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An independent guide to shopping New Orleans, from Royal Street antiques and the French Market to Magazine Street, Frenchmen Street and Canal Place. Independently run. Updated weekly.

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Explore the city

Every neighborhood has its own personality.

Eight shopping districts, from Royal Street's antique dealers and a riverside market that dates to 1791 to six miles of Magazine Street and the galleries of Julia Street.

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Antiques & galleries

Royal St

The French Quarter's antiques and gallery row, running from the hotel blocks near Canal Street to the quieter residential stretch toward Esplanade. Best for serious antiques, estate jewelry and fine art, with a few boutiques mixed in.

Antiques · Estate jewelry · Fine art

French Quarter shopping district in New Orleans
Markets & specialty shops

French Quarter

French Market · Food gifts · Jackson Square

The Quarter's shopping off Royal: the French Market and its flea market along Decatur, the shops facing Jackson Square, and Chartres and Decatur Street specialty stores. Best for local food gifts, souvenirs, books, perfume and New Orleans-made goods.

Lower Magazine & Garden District shopping district in New Orleans
Vintage & local labels

Lower Magazine

Vintage · Local labels · Antiques

The Lower Garden District and Irish Channel stretch of Magazine Street, from Felicity St up to Louisiana Ave, packed with vintage shops, antiques, local labels and small boutiques. It suits browsers who want New Orleans brands, costumes and secondhand finds along a walkable stretch of about two miles.

Uptown Magazine Street shopping district in New Orleans
Galleries & boutiques

Uptown Mag

Boutiques · Jewelers · Galleries

Magazine Street from Louisiana Ave up toward Audubon Park, where galleries, menswear, jewelers, antiques and long-running family stores line a residential stretch. It suits shoppers after local designers, gifts and art more than chains.

Frenchmen & Marigny shopping district in New Orleans
Art markets & records

Marigny

Frenchmen Street and the Faubourg Marigny and Bywater just downriver of the Quarter, known for night-time art markets, music shops and St. Claude Avenue's artist-run spaces. Best for handmade art, records and costume finds.

Warehouse District shopping district in New Orleans
Galleries & museums

Warehouse

The Arts District between Lafayette Square and the Convention Center, where Julia Street's galleries sit near the city's big museums and the downtown end of Magazine Street. Best for art buyers and museum-shop gifts.

Canal Place & Riverwalk shopping district in New Orleans
Luxury & outlets

Canal/Riverwalk

Luxury brands · Outlets · Riverfront

The foot of Canal Street pairs the Shops at Canal Place, home to Louis Vuitton, Tiffany and a cluster of watch boutiques, with the Outlet Collection at Riverwalk on the Mississippi. It suits visitors staying at downtown hotels or waiting on a cruise.

Suburban mall

Lakeside

Department stores · Apple & Sephora · Metairie

Metairie's Lakeside Shopping Center, anchored by Dillard's, Macy's and JCPenney, with more than 100 stores. It is where locals go for Apple, Sephora and the first Louisiana stores of brands like Aritzia, Alo and Mango.

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At a glance

Galleries, ferns and brass bands. We added the shopping.

The Quarter, Frenchmen Street, Canal Place and the Warehouse District are a short walk apart; Magazine Street is a streetcar or bus ride uptown. Tap a pin to see what's there.

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The New Orleans story

Shopping here since 1791.

A market by the river since 1791, the oldest continuously running streetcar line in the world and a cathedral square laid out in 1721 are all a short ride apart.

  1. 1791

    The market opens by the river

    Part of the French Market site has been a market since 1791; its oldest structures date to about 1813, and it now spans six blocks with shops, food stalls and a weekend flea market.

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  2. 1835

    The St. Charles line starts running

    Service on the St. Charles line began on September 26, 1835. It is described as the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world, and its green 900-series cars were built in 1923–24.

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  3. 1850

    The cathedral takes its present form

    The cathedral on Jackson Square dates mainly to 1850; a church has stood on the site since 1718.

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Local knowledge

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Deep dives into NOLA's neighborhoods, occasions, and obsessions.

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Editor's dispatch · Gift Guide

New Orleans Gifts 2026: Magazine Street to the Quarter

12 New Orleans gifts from Home Malone, Lionheart Prints and Dirty Coast, each price checked on the shop's own site, from $5 up.

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Gift Guide

New Orleans Food Gifts That Ship Nationwide (2026)

Seven New Orleans foods that ship through Goldbelly: Central Grocery muffulettas, Commander's Palace turtle soup, Acme and Dooky Chase gumbo, Willie Mae's fried chicken and two king cakes.

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Hotel Guide

New Orleans Hotels Near the Best Shopping

12 New Orleans hotels sorted by the shopping attached or closest, from Royal St and French Quarter to Uptown Mag, with the 9 MICHELIN Key hotels marked.

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Food Guide

Every MICHELIN Restaurant in New Orleans (2026)

All 37 New Orleans restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide American South 2026: 4 starred, 12 Bib Gourmands and 21 Recommended, with the ones near our shopping districts marked.

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Visitor Guide

Royal Street Shopping Walk: Antiques, Galleries and Estate Jewelry

Royal Street from Canal toward Esplanade: M.S. Rau and the antiques dealers, gallery row, estate jewelry at Wellington & Co., plus the afternoon pedestrian hours and where to eat.

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Style Guide

Shopping Near Tulane & Loyola: Oak Street, Freret and Upper Magazine

A guide to shopping around Tulane and Loyola: both campus bookstores, Blue Cypress Books and the shops of Oak Street, groceries and burgers on Freret, gifts on upper Magazine, and where to eat with parents.

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Style Guide

Shopping Near UNO: Gentilly, Lakeview & Elysian Fields

A guide to shopping around the University of New Orleans, now LSU New Orleans: the campus bookstore, move-in runs in Gentilly and on Elysian Fields, Harrison Avenue in Lakeview, and where to eat with parents.

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Style Guide

Shopping Near Xavier University of Louisiana: Carrollton Avenue & Bayou Road

A guide to shopping around Xavier University of Louisiana: the campus bookstore on Dixon Street, Mid-City Market and the shops of North Carrollton Avenue, the Black-owned bookstore and record shop on Bayou Road, and where to eat with parents.

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