The French Market in New Orleans, LA

Known as the oldest city market in America, the French Market has been providing quality merchandise and food in New Orleans for over 200 years. Since its establishment in 1791, the French Market has been bringing quality food, produce, arts, crafts, and numerous other items to visitors and locals of New Orleans. At the French Market you can shop for jazz, cajun, and zydeco music and merchandise, famous New Orleans pralines and homemade candies, toys, jewelry, fresh produce and seafood, paintings and other forms of art, antiques, clothing, and much more. If all the shopping makes you hungry, you'll find top notch cajun and creole food at the various restaurants and cafes around the Market. Many of these restaurants have live music, and the French Market also frequently hosts free jazz, cajun, and zydeco concerts outside.