Beach Snoballs
Did you know you can find authentic New Orleans style Snoballs right here in Pinellas County?
Go see Kimberly & James out on Treasure Island - they are wonderful folks, transplanted from Louisiana, living the American Dream and they are ready to serve up your favorite flavor. Snoballs are a delightful, cool and refreshing treat. Bring back your childhood memories. Get an incredibly yummy snoball today! http://beachsno.com/default.aspx
Go see Kimberly & James out on Treasure Island - they are wonderful folks, transplanted from Louisiana, living the American Dream and they are ready to serve up your favorite flavor. Snoballs are a delightful, cool and refreshing treat. Bring back your childhood memories. Get an incredibly yummy snoball today! http://beachsno.com/default.aspx
Favorite Saturday Morning Market - Closed for the Summer
You can also find Ricky P's at the Saturday Morning Market
Al Lang Field, Progress Energy Park in downtown St. Pete, 1st Ave. and 1st St. S. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors offer fresh produce, gourmet foods, baked goods, plants and flowers, featuring local artists, live music, organic growers and green products. Grab your honee, kid and/or dog, and enjoy a beautiful morning out while you stroll, shop, listen to great music and dine your way around wonderful vendors. What a way to start your weekend! Oct. through May.
Ricky P and Mr. Gary will be serving up our amazing breakfast sandwiches, (egg, cheese & Andouille Sausage) as well as our amazing Louisiana Crab Cakes, Creole Jambalaya, Gumbo and Lisa P's to-die-for Bread Pudding!
Come pass a good time...at the Saturday Morning Market! If you haven't checked it out, you really must, it's a wonderful way to spend a Saturday, bring your kid, a friend, your dog, and stop by and say hi!
For More info: www.saturdaymorningmarket.com
Al Lang Field, Progress Energy Park in downtown St. Pete, 1st Ave. and 1st St. S. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors offer fresh produce, gourmet foods, baked goods, plants and flowers, featuring local artists, live music, organic growers and green products. Grab your honee, kid and/or dog, and enjoy a beautiful morning out while you stroll, shop, listen to great music and dine your way around wonderful vendors. What a way to start your weekend! Oct. through May.
Ricky P and Mr. Gary will be serving up our amazing breakfast sandwiches, (egg, cheese & Andouille Sausage) as well as our amazing Louisiana Crab Cakes, Creole Jambalaya, Gumbo and Lisa P's to-die-for Bread Pudding!
Come pass a good time...at the Saturday Morning Market! If you haven't checked it out, you really must, it's a wonderful way to spend a Saturday, bring your kid, a friend, your dog, and stop by and say hi!
For More info: www.saturdaymorningmarket.com
The Cajun Connection
The 10th Annual Cajun Zydeco Crawfish Festival is coming up! March 12-14, Vinoy Park - Downtown St. Petersburg. And guess what?! Ricky P's will be there!
http://www.cajunconnection.org/
http://www.cajunconnection.org/
Favorite Places in New Orleans.
Best Festival
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival of course. Held every year over the last weekend in April and the first weekend in May. www.nojazzfest.com
We also have to list the French Quarter Festival – because so many people tell us how great it is.
http://www.fqfi.org/frenchquarterfest/
We’ll have to go soon, so we can share about it first hand.
Best place for Café’ au lait & Beignets
Café Du Monde in the French Market · 800 Decatur Street · 504-525-4544 www.cafedumonde.com
The Original Cafe Du Monde Coffee Stand was established in 1862 in the New Orleans French Market. The Cafe is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It closes only on Christmas Day and on the day an occasional Hurricane passes too close to New Orleans.
Yep – gotta go to the original and the best. It’s worth the wait.
Favorite Places for Live Music:
Rock ‘n Bowl · 3000 S. Carrollton Avenue · 504.861.1700
www.rockandbowl.com
Where else can you enjoy the best live music, bowl and dance all at the same time? Say Hi! to my high school buddy John Blancher for me.
Tipitina’s · 501 NAPOLEON AVE · 504.895.TIPS
WWW.TIPITINAS.COM
House of Blues · 225 Decatur Street· 504.310.4999 www.houseofblues.com/venues/clubvenues/neworleansThe Sunday Gospel Brunch is world famous.
Best place for a photo:
Gotta be in front of St. Louis Cathedral.
Go up the stairs next to Café Dumond for a great vantage point.
Favorite Hotel
Hotel Monteleone French Quarter · 214 Rue Royale · 866.338.4684 http://hotelmonteleone.com
Best Hotel Bar
Carousel Bar in the Hotel Monteleone French Quarter · 214 Rue Royale · 866.338.4684 http://hotelmonteleone.com
Best Local Bar
The Chart Room Bar in the French Quarter · 300 Chartres Street· 504 522 1708
Great local hangout, great jukebox and great drinks for great prices.
Favorite Neighborhood Bar
Liuzza’s · 3636 Bienville Avenue · 504.482.9120
Just two blocks off of Canal Street and also located between Carrolton & Jefferson Davis Pkwy at 234 N. Telemachus.
Great food and cold Abita’s served in frozen mugs as big as your head. www.liuzzas.com
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival of course. Held every year over the last weekend in April and the first weekend in May. www.nojazzfest.com
We also have to list the French Quarter Festival – because so many people tell us how great it is.
http://www.fqfi.org/frenchquarterfest/
We’ll have to go soon, so we can share about it first hand.
Best place for Café’ au lait & Beignets
Café Du Monde in the French Market · 800 Decatur Street · 504-525-4544 www.cafedumonde.com
The Original Cafe Du Monde Coffee Stand was established in 1862 in the New Orleans French Market. The Cafe is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It closes only on Christmas Day and on the day an occasional Hurricane passes too close to New Orleans.
Yep – gotta go to the original and the best. It’s worth the wait.
Favorite Places for Live Music:
Rock ‘n Bowl · 3000 S. Carrollton Avenue · 504.861.1700
www.rockandbowl.com
Where else can you enjoy the best live music, bowl and dance all at the same time? Say Hi! to my high school buddy John Blancher for me.
Tipitina’s · 501 NAPOLEON AVE · 504.895.TIPS
WWW.TIPITINAS.COM
House of Blues · 225 Decatur Street· 504.310.4999 www.houseofblues.com/venues/clubvenues/neworleansThe Sunday Gospel Brunch is world famous.
Best place for a photo:
Gotta be in front of St. Louis Cathedral.
Go up the stairs next to Café Dumond for a great vantage point.
Favorite Hotel
Hotel Monteleone French Quarter · 214 Rue Royale · 866.338.4684 http://hotelmonteleone.com
Best Hotel Bar
Carousel Bar in the Hotel Monteleone French Quarter · 214 Rue Royale · 866.338.4684 http://hotelmonteleone.com
Best Local Bar
The Chart Room Bar in the French Quarter · 300 Chartres Street· 504 522 1708
Great local hangout, great jukebox and great drinks for great prices.
Favorite Neighborhood Bar
Liuzza’s · 3636 Bienville Avenue · 504.482.9120
Just two blocks off of Canal Street and also located between Carrolton & Jefferson Davis Pkwy at 234 N. Telemachus.
Great food and cold Abita’s served in frozen mugs as big as your head. www.liuzzas.com
Favorite NOLA Restaurants
We have to list these by category, because there are so many great places to eat in New Orleans.
Favorite Po Boy Shop
Johnny’s Po-Boys · French Quarter · 511 St. Louis St. · 504.524.8129 http://johnnyspoboy.com
Best Place for Oysters
Acme Oyster House in the French Quarter · 724 Iberville Street · 504.522.5973 http://www.acmeoyster.com
Also on Veteran’s and in Materarie & Covington
Best Place for Seafood
Deanie’s Original Location in Bucktown · 1713 Lake Avenue · 504.831.4141
Also now in the French Quarter · 841 Iberville Street · 504.581.1316
Best Place for Cajun Food
Mulate’s Restaurant · 201 Julia St. · 504.522.1492
www.mulates.com Mulate's features live Cajun music and dancing along with great authentic Cajun food seven days a week.
Best Place for Creole Food
DookyChaseRestaurant · 2301 Orleans Ave · 504.821.0600
http://www.dookychaserestaurant.com
Best Place for Boiled Crawfish
Franky and Johnny’s in Uptown area · 321 Arabella Street · 504.899.9146
http://frankyandjohnnys.com/
Best Burger
Port of Call in the French Quarter · 838 Esplanade Avenue · 504.523.0120 www.portofcallneworleans.com
Best Muffaletta
Napolean House in the French Quarter · 500 Chartres · 504.524.9752 www.napoleonhouse.com
Favorite Place for Brunch
Court of Two Sisters in the French Quarter · 613 Royal Street 504.522.7261 www.courtoftwosisters.com
Best Restaurant for Splurge
Emeril’s · 800 Tchoupitoulas St., 504.528.9393
www.emerils.com
Best French Fry Po Boy
Mandina’s in Mid City· 3800 Canal Street· 504.482.9179
Best Charbroiled Oysters
Drago’s Seafood Restaurant in Metairie· 3232 N Arnoult Road· 504.888.9254 Also in the Hilton Riverside on Poydras Street· 504.584-3911 www.dragosrestaurant.com
Best Catfish
Middendorf’s Seafood Restaurant in Lake Maurepas Area · 985.386.6666 It’s a drive – but their thinly-sliced-perfectly-fried catfish is worth the trip.
Favorite Hangover Cure
Camellia Grill in Uptown Area · 626 S. Carrollton Avenue· 504.309.2679
Favorite Italian Restaurant
Venezia in Mid City · 134 N. Carrollton Avenue. · 504.488.7991
Favorite French Quarter Bistro
Mr. B’s Bistro· 201 Royal Street · 504.523.2078
www.mrbsbistro.com
Favorite Po Boy Shop
Johnny’s Po-Boys · French Quarter · 511 St. Louis St. · 504.524.8129 http://johnnyspoboy.com
Best Place for Oysters
Acme Oyster House in the French Quarter · 724 Iberville Street · 504.522.5973 http://www.acmeoyster.com
Also on Veteran’s and in Materarie & Covington
Best Place for Seafood
Deanie’s Original Location in Bucktown · 1713 Lake Avenue · 504.831.4141
Also now in the French Quarter · 841 Iberville Street · 504.581.1316
Best Place for Cajun Food
Mulate’s Restaurant · 201 Julia St. · 504.522.1492
www.mulates.com Mulate's features live Cajun music and dancing along with great authentic Cajun food seven days a week.
Best Place for Creole Food
DookyChaseRestaurant · 2301 Orleans Ave · 504.821.0600
http://www.dookychaserestaurant.com
Best Place for Boiled Crawfish
Franky and Johnny’s in Uptown area · 321 Arabella Street · 504.899.9146
http://frankyandjohnnys.com/
Best Burger
Port of Call in the French Quarter · 838 Esplanade Avenue · 504.523.0120 www.portofcallneworleans.com
Best Muffaletta
Napolean House in the French Quarter · 500 Chartres · 504.524.9752 www.napoleonhouse.com
Favorite Place for Brunch
Court of Two Sisters in the French Quarter · 613 Royal Street 504.522.7261 www.courtoftwosisters.com
Best Restaurant for Splurge
Emeril’s · 800 Tchoupitoulas St., 504.528.9393
www.emerils.com
Best French Fry Po Boy
Mandina’s in Mid City· 3800 Canal Street· 504.482.9179
Best Charbroiled Oysters
Drago’s Seafood Restaurant in Metairie· 3232 N Arnoult Road· 504.888.9254 Also in the Hilton Riverside on Poydras Street· 504.584-3911 www.dragosrestaurant.com
Best Catfish
Middendorf’s Seafood Restaurant in Lake Maurepas Area · 985.386.6666 It’s a drive – but their thinly-sliced-perfectly-fried catfish is worth the trip.
Favorite Hangover Cure
Camellia Grill in Uptown Area · 626 S. Carrollton Avenue· 504.309.2679
Favorite Italian Restaurant
Venezia in Mid City · 134 N. Carrollton Avenue. · 504.488.7991
Favorite French Quarter Bistro
Mr. B’s Bistro· 201 Royal Street · 504.523.2078
www.mrbsbistro.com