A sandwich from Greenberg’s Deli at New York-New York Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Greenberg’s serves New York-style deli classics such as pastrami, corned beef and Reubens, piled high on rye with a pickle on the side, as pictured here.
It’s a quick, casual option in the middle of the Strip, handy for lunch between shows or before heading next door to Park MGM or the T-Mobile Arena.
Breakfast at Blueberry Hill, a family-run Las Vegas breakfast and lunch spot with several locations around the valley.
It’s a favourite with locals for big portions at reasonable prices, well away from Strip prices. The photo shows a skillet topped with fried eggs.
If you’re staying off-Strip or have a car, a local diner like this is a great way to start a day in Vegas.
Dinner at the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace, often described as the biggest and best-known buffet in Las Vegas.
Bacchanal has hundreds of dishes spread across stations covering seafood, carved meats, Asian, Italian, Mexican and American comfort food, plus a huge dessert section. The photos show some of the plates from this visit.
It’s one of the pricier buffets on the Strip and can have long lines at peak times, so booking a time slot in advance is recommended.
The Seattle Mariners hosted the Houston Astros at T-Mobile Park in July 2024, a matchup between two American League West rivals.
The photos show the view from the stands on a summer afternoon, with the roof open and the field in full sun.
Summer games at T-Mobile Park are among the best ways to spend a day in Seattle, and the ballpark’s concourses are packed with local food options.
The Culver Studios in Culver City, Los Angeles, is one of Hollywood’s historic film lots, founded by silent-film producer Thomas Ince in 1918.
The studio’s colonial-style main building is one of the most recognisable studio facades in Los Angeles, and the lot has been used for productions over more than a century, including scenes from Gone with the Wind. The photo shows the building and front lawn.
Culver City is a good base for exploring the Westside of LA, with plenty of restaurants in its walkable downtown area nearby.
The Steamboat Natchez is an authentic steam-powered sternwheeler that cruises the Mississippi River from the French Quarter in New Orleans.
The boat is known for its steam calliope, which plays tunes that can be heard all along the riverfront before departures. These videos were taken during an April 2024 trip to New Orleans.
Daytime harbour cruises and evening jazz dinner cruises leave from the Toulouse Street Wharf, behind the Jax Brewery building.
The Natchez docks on the Mississippi just off the French Quarter. See the rest of the trip in Five Days of Eating in New Orleans.
Dinner at Deanie’s Seafood in New Orleans, a family-run seafood restaurant with locations in the French Quarter and in Bucktown in Metairie.
Deanie’s is known for generous Louisiana seafood platters, barbecue shrimp and oysters. The photos show chargrilled oysters and other dishes from this meal.
The French Quarter location is on Iberville Street, just off Bourbon Street, which makes it easy to fit into an evening in the Quarter.
Deanie’s was day two of our April 2024 trip. See the whole trip in Five Days of Eating in New Orleans.
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Five days in New Orleans in April 2024, staying on Canal Street at the edge of the French Quarter. We ate chargrilled oysters three different ways, had gumbo at a legendary Tremé restaurant, drank frozen daiquiris on Bourbon Street and learned the history of the Sazerac. Here is the whole trip, day by day.
We arrived on a Sunday evening and went straight to Acme Oyster House on Iberville Street, a block from our hotel. A bag of boiled crawfish, chargrilled oysters, a gumbo and jambalaya platter and boudin balls made a classic first night. More photos are in our Acme Oyster House post, plus a video of the chargrilled oysters.
Breakfast was beignets and coffee at Café Beignet on Bourbon Street. Then we walked to Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral, down to the Moonwalk on the Mississippi and back through the French Quarter’s iron-lace balconies.
Dinner was at Deanie’s Seafood in the French Quarter: a frozen cocktail, two rounds of chargrilled oysters, a huge fried seafood platter and New Orleans barbecue shrimp.
Lunch was at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant on Orleans Avenue in Tremé, the Creole restaurant made famous by Chef Leah Chase. We had gumbo with rice and a shrimp dish with potatoes and peas, plus mac and cheese on the side.
After a Steamboat Natchez cruise we had more chargrilled oysters at Royal House Oyster Bar, then steak and seasoned fries at a French Quarter dinner. We finished with frozen Purple Drank daiquiris on Bourbon Street.
Mother’s Restaurant on Poydras Street has been serving po’ boys and jambalaya for decades, and its walls are covered with framed press clippings. Afterwards we went to the Sazerac House on Canal Street, a free museum about the Sazerac cocktail and New Orleans cocktail history.
We couldn’t leave without one more trip to Acme, this time for a fried seafood po’ boy.
We stayed at the Holiday Inn French Quarter, a few blocks from Bourbon Street and Acme Oyster House. Almost everything on this trip was within walking distance.
Planning your own trip? See our guide to where to eat in the French Quarter, with every New Orleans meal from both of our visits.
Beignets at Café Beignet on Bourbon Street in the New Orleans French Quarter.
Beignets, squares of fried dough buried under powdered sugar, are one of the essential New Orleans treats. Café Beignet’s Bourbon Street location sits next to Musical Legends Park, where live jazz is often playing.
It’s a great alternative when the line at Café du Monde is long, and a good place to sit and take a break from walking the Quarter.
This was day two of our April 2024 trip. See the rest in Five Days of Eating in New Orleans.