One of the best things about New Orleans is of course, the food! You can literally go into any place in the city, be it a hole in the wall, or the fanciest of fancy dining spots, and you will have some of the best food of your life. go exploring!

Here are some of Katy's favorite places to grab some eats:

Felix's Restaurant & Oyster bar: This is an oyster bar right across from the famous Acme Oyster house off Bourbon St., but it's much less crowded and just as good! Get the chargrilled oysters, seriously. Get them.

Mother's Restaurant: This is an institution for Po'Boys, New Orleans' claim to sandwich fame. Get the Debris Po'Boy (reeeeally good roast beef), or ANY Po'Boy, and the bread pudding here is also delicious. Everything here is good, you can't go wrong!

Katie's Restaurant & Bar: Besides the name (even though it's spelled wrong), this is a great place for Sunday brunch before you leave town, or any other meal you want!

Brennan's: This brunch/breakfast place.. seriously, it's a New Orleans institution that you HAVE to experience! It's incredibly beautiful inside, and has a million different rooms and atmospheres for you to walk around in, including a Mardi Gras museum in the back! You need to get the brandy milk punch (a New Orleans staple) to start your day off, and my favorite dishes are the turtle soup (I know it sounds weird but its SO. GOOD.), the Eggs Sardou, and of course, Bananas Foster to end it (this dessert was created at Brennan's!)

Commander's Palace: Ok so this is an option if you want to treat yo' self. It's expensive, but it's one of the best restaurants in New Orleans, for any meal of the day! The bread pudding souffle alone is worth going for!

Remoulade: So this is the more casual side of the famous Arnaud's fancy restaurant, it's right on bourbon, so a perfect place to stop in when you need some food in your booze-filled-belly. GET THE BBQ SHRIMP!! This is not the typical bbq sauce-soaked shrimp as you may be imagining, but it's a New Orleans style of a butter-based sauce with tons of spices, and get all the bread you can to soak up all the sauce, trust me.

Court of Two Sisters: This is a great place for a Jazz Brunch! It's a buffet style, beautiful brunch that features live Jazz and optional courtyard seating.

There's plenty to do in this area of the french quarter! Walk around Jackson Square, where you can go see the historic St. Louis Cathedral, buy art from local artists, get your palm read, and watch the street performers around the square.

There is of course, food! Stop by Central Grocery for their famous (and best) Mufuletta sandwich (get a half and share it, they're HUGE), grab some beignets from the equally famous Cafe Du Monde or Cafe Beignet, and some pralines from Aunt Sally's Praline Shop in the Shops of the Colonnade.

There are plenty of local shops, bars (no open container laws in New Orleans!), and plenty to see!

Frenchman Street is Katy's favorite things to do in New Orleans! Frenchman Street is like the locals' Bourbon St, with mainly live jazz/music bars and venues. Katy recommends starting at The Spotted Cat (her fav) and working your way down/up the rest of the street.

For all the venues on Frenchman, you'll see all the live music your little heart could desire, where the stage will start off being a 2 to 3 person band, and in an hour, all sorts of different musicians will literally walk in off the street and join the band, making the session end with 8-10 players! It's truly magical to watch.

Also, you'll find a lot of good street food along Frenchman, as well as independent artists selling their arts and crafts- support these people! They're what makes New Orleans the special place that it is!

This is the other favorite thing of Katy's to do here! Bacchanal is a wine bar/venue in the Bywater district of the city. You go in, pick out your bottle(s) or wine, some cheese, meats, and other foods, take it to the register, give them the food, and take your wine out back. They arrange all your food into a spread, and bring it out to you in the courtyard, where there is always live music! They also have a food window if you want something more substantial. It's a great spot to have a chill moment, but it gets full fast on nice days/nights, so get there at a decent time!

Also, my other favorite little local dive bar spot is across the street and down a block or two- Bar Redux. This is seriously nothing fancy, it's dingy and small, but I love it :) Support local businesses!