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New Orleans’ Other Happening Place: Frenchmen Street
By Stuart Wasserman
For my first few nights in New Orleans I stayed in The Monteleone, a classic French Quarter hotel located on Royal Street. I like to walk, and the distance from the Monteleone to Frenchmen Street was about a mile a straight line down Decatur Street past the majestic St. Louis Cathedral. I asked two police officers one night about walking down Bourbon Street to Frenchmen Street but they advised against that route. “Decatur is a better pedestrian choice,” one said.
I also like the piano lounge behind the Monteleone’s 60-year-old Carousel Bar. Many famous writers such as William Faulkner, Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams lifted a glass here while they penned notes on napkins.
Many beloved New Orleans institutions like the Monteleone and restaurants like Mr. B’s and the Commander’s Palace have undergone multimillion-dollar renovations since Hurricane Katrina struck Aug. 29, 2005.
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