Recommended Vendors

Here are, what I believe to be, some of the very best wedding vendors in the New Orleans area. (Updated 8/20/07)

Cakes
Maria de La Barré:  (228) 547-8046
Zoë's Bakery in Covington:  (504) 892-5570
Haydel's Bakery:  (504) 837-0190

Caterers
Food Art:  (504) 524-2381;  email
Joel's:  (504) 827-2400;  800-335-8994;  email

Michael's Catering:  (504) 861-9600;  email

Consultants
Michele Adams:  (504) 468-3246 cell;  email

 

Florists
Perfect Presentations
:  (504) 522-7442; email
Glenda Ivy:  (504) 861-1335; email
Dunn & Sonnier:  (504) 524-3235; email
Urban Earth: (504) 524-0100; email

Invitations
Scriptura: (504) 897-1555

License Information - Orleans Parish
Jefferson Parish

Massage Therapy
Anna Waterman: (504) 232-9348; email

Ministers
John Zimmer: (504) 834-6544

Music - Wedding
Karen Rose, violinist/music coordinator:  (504) 887-9224; email
Nancy Burtchaell, harpist:  (504) 271-3600
Ronald Benko, trumpet:  (504) 394-0245;  email
Patrice Fisher, harpist:  (504) 482-882; email

Music - Reception
Joe Simon’s Jazz,
easy, comfortable New Orleans jazz trio, quartet, or more:  (504) 365-0808
Duke Heitger, traditional jazz:  (504) 865-9392
Soulful Heavenly Stars Gospel Singers:  (504) 361-5688
Dejan's Olympia Brass Band:  (504) 283-7854
Storyville Stompers, brass band: (504) 488-1969
Bobby Cure & The Summertime Blues, talented, multi-format band, good with requests:  (504) 242-4117;  email
The Boogie Men, a big sound with lots of brass and energy: (504) 301- 9929;  email
The Bucktown All-Stars, 9-piece, big brass sound, high energy r&b:  (504) 834-9610;  email
The Nobles, big brass sound, high energy r&b:  (504) 467-1039; email
The Topcats, solid, covering all the standards: (504) 443-4303; email
Jazmine
, jazz, rock, r&b: (504) 447-8440;  email

Reception/Rehearsal Dinner Locations
Audubon Tea Room
, at the Audubon Zoo, uptown:  (504) 861-5101;  email

Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Avenue, downtown:  (504) 658-3623; email
Houmas House plantation, in Darrow, La. on historic River Road, (225) 473-9380;  email
Maison Dupuy, 1001 Toulouse Street with a courtyard in the French Quarter:  (504) 586-8000; email 
Mid-City Rock 'N' Bowl
, 4133 S. Carrollton at Tulane Avenue:  (504) 482-3133; email email
Musée Conti Wax Museum, 917 Conti in the French Quarter; nice room upstairs:  (504) 581-1993 or 800-233-5405
New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park:  (504) 658-4107;  email

New Orleans Opera Women's Guild Home, 2504 Prytania Street in the Garden District:  (504) 899-1945
Oak Alley Plantation, River Road, Vacherie, LA:  800-442-5539;  email
Omni Royal Orleans Hotel, 621 St. Louis in the French Quarter; outdoor terrace and nice, large ballroom:  (504) 529-5333; email
Pavilion of the Two Sisters at the Botanical Gardens in City Park; Saturday night events are usually booked 1-2 years in advance:  (504) 488-2896

Pitot House Museum, 1440 Moss on Bayou St. John:  (504) 482-0312; email
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon Street in the French Quarter:  (504) 586-0300
St. Louis Hotel and Louis XVI Restaurant, 730 Bienville Street with a courtyard in the French Quarter:  (504) 581-7300;  email
Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier, downtown:  (504) 523-6000;  email

Transportation
Mid-City Carriages
, horse & buggy:  (504) 581-4415
American Luxury Limousines
, limousines & limo buses:  (504) 269-5466;  email
Police escort
:  (504) 827-3260 (Orleans Parish)
Streetcar: 
(504) 940-3146

Videographers
Bob Eutsler
(504) 738-1447email
Rudy Bierheuizen
:  (504) 488-8000;  email

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