Bon Moment NOLA : New Orleans History, Food & Travel Blog

Brunch offers the ultimate group travel experience—a relaxed, indulgent meal with great food, drinks, and conversation. To make the most of it, consider these practical tips: Pass the Time While Waiting: Take advantage of New Orleans' open-container laws by grabbing a mimosa or Bloody Mary while you wait for a table. Avoid Peak Crowds: Visit on weekdays or Saturdays, which are typically less busy than Sundays. Explore Top Recommendations: Refer to the linked menus to easily p

Tour the vibrant New Orleans cocktail scene like a local with Bon Moment NOLA & discover local spirits, historic bars, and mixology history in the non-touristy bars of the French Quarter- Book a French Quarter Cocktail tour Sazerac House - A museum to New Orleans' signature cocktail Location & Duration: A self-guided cocktail history tour located at the Canal St. edge of the French Quarter that takes about 1.5 hours to complete. Topics Covered: The history of New Orleans' sig

Start your visit to New Orleans with one of my walking food tours or bar crawls and get lots of amazing tips on things to do, eat great food, and learn exciting history from a local guide! We're the city that makes plans for dinner while at lunch, but there's also quite a few lesser-known things to see & do in New Orleans when you need a break from eating and drinking. Beyond top attractions like the WWII Museum and NOMA, we have museums focused on local culture, food, and hi

Eat like a local in New Orleans & get out of the French Quarter! Join me for an all-inclusive food & drinks tour in the Garden District or Marigny Bywater neighborhoods! Looking for a bar crawl that's better? I also offer a Cocktail Tour of the French Quarter and a New Orleans Craft Brewery Tour! People visit NOLA with their loose pants packed, ready to try all the city has to offer. Don't get sucked into the same old touristy places that any Google search can pull up. Here'

Learn more NOLA history & culture, take a walking tour with me- enjoy food & drinks while you get the best of local New Orleans! Learn how Louisiana's unique history shaped the city's cuisine, cocktails & culture. How do I find a Second Line or walking parade? The resource for Second Line Parades is WWOZ's Takin It To The Streets. One of the city's biggest is Mother's Day weekend, but you can check that website to see if any are happening while you are visiting New Orleans &

Wanna get out of the French Quarter to eat New Orleans food where the locals go? Book a food tour with me in the Garden District or Bywater neighborhood. Designed for culinarily curious foodie travelers seeking an authentic, non-touristy experience! Why reinvent the wheel when Eater has done such a good job rounding up an exhaustive list of some of the best eats in town. In New Orleans we discuss what's for dinner over lunch, so don't waste any calories on less than stellar m

Want to see more hidden gems in New Orleans? Avoid the tourist traps, hear the stories & have great drinks with ghosts at places like Muriel's when you book your French Quarter Cocktail Tour with me! Lots of people come to New Orleans to get spooked and hope for a brush with the paranormal. Hottest Hell and Spectral City Tours offer the best ghost tours & haunted history in New Orleans, but here's the story of the haunting of Muriel's as told by the great tour company Ghost C

Gumbo History & Fast Facts Cultural Significance: Gumbo represents the iconic culinary epitome of New Orleans, blending Cajun, Creole, Indigenous, African, Caribbean, Spanish, and French influences into a single dish. The Essential Roux: The most critical step is cooking a flour-and-oil roux until it reaches a deep, dark mahogany color (resembling dark chocolate), rather than a light or blonde shade. Origin of the name: Okra and indigenous filé (ground sassafras leaves added

"Best Ever Food Review Show" emailed me about the usual New Orleans food recommendations. Stuff they (and everyone else) had found on the internet: places saturated with tourists looking for "the best" fried chicken, "the best" po-boy, "the best" gumbo, etouffee or jambalaya, offering the "most authentic" experience according to bloggers who don't live here. I had to make sure they found better options, so I made a ton of recommendations that guided the episode into a more

She's the queen of Spring- the chicken of the ditch, crawfish may not be the prettiest, but it brings people together around the table. Roll up your sleeves because it's about to get messy! Native American & Cajun Roots: The credit for crawfish belongs to both Cajun settlers and Native Americans. Though we normally credit the Cajuns when it comes to eating anything that crawls, flies or slithers, Native Americans taught early settlers how to adapt Canadian trapping methods

A history as long as the lines outside of Cafe DuMonde, the beignet is a French pastry, brought to New Orleans by early colonists. Served alongside café au lait, its enduring popularity is tied directly to the nostalgic experience of visiting Café du Monde, enjoying its historic ambiance while enjoying the breeze off the Mississippi River. Like so much of New Orleans, it's the charm of a moment captured in time past. What are beignets? Originally delicate choux pastries enj

Want to experience delicious New Orleans po-boys like a local? Book a Garden District Food Tour or Best of Bywater Food Tour with Bon Moment NOLA and get a taste of the best! Why is it called a po-boy? The origins of iconic New Orleans sandwiches trace back to labor and working-class culture: 1929 Union Strike Origin: The most widely accepted story credits the Martin Brothers—former streetcar conductors turned grocers—with creating the po'boy in the 1929 street car drivers st

For tips on getting around during Mardi Gras Carnival season, check out my other post! I'm shocked to learn from my tour guests that the misconceptions of Mardi Gras are alive and well, despite this age of Google, social media, You Tube, etc.- it is a really misunderstood celebration. There's probably some reasons: if you hear that a one-day holiday is really just a sloppy, drunk shitshow (and that's not your thing) why even explore it any further? Just plan to avoid that day

There's an SNL skit that makes the rounds locally on social media in New Orleans. James McAvoy and Heidi Gardner poke fun at something every person who has traveled to an amazing destination is guilty of- romanticizing their trip and trying to bring a little bit back home. The joke of the skit is that this couple, who just returned from New Orleans, are "those people"- they harp on about the relaxed, laissez-faire attitude while it becomes clear to the table that the rubes we