is distinctive and influential. New Orleans food combines local Creole, haute Creole, and New Orleans French cuisines. Local ingredients, French, Spanish, Italian, African, Native American, Cajun, Chinese, and a hint of Cuban traditions combine to produce a truly unique and easily recognizable New Orleans flavor. Try Beignets (pronounced ben-yays) with Café au lait. A delicious treat any time of the day.
Chop House
322 Magazine Street
504-522-7902
Chophouse New Orleans has consistently been named the highest rated steakhouse in New Orleans, this -happening joint- features live entertainment nightly.
Fogo de Chao
614 Canal Street | 504-412-8900
Fogo de Chão is a short walk from the Sheraton Hotel. Just steps from Bourbon Street and at the crossroads of downtown New Orleans and the French Quarter
Dragos
2 Poydras Street in the Hilton New Orleans Riverside | 504-584-3911
Their Charbroiled Oysters are legendary. It all started back in 1993 when Tommy Cvitanovich, Drago's son, decided to experiment with a sauce of garlic, butter, and herbs. He brushed it on a fresh batch of oysters, then dusted them with a blend of Parmesan and Romano cheese and cooked them in their shell on a hot grill. The results were incredibly delicious—and a legend was born!
Palace Café
605 Canal Street | 504-523-1661
This classic New Orleans restaurant honors the rich history of New Orleans cuisine in an upbeat and lively grand café. Housed in the historic Werlein’s music building, has won a number of local and national awards since opening, including Best New Restaurant from Esquire Magazine and USA Today, the prestigious Ivy Award from Restaurants and Institutions Magazine, and Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence.
August
301 Tchoupitoulas Street | 504-299-9777
August is a Contemporary Creole restaurant creating unique dishes with a focus on Louisiana ingredients and inspired by classical training. Located in a historic 19th-century French-Creole building in New Orleans’ Central Business District, the main dining room caters to a unique dining experience. The interior has original architectural details, gleaming hardwood floors, soaring columns, mahogany paneling, and antique mirrors.
Museums:
VUE Orleans
2 Canal Street | 504-285-3600
Located at “the foot of Canal,” 2 Canal Street in the former World Trade Center building that is now home to the Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans and Residences, Vue Orleans takes the visitor on a deep dive into New Orleans history, music, and culture via a multi-level interactive cultural experience that brings New Orleans into sharp focus.
Audubon Aquarium
1 Canal Street | 504-565-3033
Audubon Aquarium is an aquarium in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. After a 41 million dollar renovation that would see the Audubon Insectarium merge with the facility, the aquarium reopened with new exhibits and experiences on June 8, 2023.
New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint
400 Esplanade Avenue | 504-568-6993
The Old U.S. Mint is a historical landmark in and of itself, offering a fitting home for the seminal New Orleans Jazz Museum collections. After the Civil War, the Mint was the only one in the South to reopen, resuming full operations by 1879.
The National World War II Museum
945 Magazine Street | 504-528-1944
The National WWII Museum, formerly known as The National D-Day Museum, is a military history museum located in the Central Business District. It tells the story of the American experience in the war that changed the world—why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today—so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired by what they learn.
Pharmacy Museum
514 Chartres Street | 504-565-8027
Since its founding in 1950, the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum has been acquiring, preserving, and interpreting an extensive collection of artifacts and resources documenting the history of pharmacy and medicine in the 19th and early to mid-20th centuries, with a particular focus on New Orleans and Louisiana. The building that the museum occupies is itself a historic landmark – a classic Creole townhouse in the French Quarter constructed in 1822-1823 that served as the apothecary and residence of Louis J. Dulfilho, Jr., the first licensed pharmacist in the United States until 1855.
Mardi Gras World
1380 Port of New Orleans | 504-361-7821
Mardi Gras World gives you an authentic Mardi Gras experience all year round, whether you’re here for family vacations, team building activities, New Orleans corporate events, or just on your own to experience the magic of the Crescent City.
Free Shuttle: Let us pick you up! Mardi Gras World offers a complimentary shuttle for people taking our tour, with stops adjacent to the French Quarter.
Special Interests:
The Quarter Stitch
629 Chartres Street | 504-522-4451
The Quarter Stitch has been open in the historic French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans since 1969.
We carry a wide variety of hand-painted needlepoint canvases and hand-dyed luxury yarns for knitting or crochet. We also carry a small selection of locally inspired cross-stitch designs and whimsical embroidery kits.
Needle Arts
5301 Canal Boulevard | 504-832-3050
The shop carries an extensive range of the finest quality supplies for needlepoint and knitting. We also endeavor to answer questions, find solutions to problems, offer advice (whether asked for or not), and hold the hands of stitchers trying a new or challenging technique for the first time. While you might have to visit our physical location to take advantage of everything we offer, we promise to provide our online customers with as much of our “personal touch” as is humanly possible.
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