NOLA - whats good?
dreskieboogie
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Im going to NOLA today. Where's the records? Where to eat some good authentic creole food? Other stuff to check out?Please let me know!Peace,Dress
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We need your money.
Records: Not so much. R+R Collectables on Decatur in the Quarter.
Louisiana Music Factory also on Decatur, further up.
Domino Sound on Bayou rd, only been once, kinda ehhhh.
Food: FANY: Cafe Adellaide on Poydras. Newest offering from Antoine's family,
ate there a few weeks ago, pricy but just about the best creole fusion
I have ever eaten.
LOCAL GOODNESS: Mandinas on Canal. Best pan fried fish EVAR. Mean and crusty irish channel waiters. Huge pours on tha dranks.
QUARTER SECRET: Verdi Mart on Royal. THE shrimp po-boy. Real Heads.
IF ONLY ONE: Commanders Palace on St. Charles. Simply the best meal to be had in NOLA. Jacket required. Turtle soup better than anything ever.
OTHER: Hipster shops and good antique shopping on Magazine st., uptown. Also a good place to check out the Tulane honeys.
NOMA has a Rodin show currently. Free, I believe.
HORNETS! Games are cheap, and we are doing pretty well.
Hope this helps.
Dress
Let us know how you liked it, what ya ate, what ya bought.
Dreskie, I could give tons more recommendations on food, just let me know what exactly you're looking for. For the RAER check Jim Russell's Records on Magazine St. Can be pricy, and it's been picked at for ages now, but there's still always more stuff to be found there. I'm pretty sure it's where those few copies of Salt - Hung Up were found. Hit me up on the PM for more info.
As far as other stuff in town goes, you'd probably want to check some good music at night. How long are you in town for? I can see what's good and get back to you.
I heard R+R on decatur opened back up. No?
Sure, Jim Russells, but that place is run by really creepy/crummy/crusty
sellers, so it gets TEH BAN from me. Spend your money at domino
or mushroom uptown if it is still open.
Dogging Mandinas? Are you from Metarie or somethin?
I stand by Commanders. All of the other joints WF mentioned are
excellent eatieres for sure, but they don't come CLOSE to
the real deal New Orleans Creole Experience thet CP's offers.
Bayona? Pffft. Maybe Herbisaint gets a pass. Maybe.
Its all good, local loyalty is FIERCE down here.
Where you at, Willie? I work in NOLA but live in BR.
I hear you on the Jim Russell's shopkeepers - I usually have a good experience there but know plenty of people who haven't. But hey - you were the one sticking up for mean, crusty folks from the Irish Channel!
But yeah, the dude who runs Domino Sound is a million times cooler and nicer to deal with - just doesn't have some of the raers that Jim Russell's does.
The Mushroom is still open, but it's horrible for vinyl; barely worth it. Mostly rockist/easy listening terds in bad condition. I've never come up there and basically gave up on it. Most of their business now is incense, pipes and t-shirts.
Oh, and R&B collectibles/Vieux Carre Vinyl is DEFINITELY not open. Something went down with their closing too. I bought stuff there in Feb last year while visiting, and when I moved back here in the fall they were gone...I keep asking around if they're going to reopen somewhere else and every time I mention them people say, "Damn, it's such a long story about them, no way I can explain it right now. I'd need a couple hours and many drinks to get through that one".
Guess I'm just a lil' dude not privy to the insider info...
i thought i was the only strutter in the area, good to hear from you!
FAIL.
get lifted in. DJ Soul Sister rules that place.
RE Rock&Roll Collectables: DUDE. I have heard a story or 2 about
their owner, DICK, and what may of happened there. I had heard from an ex-employee that it was opening back up. You don't wanna
know, believe it. Tranny-punk-chics-on-bikes-related.
I'm not there more than 3-4 days a week, but if I lived there I would
be super-sleuthing to track down that stock. Not the shop stock, but
the owners private stash. That shit is a NOLA legend.
Anyway, I'm gonna drag the girl down there this weekend for Hustle! at Mimi's.
Holler on the connect if you wanna meet up for some trades or whatever.
So, you must be from Metarie?
Makes sense.
Yes dude, the Harvey Canal is in Metarie.
Um, ok.
Every cat I have ever met from Met'rie OR Harvey seemed
to be a total conspiricy-theorist nutso. Only NOEast is worse.
Just checking.
B/W
I actually find you and your ilk very entertaining.
Seriously.
And oh, how we love carpetbaggeurs.
You mean like dudes from freakin HARVEY, LA
moving to Texas and loudly championing obscure rapps?
I feel ya.
I'm a Loosiana dude. No city affiliations here.
I heart New Orleans, but the 'burbs are teh suck.
DEAL
B/W
I still find you entertaining.
"No city affiliations here" =
Not to mention all these applications of yours, from an outsiders perspective, on what's authentic and not authentic, or even obscure or not obscure, when it comes to NOLA and Texas are wholly clueless.
But of course we are here just to be categorized by you.
Like those who thought the levee was blown post-Betsy...crazed conspiracy theorists who surely would never ever have to live through the same thing again.
"Seriously", eat your gumbo and shut up.
DUDES!!!
I'm in a battle with the one Harvey! I fff-finaly feel like I belong.
Um, so yeah.
Aren't you the dude who wrote a column in Austin
where you signed off under an assumed "black" name?
"Shied" or something?
No need to even clon you on that one.
I've lived in NOLA for about 4 years off and on.
Lived in TX for about 3, going to school in SanAntonio.
Um, so yeah.
You win!
B/W
Super-entertaining! (I knew there was a reason I stayed home sick today...)
My favorite food on this planet
did jim russelknow what he had on his hands with the salt 45s??
i got half the eddie bo catalog and gaturs 45s for under 10 each in 99
tyrone still there?
Wow, you know Tyrone?
That dude got on some serious come-ups from me back before I was a
rael head, and way before I knew the deal. Or the transaction.
Haven't seen the dude post-Katrina, but he used to always show up
at the french qtr flea with all kinda heat.
Good guy, if not a little odd.
I miss those days.
Verdi Mart at 3am tomorrow night, batches!
'Cause it kinda sucks, dude. It was worth a visit maybe 5 years ago,
but not so much now. Just my opinion. And I'm a carpetbaggeur, so whatdoIknow.
I question the validity of teh salts being found there.
Always heard a different story.
i trooped a lil bit with tyrone when i was in nola. superdude. i hope everything shaked out allright
RE: Tyrone, we are talking about the same dude, somewhat sloppy
older black gentleman with the crazy house that smells like
ferret urine and is/was busting at the seams with turds?
Good guy, and I don't think he lives here anymore. Houston, I believe.
last time I went was in November and I found really good shit, not dirt cheap but decent enough. that being said, 5 years ago it was much, much better. i still remember going in there in middle school (circa 1999) and being the only person in there who wasn't from England, Japan, or Germany. That was before i was copping leo sayer ellpees, and was just going there for cheap used cds and nintendo 64 cartridges. i was always really confused what all these "tourists" were doing there. now i know they were scooping up NOLA funk 45s on the cheap.
This is turning out just like I had hoped!
You rock, dude.
Liuzza's by the Track, Gene's Po-Boy, most definitely Mandina's, and splurge at K-Paul's (I still have ties to that place, but it's delicious).