Where to geaux? NOLA honeymoon booked!

My friend owns the Henry Howard House, and I used to manage Magnolia Mansion, which is next door! There's a great Italian restaurant on the bottom floor of the mansion now called Altamura. You should give it a try because it's a block away! Also walkable is Avenue Pub on St. Charles Avenue - great food and ALL THE BEER.

I've lived in New Orleans forever and have so many favorites. I'm about to fall asleep, but I'll revisit this tomorrow and give you some more recs. Enjoy your trip to our wonderful city! It's the best place ever.

Take the street car to eat at Brigstens: https://www.brigtsens.com/ It was our favorite meal of our trip last year. District doughnuts was good too.

We also did an air boar tour that was amazing: http://www.airboattours.com/

And mardi gras world!

You are awesome, @LynZLeigh! I just added your recommendations to our list and look forward to hearing the rest. They sound right up our alley, so to speak. Thank you! Also, if my friend owned the Henry Howard House I think I would be trying to move in; I love it so much haha.

Thanks, @VegasWed! I'm going to look into your suggestions right now! Thanks for linking Brigstens and the air boat tours, also!

A NOLA honeymoon! What a cool idea. I go to New Orleans as often as possible and have always wanted to take a dinner jazz cruise. It sounds like it would be a super romantic honeymoon activity. Enjoy your honeymoon!

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We leave for our cruise in New Orleans so we're getting there a day early to enjoy the sights, sounds, and food!!!

@Andrea A dinner jazz cruise honestly sounds incredible. Thank you!

@Sonia I hope this post helps you too then! Have fun on your cruise!

@Carol Are you going to honeymoon in NOLA too?

Omg we are staying there too! Our wedding is Sunday in Brooklyn and we leave for NOLA on Monday! Love all the suggestions!

Following! Due to FIs deployment schedule we may not be allowed to leave the US so now I'm researching stateside honeymoons. NOLA sounds so fun!

How fun! I suggest going to Cafe Amelie (http://www.cafeamelie.com/). The place has great ambiance and the food is delicious. Enjoy!

That will be so fun! FH and I live in Baton Rouge (about an hour away) but we do love New Orleans I recommend taking a tour of Mardi Gras World! It's where they store and make a lot of the mardi gras floats. Obviously we have been to mardi gras in the past, but taking the tour was incredibly cool and totally worth it!

God your venue is gorgeous! We attended a wedding in June a couple years ago and I cannot say enough how awesome the walking tours were (historical, cemetary, ghost etc.). The tour guides are all locals who have a love of their city and share that with their tour groups.

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That looks awesome! Just wanted to give you props for the excellent thread title =)

Great choice - I've been to New Orleans several times and have some recs for you:

Bacchanal - if you love food, drink, and jazz, you can't miss this! You walk in, and it's a cheese and wine store in the front. You purchase what you want and then walk into a huge backyard, grab a seat, and enjoy some live jazz. They also have a fabulous food menu! I can't recommend this place enough, makes for a wonderful evening.

Shaya - if you need a break from Southern food, this is the place...it's a Mediterranean/Israeli restaurant that won James Beard's "Best New Restaurant in U.S." award in recent years. I dream of going back there!

Parasol's - my fave po'boys in New Orleans. Located in the garden district, so perfect place for lunch and then walking around to stare at all the homes.

Cafe Du Monde - world famous beignets, touristy, but worth the stop.

Enjoy!!!

I love NOLA! I saw a comment about a dinner jazz cruise, I went on one with FH when we went and it was wonderful! Definitely recommend. I also recommend cafe du monde and beignets!

We loved the Cajun Tours, it was a lot of fun We stayed in the US due to DH having to stay, we got given a beach cottage for 2 weeks on Salisbury Beach.