Where To Eat In New Orleans Late at Night After A Ghost Tour?
Ghost tour is over. Now where? Our guide to late night New Orleans eats will help!
By Leonard Crist, 11/14/2024
It's 10 p.m., your New Orleans ghost tour just ended and you are starving. Where are you going to get a bite to eat? A recent thread in the New Orleans Service & Hospitality Industry Facebook group asked that question, and local service industry workers had some answers.
You know the recommendations are good when they come from the NOLA locals who work in the restaurant and bar industry. Here are the top spots they recommended.
24-Hour Options
Three Legged Dog: Offering round-the-clock food service
400 Burgundy St, New Orleans, LA 70112
https://www.yelp.com/biz/three-legged-dog-new-orleansClover Grill: A classic 24-hour diner in the French Quarter
900 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116
https://www.clovergrill.comVerti Marte: A 24-hour neighborhood eatery serving all-day breakfast, sandwiches, and local specialties
1201 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116
https://vertimartenola.com
Open Until 4-5 AM
Turtle Bay: Serves food until 5 AM, including late-night steaks
1119 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116
https://www.yelp.com/biz/turtle-bay-new-orleansThe Jimani: Kitchen open until 4 AM
141 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130
https://www.thejimani.comCleo's: Open until 5 AM, offering Middle Eastern and vegetarian options
940 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112
https://www.facebook.com/CleosMediterranean/Nola Poboy: Open until 4 AM on Friday & Saturday (closes at midnight/1 AM other nights)
908 Bourbon St, New Orleans, LA 70116
https://nolapoboy.com
Open Until 2-3 AM
Sweet's Meats: Inside Fétiche, open Thursday-Sunday from 6 PM to 4 AM
Inside Fétiche, 817 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70112
https://fetichenola.comBackspace: Open until midnight on weekdays, and until 2 AM on weekends
139 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130
https://www.backspacenola.com
Open Past Midnight
Rampart Treehouse: Pizza until at least midnight, sometimes until 1-2 AM
740 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70116
https://ramparttreehouse.comThe Will & the Way: Food served until midnight
719 Toulouse St, New Orleans, LA 70130
https://thewillandtheway.com
Other Notable Mentions
Quartermaster: Known for serving late
1100 Bourbon St #1A, New Orleans, LA 70116
http://quartermasterdeli.netHoly Ground: Open very late, possibly until around 4 AM
3340 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70119
Holy Ground on YelpDaisy Dukes Express: A casual late-night option
123 Carondelet St, New Orleans, LA 70130
https://www.daisydukesrestaurant.com
I myself am a tour guide who works in the French Quarter at night on a regular basis. I personally can attest to Turtle Bay being a great spot for late night bar food (and their steaks hit the spot on a budget). Verti Marte is a classic location too, catty corner from the LaLaurie Mansion, but it’s strictly to go orders there.
And one last pick: Service industry folks usually don’t recommend it, but Oceana Grill, at 739 Conti, is usually open until 1 a.m. They serve many of the Cajun and Creole staples that visitors are looking to try. Okay okay, so they were on Kitchen Nightmares one time… They’ve cleaned up their act since (we think…we hope). Here’s what I can say: Gators and Ghosts had Oceana cater our Christmas Party a couple years back and the food was hit. So I dunno; your mileage may vary but I like it.
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Leonard Crist is co-owner and founder of Gators and Ghosts, a New Orleans concierge tour agency specializing in swamp, ghost, and city tours. He works part time a couple nights a week as a tour guide in the French Quarter (you can find him occasionally leading the Ghost and Vampire French Quarter Walking Tour). In the day, he’s often giving advice and booking reservations at Gators and Ghosts’ one-stop tour shop located at 728 St. Louis Street in the French Quarter. He has a degree in journalism, plays guitar (badly), and loves hanging out with his kids.