The atmosphere wavers between chic and bistro, but the menu is a showcase of intricate combos. Try the chilled sweet corn velouté with avocado and heirloom tomato for a smooth, complex meal. Leer más.
Here, reality lay suspended somewhere between the spic and span patio, with its vertical rolls of paper toweling. The smoky, juicy ribs are worth a slight detour from downtown. Leer más.
Paris’s haute société loves heading to the Boulevard Saint-Germain to devour juicy bacon cheeseburgers at the most American of locales—Ralph Lauren’s chic restaurant. Opening this fall. Leer más.
Here you can enjoy luxury and mountain views, with creek-side accommodations and covered decks furnished with rocking chairs from $290 a night. Leer más.
One of the city's best secondhand stores, it carries clothing, housewares and furniture, some of it dating back to the 1920s. Leer más.
Make a morning stop at Sólo Espresso, beneath the front porch of a house on Poland Avenue. The cortado is creamy and balanced, and pour-over coffee is treated with much seriousness. Leer más.
1,300-acre City Park has made a dramatic recovery since Katrina. Botanical gardens, a carousel and the world's largest grove of mature live oaks are among its highlights. Leer más.
Cure is often ranked among the best lounges in the U.S.; New Orleans classics and house creations are skillfully mixed in a muted room, far removed from the daiquiri mills of Bourbon Street. Leer más.
La Buvette is a grocery and wineshop that sells house-made & artisanal products while the kitchen serves foie gras torchon with preserved cherries and hanger steak with polenta in a tomatillo sauce. Leer más.
Crispy duck tongues and octopus sausage make appearances for the brave of palate. There is a strong cocktail program here. Leer más.
The "Frosty Orange 'Ho-J' " is a decadent, milkshake-for-breakfast choice. If you want to be more virtuous, there's the California eggs benedict. Leer más.
Take a table out by the pool—or better yet, at one of the round turquoise booths. Leer más.
Built in the 1930s by painter Lon Megargee, the inn has 34 rooms in adobe haciendas scattered across sculpture-filled gardens. Leer más.
The beer garden has almost 30 brews on tap, but the smart money goes to the spectacular selection of bourbons, some from the restaurant's own bottling. Leer más.
The wines are chosen and stored with care. An extensive list of wines not just by the glass, but also in half-glass and tasting-size servings, encourages exploration. Leer más.
You can see first editions and letters by authors such as Katherine Anne Porter, Kurt Vonnegut and Tim O'Brien. Faulkner first editions and some of his prizes are also on display. Leer más.
This is Breakfast with a capital B: fluffy omelets, home-smoked meats—try the Tabasco brown-sugar cured bacon—and grits you'll be thinking about for years. Leer más.
The National Trust's tour is engaging and meticulously factual; when guides reveal the source of the stubborn stains on either side of a fireplace on the first floor, you can believe them. Leer más.
Dig into the fried pickles, she-crab soup and maybe a Lowcountry boil, a stew of shrimp, potatoes, sausage and corn. Leer más.
The maple-bacon doughnut studded with you-know-what is irresistible Leer más.
Down a few oysters—fresh on the half-shell or Southern-fried with blue cheese and Buffalo sauce Leer más.
Disregard the barbed wire fence out front and take a seat at the long communal table. Your neighbor may well be an off-duty chef noshing on a banh mi sandwich or the killer PB&J. Leer más.
Park at the wood-paneled bar and order a cocktail made with the restaurant's private-label spirits. (The Southern Mule, with vodka, lime juice and Blenheim ginger beer, has a kick to it.) Leer más.
Also known as the "wedding cake house," it was built in the late 19th century by Martha Williams, whose merchant father gave her the cash to build it on her wedding day. Leer más.
Has all the needlepoint belts, pennant-print boxers and madras jackets your heart might desire Leer más.
Try the trademark "maverick shrimp and grits," a creamy concoction piled with country ham, sausage, tomatoes and green onions. Leer más.
One of the plusher hotel options, with graceful, traditionally furnished rooms and a notoriously good 12-layer coconut cake Leer más.
Don't leave without one of Mr. Vasseur's apple tartlettes—a fine fan of sliced apple spread atop a smear of deeply reduced apple compote on a disk of crunchy pastry. Leer más.
It's acquired a cult following for its bread—try the thick-crusted pain des amis—and fluffy, crispy-tailed croissants. For a perfect breakfast, pick up a couple and head over to Ten Belles. Leer más.
