CANE & TABLE NEW ORLEANS
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a bar like Cane & Table in a James Bond movie. I kept expecting 007 to stroll in and order a daiquiri (in lieu …
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BRENNAN’S NEW ORLEANS
Every Friday champagne sabering in the courtyard Brennan’s is a venerable New Orleans restaurant. Since 1946, visitors to the city have made a pilgrimage to its famed doors to …
BOURBON NEW ORLEANS
Most bars in the French Quarter seem to cater to either Mardi Gras bead-wearing revelers looking for the strongest neon drink money can buy, or more upscale cocktail connoisseurs …
GRASSHOPPER NEW ORLEANS
The Grasshopper was invented by Philibert Guichet, the owner of Tujague’s Restaurant and Bar. In the early twentieth century, Mr. Guichet entered a cocktail contest in New York and …
ROFFIGNAC NEW ORLEANS
In the late 1790s, Count Louis Philippe Joseph de Roffignac arrived in New Orleans and soon became a very busy guy. He was a state legislator, a director of …
LA LOUISIANE NEW ORLEANS
The La Louisiane, a mixture of rye, sweet vermouth, Benedictine, and Peychaud’s Bitters, was once the signature cocktail of the now defunct restaurant and hotel of the same name. …
CAFE BROLOT NEW ORLEANS
The origins of Cafe Brulot are murky at best. Antoine’s Restaurant claims that its first owner, Antoine Alciatore, invented the drink in the 1890s. Rivals of Antoine’s put forth …
Si RAMOS GIN FIZZ NEW ORLEANS
The Ramos Gin Fizz is a foamy concoction of gin, lime, lemon, orange flower water, cream, soda, and an egg white. The egg white is key to creating the …
THE PIMM’S CUP NEW ORLEANS
The Pimm’s Cup shows up in so many New Orleans bars that many visitors think the drink is a New Orleans creation. This would come as a surprise to …
THE SAZERAC NEW ORLEANS
In 2008, the Sazerac was declared the official cocktail of New Orleans. This spicy, liquorice-flavored mixture of sugar, rye whiskey, Peychaud’s bitters, Herbsaint, and a lemon twist has its …