French Quarter History

Some Liked It Hot: Open-Hearth Cooking In Emerante Hermann’s 1830s Kitchen

By: Sally ReevesCome see the open-hearth cooking demonstrations at the Hermann-Grima HouseNineteenth century foodways are on the menu Thursdays in season at the open-hearth kitchen of the historic Hermann-Grima House on St. Louis Street. Where Samuel and Emerante Hermann's enslaved cooks...

Is the French Quarter French? Or Spanish?

By: Sally ReevesSpanish Influences: Memorial Signage of Original Spanish Street Names, Arched Entresol Building Design, Mezzanine & Courtyard View, and a Covered Courtyard EntrywayThe age-old battle between the French and Spanish influence on New Orleans lives on. An...

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French Quarter History

French Quarter History consists of over 200 years of characters, chaos, and intrigue. From the Faubourg Marigny and Treme to the Mississippi River any history buff will be fulfulled here. Take a walking history tour or a Haunted New Orleans tour to find out much about the Historic French Quarter. Make sure to educate yourself on the Cabildo and the Spanish Quarter and of course, stop in St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square and see the original Louisiana Purchase. While you are here, take a moment to remember the devastation of Katrina. Take a Katrina Education Tour. And then round your trip out with some great jazz music and listen to the greats like Louis Armstrong or some of the new cats like The Marsalis family, Trombone Shorty and Kermit Ruffins to name a few.