What is "yuck"about bourbon street? Never been, but it's on the list.
Thanks,Mike
With kids the yuck could be first couple of blocks from Canal street that have a few strip clubs and other houses of ill repute. Depending on the kids age it could lead to questions that you might no be ready to answer.
After dark, and especially later at night, the whole thing can become sketchy. Very obvious cross dressers, folks propositioning, drunks puking. Not a place I would take my kids, but they are younger (11 and under) and not all that worldly. However I might take them for lunch.
It really depends on your kids age, and how sheltered they are.