Lounge entertainment in New Orleans
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Bombay Club
‘Why yes Lord Snarkypants, I did indubitably have a very fine martini in the colonies.’ ‘Surely you jest, Sir Tweedybottom! Wherever did you find one?’ Right here, guys. In complete defiance of the Bourbon St jungle, Bombay is a study in Raj-era refinement, all overstuffed armchairs and candlelit tables. It’s about sipping and savoring, rather than guzzling by the gallon, although a few of these bad boys will get you as wild as anyone who’s detonated a Hand Grenade. The list of over 100 martini cocktails, bound in leather, includes all those deadly vodka concoctions that veil the alcohol in frivolous fruity flavors. Of course, you can also order a stiff Churchill model (g…
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K-Doe’s Mother-in-Law Lounge
Ernie K-Doe was famous for writing the song ‘Mother-in-Law’ and frequently proclaiming his ‘Emperorship of ‘he Universe.’ The Mother-in-Law lounge carries on his surreal legacy, filled with life-sized statutes of the Emperor of the Universe, touching pictures of his empress (dearly departed wife, Antoinette) and lots of loyal customers. Note the hearse out front: Antoinette bought it before Katrina (because, hey, a hearse has storage space, right?) and staff apparently used the car to sneak back into the flooded city several times (because who’s going to stop a hearse?).
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Hostel
The Hostel is a hip little space with a smooth slate bar, a modern American food menu and attractive staff serving up just a little more than a Miller. Instead, they mix some fine cocktails and keep a good stock of wine behind the bar, serving the above to a well-heeled, well-dressed crowd of tourists and locals who demand a little more out of their night than Jägermeister and beads. Not that you can’t find Jägermeister or beads here.
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Le Phare Bar
If you can make yourself heard over the thumping bass, you can wax poetic about this posh, candlelit, stone-floored Scandinavia-style bar to the beautiful people inside. Don’t worry; you’re still in New Orleans: brass bands have been known to tromp through and all the chic fashionista-ism on display here hasn’t translated into anything resembling snobbery.
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Loa
Off the lobby of the fashionable International House Hotel, Loa is a great place to grab a daytime drink or nighttime gander. Everyone looks good bathed in the candlelight or city lights seen through the enormous windows. If you practice voodoo, or just like having your back covered, leave an offering at the voodoo altar on your way out.
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Whiskey Blue
Whiskey Blue is a sleek, sexy bar where people get dressed up like extras in the Matrix and sip what very clearly isn’t a bottle of Dixie under electric blue lighting. If you’re missing Manhattan or Miami Beach, Whiskey Blue’s waiting for you.
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Tonique
Excellent cocktails poured by expert bartenders in a classic French Quarter pad with a god garden in the back.
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