New Orleans Gifts 2026: Magazine Street to the Quarter

How this list works

Every gift above is something you can buy from a New Orleans shop in this guide. Each price was checked on the shop's own site on October 30, 2026, and we left out anything sold out. Prices and stock change through the season, so the shop's page always has the final word.

The picks are grouped by budget, under $50, $50 to $150, and a few splurges, and you can filter them by who you're shopping for. Two of the three shops are on Magazine Street, so most of this list is one afternoon's drive or streetcar-and-walk Uptown.

Uptown Magazine: a cookbook, prints and a pelican

Home Malone (4610 Magazine St) sells work by local and regional makers. Our picks: The Dooky Chase Cookbook, a bayou retelling of The Nutcracker for kids, New Orleans-designed gator and Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler prints, a streetcar sticker, a hand-thrown bird feeder and a handmade Louisiana pelican for the yard.

Lower Magazine: letterpress made in New Orleans

Lionheart Prints (2036 Magazine St) is a stationery and desk shop. Its letterpress card sets and hand-lettered prints are made in New Orleans, from an $8 card set to personalized trumpet notecards.

French Quarter: king cake socks

Dirty Coast (630 Chartres St) is the local T-shirt brand's French Quarter shop; it has a second store Uptown. For a small gift, there are king cake socks by Bonfolk.

For more ideas, see our Uptown Magazine, Lower Magazine and French Quarter pages.