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DF><<***** On 05-04-98, Dale Shipp wrote to Dorothy Flatman: *****>>
DF>DS> It has been a long time since we were there and things change.  The
DF>DS> market on Jackson Square for biegnets (sp?) is one of the "must do"
DF>DS>things.
DF>DS> You get a good seat in the open court and watch all the other comings
DF>DS> and goings while you inhale confectioner's sugar.
DF>That sounds like it may become hubby's favorite. I keep telling him that
DF>of these days he's going to _turn into_ some sort of pastry!
DF>DS> My best advice would be to get a copy of one of the common guide
DF>DS> e.g. Fudor's and read the reviews in it.
DF>That's an idea. Sometimes they do reviews on "normal" places rather than
DF>the "ritz" places.
DF>DS> We tend to go for the simple things -- and so the ritz places like
DF>DS> Commander's Palace were not on our list.   We went by Chef Paul's
DF>DS> K-Kitchen, but the lines were too long and the prices were high.   We
DF>DS> did visit his sister's restaurant on the country part of our tour and
DF>DS> really liked it.
DF>Sounds like us. We tend to prefer to ferret out the little "neighborhood"
DF>places most of the locals use rather than the tourist-trap "ritz" places.
DF>tend to believe you get a better "flavor" of an area that way. We'll only
DF>there 3 days on our way to Atlanta, Georgia to visit our newest grandbaby
DF>(Tiffany Rose, born April 7 and joining big brother Russell and big sister
DF>Kelita). We are going to take the GrayLine Bayou tour the morning after we
DF>arrive, but the rest of the time we'll just be poking around on our own.
DF>DS> The one place that we went to more than once was called "Mother's" --
DF>DS> quarter.  They do a variety of po' boy sandwiches.   I have heard that
DF>DS> Another one was Central Grocery, for the Muffaletta sandwich.  It will
DF>DS> take two of you to finish a whole one.
DF>DS> Neither the po' boys nor the Muffaletta will be spicy -- just good.
DF>DS> Even if you do consider yourselves "wusses", you ought to try at least
DF>DS> one gumbo and at least one jambalaya from someplace.
DF>Gives us a start. We'll be on Rue Decatur only a block or so from the
DF>riverfront streetcar so it should be pretty easy to get around. Mother's
DF>listed in the brochure I'm working with, but it's an OLD brochure, so
DF>see..........
DF>DS> How about one of the natives filling us in.   It has been a while, and
DF>DS> I may not be clear on what was really going on.
DF><chuckle> That's okay, we were going to take this trip way back in 1991
DF>never got a chance to do it, so that's how old the brochures I'm working
DF>with are!
DF>Dorothy Flatman
DF>Clackamas, ORegon, USA
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I would suggest that you not bother buying Fudor's.  I recently thumbed
through it at Barnes & Nobel when I was there to buy another book.  I
looked through it and another because I am currently researching this
for a get together there this fall.  Fudor's seems to be limited, in
that it includes the pricier places and fails to mention some of the
favorites of the natives when I lived there.
I don't know if you like oysters on the half shell, but there is a place
on Ibberville, between Royal and Bourbon St. called The Acme Bar which
is the best place to have oysters on the half shell in New Orleans.
all
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Where will this bus tour be taking you?  When will you be traveling to
LA?
Good selection, good advice.  I would also add Mandina's....its on Canal
Street in the opposite direction from the river....on the busline from
the Quarter.  Tell the bus driver where you want to go and he will let
you know when it is time to get off.  You shouldn't have to walk more
than a block.
s
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You are doing just fine.  Mother's and Central Grocery are great
suggestions.  I might also add that you can get a better deal at the
pricier places if you eat lunch rather than dinner.
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