Favorite tapas & cocktail spots in Uptown

New Orleans Tapas-style tour with flavors from Spain, the Caribbean, and Louisiana through architecturally unique neighborhoods plus shopping.

Theme
Food & Drink
Location
Uptown, New Orleans
Duration
4 hours
Designer
Uptaste
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(C) Sue Strachan

Experience

New Orleans is considered the most European of American cities, though with a style all its own. Home to a blending of many cultures, the cuisine reflects this. This tour is a blend of Spanish, Caribbean and New Orleans/Louisiana flavors and takes you on a journey through historic Uptown, famous for its diverse architecture. Part of the route is on Magazine Street, which is known for its small boutiques and art galleries. It’s a fun bike ride. It may be a bit too much to walk for some between stop 1 (Costera) and stop 2 (Baru) particularly in the summer months (April through September) as it is pretty hot in New Orleans then. Sue hopes you enjoy her route! She’s been covering the city’s culture and food scene for more than 25 years.

Route

Costera

Spanish flavors meld with native cuisine including Louisiana blue crab salad with Creole tomato, olive tapenade, and crispy garlic.

Baru

Latin-Caribbean flavors including ceviche, empanadas, and Chuzos de Carne: marinated skirt steak skewers with chimichurri and bollo limpio.

Bouligny Tavern

Light bites include New Orleans and American cuisine, as well as raw oysters, in a mid-century modern setting. Cocktails available.

Cavan

Cavan concocts American cuisine with New Orleans flair -- all set in a sexy and sophisticated setting of a 19th-century Victorian house.

The Vintage

Sweet and savory light bites -- with the highlight being New Orleans style beignets.

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Practicalities

  • It is hot in the summer, so dress accordingly.
  • DO NOT walk after sunset.
  • Check restaurant web sites and some places may require reservations -- as of 9.20.20, hours and days are restricted, and can change.
  • If can’t make it to The Vintage, go in morning for beignets

About

This route was designed by Uptaste.

Uptaste

What is Uptaste? We’re something like a travel agency business (although we don’t sell flights or hotels). Instead, we specialise in finding the right place to eat, wherever and whenever you are, using location intelligence combined with expert and community curation. Uptaste destinations will rarely be restaurants; they’ll be shops, they’ll be street traders, they’ll be local markets, or some other easy-to-miss but hard-to-forget place.

https://www.uptaste.com

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