Where to eat in New Orleans 10/7/2013

We’re eating & drinking our way through New Orleans with the #NewinNOLA crew. Venues from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7:

This is the vegetarian grape leaf plate from Mona's on Magazine. (photo by Carlie Kollath Wells/New in NOLA)

This is the vegetarian grape leaf plate from Mona’s on Magazine. (photo by Carlie Kollath Wells/New in NOLA)

  • Hansen’s in Uptown
  • Hollygrove Market & Farm
  • Taj Mahal in Old Metairie
  • Mona’s on Magazine Street
  • McClure’s Barbecue on Magazine Street
  • Cafe du Monde in the quarter
  • Mister Apple in the quarter

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Extras needed tonight for New Orleans web comedy ‘Sunken City’

Our friends at “Sunken City” are filming part of their New Orleans-based web comedy tonight and they need extras for a scene in the French Quarter. The gig is unpaid but Kyle & CJ will make you famous on the interwebs.

image via @OurSunkenCity on Instagram

image via @OurSunkenCity on Instagram

Info they sent over:

We are looking for a few more extras to join us tonight for a Sunken City ghost tour scene in the quarter (6 p.m. -10 p.m.). The shoot isn’t able to pay extras anything, but it’s a chance to stand around in the quarter, drink beer and have Kyle and CJ be weird to you on camera.

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Where to eat in New Orleans 9/2/2013

We’re eating & drinking our way through New Orleans with the #NewinNOLA crew. Here’s where we spent the last week of September (time flies, right?!):

s'mores pie from the American Sector (photo by Carlie Kollath Wells/NewinNOLA.com)

s’mores pie from the American Sector (photo by Carlie Kollath Wells/NewinNOLA.com)

  • Tan Dinh
  • Pho Bistreaux
  • Lola’s
  • Lee’s Hamburgers
  • Creole Creamery
  • Croissant d’Or
  • The American Sector

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Free museum admission today in New Orleans

It’s Museum Day (Sept. 28, 2013) and several museums in New Orleans are waiving admission – but you have to print a ticket via the Smithsonian’s website.

via smithsonianmag.com

via smithsonianmag.com

Important – the ticket is good for two people only. If you have more than two people (group of friends), make sure people print their own tickets.

Participating museums in New Orleans:

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Where to eat in New Orleans 9/23/2013

We’re eating & drinking our way through New Orleans with the #NewinNOLA crew. Venues from Sept. 16 to Sept. 23:

a peanut butter and jelly macaron from Sucre (photo by Carlie Kollath Wells/New in NOLA)

a peanut butter and jelly macaron from Sucre (photo by Carlie Kollath Wells/New in NOLA)

  • SoBou
  • Crabby Jack’s
  • Pierre Maspero’s
  • Cafe NOMA
  • Sucre

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Photos from our #NewinNOLA Segway meetup

We had a lovely Segway meetup in the French Quarter last week. Thanks to New Orleans City Segway for hosting us and taking us around the Quarter.

We saw the street that inspired Walt Disney’s Port of New Orleans, learned some of the history of the Cabildo and saw examples of wrought iron versus cast iron.

If you are interested in a tour, City Segway offers several packages. Find out more here.

Here’s what we did during our Sept. 4 meetup:

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Where to eat in New Orleans 9/2/2013

We’re eating & drinking our way through New Orleans with the #NewinNOLA crew. Venues from Aug. 26 – Sept. 2:

charbroiled oysters from Drago's restaurant in the French Quarter

charbroiled oysters from Drago’s restaurant in the French Quarter

  • Cafe du Monde
  • Antoine’s
  • Sucre
  • La Boulangerie
  • Drago’s
  • GW Fins
  • Organic Banana
  • Domilise’s
  • Midway
  • St. James Cheese Co.
  • Creole Creamery

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Where to eat in New Orleans 8/26/13

We’re eating & drinking our way through New Orleans with the #NewinNOLA crew. Venues from Aug. 19 – 26:

chicken tinga quesadilla from Felipe's in the French Quarter (via @NewinNOLA on Instagram)

chicken tinga quesadilla from Felipe’s in the French Quarter (via @NewinNOLA on Instagram)

  • Felipe’s
  • Pierre Maspero’s
  • St. Lawrence
  • Bar Tonique
  • Bravo!
  • Hollygrove

See the yummy food photos here.

Follow our food adventures throughout the week on Instagram (@NewinNOLA).

What to see other great New Orleans restaurants we’ve visited? Check them out here.

Where we ate in New Orleans last week 8/12/13

We continue to eat our way through New Orleans. This week’s restaurants include:

grape leaf platter from Mona's on Magazine Street (photo via @NewinNOLA on Instagram)

grape leaf platter from Mona’s on Magazine Street (photo via @NewinNOLA on Instagram)

  • Apolline
  • Crescent City Pie & Sausage
  • Mona’s Cafe
  • Hansen’s
  • Mikimoto
  • Felipe’s
  • The Superdome
  • Amici
  • Panera Bread

Here are all of our food pix.

Restaurants from the week before:

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New Orleans food pix 7/15/13

We’re eating our way through New Orleans with the #NewinNOLA crew.

Venues this week were Laurel Street Bakery, Bouligny Tavern, Hansen’s, Bacchanal Wine, Seki Sui, Sucre, Mona’s, Cafe Adelaide, Cochon Butcher and Dat Dog.

And we had a massive intake of food (cheese!!) Saturday. So good and so bad.

Check out our Storify post with all our food pix.

header photo of macarons at Sucre (by Carlie Kollath Wells/newinNOLA.com)