Top Choice Clothing in Uptown & Riverbend
Yvonne La Fleur
They don’t make them like this anymore – neither the clothes, millinery, lingerie nor Yvonne herself, a businesswoman who has outfitted generations of local ladies for weddings, debuts and race days. She makes her o…
Top Choice Music in Downtown
Third Man Records
Top Choice Art in Downtown
Hatch Show Print
Top Choice Antiques in French Quarter
MS Rau Antiques
With a massive 30,000-sq-ft showroom, and after a century of doing business, MS Rau ranks among New Orleans’ most venerated dealers of antiques. It’s all a bit serious – these are the sort of frosty antiques that re…
Top Choice Vintage in Midtown & the Victorian District
House of Strut
Our favorite vintage shop in town occupies the sprawling 1st floor of an old Victorian home, where each room is thoughtfully curated with unique, hand-picked fashion finds that are also available for rent. The space…
Top Choice Cosmetics in French Quarter
Fifi Mahony's
New Orleans is the most costume-crazy city in the USA, and Fifi Mahony's is the place to go to don a wig. There's a stunning selection of hairpieces here that runs the gamut from the glittered to the beehived, prese…
Top Choice Music in East Side
Criminal Records
This throwback record store is stacked wall to wall with a library's worth of new pop, soul, jazz and metal, on CD or vinyl. They have a fun music-related book section, and a great collection of comic books and grap…
Top Choice Music in Uptown & Riverbend
Peaches Records & Tapes
Peaches has been around since 1975, doing the holy work of promoting, cataloging and marketing the best in local New Orleans music. Once in the French Quarter and now on Magazine St, it's a must-see for anyone who w…
Top Choice Food & Drinks in Parris Island, St Helena Island & Hunting Island
Carolina Cider Company & Superior Coffee
This must-stop shop between Beaufort and Hunting Island State Park is known for its wealth of housemade ciders (peach, blackberry, blueberry etc), but beyond that it's just a happening local spot for all kinds of Lo…
Top Choice Arts & Crafts in Uptown & Riverbend
Potsalot
Owners Alex and Cindy Williams, who have made and sold pottery from their Magazine St shop since 1993, call their exquisite creations functional art. Their unique, personally tested pieces, made for use in the kitch…