4 New Orleans bars on “best in the south” list

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New Orleans takes its tippling seriously. As in…seriously? What city has more 24/7 bars, a better cocktail culture or is known for a drink that is both named for a natural disaster and makes you feel like one? Only New Orleans. So it’s no surprise that four bars showed up in Garden & Gun< magazine’s roundup of great “dives, honky tonks, juke joints, cocktail lounges, speakeasies…and more” in the February/March 2012 issue. Check ‘em out:

Bloody Mary Bar: The Rivershack Tavern (3449 River Road, Jefferson, (504) 834-4938)

The Rivershack

Dive Bars: Snake and Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge (7612 Oak St., (504) 861-2802)

Snake and Jake's Christmas Club Lounge

Hidden Gems: Tujague’s (823 Decatur St., (504) 525-8676)

Tujague's in the French Quarter

Snack Bars: Sylvain (625 Chartres Street, (504) 265-8123)

Sylvain in the French Quarter

 

Hometown writer Pableaux Johnson also highlighted a few “Crescent City Classic” cocktails and the local bars that do them best.

Sazerac at Cure (4905 Freret Street, (504) 302-2357)

A Sazerac cocktail at Cure

Ramos Gin Fizz at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar (813 Bienville Ave., (504) 523-5433)

Arnaud's French 75 Bar

Pimm’s Cup at Bar Tonique (820 N Rampart St., (504) 324-6045) 

Bar Tonique in the French Quarter


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