best pimm's cup in new orleans Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/best-pimms-cup-in-new-orleans Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:24:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 THE PIMM’S CUP NEW ORLEANS http://toursmaps.com/pimms-cup-new-orleans.html http://toursmaps.com/pimms-cup-new-orleans.html#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:24:14 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=238931 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 James Pimm of London, who invented the drink’s signature ingredient in the 1830s. So, how did a British beverage become a mainstay of New Orleans drink menus? In the late 1940s, Joe Impastato took over running the Napoleon House, the restaurant that had been in his family since the 1920s. During his tenure, according to family lore, what was primarily a sandwich shop slowly became a bar, which led to an

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