Where To Go and What To Eat in New Orleans?

This Friday I'm heading to New Orleans on a trip sponsored by the Louisiana Seafood Board, my first time there since I performed with my college improv comedy troupe at Tulane (where we slept on a frat house floor) and certainly the first time I've been there as a real eater. Many of the meals on the trip are already planned--we're going to Bistro Maison de Ville, GW Fins, Commander's Palace, Hansen's Sno-Bliz and Drago's Seafood Restaurant--but for those meals where we get to eat on our own, I'd love your advice. Where should we go? (I already know about August, Cochon and Cafe du Monde. I definitely plan to try at least 2 of those 3.) Also: for any free time that we have, what are your favorite things to do that aren't food related in New Orleans? I hear there's an albino alligator at the zoo. Thanks for your help!