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Death in the South Pacific, a new tiki-style punch, was the official cocktail of the 2010 Tales of the Cocktail conference in New Orleans.
(Tracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post)
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Whether you're in the mood for an isolated neighborhood beer joint, a glitzy hotel cocktail bar, or a Bourbon Street cover bar where supercharged slushies flow, let the imbiber beware.
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Pat O’Brien’s departure from HarborWalk Village had more to do with the downturn in the economy than a desire to make the center a more family-friendly location, according to representatives from the restaurant.
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Haunted sites in New Orleans are a popular business. And many New Orleanians have their own ghostly stories -- about spirits who may not always make the cut for the tour routes, but let people know they're there just the same.
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Southern Comfort is rolling out its first wave of new creative since its July announcement that it is moving to an all-digital media buy strategy in the U.S. Four 30- second commercials, which will appear on television outside the U.S. and online only here, use New Orleans -- the brand's birthplace -- as a backdrop. The spots' core message is that only the unique, versatile and inclusionary city of New Orleans could have originated the liquor that shares these same qualities.
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On Thursday, October 29, at 7 p.m., the Rib Room restaurant at the Omni Royal Orleans hotel (621 St. Louis St.) teams with the Frenchmen Street distiller for a four-course dinner where each dish incorporates a shot of rum.
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The city that care forgot can't be forgotten. Or remembered, if you play your bar cards right
You may have heard: New Orleans got trashed. Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina demolished wide swaths of the city. And still today, the perception of most of America is of a shattered demi-monde, with zombie locals wandering through debris-littered streets, wondering when the next storm is coming.
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The old New Orleans drink calls for straight rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, Benedictine, absinthe and Peychaud's bitters. That makes it, to steal the words of Paul Clarke, one of my colleagues here at The Chronicle, a kissing cousin to the Sazerac...
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Globe-trotting mixologist John Lermayer is coming to update New Orleans on what’s shaking in shakers from Miami to London. The talk on Monday, October 5, at 6:30 p.m. is part of the Museum of the American Cocktail’s monthly lecture series.
Businesses and residents say the barkers are straying from the informally tolerated confines of Bourbon Street to other parts of the Quarter and they want it stopped.The Bourbon Street tradition springs from the days when doors at strip clubs were closed. A barker would call people over and open the door for a quick peak at a dancer on stage, tempting them to go inside.
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