Cromagnum said:
Matsui said:
To update...
Cocktail Tour NOLA:
The Sazerac
The Sazerac Bar @ The Roosevelt Hotel
Vieux Carre
The Carousel Bar @ The Hotel Monteleone
Ramos Gin Fizz
Empire Bar @ Broussard's Restaurant
Hermes Bar @ Antoine's Restaurant
French 75
The French 75 Bar @ Arnaud's Restaurant
Brandy Milk Punch
The Roost Bar @ Brennans
Pimm's Cup
@ The Napoleon House Restaurant
Frozen Irish Coffee
@ Erin Rose
Absinthe Frappe
@ The Absinthe House
The Grasshopper (or Bartender build a drink famous)
@ Tujague's Restaurant
Voodoo Daiquiri
@ Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
(oldest bar west of Mississippi River only candles inside)
Hurricane
@ Pat O'Brian (optional)
I'm in NOLA right now. Are these drinks any better from these places than getting the same ones made at any other upper end bar? I do like me some sazerac.
I can attest that a Pimms Cup purchased anywhere other than Napoleon House, doesn't come close. The cocktail tour is my favorite thing to do in NOLA. Took it a few years ago and our guide (Joe Gendusa) was born in the Quarter. Along with the cocktails, he offered the best history lessons pertaining to the buildings, bars and mixologists. Napoleon House was my favorite. The building has a rich history and is so typical of NOLA. It is a Spanish building, built for a French emperor (who died before he could live there), owned by a German family that features a British cocktail. The entire tour was filled with little tidbits like this. Arnaud's, Antoine's, Tujaques, Lafitte's Blacksmith Shoppe. Damn, now I need to go back.
