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The French Market (French: Marché français) is a market and series of commercial buildings spanning six blocks in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as a Native American trading post predating European colonization, the market is the oldest of its kind in the United States. [ 1 ]
Le Petit Théâtre Du Vieux Carré is a small professional theatre in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Le Petit was founded in 1916, when a group of amateur theatre -lovers began putting on plays in the drawing room of one of the members.
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (UK: /ˌvjɜː kəˈreɪ/; US: /vjə kəˈreɪ/; [4] French: [vjø kaʁe]), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans ( French : Nouvelle-Orléans ) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville , the city developed around the Vieux Carré ("Old ...
The E Street Cinema in Washington, D.C., opened a bar. The Bethesda Row Cinema [24] in Maryland, located outside of Washington, D.C., was completely renovated in May 2013 with new, reserved seating in all eight auditoriums and a full-service bar featuring local brews and film-themed cocktails. Located in downtown Highland Park, Chicago ...
Royal Street (French: Rue Royale; Spanish: Calle Real) is a street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.It is one of the original streets of the city, dating from the early 18th century, and is known today for its antique shops, art galleries, and hotels.
Rampart Street (French: rue du Rempart) is a historic avenue located in New Orleans, Louisiana.. North Rampart Street tiles, Marigny neighborhood. The section of Rampart Street downriver from Canal Street is designated as North Rampart Street, which forms the inland or northern border of the French Quarter (Vieux Carre).
This building, a two-story French Quarter mansion at 417 Royal Street constructed in 1795, was built for Don José Faurie and later housed the Banque de la Louisiane, the first bank in Louisiana. From 1841 to 1891, the mansion had been owned by the Morphy family, with Paul Morphy , the celebrated chess player and unofficial world chess champion ...
K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen was a Cajun and Creole restaurant in the French Quarter owned by Paul Prudhomme that closed in 2020. [1] [2] Prudhomme and his wife Kay Hinrichs Prudhomme opened the restaurant in 1979. The restaurant is “credited with helping put New Orleans on the culinary map” and popularizing Cajun cuisine. [3]