Dining and Tourism

If you’re in town by Wednesday evening for our opening roof-top cash-bar reception on February 20, don’t miss the short invited talk by anthropologist David Beriss of the University of New Orleans. His topic is “Can Restaurants Save New Orleans?”

“Some people eat to live, but New Orleanians live to eat.”

Click here for a description of several excellent New Orleans restaurants, all within walking (or cheap taxi) distance of the Le Pavillon conference hotel.

“By the standards of grammar and by the grace of God, New Orleans is the unique American place.” - Charles Kuralt, from Charles Kuralt’s America.

Click here for ideas of “What to Do” in New Orleans.

Voluntourism
Click here for descriptions of several opportunities to volunteer, assisting in the recovery of New Orleans, including contact information.

Hotel Restaurant
The Le Pavillon Hotel's award-winning restaurant ("Crystal Room") was described in Zagat 2007's survey: "A classy elegant address for power meals, especially at midday, thanks to a newly enhanced lunch buffet whose Creole-New France fare is fit for a king (and worth the expense)."

Jazz Restaurant
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