New Orleans NT'ers lmk what's up in your city.....

Brah's, New Orleans is calling my name. Wanted to go for a while and I get the chance to in mid December.

School me on your city or if you've been. I'm planning on being there for 5 days. Is that too much or too little time?

Eats? Shops? Weird spots? Jazz? Strip Clubs? Sights? Womenz?

Fill me in, i'm pretty psyched to go out there.

New Orleans has a **** lot of good spots to eat depends on what u like and if u can handle the spicy food.

Bourbon is the spot to meet tourist yambs and locals. Make sure u grab a hand gerende on the rocks.
Hmmmm tell me more of what u want to do in the NO. I'll post more when I get out of class. If u like to drink there are good amount of spots to go to meet chicks.

Someone should post that story from the crazy work stories thread about dude using his company card at a New Orleans strip club.
She she's is a strip club a lot people go to. I'm not a strip club type of guy.

anyone else? Damn people stingy with the replies.

Never been but slightly remember story of guy swiping his company credit card in a strip club for lots of dances and drinks lol

Hell yea ....man there tons of people on NT that has visit NOLA

But here that New Orleans Credit Card Strip Club story to past the time if u have time to read .vYou should read if u havnt already. Ill get back to u with more stuff after im done with this research project.(From Crazy work Stories Thread)

So there is this annual industry wide conference that I have to go to. Every year it gets hosted in a different city. One year it was in New Orleans. Even though I hate traveling for work, I was pretty excited about this trip because I had never been to New Orleans before and I love to drink, get s-faced, and have a good time. I have some co-workers that work remotely so they were flying in from different parts of the country. Coming from the home office in LA was just me and my buddy. First night in town, we ditch the conference reception ASAP and hit Bourbon with a 3rd coworker and proceed to get s-faced. Anyone thats been to Bourbon before knows the drill. You troll up and down the street going from bar to bar as you get progresively drunker. I hadnt eaten much that day since getting off the plane and I know that I'm gonna feel worse in the morning if I dont get some food so I stop and dip into one of the many pizza by the slice places to grab a quick bite. While I'm waiting for my pizza, my 3rd coworker (woman) comes in to tell me that she is going back to the hotel. I tell her to wait a sec and I'll walk her back as soon as I get my pizza. She says no need, and that she will be fine since she is familiar with the city (she used to live there). I ask where my buddy is, and she says that he is chatting up the doorman at the strip club across the street. I poke my head out to see just as he is walking into the club by himself. Awesome.

I grab my pizza and am now alone. Eff it. I decide to go to Harrahs and piss some money away before calling it a night. Eventually I end up back in the hotel room when my buddy texts me. "Still at the strip club, bad news". I reply with a stupid "hahahaha have fun, ill see you in the morning".

Wake up in the morning, head to the conference. Buddy is a no show. I call his phone. No answer. No big deal. A couple hours later, coworker from the office calls me looking for my buddy. I tell coworker that buddy is a no show but as soon as I find him, I will have him call. An hour later its another call from the office. This time its my managing partner (big boss). I lie and say that buddy is not with me but I think hes meeting with other people at the conference. I tell boss that I will have buddy call as soon as he comes back. Right as the morning session is about to end, boss calls me again and he is livid. The jig is up. Somehow, he knows that buddy no-showed. He tells me "stop whatever you are doing, and go effin find him RIGHT NOW and call me". Im blowing up my buddys phone, no answer. I go to his room and pound on the door. no answer.

I meet back up with my other coworkers who are at the conference. We decide that there is nothing we can do except wait and see when he shows up so we head to lunch. En route to lunch, my 3rd coworker gets a call from the office. Its big boss. They found my buddy. My managing partner was pissed, not because he knew that buddy no showed, but because he got a call from AMEX that morning about an irregular charge. $13,000 (+/-) charge from Lil Darlings.

We eventually make it back to the hotel and meet up with my buddy. He is distraught, in a trance like state of total depression. I ask him what happened and he just says, man i dont know. I guess he told my boss the same thing because my boss is wondering if maybe he got drugged. Boss arranged for him to go have a blood test to see if there are any drugs in his system. Mind you, its Friday afternoon, we are on the opposite side of the country, yet somehow my boss was already able to find and make arrangements for my buddy to get the drug test done. The rest of the weekend, buddy is kind of an emotional wreck so I give him some space and eventually he heads back home (i stayed an extra couple days and made a vacation out of it, not that that is pertinent to the story).

FFWD a bit. We are back home and obviously this is the big story in the office. As luck would have it, my managing partner is something of a strip club connossieur having grown up in the industry, and he happens to know the owner of the club in New Orleans (it was an old associate of his father or something). He puts a call into the owner and tells him that one of his guys got into a bit of trouble, and asks the owner to look into it to make sure that there was no funny business and that all the charges were legit.

Later in the day, I hear my buddy talking to the strip club manager, and he is asking the manager to give him an itemized statement of his charges (LOL). The manager is giving him a hard time about it. Buddy hangs up, walks into bosses office and tells him that the strip club manager is hasslin him about the charges. The two of them go back to buddys office and call the strip club back (on speaker). Its worth noting that I work in a very small office and EVERYONE can hear the phone conversation on speaker. Boss gets on the horn, explains to the strip club manager that he spoke to the owner and the owner assured him that they (the club) would be cooperative in figuring this situation out. Strip club manager finally relents, and begins with the rundown.

According to the strip club manager, buddy came into the club, hung out for a bit, then was approached by a dancer for a dance. It was a classic case of "fell in love with a stripper". After a few dances, she asked if he wanted to go to the Cristal room. He agreed. I forget the exact amounts, but it was something obscene. The minimum for the Cristal room was 1 bottle of Cristal PER HOUR @ $1,500 or something PLUS $500-1000/hr for the girl. After 1 hour, the dancer asked if she could bring a friend. Buddy agreed again. Now he was into his 2nd bottle of Cristal plus it was now double for the girls since there were 2 of them. The stripper asked if he would buy her her favorite drink and he said sure no problem. The manager informed him that in order to buy that drink, he would have to upgrade to their finest room, the Silver Krug Room which costs $6,500/hr. He agreed. It wasnt disclosed how long he was actually in the room, but the manager goes on to say that when my buddy was presented with the bill, he attempted to pay it with his card but it was denied. He then pulled out the company AMEX.

At this point my boss jumps in and says "woah woah woah, you cant just take advantage of a drunk person. They have to know what they are being charged for and what they agreed to" The manager agrees. He says that my buddy wasnt drunk by that point. In fact, he was very lucid. So lucid that he told the manager "Damn... I know I'm going to get in trouble for this, but eff it. I'm the #2 guy in my office, and I'm untouchable"

It was like a record stopping in a club. Right when we all heard that come over the speakerphone, me and the rest of my coworkers grabbed our stuff and left. I seriously thought my boss was gonna swing on my buddy for that. The best part? What my buddy said is entirely true. He is about as untouchable as an employee can possibly be, and he wasnt fired over this (just had to pay it back).

FFWD again to a week later. Things have calmed down a bit and we can all joke about it. Buddy has been getting it non-stop from everyone in the office. This is the stuff urban legends are made of. Me being the jerk friend that I am, I pile on extra hard and jokingly say that I take part of the blame since I had to leave him alone to go get that pizza. Later that week, my boss receives a fedex in the mail. Its from the strip club owner. He feels bad that my boss has to go through all this because one of his employees got into some trouble at his club. As a token of sympathy, the owner sent my boss $2,000 in strip club funny money (in $20 denominations). My boss takes the stack of funny money and goes into my buddys office. He asks my buddy "do you think you deserve any of this? Well eff you, you dont. Its mine. This is what I get for putting up with your BS". As boss is walking out of the office, the rest of us are just dying of laughter. The boss takes 2 steps outside the office, stops, turns around, and then says "sorry, that was mean." He peels off one $20 funny money bill, throws it at my buddy and says "go buy yourself a effin dance" and then walks out. Entire place explodes with laughter. To this day it was one of the funniest things I have ever witnessed.

Its probably been atleast 4-5 yrs since this happened. Both me and my boy are still here. As you can see from my post count (all of which occur on M-F between the hours of 8am-5pm PT) I have the best boss and best job in the world.

My family is from NO and i went there to visit over the summer. but i was in the hood tho.

i told my grandad that i was hungry one night and he took me a block away to a corner store

there were like 10 people were gathered in front of the store standing around a cauldron like a pack of wizards

they were brewing up some neckbones out on the sidewalk at like 10 @ night

needless to say.......i didnt want any. but they kept asking me if i wanted to try some cuz it was so good

this sexy girl was the main cook. she walked up to me and just stared at me

and after a while she asked me again if i wanted some neck

i told her no, then she went in the store and i followed cuz of datmass and dataccent and nearly i nearly tripped over this guy in a wheelchair. i found it weird they were just cookin **** on the sidewalk like that but everybody showed mad love everywhere i went

we went to a mcdonalds one morning and that place was LIVE!!! everybody in there was just yellin and screamin but it was all love.

all the employess and customers was just extra loud for some reason just screamin n shoutin

i went to this other hood and met a cousin who told me dudes was tryin to kill him cuz he stole their girl, and how he use to be a dancer for a 90's RnB group

i look it up on youtube and i aint see him in the video 

tried tried to recruit me to go scoutin for yambs. i declined. i aint wanna go anywhere with dude lol

there's an overpass by the SuperDome with a million homeless people sleepin under it. i hope they were sleeping. in fact their were people "sleepin" all over the place one guy was sleepin by a gutter and the water was just pourin on him as i was riding passed

PICS.........

arkham asylum

saints training facility

this was hilarious as i was riding by

hurricane evacuation route sign

Suberzat and Gomez basically summed it up for you I'll just add a lil more.
Tropical isle is where you get the hand grenades from on bourbon st, don't go to any other shops that sell em cause they are imitations. If you don't drink much then one hand grenade will get you buzzed, get two and you will be on another level. I get one then smoke a black n mild at the same time ( that gets me right)
- Never use an ATM on or streets surrounding bourbon , I did that a few months ago and someone hacked the ATM and took money from my account.
- An H&M just opened on N. Peters st you should visit cause it's huge as **** plus there is a parking lot next door to the H&M. I suggest you pay to park there because it's hard to find parking here and Cops are always on ticket/tow duty it's safer than the parking garages also, my friend got robbed parking in one of the local parking garages.
-Visit the strip clubs on bourbon , anyone really.
-Dont go too far down bourbon st. As soon as you see a rainbow colored flag on the right side of one of the of the clubs turn around immediately or pepper your angus cause you are now on the gay side of bourbon st
- If you see a club filled with people go in you'll have fun. I personally go to Bourbon Heat but thats more like the 18+ clubs
- Go to Harrahs and inside Harrahs there is a club called Masquerade, on Thursday night is when all the black people go on Saturday night it's Asian nights. (All the baddest Asian women in New Orleans are there even though they dance on each other the whole night and assist each other in cockbloking dudes.) There is a Latino club on bourbon st and a club that looks like a regular house on bourbon st. ( with a fence in front and everything ) where the snow bunnies are. Hope this alone doesn't turn into a race thread but just speaking the truth. Also try Jax on a Saturday (snow bunnies) and Jax on Sunday (black chicks, some are gold diggers tho but still yamb)
- Most Clubs stay open till 4am , some close at 6am, some don't close at all.
-Visit Vieux Carre Pizza for that after club pizza
- Visit Sports Plus on canal st, there are some sleeper sneakers in there New Orleans people don't care for like Roshe Runs, Flyknits etc. trying to find GR retro Jordans is impossible down here now unless you cop on release date so don't bother
- Going on Bourbon St. after a Saints victory is amazing, you'll have the greatest time of your life, plus you should visit a New Orleans Pelicans game, the tickets are pretty cheap and it's always fun to go.
-if you wanna get shooked up go on a ghost tour, Voodoo ain't no joke, people still play around with that **** down here
- Lastly Trust in your instincts at all time and don't look like a tourist , dudes are mad grimy out here. If someone ask you to use your phone or lighter just say no thank you politely and carry on. Watch your surroundings also man, if you see a fight about to go down (unless it's a drunk fight, most times it is) don't waste your time and watch cause , I ran from gun shots twice on bourbon st. yet I still go damn near every weekend cause I love it so damn much, just enjoy yourself man and be safe.

Metro and republic are some nice clubs to go to near st charles st.

I was there last week for the niners game. I'd say 5 days is way too much. I was there 3 and was ready to go.

That town is ll about food, booze, and football. Drink abita beer.

^ Yea man I still don't know why tourist come down here like they do, we really don't have nothing to offer but bourbon street, everything else ain't nothing really to experience except Mardi Gras season

^I somewhat agree with u just have to be interested in other things in the city or like to drink a lot. But yea when Im out there im always like why are their tourist out.

I was down in Houma for work, but I got a few dinners in New Orleans.

Highly recommend Jacques Imo and Couchon for restaurants. Food, in general, was great. I found Bourbon St supremely depressing, so if you have some time check out the Carrollton neighborhood. I really enjoyed that area more so than downtown/the CBD/Bourbon St.

I also took a bit of time to go to City PArk and the art museum there. The museum is pretty cheap and doesn't take that much time so check it out.

Also, try venturing out for a day of bow-fishing or something along those lines which gets you out on the bayou.

Thread came up at the perfect time. I was just talking about going there in a couple of months too.
I remember that story from the "crazy stories from work" thread Doin' it

Whats up Fam-

 I actually lived down there for two years.

Dont Mess with the French QTR and or downtown unless you about that tourist life. .... And willing to pay premiums for regular ****. 

Look, You got any questions and want real answers when you down there here are the instructions-

-Go into the Esplanade Mall FINISHLINE and talk Diego or Kayla, tell them you know Rico, then ask any questions.

-Same scenario as above, except other side of the city, go into Oakwood Mall FINISHLINE, ask for Justin, tell him you know Rico etc- 

At the end of the day you can read all kinda **** online, but these cats live there now, and will tell you exactly what you want to know playboy.

-Fresh 

I'll be there all star weekend. I just want to chase some biddies, eat some gator/Cajun food/Brazillian food/Maxican food/Asian food/Peruvian food/Soul food/etc, go to a tittie bar, maybe find a YMCA and shoot some ball, and not get shot/robbed/killed. Should be easy enough to do right? I'll probably book 4 days.

Oh and what hotel near the arena is the one to go to? Not worried about price, like in Houston it's the 4 Seasons if you're bou that $500 a night life but for those of us not in that tax class was the Sonesta. What are the 2 like that?

Lived there for 10 yrs, so I wouldn't even know where to begin. But everyone has suggested great stuff too.

As far as food though, a couple of my favorites are Cafe du Monde for the beignets, Dragos seafood, Copeland's & Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro, the po-boys at a lot of corner stores are . And I know I'm leaving a million things out, it'll probably come to me after I press send. Lol

Not a native, but its my second home…always leaned towards more of what the locals were into rather than the touristy things…its really all about location and what's convenient to you (if you're downtown vs. if you're able to travel around more of the city). Don't know too much about the nightlife, but if you got any questions about things, let me know.

If youre out past 12 and you see a dude standing on the corner...dont stop.

rodrigofresh said:

Whats up Fam-

 I actually lived down there for two years.

Dont Mess with the French QTR and or downtown unless you about that tourist life. .... And willing to pay premiums for regular ****. 

Look, You got any questions and want real answers when you down there here are the instructions-

-Go into the Esplanade Mall FINISHLINE and talk Diego or Kayla, tell them you know Rico, then ask any questions.

-Same scenario as above, except other side of the city, go into Oakwood Mall FINISHLINE, ask for Justin, tell him you know Rico etc- 

At the end of the day you can read all kinda **** online, but these cats live there now, and will tell you exactly what you want to know playboy.


-Fresh 

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What's the point of even going if you tell him don't mess with the French quarters or DownTown, yea it's a tourist thing for the most part but at the end of the day he's a tourist so why not experience it. Don't spend all your time in Kenner, Metairie, or the West Bank asking questions OP, go out and see what you like, it's not all tourist in the French Quarters anyways, it's a mix of locals too that's going out for the nightclubs or just to hang around on bourbon

Tr1ll said:

If youre out past 12 and you see a dude standing on the corner...dont stop.

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I was out driving through 9th ward one night going home at 3am, saw a dude walking down the street in a fubu jersey (this was 2 years ago) white long johns /house slippers... in his right hand he had a PS2 with the controller hooked and dragging on the ground, in his left hand he had a Schlotzsky's bag.... THERE ISNT A Schlotzsky's IN NEW ORLEANS!! . Now this was 2 years ago but there might be one now.

I just had to share that, that was so confusing for me at the time.

New Orleans is a fun city. Bourbon Street was great. Cafe Du Monde was fantastic. My only advice is that you travel in a pack or with someone else at night.

Tr1ll said:

If youre out past 12 and you see a dude standing on the corner...dont stop.

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This. Im Xavier alumni, I'll never forget at freshman orientation NOPD telling us to treat red lights like stop signs after dark, stop, look both ways then run it lol. I left in 03 and headed back in feb. Corner store have good poboys. Check out Houston's for Hawaiian ribeye, Johnny's seafood on the westbank for boiled shrimp. House of blues used to have themed nights not sure if they still do but I had some classic Thurs nights there

Get a muffuletta from Central groceries on Decatur. Decatur is nice spot to look around house of Blues is a street or two down and cafe De monde is on the street. Private stock(sneaker spot) I think it's called also on Decatur. Jax brewery is another spot to check out for some yambs. Eiffel is another spot to check out some local and it's about a year or two old(its on magazine st). Warehouse district has some nice bars around it.
There this pink building that sales some good poboys and daiquiris outside of UNO.

There mancuis a big purple building on s. Claiborne that has the best chicken I every tasted.(at the end of Canel) Trust!!!

i went there earlier this year for only the night and stayed there till about 5 pm the next day

bourbon st was poppin!! yambz everywhere, all races too

i knew there would be bad black chicks but was surprised to see some bad asains, latinas, and snow bunnies

strip club was cool too! this was a regular saturday night and everyone was turnt

been talking about going again soon

NOLA is one of my favorite places to visit, there is so much more than just bourbon st. Every place I ate at was fantastic. People are hella nice

Going there in April this thread is clutch!