French Market

Founded as a Native American trading post predating European colonization, the market is the oldest of its kind in the United States.

The cafés and bars offer New Orleans crawfish and other seafood, Cajun food, Creole cooking, desserts, fruits, vegetables, and more.

The New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park office and visitor center is in the French Market.

Part of the space has been dedicated as a market since 1791 in the colonial period, but the oldest extant structures date to about 1813.

"[3] The French Market stretches just inland from the Mississippi River in the section of the French Quarter downriver from Jackson Square, from the Café du Monde at the upriver end, to the flea market stalls across from the New Orleans Mint building.