If you don't have enough time to visit every historic or entertaining African American site, take along this guide and catch the highlights.
New Orleans is known for its rich French and Spanish culture, but as many locals can tell you, the city's African American culture is just as rich and equally significant. The majority of the city's half-a-million residents is of African American descent and represents some of the most unique qualities of the city.
For a quick tour of the city's Black culture, start in the historic Faubourg Treme neighborhood. Located right outside the French Quarter, Treme is the oldest, urban African American neighborhood in the country. Treme features blocks of historic architecture as well as great museums and restaurants. While in Treme, start with breakfast at the local favorite Two Sisters Kitchen.
After filling up, be sure to stop at the New Orleans African American Museum on Governor Nicholls Street and the Backstreet Cultural Museum on St. Claude, where you will find the best history of jazz funerals and Mardi Gras Indian tribes. Before leaving the area, take a stroll through Armstrong Park and visit the historic Congo Square, where slaves were allowed to express their ethnic roots during Sunday dancing. This neighborhood, immediately adjacent to the French Quarter, is almost purely residential. With few commercial establishments, tourist traffic is modest, so bring a friend.
When leaving Treme, you might head the opposite direction to the New Orleans Museum of Art which has one of the South's most impressive collections of African Art, as well as fine and decorative arts of the region, including the works of many African American self-taught artists such as Sister Gertrude Morgan, Clementine Hunter, David Butler, and Willie White. Contemporary African American Artists shown there include John Scott, Willie Burch, Jeff Cook, John Biggers, Jacob Lawrence, and Romare Bearden.
The museum also contains a nationally recognized collection of photography including an encyclopedic sampling of some of photographs representing the history of photography. African American photographers include Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, and James VanDerZee. The Sidney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden also includes an important work by African American artist Allison Saar.
One of the oldest markets in the city used to be found at the corner of Dorgenois St. and Esplanade Avenue. It was a Native American trading site. A church is based in the structure located there now, which was originally built during the WPA to be a public market. Between this structure and Broad Street are located the beginnings of a shopping district with a decidedly African and Caribbean accent where a traditional Creole neighborhood shopping district once stood. The One Love at 1430 N. Dorgenois shop sells tie dyed and other colorfully decorated shirts and African clothing, framed paintings and prints, Rasta and Reggae supplies, ethnic jewelry, incense, black soap, shea butter and other African and Caribbean export items.
At 2523 Bayou Road the Community Book Center has become a major book store, reading room and community activity center specializing in African and African American books. At 1464 N. Broad Street, Positive Vibrations offers an eclectic mix of African and African American related jewelry, clothing, accessories and other ethnic specialty items. Positive Vibrations owner Milton Carr is also a well informed tour guide who specializes in African American history in New Orleans.
For a more in-depth look at historical documents and archives, head uptown toward the University Area. On Tulane University's campus you can find the Amistad Research Center and the Hogan Jazz Archives. The Amistad Center is the nation's premiere research facility for African American culture, with over a million manuscripts and papers and a great collection of African art. It is one of the city's greatest resources, although not well known by locals. The Hogan Jazz Archive features an extensive collection of recorded and printed music, videos and photographs, including specialties from the personal collection of renowned local jazz artists.
Before dinner, take a quick ride to another part of town and visit the Gentilly neighborhood. Here you will find homes in a variety of styles popular during the 1930's when this area developed, including Italianate, California Bungalow and Tudor. This area has become an important middle class African American residential area. Gentilly is not a typical tourist area, but offers some important hidden gems, like the beautiful campus of historic Dillard University. Dillard's campus was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. The St. Roch Cemetery is the final resting place of numerous New Orleans musicians, including the legendary Professor Longhair, and Moses Hogan, one of America's leading spiritual music producers.
Coming back toward Esplanade, on Broad Street, is Pampy's Creole Kitchen, a lovely, elegant place to stop for dinner after a long day of sightseeing. If you are really hungry, try the Pampy's Platter, a huge plate towering with fried soft-shell crab, shrimp, oysters, crawfish and French fries. This is a great restaurant for people watching, since most of the African American people to watch wine and dine at this contemporary styled watering hole. Also on the way back into the hotel district, is Dooky Chase Restaurant, at Orleans Street, is the other and more traditional food emporium for the African American community. Chef Leah Chase is well known to all New Orleanians for her excellent traditional New Orleans food. This is a coat and tie style restaurant, though they are not required. Ms. Chase has an important collection of Jacob Lawrence paintings and stained glass windows on display here. Her gumbo is one of the best in the city.
Without leaving these downtown neighborhoods, you can roll right into a great night of live music at clubs in and around the Treme area include Joe's Cozy Corner, Donna's, Funky Butt, Snug Harbor, Café Brazil and Sweet Loraine's and the many other drinking holes that offer live entertainment on Frenchman Street.
Faubourg Treme Located adjacent to the French Quarter, the historic Treme neighborhood is the oldest African-American neighborhood in the United States. Since its initial settlement in the 1700s, former slaves and free persons of color purchased land and property in this area. Treme has been the home of many of New Orleans' most notable black residents and continues to display the richness of New Orleans' African-American culture. Second line parades and funeral marches are common occurrences in the area, and jazz and blues music can be heard all hours at neighborhood clubs like Joe's Cozy Corner. The New Orleans African American Museum, the Backstreet Cultural Museum and Armstrong Park all call Treme home.
Armstrong Park Congo Square North Rampart Street
Along the edge of the Treme neighborhood is Armstrong Park, a local gathering place named for New Orleans' most famous jazzman, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. A statue of Armstrong holding his beloved instrument stands in the center of the park amidst the splendid oak trees, winding lagoons, and historic structures. Within the park is Congo Square, once the Sunday gathering place for New Orleans slaves in the early to mid 1800s. Today these traditional slave gatherings are remembered through the many cultural and music festivals that take place in the park.
Flint-Goodridge Hospital (now Flint Goodridge Apartments) 2425 Louisiana
Avenue Today's Flint-Goodridge Apartments was yesterday's Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University, a state-of-the-art medical facility that provided care for New Orleans' African American residents during the Civil Rights Era. New Orleans' first three black mayors-Dutch Morial, Sidney Barthelemy, and Marc Morial were Flint-Goodridge babies. The hospital opened its doors on Louisiana Avenue in 1932. During the time of its establishment, African-American doctors and medical students were not allowed to practice in most of the city's hospitals. Flint-Goodridge Hospital became the one place that black doctors could practice their profession. Although financial woes forced the hospital to close in 1983, its place in local African-American history was already established.
Xavier University 1 Drexel Drive 486- 7411 www.xula.edu
Xavier University is the only Black Catholic college in the United States. Founded by St. Katharine Drexel in 1925, Xavier has continued to be one of the most prodigious historic black universities in the nation. The easily recognizable campus blends Gothic Revival style architecture with some of the most notable modern buildings in New Orleans-all of which are topped with bright green roofs. Xavier is known for its strong science and pharmacy programs, which often top college ranking lists, but is a good place for a well-rounded education in any field.
Dillard University 2601 Gentilly Blvd. 283-8822 www.dillard.edu
Its lush green lawns and classical style buildings make Dillard University one of the most beautiful college campuses in New Orleans. In fact, its timeless architecture was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. Named after James Hardy Dillard, a pioneer in the education of African Americans in the South, Dillard University was formed in 1930 when two local colleges, New Orleans University and Straight College, merged into one. Classes began on the Gentilly campus in September 1935. Since then,
Dillard has remained one of the city's finest institutions of higher education.
Historic St. Peter AME Church 1201 Cadiz Street 891-3488
The worshippers at St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church make up the oldest Black congregation in New Orleans. Local African Americans have been attending services here since before the Civil War, when its Uptown neighborhood was known as Jefferson City (and the church was Jefferson City Methodist Episcopal).
St. Augustine Catholic Church 1210 Governor Nicholls Street
St. Augustine Catholic Church and Parish were established in 1841 for the residents of the surrounding Treme community. Since then, St. Augustine has remained one of the most important church communities in the African American community. Popular parish priest, Father Jerome LeDoux leads the lively Sunday jazz mass that St. Augustine is known for.
Corpus Christi Catholic Church and School 2022 St. Bernard Avenue 945-8931
Corpus Christi Parish, established in New Orleans' historic 7th Ward neighborhood in 1915, is the largest African American Catholic Parish in the United States. Corpus Christi School has been educating local youth since 1917, and is still staffed by its founding Sisters of the Holy Family, a Black Catholic order.
A. P. Tureaud Civil Rights Park intersection of A. P. Tureaud and St. Bernard Avenues
The small, triangular shaped park at the intersection of A. P. Tureaud Avenue and St. Bernard Avenue in the 7th Ward is named in honor of local African American attorney and Civil Rights activist A. P. Tureaud. Tureaud fought for the desegregation of New Orleans Public Schools and was responsible for the integration of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Tureaud also proposed legislation that allowed the state's African American teachers to receive pay equal to those of whites. A. P. Tureaud Civil Rights Park features a plaque declaring his importance to the city's African American community.
Autocrat Club 1725 St. Bernard Avenue 945-9642
Although it is often known for the infa mous "paper bag test" it used in the 1950s to restrict entry to light-skinned Blacks, the Autocrat Club remains one of the city's most respected neighborhood institutions. Long a staple of 7th Ward culture, the Autocrat still sponsors Friday night fish fries and Saturday dances. The Autocrat is also a popular spot for parties and wedding receptions.
The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club 732 North Broad 827-1661
The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club is the city's oldest and most well known African American Carnival clubs. Although its is generally known for its traditional Mardi Gras day parade and preceding ball – which always features entertainment by the country's biggest stars – the Zulu Club is just as much a community and civic organization as it is a Carnival krewe. The club donates Christmas dinner baskets to needy local residents, participates in the Adopt-a-School program, gives to the Southern University Scholarship Fund and takes part in numerous of charity events and neighborhood organizations. Zulu's Broad Street headquarters is painted in its signature black and gold colors and is often filled with members organizing their numerous events. The "Walter Coulon Memorabilia Center," named for a deceased club member, offers souvenirs for members of visitors.
Ernie K-Doe's Mother-in-Law Lounge 1500 North Claiborne Avenue 947-1078
The late entertainer Ernie K. Doe's flamboyant spirit lives on in his Mother-in-Law Lounge, now run by his widow, Antoinette. K-Doe's image adorns the exterior of the building in brightly painted murals and a wax sculpture inside lets the master continue to reign over his home.
New Orleans African American Museum of Art, Culture and History 1418 Gov. Nicholls Street 529-2976 www.noaam.org. Open by appointment. Admission: $5 adults, $4 children 17 and under, $3 seniors 65 and older. Free admission for Louisiana residents of Tuesdays.
Located on a prominent corner in the historic Treme neighborhood, the New Orleans African American Museum proudly exhibits the culture of the city's African American population. Opened in the 1990s, the museum is housed in the historic Villa Melleiur House and gallery complex. Its goal is to "preserve, promote, present, and interpret the lives, history and communities of New Orleans." African art, exquisite architecture, and local flavor combine to make a trip to the African American Museum an educational, entertaining, and enlightening experience.
Backstreet Cultural Museum 1116 St. Claude 522-4806 www.backstreetculturalmuseum.com. Open 10 am to 5pm Tuesday through Saturday.
The Backstreet Cultural Museum is one attraction that is truly and uniquely New Orleans. With permanent exhibits dedicated to Mardi Gras Indians, Traditional Jazz Funerals, and Second Line Parades, one can't get any closer to the essence of New Orleans' African American culture. Take a museum tour, sign up for an educational workshop, or if you are lucky, catch a live performance by a Mardi Gras Indian or neighborhood brass band. The Backstreet Museum also has a calendar of when annual second line parades take place, so make sure you check to see if one will be in the area while you are in town.
Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint 400 Esplanade Avenue 568-6968. Open Tuesday through Saturday 9am to 5pm. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors, children 12 and under free. AAA members get 20% discount.
The Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint may not be the liveliest of New Orleans museums, but it still puts on a good show. The museum features memorabilia that traces the history of jazz from its smalltime roots to its internationally recognized present. Instruments and sheet music from local jazz greats are on display and real jazz aficionados can even listen to vintage New Orleans Jazz Club radio broadcasts. The Jazz Museum is a good place to step inside and cool off after a few hours of browsing the neighboring French Market.
Amistad Research Center Tulane University, Tilton Hall 6823 St. Charles Avenue 865-5535. Open Monday through Saturday 9am to 4:30pm.
The award-winning Amistad Research Center was housed at Fisk University in Tennessee and our local Dillard University before moving to Tilton Hall at Tulane University in 1987. The Amistad Center is one of the nation's foremost research facilities dedicated to African American history and the African Diaspora. The Amistad Center features the Aaron Douglas Art Collection as well as a manuscript collection that contains more than ten million documents recording African American history from slavery to the Civil Rights movement, race relations and popular culture. Research and writings by African Americans of all social, educational and religious backgrounds are included in this collection of papers. The Amistad Center has been a source for numerous books, articles, and film interpretations. Information is plenty here, but the rules are strict. IDs are required, no bags or cell phones are allowed and ink is absolutely forbidden.
Hogan Jazz Archives Tulane University, Jones Hall Freret Street 865-5688. Open Monday through Friday 9am to 4:45pm.
The Hogan Jazz Archive is part of the Special Collections Division of Tulane's Howard Tilton Memorial Library. It is the best local place to gain access to recorded music, photographs, videos, manuscripts and oral histories of New Orleans Jazz. Books, periodicals, encyclopedias and discographies line the shelves of the archives, and some of the city's most famous jazz musicians have donated memorabilia and other artifacts from their own private collections.
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum 724 Dumaine 523-7685 Open daily from 10am to dusk. Admission: $6, children under 5 free. Special rates for students, seniors, military and young children.
Many people come to New Orleans looking for something that represents Voodoo. Well, the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum is the place to find that something, plus a little bit more. Believed to be the only museum in the world dedicated to Voodoo, the New Orleans Voodoo Museum teaches visitors about the traditional practices of the Voodoo religion in New Orleans. A tour of the museum provides the history of Voodoo, tales of the city's Voodoo practitioners, and a look at artifacts from the infamous Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau. Tickets are available to annual Voodoo Rituals held on St. John's Eve (June 23) and Halloween. Don't be afraid; come on in. And ask one of the guides to make a special gris-gris bag for you on your way out.
BAND-Black Arts National Diaspora, Inc. 1530 North Claiborne Avenue 949-2263. Gallery open Monday through Friday 10am to 6pm, Saturday 9am to 2pm.
BAND's 17,000-square-foot North Claiborne Avenue facility is an educational and social center which teaches African history, culture and traditions, while also reaching out to the community with programs on conflict resolution, drug prevention and economic development. BAND's gallery features not only art exhibits, but also educational forums, theater and music performances and local festivals. The museum's permanent collection houses hundreds of African and African American works of art. The staff of BAND welcomes everyone, residents and visitors alike, to stop by to learn something.
Stella Jones Gallery Bank One Center 201 St. Charles Avenue 568-9050 www.stellajones.com. Open Tuesday through Friday 11am to 6pm, Saturday 12 to 5pm and by appointment.
The Stella Jones Gallery is one of the premiere showcases of African American art, including pieces by Elizabeth Catlett, Tayo Adenaike and Richard Hunt. The sophisticated style and atmosphere of this gallery exhibits the work of prominent African American artists in a positive, elegant setting.
La Belle Gallerie 309 Chartres 529-5538 Open daily 10am to 7pm.
La Belle Gallerie exhibits sculptures, paintings and mixed media works by local and national African American artists.
Bruce Brice Gallery New Orleans Centre 1400 Poydras Suite 244 568-0668. Open Monday through Saturday 10am to 8pm, Sunday 12pm to 6pm.
This gallery features the folksy, but always authentic and rich, work of this legendary local artist who documents the neighborhood life and customs of the city.
Visual Jazz Art Gallery 2337 St. Claude 949-9822. Open by appointment only.
Visual Jazz Art Gallery showcases the art of local artist Richard Thomas and his educational art program Pieces of Power. Thomas has painted many posters for the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. His work and the work of his students can also be seen in the huge and magnificent mural at Louis Armstrong International Airport.
Lionel Milton Gallery 1818 Magazine 522-6966.
Lionel Milton has made a fine art form using the stylistic tools of graffiti art. His cartoon based, vivid and energetic work has become popular in the entertainment world and with numerous buyers in the national market. This gallery doubles as a cultural forum for local hip hop, jazz and soul artists to perform and offers cultural exchange programs with African countries. Urban clothing and Mardi Gras posters and memorabilia can also be purchased here.
ASHE Cultural Arts Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. 569-9070 www.ashecac.org
The ASHE Cultural Arts Center is one of the focal points in the resurrection of the Central City neighborhood. ASHE presents visual and performance art by influential African American artists such as New Orleans native Martin Payton and local, community-based theater companies including Chakula Cha Jua Theater Company. ASHE goes beyond just displaying art, though. It also sponsors seminars and lectures that address social and artist issues relevant to its community and the African American community as a whole.
Barrister's Gallery and Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center 1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. 525 2767 www.barristersgallery.com
Barrister's is not your mother's art gallery. Among the African, Haitian and folk art are shrunken heads, animal skulls, tribal artifacts, and scenes from Voodoo rituals. Featured artists include Big Al Taplet, Dr. Bob and Roy Ferdinand. This gallery is exceptional in its presentations, but the faint-hearted should beware.
The Neighborhood Gallery 1410 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. 524-8800
Up-and-coming artists have found a friend in the Neighborhood Gallery. This art center presents the works of new and lesser-known visual and performing artists. The exhibitions here are creative, entertaining and affordable.
Anthony Bean Community Theater 4527 Tchoupitoulas 862-7529 www.anthonybeantheater.com
Anthony Bean is one of the newer, but already highly respected performing artists in town. His work is setting a new standard in the theater community, and attracting new, younger audiences.
Olivier's 204 Decatur 525-7734
One of the most respected African American culinary families offers a taste of family style New Orleans cuisine in the heart of the French Quarter. Traditional menu items include the popular crab cakes, as well as crawfish étouffée. For the more adventurous eater, try the Creole rabbit. After your meal have some peach cobbler; it comes highly recommended.
Dooky Chase 2301 Orleans Avenue 821-0600
Dooky Chase is one of New Orleans' premiere Creole culinary institutions. Everyone from the likes of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King to Stevie Wonder and the Jackson Five has eaten here. Try some of Chef Leah Chase's famous gumbo, fried chicken or shrimp Creole. Colorful artwork by local artists adorns the walls of the restaurant, adding to the sophisticated, yet comfy atmosphere of the dining room. Visit during lunch time for buffet style eating or make reservations for a romantic dinner.
Praline Connection 542 Frenchman Street 943-3934
Located among the many popular jazz clubs along Frenchman Street in the Faubourg Marigny, the Praline Connection is the perfect place to fill your stomach before a long night of dancing. Travel + Leisure Magazine has called the Praline Connection "the hottest spot for cooking in the Southern-Creole mode." It serves up everything from fried soft-shell crawfish, alligator sausage and po-boys to home-style meatloaf, mustard greens and cabbage. If you are having trouble deciding what to order, try a little bit of everything with the "A Taste of Soul Platter," which features file gumbo, red beans and rice, jambalaya, greens, fried chicken, catfish strips and bread pudding. And don't leave without some of the restaurant's namesake: handmade pralines.
Two Sisters Kitchen 223 North Derbigny 524-0056
For red beans Mondays and seafood gumbo Fridays, the perfect place to go is Two Sisters Kitchen, the homey soul food restaurant in Treme. It's only open for breakfast and lunch, but the comfortable, laid-back atmosphere and good food makes Two Sisters a popular spot with both locals and visitors looking for good, home-style cooking. Especially popular are traditional down South menu items like greens, cabbage and cornbread.
Tee Eva's Pies and Pralines 4430 Magazine Street 899-8350
Magazine Street is known for its five-mile stretch of specialty boutiques and antique shops, but one of the most popular stops on Magazine is the small snow-ball stand with the hand painted sign that proclaims Tee Eva's World Famous Pies and Pralines. Tee Eva, who waits on customers herself, is famous for her sugary sweet snow-balls, gourmet pies and homemade pralines, but for a couple of extra dollars try one of her quick, hot lunches which are quickly gaining a following of their own. For less than ten dollars, Tee Eva will fill your plate with jambalaya and sausage, red beans and rice, macaroni and cheese and the vegetable of the day. Who knew you could get exceptional down home cooking from a place with a walk-up window?
Pampy's Creole Kitchen 2005 North Broad Street 949-7970 www.pampyscreolekitchen.com
Don't let the name fool you. Pampy's Creole Kitchen is not a small, hole-in-the-wall restaurant, but rather one of New Orleans' finest Creole eating establishments. Owned by Stan "Pampy" Barre, Pampy's is a hot spot for local residents and celebrities. At lunchtime you can order from the Creole Cookin' menu, which offers traditional favorites like smothered okra, shrimp Creole and grits and grillades. For dinner choose from a more refined menu featuring barbequeshrimp, Trout Meunière and seafood pasta. Pampy recently brought aboard famous New Orleans Creole chef Austin Leslie, too; don’t miss his famous friend chicken.
Dunbar's Creole Cooking 4927 Freret Street 899-0734. Monday through Saturday 7am to 9pm.
Dunbar's Creole Cooking features the best in Creole and Soul food and its laidback atmosphere makes everyone feel comfortable and welcome. The all-youcan-eat for $5.00 price is the best reason to go there. Try their famous chicken and red beans and rice or indulge in a seafood po-boy. If breakfast is in order, choose from the Western omelet or grits and liver.
Zachary's Creole Cuisine 8400 Oak Street 865-1559
Zachary's Creole Cuisine features a menu that runs the gamut from fried chicken, greens and cornbread to Shrimp Remoulade, Catfish Jourdain and Trout Baquet. Located in Carrollton's Riverbend area, Zachary's is a great place to stop after a long day nearby at Audubon Zoo. The attire is casual and the outdoor terrace and patio is lovely on a clear fall evening.
Montrel's Creole Café 4116 Marigny 288-6374. Lunch Monday through Friday, early dinner Monday through Wednesday, dinner Thursday through Saturday.
Montrel's Creole Café is housed in a bright pink building flanked by palm trees and decorated with potted plants and posters of jazz musicians. And the food at Montrel's is just as interesting as the decor. Stewed chicken, pork chops and beans are staples, while Montrel's take on barbeque shrimp – shrimp covered in actual barbeque sauce, rather than the usual butter and garlic – make you look twice. Montrel's is mostly a lunch spot and is worth the drive away from downtown to Gentilly.
Henry's Soul Food 2501 South Claiborne Avenue 821-7757 and 209 North Broad Street 821-8635. Monday through Thursday 7am to 6:30pm, Friday 7am to 8:30pm.
The name says it all. Get breakfast, lunch or an early dinner at Henry's Soul Food.
Café Benet 3925 Washington Avenue 822-1376
This restaurant and catering service has everything from pancakes and sausage to pork chop po-boys to Shrimp Creole. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Café Benet has something to suit every craving.
Adrian's Five Star Bakery 4702 Paris Avenue 283-0069 and 5971 Bullard Avenue www.adrians5starbakery.com. Monday through Saturday 6:30am to 7:30pm. Sunday 6:30am to 4:00pm.
In the few years that Adrian's Five Star Bakery has been in existence, it has become one of the most popular bakeries in New Orleans. Every morning a line of customers wait to get some of Adrian's fresh donuts, pastries and cinnamon rolls. Adrian's also sells wedding cakes and birthday cakes and ships king cakes year round. Its assortment of sugar-free items completes the bakery's items. Adrian's Bakery has something for everyone.
Café Reconcile 1631 Oretha Castle Haley 568-1157 www.cafereconcile.com. Monday through Friday 9am to 2pm.
For the people who work there, Café Reconcile is not only a place eat, but also a place to learn. Café Reconcile is a nonprofit establishment owned by the Learning for a Sustainable Future Foundation (LSF). In collaboration with the St. John Francis Regis Hospitality School, LSF established Café Reconcile to train at-risk teenagers and young adults in the restaurant business. When you sit down for breakfast or lunch at Café Reconcile, know that you are not only eating good food, but also giving back to the community. The daily specials range from red beans to meat pies to crawfish pasta, and the prices are as reasonable as you can get. Both the food and atmosphere at Café Reconcile make for an all-around wonderful experience.
Café Negril 606 Frenchman Street 944- 4744. Lunch Tuesday through Friday 11am to 3pm. Dinner Tuesday through Thursday 6pm to 12am, Friday and Saturday 6pm until.
Jamaican food and Caribbean sounds are the standard at Café Negril. Tucked among the Frenchman street music clubs, Café Negril is the best place to get Jerk Chicken while dancing to the latest reggae sounds. Try Chef Cecil Palmer's goat dishes and coconut rice.
Afro-American Bookstop New Orleans Centre 1400 Poydras 588-1474 and Plaza Mall 5700 Read Blvd. 243-2436
Two locations each offer a large collection of books by African American authors on a variety of subjects related to African and African American history and culture.
Community Book Center 2523 Bayou Road. Open Monday through Saturday 10am to 7pm.
For more than 20 years the Community Book Center has been a neighborhood social and educational center, as well as a book store. Community Book Center sells publishing by African American writers and features an extensive collection of children's and religious books. Also for sale are African arts and crafts, clothing and paintings. The Community Book Center is often used to hold lectures, seminars, workshops and storytelling hours.
Harold Clarke Couturier Atelier 901 Iberville Street 568-0440
Internationally-known couture designer Harold Clarke calls New Orleans his home. His spectacular designs have adorned some the city and count
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