we are two nurses coming the secound week of march on a budget we're staying at the Historic French Market can you please suggest somegood inexpensive restruants and what do you think of the hotel and suggest a good tour for the cemeteries

the hotel is awful. change if you can! They overbook and will "bump" you to other places far away from the Quarter.

Inexpensive places to eat abound:

For breakfast: have beignets and cafe au lait at Cafe du Monde; Croissant d'Or in the 600 block of Ursulines has great pastry; Clover Grill on the corner of Bourbon and Dumaine has great waffles and omelets at diner prices (they also have good burgers and are open 24 hours)

For lunch/dinner: split a muffaletta from Central Grocery on Decatur; Port of Call in the 800 block of Esplanade (corner of Dauphine and Esplanade) for the best burgers in town; grab a po-boy at Verde Mart on the lower end of Royal (or at almost any corner grocery in the Quarter); Redfish Grill in the 100 block of Bourbon is a place I always recommend - it's one of the Brennan's places, but it's lower key and less expensive than the others (Commander's, Palace Cafe, etc.); Angeli on Decatur; Mother's on the corner of Tchoupitoulas and Poydras (in the CBD) for po-boys, gumbo, etc.; and have a Lucky Dog in Jackson Square. Please let me know if you need more info.

Sandy can you recommend another hotel around that area I could find alot that were not booked for that weekend Thanks!

Try Le Richelieu, Chateau, Provincial, or Place D'Armes. Definitely avoid the Historic French Market Inn, which has a bad reputation locally and isn't even near the French Market.

what other area in no is good to stay ive only been able to find hotels i can afford around westbank area or airport or cresent on canal help!!!!please

Denise, in general the options you mention are not very good, especially the Crescent on Canal (very bad!). Perhaps a B&B will give you more bang for the buck. Check out www.marigny.net for some of the French Quarter area B&Bs. www.bedandbreakfast.com is another good research tool. March is busy, so book soon!

It looks like i might be stuck in the Historic French Market Inn everything i can afford is booked i am looking into the ramanda inn in the garden distric but they might not have thurs night

Denise, if you're going to stay at the Historic FM Inn, at least call and comfirm your reservation one or two days prior to arrival and try to arrive early! This lessens the chance of you being "bumped" to one of their sister hotels.

We are staying at the Quarter House. Never stayed there before. Is that decent? They are having some specials - have you tried there?

The Monalisa rest. on Royal st. is great. Locals - great italian food - great atmosphere - cheap!