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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …