eatingneworleans.com » Bar and/or Club http://eatingneworleans.com :: NO Food Resources Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:57:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Music Venues http://eatingneworleans.com/2009/12/music-venues/ http://eatingneworleans.com/2009/12/music-venues/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:34:18 +0000 http://eatingneworleans.com/?p=46 FRENCHMAN STREET 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 [...]]]> FRENCHMAN STREET
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 to bourbon-soaked blues), Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro (the Marsalis family’s home port), and dba (premium liquors and just about anything that will fit on stage). Last call rarely comes, because there’s always an “next club” to draw you in.

FRENCHMAN STREET BTW. DECATUR & DAUPHINE

VAUGHN’S LOUNGE
This much-beloved Thursday night standing gig is known worldwide as “Kermit at Vaughn’s” — a nod to trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, who packs the tiny Bywater corner bar whenever he’s in town. Round about midnight, the low-ceilinged barroom packs with a stellar brass band (Kermit or a list of worthy substitutes) and sweaty dancers with no sense of the morning after. If Mr. Ruffins is playin’, he’s literally cookin’ — and serving red beans and rice between sets.

800 LESSEPS ST.

504/947-5562

]]> http://eatingneworleans.com/2009/12/music-venues/feed/ 0 Classic French Quarter Bars http://eatingneworleans.com/2009/12/classic-french-quarter-bars/ http://eatingneworleans.com/2009/12/classic-french-quarter-bars/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:28:22 +0000 http://eatingneworleans.com/?p=40 TUJAGUE’S 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 [...]]]> TUJAGUE’S
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 liquid history lesson — – sipping the newly-named official cocktail of New Orleans in one of its most revered barrooms.

823 DECATUR ST.

504/525-8676

NAPOLEON HOUSE BAR AND CAFE

This seventeenth-century corner bar played host to old school French nationalists, who prepared a room for Mr. Bonaparte, just in case Elba didn’t work out. The patina of the walls, funky/formal atmosphere and air of history make it the perfect place to spend an afternoon, sipping the definitive Pimm’s Cup — a spicy gin-based cooler garnished with sliced cucumber.

500 CHARTRES STREET

504/524-9752

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