Experience New Orleans Food as a Guest of Bed and Breakfasts

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Ah, food. For some, food is the main reason to travel, and New Orleans' food is definitely worth the trip. From café au lait and beignets in the morning to a post dinner Café Brulot Diabolique (or Devilishly Burned Coffee), guests of bed and breakfasts New Orleans should have fun eating their way through the city. New Orleans is a great place to throw caution to the wind, gustatorily speaking. Be adventurous, and try not to think too much about your heart, arteries, or cholesterol.

Tuck into a hearty bowl of gumbo, a traditional Creole stew with origins in West Africa. Gumbo starts with okra and filé (sassafras leaves), and can be found with seafood, duck, sausage, or vegetarian (gumbo d'zherbes). Simpler but no less tasty is a bowl of New Orleans red beans and rice, served with cornbread.

Seafood lovers enjoy a wide and interesting selection in New Orleans. Start every dinner with tasty oysters, raw on the half-shell, deep fried, or Rockefeller style. Crawfish should be tried as well. Traditionally it is boiled in spicy water and served with corn and potatoes, but try it any way you find it.

The sandwiches of New Orleans stand apart. Most locals can tell you where to find the best po-boys in the neighborhood so be sure to inquire at your New Orleans bed and breakfast. The po-boy tastes like coming home to natives. The distinctive po-boy bread can be filled with everything from fried shrimp, catfish, and oysters to soft-shell crabs, roast beef to ham and cheese. It is a meal unto itself.

Less well known outside of New Orleans, but no less tasty, is the muffaletta. Sliced meats, cheeses and olive salad fill a big round Italian loaf similar to focaccia. It was first served in the early 1900s at the Central Grocery on Decatur, where you can still find them today.

There are many great restaurants and food stands in New Orleans. Be sure to bring dress clothes, for it is customary to dress for dinner. Eat often, and eat well.

	1870 Banana Courtyard Bed & Breakfast Phone: 504-947-4475 Toll Free: 800-842-4748
	Grand Victorian Phone: 504-895-1104 Toll Free: 800-977-0008 World-renowned Commander's Palace is a block and a half walk from our front door, and is a good beginning to the swirl of great restaurants that surround our inn and our city. There are over 20 great casual restaurants, coffee shops and dessert spots within walking distance as well. Innkeeper Bonnie is known for her discerning palate and can recommend stops on your dining adventure from the new exciting restaurants to the traditionally historic locations.
	Degas House Phone: 504-821-5009 Toll Free: 800-755-6730
	The Burgundy Bed and Breakfast Phone: 1-504-942-1463 Toll Free: 1-800-970-2153 Good food can be found all over New Orleans. In the immediate vicinity of The Burgundy Bed and Breakfast there are restaurants (Feelings Cafe, Schiro's), coffee shops (Flora's, Sound Cafe, Who Dat, Orange Couch) and other venues (Mimi's bar has a great tapas menu, the Cake Cafe and Bakery features in-house baked breads and cakes for breakfast and lunch and Vietnamese specialties for dinner!).
	Chimes Bed and Breakfast Phone: 504-899-2621, 504 453-2183 Good dining is synonymous with New Orleans and the Chimes Bed and Breakfast can guide you through the best restaurants keeping within your budget.
	B&W Courtyards Phone: 504-324-3396 Toll Free: 800-585-5731
	Southern Comfort Phone: 504-895-3680 Toll Free: 888-769-3868 We take our food pretty seriously down here. Seems like we are always talking about food. It's a way of life and rightfully so, New Orleans is a city of restaurants. At the moment there are 1220 to choose from. They range from the inexpensive neighborhood restaurants that serve up New Orleans traditions like red beans and rice or a po-boy to the more expensive restaurants like Arnauds, Commander's Palace or Galatorie's where waiters often inherit their father's job. I always recommend having at least one grand dining experience and lot of local inexpensive dining experiences. It can be daunting, so many to choose from! You'll find an entire page on our website dedicated to dining recommendations.
	1896 OMalley House Phone: 504-488-5896 Toll Free: 866-226-1896 Mid city is one of the hottest foodie areas. With over 14 restaurants within walking distance. Café Minh an Asian/French fusion is amazing. Mandina’s is a classic New Orleans neighborhood hot spot. Theo’s Pizza just next door serves up a mean pizza. Angelo Brocato’s is a 108 year old Italian gelato shop. Plus much more.
	Avenue Inn Bed and Breakfast Phone: 504-269-2640 Toll Free: 800-490-8542 Dine Around The Big Easy Let us plan a wonderful week of dining in some of New Orleans best restaurants. We send our guests to these establishments routinely and have contacts with many of the well known and not so well known places that only the locals enjoy. Stay with us here at the Avenue Inn Bed and Breakfast for five consecutive nights and we'll take $20 off your daily rate. You can use that savings towards your dinner tab. A delicious deal....and we'll make all the reservations for you to boot! Special events, holidays and convention periods may not be applicable. Call Toll Free 1-800-490-8542 for details.
	Little Eazy Guest House Phone: 504-949-5292 The Little Eazy is located between the French Quarter and the Baywater, in the Faubourg Marigny. There are many great New Orleans restaurants in the neighborhood, only 3 blocks from Frenchman St where there is great Italian, Creole, Thai, Japanese, and American cuisine. Also 3 blocks from the French Quarter and 6 blocks from the Bywater, so you have many local, both low and high end, restaurants to choose from. Also just blocks away there are 24 restaurants as well of those who will deliver food right to the cottage.
	La Dauphine, Residence des Artistes Phone: 504-948-2217 We know the restaurant scene quite well, and have been to nearly every restaurant. We have the Zagat guide on our iPhones, and we also know a lot of the chefs and restaurant owners personally. We know the local newspaper restaurant critic and he has visited our house (to pick up a friend of his who was staying with us). He's quite a good critic. We know the good places to eat here and elsewhere.
	Chez Palmiers Phone: 504-208-7044 Toll Free: 877-233-9449
	Sully Mansion Bed & Breakfast Phone: 504 891-0457 Toll Free: 800 364-2414 New Orleans restaurant scene has never been stronger and many of the stellar eateries are located within walking distance of the inn. We also work with a private chef to create a special dinner for you and your guests here at the inn. Visit our website for a listing of some of our favorite places to sample New Orleans culinary treasures.
	HH Whitney House on the Historic Esplanade Phone: 504-948-9448 Toll Free: 800-924-9448 The HH Whitney House serves a hot, complete breakfast each morning that will take you well into the day. The one complaint that we receive from some of our guests is that they were not hungry enough to have lunch and had to forego one of their restaurant choices for the day. But if you have a big appetite and are ready for more, we are happy to recommend some of our favorite places to you.
	Avenue Inn Bed and Breakfast Phone: 504-269-2640 Toll Free: 800-490-8542 Dine Around The Big Easy Let us plan a wonderful week of dining in some of New Orleans best restaurants. We send our guests to these establishments routinely and have contacts with many of the well known and not so well known places that only the locals enjoy. Stay with us for five consecutive nights and we'll take $20 off your daily posted rate on our website. You can use that savings towards your dinner tab. A delicious deal-and we'll make all the reservations for you to boot! Special events, holidays and convention periods may not be applicable. Call Toll Free 1-800-490-8542 for details.
	Ashtons Bed and Breakfast Phone: (504) 942-7048 Toll Free: (800) 725-4131
	Chez Nous Guest House Phone: 504-432-7072 You get a taste here in New Orleans that you don't get anywhere else in the country. New Orleans is world-famous for its food. The indigenous cuisine is distinctive and influential. From centuries of amalgamation of the local Creole, haute Creole, and New Orleans French cuisines, New Orleans food has developed. Local ingredients, French, Spanish, Italian, African, Native American, Cajun, and a hint of Cuban traditions combine to produce a truly unique and easily recognizable Louisiana flavor. Unique specialties include beignets (locally pronounced like "ben-yays"), square-shaped fried pastries that could be called "French doughnuts" (served with café au lait made with a blend of coffee and chicory rather than only coffee); Po' boy and Italian Muffuletta sandwiches; Gulf oysters on t