Somewhere in this thread is a link to the nomenu website, with descriptions, prices, and reviews of many eateries around the city. One of the options, such as at
this link allow you to sort the restaurants by districts. We were there for only a few days during the Christmas holiday period (which happened to be the weekend of the sugar bowl and a home game for the Saints) and the place was crawling with people. I cannot even
begin to imagine what it would be like during Mardi Gras. I had no idea how small and narrow those streets in the French Quarter are, until I actually spent a few days walking them.