Ok here goes... First off, I loved NOLA and the time I had there was not nearly enough. I can't wait to go back. Just so much to do and see (and eat!) and so much culture and history. I have a lot of recommendations on my list from this thread that I never got around to trying so I look forward to going back and crossing those off my list. Here is a quick run down on places visited (mostly restaurants ) and a few thoughts on each... -Domenica: really good pizza with an awesome crust. very cool vibe in there and I could have watched the guy preparing the charcuterie and cheese plates at work all day. Also had a piece of the King Cake made by the pastry chef there that was amazing. Happy hour (3-6 weekdays) brings half price pizzas, beer, wine and well drinks. -Port of Call: great burger (one of the best I've had) and a really good bloody mary too - they put pickled green beans in their bloodys down there. Central Grocery: birth place of the muffaletta sandwich. Tremendous. Bunch of Italian meats (capicola, salami, pepperoni, ham) and cheeses (provolone, emmentaler) topped with a marinated olive spread on a round, sort of flattened seeded bread (not unlike focaccia). Got it to go and ate it down by the mighty Mississippi. Cafe du Monde: beignets obviously. went there twice. just do it Cochon Butcher: great sandwiches. I had the cubano and the wife had the pulled pork. both very good. I was a little surprised that when I tried to order the cubano minus the mustard they said it came with it already on it. just seemed weird because nothing seemed pre-made there. maybe the pork was cooked in it? the pancetta mac n cheese was really good too. cool but small place Red Fish Grill: best meal of the trip. everything was great from start to finish, including the service. highly recommend. great seafood. Coop's Place: probably the biggest disappointment of the trip. it wasn't terrible, but the food was just not nearly as good as I expected. I had the taste plate (cup of seafood gumbo, shrimp creole, red beans and rice with sausage, rabbit and chicken jambalaya, and a fried chicken drumstick). the gumbo, shrimp creole, and red beans/rice were all fine to good. the jambalaya had a really off taste that I still haven't quite figured out. just a very strange taste (the rabbit maybe) and I typically love jambalaya. all of it was kind of luke warm too. my wife ordered the fried chicken plate and it was rather dry and not hot. all of our food (except the gumbo, that arrived first) came out together and it took 10 minutes tops which makes me think the fried chicken had been made ahead of time and was sitting because that was how it tasted. most good fried chicken places will tell you to allow 20-25 minutes of fry time. maybe we just caught it on a bad day, but it was definitely not as good as I hoped. I think that's it for food haha. We rode the St. Charles street car from end to end and that was great just to see other parts of the city (especially the garden district) that we otherwise would probably have seen. An additional treat was seeing all of the decorations going up for Mardi Gras. Its like Christmas to the city. Just a neat and cheap experience that I would definitely recommend. Took and horse drawn carriage tour through the French Quarter and that was cool in that our guide/driver was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Learned a lot from him that I otherwise would have missed out on. Did a dinner river cruise (wife's work obligation) on the Steamboat Natchez. Another cool experience. It was at night so getting away from the city a bit offered a great view of the night skyline. I also really enjoyed going down into the steam room where you can see how everything works to power the boat. good jazz band aboard the boat too. Other than that I really just walked around the French Quarter a lot during the day (avoiding Bourbon St as much as possible) and checked out that area of the city (Jackson Square, French Market, etc.) Really wanted to get to the WWII museum and aquarium, but ran out of time due to some obligations for my wife's conference and it just being a rather short trip. Can't wait to visit NOLA again! Let me know if you have any questions about the trip.