Spending time in Marigny? Get to know this New Orleans neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a cafe to a treat shop.
Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Marigny, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results.
1. New Orleans Cake Café & Bakery
Topping the list is bakery and breakfast and brunch spot New Orleans Cake Café & Bakery, which offers coffee and tea and more. Located at 2440 Chartres St., it's the highest-rated business in the neighborhood, boasting 4.5 stars out of 668 reviews on Yelp.
This family-run spot has a large menu with sandwiches, eggs, soup, salad and seafood options. For breakfast, look for the healthy grits with roasted veggies topped with goat cheese on a bed of stone-ground yellow grits, as well as the boudin and eggs on a bed of stone-ground yellow grits with a biscuit. Diners who still have room for dessert after their meal can get a cupcake from the bakery. (Check out the full menu here.)
2. Shank Charcuterie
Next up is butcher, breakfast and brunch and traditional American spot Shank Charcuterie, situated at 2352 St. Claude Ave. With five stars out of 43 reviews on Yelp, it's proven to be a local favorite.
This spot specializes in house-cured meats. Lunch menu favorites include the pulled pork sliders with white barbecue sauce, the pimento cheeseburger and the charcuterie plate with cheese, accouterments and crostini. The full-service butcher shop also offers customers beef, pork and poultry cuts along with a selection of smoked meats. (Find the full menu here.)
3. Loretta's Authentic Pralines
Bakery and candy store Loretta's Authentic Pralines is another top choice. Yelpers give the business, located at 2101 N. Rampart, five stars out of 119 reviews.
This shop specializes in New Orleans’s signature pecan candy, but it also has a full menu of pastries and savory options too. On the menu, look for up to nine different beignet choices, including traditional, chocolate, bacon & sausage and crab, as well as muffins, cake and other baked goods. The restaurant also has a Friday lunch menu with fried catfish, gumbo, grilled shrimp and more. (Explore the menu here.)
4. Paladar 511
Paladar 511, a New American and breakfast and brunch spot that offers pizza and more, is another much-loved neighborhood go-to, with 4.5 stars out of 387 Yelp reviews. Head over to 511 Marigny St., Suite A, to see for yourself.
According to the business's website, Paladar 511 features "housemade pastas, pizza, gulf seafood and seasonal local produce." Brunch favorites include the spicy breakfast pizza with spicy San Marzano tomato sauce, farm eggs, mascarpone and wild arugula, the lemon ricotta pancakes with house-made blueberry compote and maple syrup and the Korean steak and eggs with braised short ribs, shiitake mushrooms, rice and a fried egg. (Check out the full menu here.)
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