I work as a cashier in the French Quarter, and I never really know what to say when customers come in and ask me “Where do the locals eat?” The truth is, I think that not a lot of locals eat in the Quarter unless they have to. Most of the food there is sub-par,…
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I used to deeply resent most fancy restaurants. I think delicious gourmet food is really important, but if it isn’t accessible to poor people then expensive food is just an annoying tease for most of us. I still feel this way, but there’s one thing expensive restaurants can do to make me like them –…
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I work in the French Quarter. Though a lot of French Quarter service industry workers also party there, for me getting out of work means hightailing it out of tourist-hell. But what about when my friends are visiting from out of town and want the Full New Orleans Experience(TM)? Or when its Carnival and you…
DetailsWhere would New Orleans be without hustling tourists? It’s been an integral part of the local economy for a very long time. I’m OK with most of the hustles: shitty shoeshines, “I know where you got your shoes at”, the strange idea that getting wasted in the French Quarter will be the most fun you’ve…
DetailsI’m almost never on Tulane Avenue. I live downtown and work in the quarter, so I only really am there if I’m going to jail, court, or the hospital. Luckily I went to Crescent Care to apply for Medicaid and stopped into Brown Derby #3 for a quick beer first. When I went inside I…
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