Freret Street

Hot new Uptown strip with independent restaurants and shops
Word to the wise: Visit Freret Street's vibrant open air market with live music, held on the first Saturday of the month. There's also the Freret Street Festival in April each year.

Before Katrina, the Uptown neighbourhood known as Freret had been in decline for decades. But flooded waist-high in 2005, it has bounced back to become one of New Orleans' hot new destinations.
Meticulously curated cocktail joint Cure (4905 Freret) set the bar high, and shopfronts along Freret Street between Napoleon and Jackson have followed suit.

Restaurants include the High Hat Cafe (4500 Freret), serving Mississippi and Louisiana-inspired soul food; Ancora (4508 Freret), a pizza and salumeria joint cooking the finest crispy Neopolitan-style pizzas; and The Company Burger (4600 Freret). Hot dog fans should seek out Dat Dog's gourmet dogs (5030 Freret), or refresh with juices or natural New Orleans-style ices called snoballs from Beaucoup Juice (4716 Freret).

Graphic novel fans should check out Crescent City Comics (4916 Freret), and arthounds might enquire within Brottworks for paintings and blown glass ornaments (5110 Freret).