127617 Wed Apr 14 13:15:21 -0700 2004 8 9 New Orleans 0 691848 I'll be in town next month, staying at Magazine and Race in a B&B. What's good to eat around there? Wed Apr 14 13:15:21 -0700 2004 0 Geoff 1 691851 Lilette(spelling?) is very good as is Martinique. I love Upperline, which is on Upperline and a short cab ride away from Magazine Street. Don't miss Commanders Palace, some people will disagree, but if you have never been there before go. They have a great Sunday Brunch if you pass on dinner there. I would not miss Stella, it is in the Quarter, it is really, really excellent as is Bayona. I am going down in October and I am staying in a B&B in the garden district too, this will be my 5th time visiting NOLA. I love it there. Enjoy your visit. Wed Apr 14 15:07:00 -0700 2004 691848 0 I love New Orleans FOOD! 2 691854 None of the previous poster's recommendations are in the Lower Garden District. Commander's Palace is in the (Upper) Garden District; the rest are further afield. I'm not knocking these restaurants - they're all wonderful. Personally, I'm quite partial to Martinique. Until Coyoacan is finished, there is little in the Lower Garden District. You're a short walk away from a good breakfast/lunch joint called Surrey's. This place isn't spectacular - don't expect Begue's / Rene Bistrot fine breakfast dining - but as a health food-ish diner, it's quite tasty. Down Magazine about five blocks is Sugar Magnolia (which I've never been to - I'm told it's got good food served with chain restaurant style) and Juan's Flying Burrito (punk Tex-Mex, decent). Emeril's Delmonico is up on St. Charles and will be a bit of a walk. Never been - a bit too pricey and I'm not a steak-lover - but if you do love dry-aged beef, this is where you want to go. Wed Apr 14 15:30:14 -0700 2004 691851 0 fourtwenty 3 691856 Coyoacan? This is going to be the higher-end side of what used to be Taquero's in Kenner? Wed Apr 14 17:02:21 -0700 2004 691854 0 foodmuse 4 691990 Coyoacan will be upstairs; higher-end food (the entree portion of the menu from Taqueros), with a taqueria downstairs. I'm having cochinita pibil taco withdrawal, so if anyone hears of a soft opening, please post!! Tue Apr 20 17:10:29 -0700 2004 691856 0 Hungry Celeste 3 691863 Where would you mark lower from upper Garden District? Maybe at Jackson or Louisiana? It would help to give suggestions to fourtwenty. Anyway although Upperline has "upper" in its name, it is way downstream from Lowerline. Go figure. Thu Apr 15 13:30:38 -0700 2004 691854 0 Beau Noppatee 4 691865 GOOGLE to the rescue! According to the National Register of Historic Places, the Lower Garden District is "roughly bounded by St. Charles Ave., Jackson St., Mississippi River, Annunciation, and Race Sts." So using those boundaries, let's talk chow! Thu Apr 15 13:58:19 -0700 2004 691863 0 Bob W. 4 691888 To clarify Upperline being down river from Lowerline, let me see if I can reach into the recesses of my brain for my N'Awlins history... Upperline used to be the boundary of Faubourg Bouligny, at the time a New Orleans suburb (New Orleans proper was the Vieux Carre, or the French Quarter). It was Bouligny's "upper" line. Lowerline was a boundary of a differnt suburb, the name of this faubourg ('neighborhood' in french, by the way) escapes me. It was its' "lower" line. There you go. I know it's not about chow, but I thought ya'll may be interested. Link: http://daniellamoiseyev.blogspot.com Fri Apr 16 12:53:41 -0700 2004 691863 0 Daniella 2 691870 Well, the other poster says that Jackson Avenue is the upper limit of the Lower Garden District, so your choices are more limited than hoped. However, the Yahoo map shows Washington Avenue as the upriver boundary. So bottom line - Commander's Palace is either in the Lower Garden District or 4 blocks away. About the same for Lillette on Magazine. If you to Commander's, ask for the Garden Room to avoid the bus terminal downstairs. Go for lunch on a weekday and get 25 cent martinis, don't skip the bread pudding souffle on the dessert menu. Do a search on the New Orleans board for "1179 Annunciation," a restaurant a few blocks downriver from Race Street (hope I got the numbers right, maybe just search "Annunciation"). Thu Apr 15 15:22:21 -0700 2004 691851 0 Beau Noppatee