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WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO: Bar ©Slice Pizzeria EAT • Make a pilgrimage to New Orleans institution Commander's Palace. • Dine in style at the recently reopened Pontchartrain Hotel's Caribbean Room. • Enjoy pub fare and the warm atmosphere of The Irish House, whose chef is a former Chopped champion. • Get your health food fix with vegetarian fare and Creole specialties at Seed. • Step off the streetcar and into Slice Pizzeria, one of the city’s premier pizza restaurants. Oyster salad ©Commander's Palace DRINK • Try a Dixie Down or Joy Ride cocktail during a night of dancing at Eiffel Society. • Treat yourself to a Margarita or Crash & Burn cocktail at Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro. Garden District Home ©Miles/Denise Chambers SEE & DO: • Take a carriage ride or a guided walking tour of the Garden District. • Tour The House of Broel, a renovated Victorian home that is full of 19th-century New Orleans history. • Ride the St. Charles Avenue streetcar, which passes some of New Orleans’ most opulent old homes. Concert at The Irish House ©Sara Essex Bradley SHOP • Pick up New Orleans-inspired clothing, housewares and baby gifts from Ellen Macomber Fine Art & Textiles. • Explore several blocks of boutiques, antique stores and historic Creole homes on Magazine Street. • Find upscale gifts and home décor at Judy at the Rink. THE GIST OF IT: The homes of New Orleans’ rich and famous sit among ancient oak trees and picturesque streetcars, affirming the Garden District’s reputation as one of the city’s most charming neighborhoods. HOW TO GET THERE: From the French Quarter, take a cab or streetcar to Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 on Washington Avenue. Walk, bike, take a pedicab or carriage tour, or hop aboard the St. Charles Avenue streetcar for an easy ride past the mansions and century-old oak trees.
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