Bar Tonique

820 North Rampart Street

BONUS POINTS: Open at noon, nice and funky.
DRINK THIS: Dark & Stormy, Pimm’s Cup, Corpse Reviver #2

Perched on the border between the  Quarter and  Treme neighborhoods, this one-room bar serves up an amazing range of classic and contemporary cocktails in an appropriately funky ambiance. Just far enough from the high-traffic tourist zones [...]

Music Venues

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Most any tourist can find Bourbon Street — and believe us, ANY tourist does — but the music-crazy locals tend to congregate on this strip of music joints a few blocks downriver in the Faubourg Marigney district. Music flows out onto the street from bars such as the Spotted Cat (featuring everything from swing [...]

Classic French Quarter Bars

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Steps away from the tourist-filled Café Du Monde, this unassuming barroom houses the longest and oldest saloon bars in a city known for its historic drinkeries. En route from venue to venue, stop in for a relaxed afternoon Sazerac (spicy rye whiskey with aromatic bitters and a rinse of anise and citrus). Consider it an [...]