11 shops · 4 districts
The Record & Book Edit.
Eleven shops for bookshops and record stores worth an afternoon, across 4 parts of NOLA: French Quarter, Marigny, Lower Magazine and Uptown Mag. Picked from the 154 shops we list, one location each.
- 1Books · French QuarterFaulkner House BooksSmall bookshop in the Pirate's Alley house where William Faulkner lived, selling fine literature, Faulkner titles, Southern and New Orleans books, and
- 2Books · French QuarterArcadian Books & PrintsDensely packed used and antiquarian bookshop behind St.
- 3Books · French QuarterBeckham's BookshopThe Quarter's oldest bookstore, opened in 1967 and on this Decatur block since 1979, selling used books.
- 4Records & music · MarignyLouisiana Music FactoryRecord store founded in 1992 and on Frenchmen since 2014, specializing in jazz, blues, Cajun, zydeco and R&B on CD and LP, plus music books, sheet music and posters.
- 5Books · MarignyFrenchmen Art & BooksIndependent bookshop on Frenchmen Street billing itself as radical booksellers since 1978, with new releases, classics, cookbooks, small gifts and art pieces.
- 6Books · MarignyBaldwin & Co.Coffee shop and bookstore at Elysian Fields and St.
- 7Books · Lower MagazineGarden District Book ShopIndependent bookstore founded in 1979 in The Rink at Washington Ave, selling new books plus rare and signed first editions, with the Bar Epilogue cocktail bar inside.
- 8Records & music · Uptown MagPeaches RecordsLocal record store in a former Woolworth's building, selling vinyl, music memorabilia and merch, with a 1940s lunch counter inside.
- 9Vintage · Lower MagazineSlow DownArtist-run sustainable fashion boutique and bookstore mixing vintage and ethically made clothing with books, art and small-batch goods.
- 10Books · French QuarterCrescent City BooksABAA-member bookshop in one bright room on Chartres, with collectible first editions, used titles, new local-interest books, and vintage New Orleans maps and prints.
- 11Records & music · MarignyEuclid RecordsBywater outpost of the St.
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