Remembering the Places We Loved

Sharing collections, memories, stories, and memorabilia from historic restaurants, hotels, resorts, and gathering places throughout New Orleans, the surrounding areas, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Welcome to NOLA Dines!

First, the name—why NOLA Dines? NOLA is an abbreviation for New Orleans, Louisiana. But “Dines” can be a little misleading. You won’t find restaurant reviews or recommendations here. Many of the restaurants featured on this site no longer exist except through memorabilia, artifacts, and the memories of those who once dined in them.

This is a place to share survivors from another time. Collectors, amateur urban archaeologists, casual historians, and those who are simply nostalgic can gather to share and reminisce over chinaware, glassware, silver, photographs, menus, and other treasures. We will share items from our own collection associated with historic New Orleans restaurants, hotels, resorts, and more.

We hope to create a place where people can share photographs of their finds, ask questions, exchange information, and preserve memories.

Welcome to a place where history, artifacts, and nostalgia meet.

Here are just a few examples of the places and items you’ll find as NOLA Dines continues to grow: Antoine’s Restaurant, Gluck’s Restaurant, Bali Hai Restaurant, the Monteleone Hotel, Morning Call Coffee House, Lafitte’s Landing Restaurant, and many more.

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