Magazine Street

Magazine St in New Orleans is a great area to explore the little boutique shops and grab a coffee, a cocktail, and some food.You can either start at the corner of Canal and Magazine or take the bus or rideshare up to the Garden District and work your way back. If you are at Canal and Magazine, take the Sazerac distillery's free tour. Free tastings and some interesting bottle sales will start your day right.If you are an early bird the Ruby Slipper is right up the street. It gets really busy during the normal breakfast hours through midday. We ride shared up to the garden district and worked our way back. There are interesting boutiques for kiddos' clothes, galleries, and jewelry shops. We stopped by, La Carreta, a little Mexican restaurant to refuel and quench our thirst. There is also a Greeting From NOLA mural that is a perfect photo stop. Expand your horizons when visiting New Orleans get off of dirty Bourbon St check out Magazine, the Garden District, and Royale St, enjoy some Jazz music, and take a haunted tour.

The was really no plan to explore Magazine Street - my group just stumbled upon it coming out of a self-guided tour of the Garden District Neighborhood. But it turned out to be a good thing! I did a quick research on the general area while we were going through. I learned it goes on for miles with plenty to see. Shops, restaurants, stores, etc. It was great having so many choices. We covered about a couple of miles worth and made so many discoveries (including a barber shop with unique items!) We also discovered where to eat (very important!) which I didn't realized I bookmarked before coming through! Not far from the trolleys so that was also a treat! Touring the Garden District and/or Lafayette Cemetery? If you have a couple more hours to spare, check out this area.

Magazine Street begins right off Canal Street south of the French Quarter, goes through the business and garden districts, and ends near the Audubon Zoo. Attractions along the street include the Sazerac House, the National WWII Museum, the Golf Park at Audubon Park, and the zoo. The street is six miles long and consists of antique and clothing shops, restaurants, and bars. If you want to shop in mom-and-pop stores and not at big name retailers, there are plenty of those along here. If you're looking for something else other than Bourbon Street, this street is a good alternative with all the same beauty and architecture of New Orleans.

We discovered a lot of cute shops and boutique shops along Magazine street. We came across a lot of coffee shops, restaurants and an assortment of unique shops and boutiques as well. Scattered up and down the side streets as well as a ton of large old mansions up and down the streets as well.

Magazine Street is a 13 km/ 8 mile stretch of shops and houses of the central spine of the Garden District. The street is a fascinating capture of history from an architectural point of view. On the one hand you have the relentless efforts of gentrification and businesses to bring the street to global standards for shops and tourism to be beneficial to NOLA. On the other hand, you have DNO (Defend New Orleans) who is resisting the whitewashing and cultural eclipse of the history of the city. If one look closely there are still remnants of plantations owners and landowners' houses on the fringe; however close to Magazine Street, those houses and land have been subdivided and gradually phased into shops like Starbucks, Chipotle and CVS. If one looks at history without sentiment, it is okay for change. If one reminisces, preservation is needed. Hopefully the City takes an artful approach developing the area without letting large corporations and businesses plow the area and turn it to endless placeless strip malls.

(Make sure to take a look at my full review which outlines everything!)I wanted to update one of my Rideshare reference points...So when you get dropped off at Scriptura and look towards Whole Foods theres a few other spots I want to highlight now that I've been here a bit longer.Past Whole Foods you'll find restaurants like Saba and Reginelli's Pizza, the Kendra Scott store, a dry cleaner, and some other more intimate spots. Up the street is Audubon park where you can then walk and eventually hit the zoo if you don't mind a stroll. I always see folks drinking at Juan's Flying Burrito around HH when I'm walking to Whole Foods just a heads up.-----Now when folks recommend Magazine street there are two areas that immediately come to mind as points of reference for rideshare requests to explore this area. First location is Scriptura which not only is a great store for custom stationary products; however, you'll also find a few boutique stores, District Donuts, bars, CC's coffee and a bit up the road is Guy's PoBoys. Magazine & Jefferson street is the point of reference.----

My favorite magazine isn't a publication but a location. Let me introduce you to Magazine Street in New Orleans. Though the world knows Bourbon Street where 99% of tourist go to the Crescent city to experience. I encourage you to find your way to the Big Easy's Magazine Street. To me Magazine Street is where the locals go to hangout. Very close to Bourbon just a more local feel to it. It's lined with eateries art and boutiques. Good coffee shops and sundries are easy to find. Just as interesting as Bourbon but less crowds. I've met a lot of friendly locals here and discovered interesting finds not found in the French Quarter. Highly recommend this street if you want to try a seasoned dish. Meaning if oysters, soft shell crab or the infamous mud bugs aka crawfish are in season. Go to Magazine Street for the specials. You'll find better prices and quicker seating. You can still have a meal on a balcony or patio seating. My tip is you can walk here from Bourbon but it's easier if you jump on a street car and then walk to Magazine. It's better if fhe weather is hot and humid. You're welcome. I luv NOLA! Mel MYelp 20:23

Lovely, colorful, fun. Shops and coffee houses. Interesting art. Be careful driving or walking on the streets, we had our mom in a wheelchair (what were we thinking?) and it is really wasn't suitable for that. Foot traffic, yes. Wheelchairs, no! NO is an OLD town, and the streets don't have good soil under them so the sidewalks and roads are not good. We had a wonderful, memorable time in NOLA as a whole, and we didn't have to French Quarter.

If you are looking to remove yourself from the excitement of the French Quarter, walk the 5 mile magazine street just like the locals; nice restaurants, bars, coffee shops, wellness eateries, art and retail shops. We spent 1/2 day enjoying the fresh air and different shops. Maybe the best part of the experience; it's felt safe and no homeless during the trek.

Little bit of everything:Bars. Lots.Restaurants. Many.Shopping. Of all kinds. Services. Of all sorts.People watching. BEAUCOUP.Good drivers, who stop at pedestrian crossings. IN SHORT SUPPLY.Nevermind. LOVE Magazine Street, and it's big walk, what? 5 miles end to end?Or,Could use the # 11 bus from Canal St.Or walk over from St Charles Street car. or ride yer bicycle like I did......Whatever u do, don't miss all the 'joys' of Magazine Street.