Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop
With dusky ambience and candles flickering all day long, Lafitte's has long been one of the French Quarter's most picturesque and iconic buildings, and lore insists it’s housed a bar…
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Tujague’s
Tujague’s was a workingman’s riverfront bar when it first opened in 1856, and remained so when it moved to its present location in 1914. The workingmen have since left—as has…
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Napoleon House
The Napoleon House is what people who’ve never been to New Orleans imagine the city might look like: vaguely continental, with peeling walls hung with faded portraits of Napoleon. This…
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One Eyed Jack’s
The French Quarter’s top venue for touring musical acts, this Twin Peaks-inspired space is consistently aglow in red ambient light. Two bars—one anchoring a front space meant for mixing and…
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Pat O’Brien’s
Most of the Hurricane’s origin stories point to Pat O’Brien’s in the 1940s, an while there's some evidence to refute the claim, it's still the drink's spiritual home, for better or…
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Sylvain
Constantly packed to the gills with attractive young professionals sipping cocktails and snacking on shaved Brussels sprout salads, Sylvain’s brick-wall interior feels simultaneously historic and cosmopolitan. Entered through a little…
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SoBou
Located inside the W Hotel in the French Quarter, the ultra-modern look and bright lights of SoBou feels as if a fleet of sexy extraterrestrials had designed it. But the…
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Doris Metropolitan
Doris flies somewhat under the radar in New Orleans, but is on the lips of everyone who is interested in the city’s most fashionable spot for dry-aged steaks and esoteric…
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Restaurant R’evolution
Restaurant R’evolution is not ashamed to be more than a little opulent, with a $200 caviar staircase anchoring a menu that’s nothing short of an embarrassment of culinary riches. The…
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Kingfish
The granddaddy of all bartenders, Chris McMillian, can be found behind the bar at this French Quarter celebrity haunt (Beyonce and Jay-Z are among its loyal fans). The restaurant’s punched-tin…
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