New Orleans/ Food & Drinks
Published on October 21, 2019
The 3 best grocery stores in New OrleansCentral Grocery & Deli. | Photo: Stephanie T./Yelp

Looking to check out the top grocery stores around?

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top grocery stores in New Orleans, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to venture next time you're in the market for grocery stores.

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1. Central Grocery & Deli

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First on the list is Central Grocery & Deli. Located at 923 Decatur St. in the French Quarter, the market and deli, which offers sandwiches and more, is the most popular grocery store in New Orleans, boasting four stars out of 1,609 reviews on Yelp.

2. Rouses Market

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The French Quarter's Rouses Market, located at 701 Royal St., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the grocery store four stars out of 310 reviews.

3. Quarter Grocery & Deli

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Quarter Grocery & Deli, a French Quarter grocery store and deli that offers sandwiches and more, is another much-loved go-to, with 4.5 stars out of 79 Yelp reviews. Head over to 836 Burgundy St. to see for yourself.

Deciding when to check out the top spots above? Fridays tend to be the busiest days of the week for consumer spending at food and beverage shops across the New Orleans area, while Sundays are least busy, according to data on local business transactions from Womply, a provider of online reputation management and business health for small businesses. Last year, average daily transactions at food and beverage shops climbed to 31 per business on Fridays, compared to 25 daily transactions on average on Sundays.


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