Inside New Orleans With casual atmospheres and children’s menus, many New Orleans restaurants are made for fun-loving families. Mulate’s was designed to be the ultimate kid-friendly restaurant: The owners’ daughters weighed in on foods for the made-from-scratch kids menu. After your meal, get dancing: Mulate’s presents live Cajun music nightly, and the dance floor does fill up. EAT Listen Up! Jazz up your New Orleans vacation with these family-friendly live music destinations: > THE MAISON on Frenchmen Street is open to all ages until 10 p.m. > PRESERVATION HALL , one of New Orleans’ premier jazz clubs, welcomes families. > MID CITY LANES ROCK ‘N’ BOWL offers bowling with a side of live zydeco music. > MUSIC AT THE MINT is an all-ages concert series that takes place inside the Old U.S. Mint. > PALM COURT JAZZ CAFÉ , near the French Market, is a beloved Creole restaurant and music venue. > SNUG HARBOR JAZZ BISTRO features world-renowned artists and welcomes music lovers ages 13 and up. Café Du Monde is a must-taste, serving warm beignets (a French donut, pronounced ben-yays), chocolate milk and chicory coffee. Take a picture of the family member who gets the most powdered sugar on them! Swing by Deanie’s Seafood in the French Quarter for fried shrimp and crawfish tails, Central Grocery for their tasty muffulettas or Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. for their Cajun shrimp. Dare the family to try something new like the gator bites at the The Crazy Lobster in the Central Business District. This eatery offers live music nightly, and all day on Saturdays and Sundays. Still hungry? Try Mother’s Restaurant , a local joint famous for its po-boy made with bits of roast beef shavings in gravy, known as debris. PHOTOS (from top): Beignets at Café Du Monde ©Susan Smith • Seafood © The Crazy Lobster • Debris po' boy © Mother's Restaurant V I S I T O U R W E B S I T E AT N E W O R L E A N S I N F O . C O M 41
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