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What I Love In New Orleans

May 8, 2014 by Joy the Baker 24 Comments

in New Orleans

Since moving to New Orleans I’ve gotten SO MANY requests from readers visiting the city for the first time eager to eat, drink, and beignet.  Now… if you’ve never been to New Orleans, it’s like you can’t go wrong.  You could stumble into almost any bowl of gumbo and happily eat your way out.  That being said, I totally understand wanting to know where to find the best of the best in the city.

I’m new to New Orleans.  Really new.  I’m no expert on where to find the very best jambalaya, but you can bet that I’m going to do my best to find it.  I don’t care how many bowls I have to devour to find the best.

As I learn about New Orleans and explore the city, I’ll leave my suggestions in a part of my blog that you can always reference… right up in the header! It reads New Orleans!  Click on that header and you’ll find yourself in an ever-growing list of the food, drink, and places I love in this city.

I hope you come for a visit!  I hope we make awkward eye contact over a plate of beignets.  I hope I stand next to you to listen to this band on Royal St.  I hope I run into you at The Joint and you have BBQ sauce all over your face.  Anything goes!

You can also follow my New Orleans adventures on Instagram.  I made a hashtag (because that’s what we do now) #jtbnola.  Let’s live it!

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  1. Cheyenne Renard

    January 29, 2015 at 10:37 pm

    I would love to have a reg beignet recipe . Does Cafe Du Monde give out there recipe? I have been to New Orleans and adore it . I def plan on coming back to eat my way through town. I love the posts you make, I plan to get your cookbooks too. Youre a great blogger and im sure chef or baker. Hope you have a great week. I love the antidotes about Beignets i adore them also. Now i dont feel so bad cuz i feel the way you eat them, now i can come out and just make a piggy out of my self. If you ever come to Las Vegas please let me know id love to show you some great places to eat , I like it here but nothing like New Orleans and the southern hospitality. Love to you Joy best of every thing and bless your family they sound great XXX Love Cheyenne from Henderson NV

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  2. Amy

    May 30, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    I just got back from my solo New Orleans adventure and just wanted to say thanks for all the amazing tips! From sitting at the Napolean house bar to listening to music on Frenchman, I met lovely people from the city and all over. I can truly see why you love this city :)

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  3. Cheryl

    May 24, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    We lived in Baton Rouge for three years and recently moved back up north to Chicago. I know, they couldn’t be two more different extremes.
    Hands down the best place to eat is Drago’s. If you like oysters, they make the best. They chargrilled them. I won’t eat them any other way.
    I don’t miss the extremely oppressive hot weather, but I do miss the food and the people.

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  4. Charlotte

    May 18, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    my husband and i might be going to nola next spring. if we do, i will definitely be using your site for food/drink/cool stuff recommendations!

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  5. Amanda - Small Home Big Start

    May 16, 2014 at 3:06 pm

    This is awesome. Thank you! I’m a long time reader AND I’m heading to New Orleans from Canada for my honeymoon NEXT WEEK! I’ve printed off your list and hopefully we’ll be able to check a few places on there out. Thanks Joy!

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  6. Katie Thomas

    May 14, 2014 at 7:38 am

    Welcome to New Orleans! I have lived here forever and sometimes take for granted how amazing it really is. I am so excited to see your New Orleans-inspired recipes, and plan on making the Bourbon Pecan Pie with Dark Chocolate for a crawfish boil this weekend!

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  7. Andrea @ This Pug Life

    May 11, 2014 at 3:14 pm

    I can’t wait to read your continuing adventures in New Orleans. I have never been, yet I feel like weird calling to the city. Maybe I’ve read too many Anne Rice books, but I just know I would love it.

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  8. Jodi

    May 10, 2014 at 5:56 am

    When I was 10, I lived in Metairie for a year.
    This is weird but true. After reading this, I had a dream that I was doing your dishes and you were decorating a Christmas tree set up in your kitchen. The brain is so strange sometimes.

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