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People We Meet on Vacation in the French Quarter and on Frenchmen Street, the summer Poppy and Alex spent in New Orleans.
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6 stops
Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons01The scene
Poppy and Alex's summer in New Orleans comes back as a flashback through the French Quarter, and Royal Street is one of the streets it walks: the Shreveport Times lists it with Jackson Square, Bourbon Street and Pirate's Alley. Netflix released a photograph from the shoot in October 2024 of Emily Bader and Tom Blyth on Royal Street, drinks in hand, the crowd around them and a brass band on the kerb, the camera looking up the street toward the towers on Canal. Which block it was is not known; this stop is the corner of Conti, where Royal looks the same way. The street is open to walk.
Royal St at Conti St, New Orleans, LA
MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons02Not in the day because they are too far or there is nowhere to stop. Each has its own page.
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The Big Easy Trip
Sorted by distance on the day
It starts at Royal Street, Royal St at Conti St, New Orleans, LA and ends at Bamboula's, 514 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA. The stops are ordered so the route does not double back.
20 min walking between 6 stops, covering 1.1 miles. That is the measured travel alone. How long you stay at each stop is up to you.
People We Meet on Vacation, across 6 locations in and around New Orleans.
The scene
Bourbon Street plays itself. Netflix names it among the film's New Orleans locations, the Shreveport Times puts it in the French Quarter flashback, where the pair drink hurricanes, and the production designer, Bruce Curtis, told Time Out that "when we were on Bourbon Street it was pure chaos". No source names the block. This stop is the corner of Orleans Avenue, where the walk turns toward the cathedral. The street is open to walk, and loudest at night.
Bourbon St at Orleans Ave, New Orleans, LA
Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons03The scene
The Shreveport Times names Pirate's Alley among the French Quarter spots Poppy and Alex pass through in the New Orleans flashback, with Jackson Square, Bourbon Street and Royal Street. It is the only source that does, so this stop is reported, and what happens here is not known. The alley runs from Royal to Chartres between the cathedral and the Cabildo, with St. Anthony's Garden behind the railing, and comes out on Jackson Square.
Pirate Alley, between Royal St and Chartres St, New Orleans, LA
Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons04The scene
Jackson Square is in the film's New Orleans trip. Netflix lists it among the locations, the producer, Wyck Godfrey, a New Orleanian, names it with Café du Monde and Domilise's as places they went, and the Shreveport Times puts it in the French Quarter flashback. St. Louis Cathedral faces the square between the Cabildo and the Presbytère. The square is a public park, open by day.
700 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA
Jeremykemp, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons05The scene
Café Du Monde is where Poppy and Alex try the beignets on their New Orleans trip, as the Shreveport Times tells it. Netflix lists the café among the film's locations, the producer names it, and Axios New Orleans counts it among the places with scenes. Netflix's own feature says Alex would be happy with beignets for breakfast while Poppy puts on a wig and an accent and spins a honeymoon story to the city; it does not say where that happens. The café is open; the beignets are the visit.
800 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA
Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons06The scene
The New Orleans trip ends up on the dance floor. The Shreveport Times says the bar where Poppy and Alex share their tense dance is Bamboula's on Frenchmen Street, and Netflix released a photograph of the two filming there. Netflix's own account of the scene has their fake marriage end in an impromptu dance to their song, Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl", with Alex breaking out the worm. Bamboula's is a working music bar: look from the street, or go in for the band.
514 Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA