New Orleans for The Night Owls: a Friday-to-Monday weekend

A Marigny corner bar famous for its burger with a baked potato; take the stool at the bar and order the Neptune's Monsoon.

The city's modern-jazz club, a small room of tables and a stage, with the Ellis Marsalis tradition; reserve a seat by the piano.

A Frenchmen bar of dim lamps and a huge beer list, with a brass band or a swing band on the stage; stand at the back.

A bakery-restaurant in the CBD, with biscuits, fried chicken and a pastry case; the late breakfast for a late night.

The Uptown music hall where Professor Longhair played, with a long bar and a wooden floor; check the schedule and go for the local band.

A revolving bar in the Monteleone, the carousel completing a turn every fifteen minutes; order a Vieux Carré and stay on your stool.

A jazz brunch in a gaslit courtyard on Royal Street, a buffet of Creole dishes with a trio playing while you eat. Arrive hungry and pace yourself.

Fifty minutes on a wooden bench in an unamplified room, a trumpet and a clarinet and a very old tune; the late set suits the owls.

A candlelit 1772 cottage with a piano in the corner and a Voodoo Daiquiri at the bar; the quietest bar on Bourbon Street.

Open since 1862 and round the clock: three hot beignets and a café au lait, the right breakfast on the way home.

The cathedral, the Cabildo and the Pontalba galleries before the artists arrive; sit on a bench and watch the city wake.

A French Quarter deli that has been open all night since 1969; order the All That Jazz po'boy and eat it on the stoop.