New Orleans boasts fabulous food and cocktails, from Lake Ponchatrain to the Mississippi River and every where around and in between. It must come as no surprise that we found the best burger in N’awlins and also, our favorite cocktail, a blended fresh strawberry daiquiri!
We are thrilled to share our New Orleans vacation experience with you, thanks to an invite from the New Orleans Board of Tourism. We have been compensated with this family vacation.
New Orleans Cocktails and Tours
We feasted like kings while we were in New Orleans.
Hungry kings! Being y’all have
crowned me the ‘Queen of Burgers’. We
took it upon ourselves to eat as many gourmet burgers as we could find so we
could report back to you with our favorite New Orleans burger. We also sampled a few cocktails so we could bring
you our favorite picks. I know, it’s a
tough job, but somebody has to do it.
At the end of the day when the park, zoo and other fabulous
family attractions start to shut down we would go back to the hotel and
freshen up and go to dinner. One evening
we decided to take a stroll up Royal
Street to check out Port of Call. We had heard that they had the best burgers
and we were determined to find out.
We stepped into the smallest restaurant that I have even
been in. At most, there are 12 tables on
the restaurant side and a lovely dark wood bar that makes up the other half of
this New Orleans
hidden gem.
The burgers come with a baked potato on the side. Legend says that they were unable to get a
license for a fryer so rather than let that deter them they decided to serve
baked potatoes. After sitting down to a
½ pound burger and fully loaded baked potato at Port of Call: not only do they
have the best burgers but insanely delicious baked potatoes. We can’t wait to go back. Do you think they would deliver to Arizona?
New Orleans
is home to the most amazing music and the most fascinating people. They are sprawled out over the French Quarter
during the day as I shared with you in our last 2 articles about our trip. But at night you will find live music up and
down Bourbon Street. Most of the clubs feature live music almost
every night and you will also find musicians up and down Bourbon Street.
We enjoy a fantastic brass band, some break dances, the
Transformer dude, Homer Simpson and so many more characters. You really need to experience it yourself to
fully appreciate it.
So almost every night after dinner we would head over to Bourbon Street to
catch some entertainment and sample some local favorite cocktails. Our first cocktail on our list was the
classic favorite; a Hurricane from Pat O’Brien's. The next night we discovered Mango Mango,
serving frozen daiquiris; a Bourbon
Street favorite.
We sampled a few flavors over the duration of our trip and our favorite
was a combination of mango and vampire’s blood.
Tropical Isle is another favorite
destination on Bourbon Street. Their most famous drink is the frozen hand
grenade; a melon based cocktail served in a grenade shaped specialty cup, which
is truly scrumptious.
We also stepped off Bourbon Street to visit the fabulous Sazerac Bar in the grand
Roosevelt Hotel. We sampled the worlds
first mixed drink; the famous New Orleans Sazerac cocktail. What an experience that is. I would call this
classic whiskey cocktail a sippin’ drink.
So kick back in the Sazerac and enjoy.
Honestly we were divided on the favorite choice. I loved the Frozen Hand Grenade from Tropical
Isle and Chad
was more partial to the Frozen Daiquiri from Mango Mango. But, we couldn’t leave out Munchkin. Being mommy and daddy were enjoying frozen
treats we stopped into PJ’s Coffee which some
locals call the best coffee in town. We
were in search of their frozen strawberry lemonade. We picked one of those up each night for
Munchkin and she loved it. It was also a
great way to cool her down.
Being the rum lovers that we are, we knew we wanted to visit
Old New Orleans Rum. It is outside of the French Quarter in an
inconspicuous old cotton warehouse. They
offer a spectacular tour and sampling of their delicious rums. For an incredibly reasonable price you can
get the inside scoop on the rum distillation and 45 minute tour. We sampled all 4 of their rums as well as
their gingeroo. I would have to say my
favorite is Cajun Spice. Quite a
spectacular flavor with cayenne, cinnamon and hints of nutmeg, ginger and
clove. I entirely regret not purchasing
some to take home, but luckily they have an online store.
Stepping outside cocktail time we have one more spectacular
tour to tell you about. The Steamboat Natchez riverboat tour was fantastic. We board after being serenaded by a calliope concert.
A few minutes later we were on the last authentic steamboat on the Mississippi River.
The tour takes you down the Mississippi
on a narrated tour filled with history and fun facts about the area. It is a great perspective that you just can’t
get on land.
We are thrilled to share our family vacation in New Orleans with you! Make sure you check back tomorrow to read about the rest of this fantastic adventure in New Orleans.
Make sure you read about the rest of our trip:
•Family Vacation in New Orleans #followyournola Itinerary
•Frozen Café Au Laits, Family Vacation in New Orleans and a GIVEAWAY!
•Cheesy Southwestern Jalapeno Beer Brat Dog and a Family Vacation in New Orleans Continues
Disclosure: We are working in partnership with the New Orleans Board
of Tourism and we have been compensated with a family vacation to New
Orleans.
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