Morning · 8:30 AM
Streetcar and breakfast
Start on the streetcar.
01 · 8:30 AM
St. Charles Streetcar
S. Carrollton Ave. at St. Charles Ave. · Google Maps ↗
The St. Charles line began service on September 26, 1835. It is described as the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world, and it became a National Historic Landmark in 2014.
Ride it uptown until the tracks turn onto Carrollton Avenue at the Riverbend. The line keeps going up the middle of Carrollton to South Claiborne. This was once the town of Carrollton: laid out in 1833, incorporated in 1845 and annexed by New Orleans in 1874.
02 · 8:30 AM
Camellia Grill
626 S. Carrollton Ave. · Google Maps ↗
Camellia Grill opened on December 19, 1946. It is a counter diner with 29 stools. Order a giant omelet, a cheeseburger, a freeze or a pecan pie heated on the grill.
Harry Tervalon Sr. was the first waiter hired in 1946 and worked there until he retired in 1996. After Hurricane Katrina the diner stayed closed until April 2007, then reopened under new ownership.
03 · 8:30 AM
Satsuma Café
7901 Maple St. · Open daily 7 to 5, per its website · Google Maps ↗
Satsuma opened in 2009 with fresh juices, breakfast and lunch made from local and organic ingredients. Owners Peter and Cassi Dymond say nearly everything is made in-house from scratch.
This is the Maple Street location. A second Satsuma sits on Dauphine Street in the Bywater.
04 · 8:30 AM
Breads on Oak
8640 Oak St. · Check hours before you go · Google Maps ↗
Breads on Oak describes itself as a plant-based bakery. It makes organic sourdough breads and pastries and serves breakfast and lunch.
The shop also bakes a king cake that it calls award-winning.
05 · 8:30 AM
Riccobono’s Panola Street Café
7801 Panola St. at Burdette · Open daily 8 to 2, per its website · Google Maps ↗
Riccobono’s opened in 1998 and is known for breakfast. The menu has six kinds of eggs Benedict, including crabcake and Sardou, plus three-egg omelets, huevos rancheros and pancakes with pecans or banana nut.
It sits in the University area, about a mile from the Riverbend streetcar stop.
Midday · 11:30 AM
Oak Street and the park
Browse Oak Street. Then go see the river.
06 · 11:30 AM
Blue Cypress Books
8123 Oak St. · Mon to Fri 10 to 6, Sat 10 to 5, Sun 11 to 4, per its website · Google Maps ↗
A shop for new, used and rare books. Its site lists a secondhand section, an online rare-book storefront, book clubs and an events calendar.
Check the calendar before you go. The next stop is next door.
07 · 11:30 AM
Haase’s
8119 Oak St. · Google Maps ↗
Haase’s opened in 1921 on Oak Street, founded by Boris and Della Haase. It sells children’s shoes and clothing.
Haase’s Young Folks Shop opened next door in 1931. Kevin and Judy Caliva own the business today.
08 · 11:30 AM
Lebanon’s Café
1500 S. Carrollton Ave. · BYOB, no reservations · Google Maps ↗
Chef-owner Hussain Alsherees cooks Lebanese and Middle Eastern food. The chicken shawarma is marinated for three days and hand-sliced from a vertical rotisserie.
The menu also has rosemary lamb chops, hummus, falafel, tabouleh and kibby. Bring your own wine. The restaurant does not take reservations.
09 · 11:30 AM
The Fly
Audubon Riverview Park · About 1.5 miles from the Riverbend · Google Maps ↗
The Fly is the riverside end of Audubon Park, a stretch of open grass beside the Mississippi. The park covers about 350 acres and was the site of the 1884 World Cotton Centennial.
The nickname comes from a butterfly-shaped river-viewing shelter built in the 1960s and demolished in the 1980s. Locals kept the name. Bring a blanket.
Late afternoon · 4:30 PM
Oysters and drafts
Start with oysters.
10 · 4:30 PM
Cooter Brown’s Tavern & Oyster Bar
509 S. Carrollton Ave. · 11 AM to 1 AM daily · 21 and over · Google Maps ↗
Cooter Brown’s has been open since 1977. It lists 84 taps: 38 at the front bar and 46 rotating craft beers at the back bar. Raw Louisiana oysters come on the half shell.
Wild Louisiana oysters are half price on Tuesdays from 3 PM to midnight. The wall of the “Beersoleum” holds portraits of deceased celebrities. No one under 21 is admitted.
11 · 4:30 PM
Bruno’s Tavern
7538 Maple St. at Hillary · Reopened August 10, 2026, per the Tulane Hullabaloo · Google Maps ↗
Bruno’s traces its roots to Leo Bruno’s College Inn, which opened in 1934, according to Hoodline. It sits a short walk from Tulane and Loyola.
The bar closed in April 2026 and reopened in August under new owners, three of whom used to manage it. Sammy’s, a bodega-style kitchen inside, serves New York sandwiches such as the chopped cheese. Wine Wednesday stays, and children are not allowed.
12 · 4:30 PM
Fat Harry’s
4330 St. Charles Ave. at Napoleon · About 2 miles downriver by the streetcar line · Google Maps ↗
Fat Harry’s sits at St. Charles and Napoleon avenues on a Mardi Gras parade route. According to New Orleans Magazine, the building was once The Corral and then Gerald’s Key Club. Harry Begg bought it in 1970 and renamed it. Dickie Unangst bought it in 1974.
An electrical fire on September 2, 2012 gutted the building, and it closed for about four months. The magazine’s 2013 profile lists outdoor tables, cold draft beer and the Jazz Burger.
Evening · 6:30 PM
Dinner
Book one table.
13 · 6:30 PM
Pascal’s Manale
1838 Napoleon Ave. · Dinner seven days a week, per Hoodline (Sept. 2026) · Google Maps ↗
Frank Manale opened this corner grocery and bar in 1913. Pascal Radosta took over in 1937 and added his name. Barbecue shrimp is the dish to order. Hoodline credits Radosta with recreating it in 1954 and calls the origin story local lore.
The stand-up marble oyster bar is still here, and Thomas “Uptown T” Stewart, the longtime shucker, still works it. A 2026 renovation expanded the Manning Room, which honors Archie Manning and his family. Dickie Brennan & Co. has owned the restaurant since 2023.
14 · 6:30 PM
Brigtsen’s
723 Dante St. · Dinner Tue to Sat from 5 PM · Reservations by phone, 504-861-7610 · Google Maps ↗
Chef Frank Brigtsen and his wife, Marna, opened Brigtsen’s in 1986 with help from Paul Prudhomme and K Prudhomme. It sits on Dante Street in the Riverbend.
The menu includes shrimp bisque, filé gumbo with chicken and andouille, roast duck with dried cherry sauce and trout meunière with pecans. Reservations are by phone only, and the last seating is at 8:30.
15 · 6:30 PM
Jacques-Imo’s Café
8324 Oak St. · Dinner only · call for hours · Google Maps ↗
A lively Oak Street dinner spot that Explore Louisiana calls one of the city’s hottest tickets for real New Orleans food. It singles out the Eggplant Pirogue, an eggplant stuffed with oysters in a lemon cream sauce, and a Cajun bouillabaisse with oysters, shrimp and mussels.
There is also a two-top table inside a pickup truck parked out front. Try to reserve it.
Nightcap · 9:00 PM
Live music and a late drink
End with a band.
16 · 9:00 PM
Maple Leaf Bar
8316 Oak St. · Google Maps ↗
The Maple Leaf has hosted live music on Oak Street since February 24, 1974. After Hurricane Katrina it stayed closed for several weeks. Walter “Wolfman” Washington played the first show back on September 30, 2005, powered by a diesel generator, until a curfew shut it down.
The ashes of the poet Everette Maddox are buried in the patio. Check the calendar for tonight’s band.
17 · 9:00 PM
Carrollton Station
8140 Willow St. · Google Maps ↗
Carrollton Station calls itself the oldest continuously operating barroom in the Carrollton neighborhood. NOLAplaces dates the current bar to 1980, under William Wilson, and mentions a Brunswick bar from 1904.
The room has an intimate stage for modern jazz and jam sessions, and a patio out back. It is a short walk from the Maple Leaf.
18 · 9:00 PM
Tipitina’s
501 Napoleon Ave. at Tchoupitoulas · About 3 miles from Oak Street, so plan a ride · Google Maps ↗
Local music fans opened Tipitina’s on January 14, 1977 as the 501 Club, named for its address. It took its name from the song “Tipitina” by Professor Longhair, who played there until his death in 1980.
The building dates to 1912. In the early 1980s the radio station WWOZ had studios upstairs. The band Galactic bought the club in December 2018. Check the schedule before you go.
Sources
- Wikipedia, St. Charles Streetcar Line: 1835 start, 2014 landmark, route and turn at the Riverbend.
- Wikipedia, Carrollton, New Orleans: 1833, 1845 and 1874 dates, Oak and Maple streets, Riverbend.
- Wikipedia, Camellia Grill: 1946 opening, 29 stools, menu, Katrina closure.
- Satsuma Café, Info: Maple Street hours, 2009 founding, owners, Dauphine location.
- Breads on Oak: plant-based, organic sourdough, king cake.
- Riccobono’s Panola Street Café: address, hours, 1998 opening, menu.
- Blue Cypress Books: address, hours, shop sections, events.
- Haase’s Shoe Store, About Us: 1921 and 1931 openings, owners.
- Lebanon’s Café: address, menu, shawarma.
- New Orleans & Company, Arab-owned restaurants in New Orleans: chef-owner, BYOB, no reservations.
- Wikipedia, Audubon Park (New Orleans): 350 acres, 1884 exposition, origin of the name “The Fly”.
- Cooter Brown’s: 1977, hours, 84 taps, oyster special, Beersoleum, 21 and over.
- Hoodline, Bruno’s Tavern for sale (March 2026): address, Leo Bruno’s College Inn, 1934.
- The Tulane Hullabaloo, Bruno’s Tavern reopens (August 11, 2026): April closure, August reopening, Sammy’s, rules.
- The Maroon, Bruno’s has reopened under new management (September 5, 2026): former managers back as owners, renovations.
- New Orleans Magazine, The Return of Fat Harry’s (February 2013): earlier names, 1970 and 1974 owners, 2012 fire, menu.
- Hoodline, Pascal’s Manale unveils new look and menu (September 2026): 1913, 1937, barbecue shrimp, oyster bar, renovation, owners, hours.
- Brigtsen’s: address, hours, 1986, owners, menu, reservations.
- Explore Louisiana, Jacques-Imo’s Café: address, dishes, truck table.
- Wikipedia, Maple Leaf Bar: 1974 opening, Katrina show, patio.
- NOLAplaces, Carrollton Station: address, 1980, Brunswick bar, stage, patio.
- Wikipedia, Tipitina’s: 1977 opening, name, building, WWOZ, 2018 sale.
- Wikimedia Commons, Pascal’s Manale photographs (Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 4.0): exterior photo.
- Wikimedia Commons, Tipitina’s photographs (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the file page for the photographer): exterior photo.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: base map, tinted for this page (ODbL).
Photos come from the sources named in each caption, and most are undated. The Pascal’s Manale photo (June 2021) is by Infrogmation of New Orleans and the Tipitina’s photo (June 2026) is from Wikimedia Commons; both are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Satsuma, Bruno’s and Fat Harry’s use type plates instead of photos. Hours, menus and ownership change, so confirm before you go. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); the base map is tinted for this page.
