Bywater Food, Drinks & History Walking Tour — Eat Like a Local in New Orleans

You step off the tram into a neighborhood that feels like someone took a crate of loud colors, a stack of record sleeves and a box of recipes and set them on fire — in the best way. Bywater’s streets push and pull: shotgun houses lean toward the street, murals stare across facades, and the Mississippi breathes a slow, salty wind that threads through the blocks. The tour begins at the Plessy v. Ferguson historical marker on Homer Plessy Way, where the guide sketches a short, sharp portrait of the case that reshaped race law in America before the group moves into the lane of food, drink and local argument.