You must do Pat O’Brien’s for hurricanes. The Gumbo Shop is better than The Gumbo Pot, if you want good creole food. Cafe du Monde is the best place for beignets and cafe aut lait. The Steamboat Natchez is really neat and fairly inexpensive.
We also took a guided tour of a cemetary and saw the supposed grave site of Marie Laveaux; we purchased the tickets from Reverend Zombie’s House of Voodoo, lol. While we were in the voodoo shop, I bought a voodoo doll and a gris-gris as souvenirs!
Bourbon Street at night is amazing; you get to see lots of boobies, and even some man nipples, hahaha!! Everywhere you walk, you can always find neat little street shows and street musicians. We had a blast!
Parking tips… have your vehicle valet parked, and just carry extra cash for tipping. We stayed in the French Quarter the whole time, and just left our Suburban with the valets. But if you feel the need to travel, you can still leave your car parked and take a bus/shuttle/whatever around town.