If slowly sipping a glass of wine or enjoying the aromatics of a carefully-constructed cocktail isn’t exactly the experience you hoped for in New Orleans, head to Kajun’s Pub-or better yet, head to Kajun’s once you’ve already warmed up with the other options. Charles Avenue home on a street with views of the city’s postcard-worthy streetcar line, the pub maintains a close relationship with its providers-meaning they often get access to an exclusive, ever-changing selection of unique barrels that other bars just can’t compete with. At the Avenue Pub, even the most discerning beer drinker will find a well-trained staff and a litany of taps that’ll make it hard to choose just what suds to sip on. If one of the things you’re looking forward to most in New Orleans is the bars that never issue a last call, remember that those opportunities extend beyond Bourbon Street. That’s still the case today at this neighborhood classic whose reputation extends far beyond the city limits. Cure’s arrival in 2009 solidified the notion that when in New Orleans, one should be able to land at a good bar and get a well-crafted drink at a moment’s notice. This 2018 James Beard Award winner is rightly considered the MVP in helping recreate the post-Katrina cocktail scene. New Orleans is often credited for being the birthplace of the cocktail, and the city’s appreciation for shaken and stirred libations has rarely waned-even in the face of natural disaster.
If you’re lucky enough to snag dinner reservations during vegetarian week, do so whatever’s coming out of their inventive kitchen will have you seeing veggies in a whole new light, so don’t sleep on the crudités platter if you sit at the bar. Along with fresh bread, butter, and cheese made in-house, the French-inspired gem features a pebbled courtyard where you can relax with a bottle of wine selected by their knowledgeable staff. Whatever corner you land in at Bacchanal, it’ll be the right one.Īny New Orleanian with an appreciation for natural wines would be right to point you toward St.
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Full kitchen offerings are available at a window in the courtyard, and a cocktail bar is tucked away upstairs. You’ll hear live local music as you relax. Pay at the register, then grab a few glasses and a bucket of ice on the way to your seat. Most first-timers tend to get confused, so here’s the drill: Once you step inside, pick a bottle of wine and, if an expertly-arranged cheese board is your thing (which it should be) select a few slabs of brie, cheddar, and Humboldt Fog from the fridge case for the waiter to bring to your table.
The line to get into this Bywater neighborhood wine bar typically curls around the corner of the building, but its offerings are well worth the wait. Amble away from Canal Street and toward what’s colloquially called Gay Bourbon-a stretch of bars with rainbow flags flying proudly in the breeze-and grab a purple drank at Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop.īut then it’s time to get out of there and venture towards bars like these five-those that prove some of New Orleans’ best beer, wine, and spirits are found off the main strip of Bourbon Street. Lean just so on the black and white street sign to snap a photo with the “Big Ass Beer” guy. Tell someone you’re heading to New Orleans and they’ll look at you in the same way as if you were heading to Amsterdam: “Oh, I know why you’re going there.” But as is the case with The Netherlands’s most notorious city, to limit your experiences in New Orleans to only the places people outside it know best, is to cut yourself off from some of the most dynamic, interesting, and emblematic parts of the city.īourbon Street’s gaudy bars with neon lights beckoning you to check out “Girls! Girls! Girls!” are indeed worth the stop.
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