banquette


in new orleans it refers to the old type of granite-curbed sidewalks found throughout the french quarter, the marigny, uptown and several other neighborhoods.
if you drive too fast in a rain you’ll splash people walking on the banquette.
this is what some people in new orleans call a sidewalk.
we can walk to the store on the banquette.

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