Long term parking for Amtrak station in New Orleans

[PaulM]

If you're heading north on the Crescent, consider leaving from and parking in Slidell. Nice free lot.

Not to mention that the station is very enjoyable at Slidell as well. It has a nice coffee shop that serves au laits and beignets right inside the station; this is kind of a big deal for an unstaffed station. You also don't have to deal with the crowds at NOL.

Coffee shop is closed and all equipment removed as of Saturday.

Long term at NOL @ $5 a day.

I'm a little confused. I was there two weeks ago and we ate at the Times Grill, a very nice bar and grill in the north end of the station. The south end did seem to be vacant or being remodeled. I counted 4 restaurants within a block of the station.

There are quite a few motels in Slidell, mostly near the intersection of the interstate (10? 55?) and US 190, about 1.5 miles away.

Now if the Crescent just connected with anything in NO.