Bywater is the portion of New Orleans
furthest down the Mississippi River, on the other side of Faubourg Marigny
from the French Quarter. The area from below the Industrial Canal down to
the St. Bernard Parish line (the downriver limit of the city of New Orleans)
is sometimes called the Lower 9th Ward.
Dining
• Jack Dempsey's 738 Poland Avenue: seafood
• Elizabeth's 601 Gallier Street: Creole, Southern, and po-boys.
Neighborhood favorite for breakfast and lunch. Tuesday-Saturday 7:30am-
2:30pm
• The Joint 801 Poland Avenue. Barbecue. Lunch and dinner
Thursday-Monday. 949-3232
• Mandich Restaurant 3200 Saint Claude Avenue: Louisiana cooking &
seafood.
Drink
• The
Spellcaster Lodge. 3052 St. Claude Avenue. Home of the, and the
workshops. Stop in if you get a chance.
• Saturn Bar nearby at 3067 St. Claude, this is a strange old
bohemian dive with some of the city's funkiest and most bizarre decor. Drink
cheap beer, whiskey, or Southern Comfort. Don't expect them to know how to
make fancy-pants mixed drinks.
Live Music
Vaughan's 800 Lesseps - local favorite happy jazz player Kermit
Ruffins is a regular Thursday nights, take a cab to and from here.
Links
• Bywater
Neighborhood Organization site
• The
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Attractions
• Steamboat houses on Egania Street at the Mississippi River.
Over-the-top ornate Victorian wooden houses in steamboat-baroque style. Take
a look, and then walk up to the top of the levee for a striking view of
central New Orleans around a bend of the Mississippi.
• Island of Salvation Botanica
- 835 Piety Street. This is a real voodoo supply store, not a tourist trap
like those in the French Quarter.
• L'Art Noir New Orleans
Underground art gallery specializing in lowbrau art.
• Jackson Barracks 6400 St. Claude Avenue has been a military base
since the 1830s and has a military museum, free weekdays 8am - 4pm.
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