TIKI TOLTECA NEW ORLEANS
If I was a tiki fanatic, and had some money, the bar at Tiki Tolteca is the bar that I would build in my backyard. Bartenders work inside a …
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SYLVAIN NEW ORLEANS
Several years ago, I attended a bachelorette party in the French Quarter where I had the worst Manhattan of my life. As soon as I could politely excuse myself, …
GALATOIRE’S 33 NEW ORLEANS
When you are a 100-year-old restaurant, the presumption is that you will stick with what you know and not try anything new. How nice that Galatoire’s ignored this paean …
ERIN ROSE NEW ORLEANS
The Erin Rose is one of my favorite French Quarter bars, and when I tell people this, they assume I am finishing my nights there, because while it’s not …
EMPIRE BAR AT BROUSSARD’S NEW ORLEANS
The original owner of Broussard’s was a big fan of Napoleon and named the Empire Bar in honor of the general. His brandy appears in a list of signature …
EL LIBRE NEW ORLEANS
If Cane & Table down the street is where James Bond rubbed elbows with the hoi polloi of the Caribbean underworld, then El Libre is the rum bar where …
THE DUNGEON NEW ORLEANS
I grew up an hour from New Orleans, and I started going out in the city with friends when I was in high school. We usually stuck with Bourbon …
COSIMO’S NEW ORLEANS
Most visitors to the French Quarter tend to forget that it is an actual neighborhood: a place that has two schools, grocery stores, a post office, and people who …
CHART ROOM NEW ORLEANS
Cash only The Chart Room is one of my favorite day-drinking stops in the Quarter. I used to come here because the drinks were cheap and strong (they still …
CAROUSEL BAR & LOUNGE NEW ORLEANS
There are few drinking experiences equal to having a round (!) at the Carousel Bar. Slip into one of the gilded chairs and circumnavigate the mirrored column under the …