The George N. Morial Convention Center in downtown New Orleans hosts conferences and local meetings. This facility offers three levels of banquet space and catering services to conference organizers. Past events include the New Orleans Home & Interior Design Show and the annual conference for the Water Environment Federation. Guests at these events can find New Orleans cuisine close to the center's entrance. The Morial Convention Center is within five minutes of French Quarter restaurants.
Cafe Adelaide & The Swizzle Stick Bar prepares breakfast, lunch and dinner one mile north of the Morial Conference Center. The breakfast menu lists house specialties like steamed ground grits and buttermilk pancake stacks. Lunch guests can order smoked pork medallions and shrimp remoulade salad before touring New Orleans. Dinner specials range from five-spice rubbed ahi tuna to Gulf fish with andouille sausage. Patrons can finish their meals with Creole cream cheesecake and white chocolate bread pudding from the dessert menu. This restaurant hosts occasional events like the five-course Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Dinner.
Cafe Adelaide & The Swizzle Stick Bar
300 Poydras St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-595-3305
cafeadelaide.com
Mother's Restaurant serves Southern cuisine in a casual dining room two minutes northwest of the Morial Conference Center. The breakfast menu features omelets made with red beans and crawfish etouffee. Seafood lovers can order calamari plates and fried oysters during lunch and dinner. House specialties include turtle soup and seafood gumbo. The dessert menu lists homemade dishes like sweet potato pie and bread pudding. Large groups can reserve the 1,950-square-foot Banquet Room for birthday parties and business lunches. The Mother's Restaurant Gift Shop sells branded golf shirts, aprons and coffee mugs.
Mother's Restaurant
401 Poydras St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-523-9656
mothersrestaurant.net
Meson 923 is open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday less than one minute northwest of the Morial Conference Center. The dinner menu combines Spanish and French cuisine in a dining room decorated with Mediterranean images. Diners can start their meals with appetizers like Gulf shrimp and grilled quail. The kitchen also plates raw yellow fin tuna and diver scallops for second courses. Main courses range from the Scottish salmon to the braised pork shank. The couple who owns Meson 923 meets with diners nightly and provides dish recommendations.
Meson 923
923 S. Peters St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-523-9200
meson923.com
7 on Fulton offers upscale cuisine in a business casual setting only one minute north of the Morial Conference Center. Breakfast specialties include the chef's omelet as well as the shrimp and grits. The lunch menu includes New Orleans specialties like jambalaya and shrimp Creole. Dinner guests can select from main courses of seared scallops and trio of duck. 7 on Fulton works with the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel to offer free valet parking during dinner service. This French Quarter restaurant participates in local events like the annual New Orleans Seafood Festival.
7 on Fulton
701 Convention Center Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-525-7555
7onfulton.com
