New Orleans was founded by the French in 1718 and named after the regent, the Duke d’Orleans. Passed to the Spanish for a while, it went back to France long enough for Napoleon to sell it to a fledgling United States of America in 1803.
Welcome to Gumbo Shop, where you’ll find some of the best New Orleans-style gumbo around! While you’re in the Big Easy, be sure to see the city. Here are some of our favorite things to do around town.
This New Orleans institution has won the Best Gumbo category in the Best of New Orleans poll every year since 1999. Instead of a house gumbo, this restaurant offers seafood, okra and …