Louisiana / New Orleans
The Jewel of the South
Chris Hannah rebuilt a nineteenth-century cocktail den around a hidden courtyard, pouring drinks that read like footnotes from old New Orleans bar books. The absinthe drips slow here, and nobody rushes you.
Getting in
Front door on St Louis Street, courtyard seating in back.
Order this
Absinthe Frappe
Your passport
Prohibition Original rooms like this one are catalogued across the trail — see every prohibition original bar.
Keep the night going
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