The SA-ZAR-SA-RAC

For our final evening in the Big Easy we wanted to eat as much as possible. So as soon as we got off our tour bus, we went to Stanley's. If you live in Memphis you may have eaten at Stella's (which may be closed now?). This is the same owner?chef? restauranteur? whatever you would call it... We didn't want a full dinner, so that we could eat again (first world problems, I know) so we split an entree of po'boy sampler. There was an oyster, Korean BBQ, and club. And that is the order of tastiness. They also had the local beer, Abita, in the strawberry variety. MMMM.

From there we headed to Cafe Du Monde for tasty, famous beignets. They were very, very tasty!

Then we hit up the hotel to freshen up and prepare for second supper. Our dinner reservations weren't until 9pm, so we would be slightly hungry again, so we decided to grab a drink while waiting. A friend had told us the famous New Orleans Sazerac, the oldest cocktail in America, was created at the Roosevelt Hotel, only three blocks away! So we hit the lobby bar.

A nice bartender quickly concocted the Sazerac, which I let Matt order for us because I still can not actually pronounce what I drank.

I was a little peeved though, because the bartender handed us our drinks and quickly fled. He was very obviously not interested in telling the historic story, for the 800th time. Luckily another bartender came by that obliged me, we tipped him. Even though it really wasn't much of a story. Just that dr.'s used to prescribe one of the ingredients for digestion trouble and then someone mixed it with whiskey. The end. 

We finished our drinks and headed to Palace Cafe on Canal St. On the walk I saw this church and just loved it.

So at Palace Cafe, you can add crab meat to any order. ANY ORDER. Just letting you know. Since it was our fourth meal of the day (Court of two sisters, Stanley's, Cafe Du Monde, Palace Cafe) and even scarier, our eighth meal in under 30 hours, we decided to split an appetizer of crawfish and goat cheese. Don't worry though, we had our own entree's, we're not crazy. I had some kind of wonderful ravioli crab thing for my entree and Matt had a pork dish. And then we split the most amazing Creme Brulee' ever for dessert. Sorry no pictures, totally forgot. Apparently after a sazerac your brain doesn't process as quickly....so weird?

After an amazing day fully immersed in the New Orleans culture, we finally walked back to our hotel (luckily right next door) and crashed.

Final day= City Grocery and City Park