Tri NOLA: 225 Things We Love About New Orleans
225. Club-hopping along Frenchmen Street
224. Artist Xavier Gonzales’ mural from Dixie’s Bar of Music, now housed in the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint
223. The trout meunière amandine and spirited Friday lunch crowd at Galatoire’s
222. Views of the city from aboard the Algiers Ferry, which has been crossing the Mississippi since Mark Twain’s days
221. Stumbling upon a second-line parade…and joining in
220. The “Touchdown Jesus” statue behind St. Louis Cathedral
219. Ceramic tile markers on French Quarter buildings, noting street names under Spanish rule, a 1959 gift from the city of Talavera de la Reina
218. The annual No Dead Artists exhibit at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, still alive and kickin’ after 22 years
217. The blast of heat from flambéed bananas Foster, prepared tableside at Brennan’s
216. Papier-mâché, float-sized flowers created by Mardi Gras artists, in bloom year-round at Miette
215. The almost-too-stunning-to-eat cane syrup blackberry trifle at DTB
214. The “Celebrity Hall of Foam” at Cooter Brown’s
213. Following in the footsteps of pirates at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
212. Willie Mae’s blue-ribbon fried chicken
211. The yearly recreation of the Storming of the Sazerac, commemorating the day in September 1949 when women first took a seat at the once men-only Sazerac Bar
210. Touring Degas House with the impressionist’s great-grand niece
209. Saints superfans who suit up for home games at the Superdome
208. The Krispy Kreme bread pudding at Boucherie
207. The Woolsworth luncheon counter inside Peaches Records
206. Crescent Park, connecting the French Quarter to Bywater neighborhood
205. Sipping French 75 cocktails at Arnaud’s French 75 bar
204. James H. Cohen & Sons, the oldest family-owned business in the U.S.
203. Restaurants that stockpile recycled oyster shells to aid in coastal restoration efforts
202. Dancing in the lanes at Rock ’n’ Bowl
201. The fried baloney sandwich (trust us) at Turkey and the Wolf, named “America’s Best New Restaurant” of 2017 by Bon Appétit
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