Restaurants

The list keeps growing with the great new restaurants we just added in July 2025. Go on an adventure to places in other neighborhoods or walk from the Chimes to twenty-four nearby locations. We recommend restaurants that we personally enjoy, however, there are far too many to list. Browse the links below to see what dishes appeal to your taste. Variety is on display with price ranges to fit every budget.

Walk to these restaurants from the Chimes B&B 

Baru - Wake up your taste buds with Latin Caribbean tapas, divine cocktails, Dinner Mon.-Sat.  .4 miles *

Bistro Daisy - Perfect everything, beautiful atmosphere, a Chimes favorite  1.5 miles *

Bouligny Tavern - Wine, cocktails, and special small plates .4 miles

Café Atchafalaya - Brunch Thursday-Monday, dinner nightly. Excellent food. .8 miles

Casamento’s - Famous neighborhood oyster bar, open Sept.-May only .4 miles

Coquette - Locally sourced, creative contemporary southern cuisine 1.0 miles

Costera Restaurant - Spanish influenced, very well done .8 miles

Dat Dog - Gourmet hot dogs, veggie, and vegan too .7 miles

Guy's Po-Boys 1.1 miles

Joey K's - Louisiana & Cajun food -  .9 miles

La Boulangerie -  Best bakery for breakfast and lunch. Pastries served at the Chimes are from here *

La Petite Grocery - Bistro style, Louisiana food, James Beard Award Winner. .4-miles *

Miss Shirley's Chinese Restaurant - Amazing!  1 mile

Osteria Lupo - Northern Italian handmade pastas, small pizza, good drinks. Sit at the bar .6 Miles

Pomelo Thai - Authentic handmade Thai cusine, intimate, BYO alcohol  .3 miles

Rum House - Caribbean food with Rum drink specials (1/2 price on Tuesdays) .8 miles

Shaya - Modern Israeli cuisine, James Beard Award Winner; Reserve or walk-in .3 miles

St. James Cheese Co. - Salads, charcuterie plate, sandwiches, and cheeses galore. .8 miles

Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar - Brunch Sat.-Sun., Oyster bar, Happy Hour 4:00-6:30, all good .5 miles

Saffron - Modern Indian, well-done .3 miles

For Breakfast in the Neighborhood

Bearcat Cafe - Something better than just breakfast 1.3 mile walk *

The Vintage Restaurant - Breakfast is served all day .8-mile walk

Slim Goodies - Breakfast until 3 pm .7 mile walk

Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar - Exceptional brunch menu, service begins at 11:00 am .6 miles

Ruby Slipper Cafe - Breakfast until 3 pm (they deliver) 1.1-mile walk

Local Coffee Shops

Trumpet and Drum - Super fun shop with great coffee, 2 minute walk, .4 miles

CR Coffee - Also, great coffee and bites for breakfast 2 minute walk, .5 miles

For Dessert in the Neighborhood

Hansen’s Sno-Blitz - Making sno-ball flavors since 1939 1.0 miles

Lucy Boone Ice Cream - Ice cream made on the premises (an easy walk from the Chimes) .7 miles *

Creole Creamery - Handmade ice cream, usual and unique flavors .9 miles *

Sucre' - Hand spun Gelato, specialty chocolates, and French Macarons .9 miles

Take a Street Car, Lyft or Uber to These Places

Bacchanal Wine - Backyard tables, live jazz, good wine, tapas 5.4 miles

Jewel of the South - Off the tourist path in the french quarter - award-winning cocktails & food 3.3 miles *

Cochon - House-made meats and sausages 2.4 miles

Boucherie - A hidden gem uptown, street car ride 3.1 miles

Katie's - Diners, drive-ins, and dives found it before we did, street car 4.0 miles

Parkway Tavern - Po-Boys, Catfish, Seafood, and sides 4.1 miles

Paladar511 - Housemade pasta, pizza and Gulf seafood 6.3 miles

Patois - small neighborhood spot, great food, and atmosphere 1.9 miles

Jacques-imo’s - Quirky, original, Creole food, take the St. Charles Ave. streetcar 3.3 miles

Crabby Jack’s - Out of the mainstream of tourists. Transportation needed 4.6 miles

Café Degas - When visiting City Park or NOMA, eat here 4.8 miles

Avenue Pub - Sports Bar, food and spirits, street car 1.8 miles

Whole Food Market - Bring something back to eat in the Chimes courtyard 1.4 miles