Where to Drink in New Orleans Right Now

By HANNAH HAYES

 

When the chance to create a bar in the former home of Antoine Amedee Peychaud (of Peychaud's bitters) appeared, the owner of new-guard fixtures Cure and Cane & Table couldn't say no, even in the midst of the pandemic. In the homage to its history, Peychaud's delved deeper into --

 

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In New Orleans, A Serious Search for the Best Sazerac Cocktail

By ANDREW NELSON

 

Locals say sipping the potent whiskey drink is a rite of passage. We went in search of the city’s most distinctive ones—and found 5 deserving your attention.

 

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In a new cocktail book, New Orleans has a cure for what ails you

By M. CARRIE ALLEN

 

Even the inside cover of “Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em,” Neal Bodenheimer and Emily Timberlake’s gorgeous new cocktail book, reminded me why the Crescent City is my favorite place in the world to get a drink.

 

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The Best Bars in America, 2022

By ESQUIRE EDITORS

 

While this bar opened in the middle of the pandemic, you wouldn’t be able to tell given the name or locale of the place. That’s because, as in so much of NOLA, its history runs deep.

 

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Antoine Peychaud’s New Orleans Legacy Lives on in a New Bar

By JENNY ADAMS

 

There is no singular person who has had more influence in shaping cocktails in New Orleans than Antoine Peychaud,” says Neal Bodenheimer, a co-owner and founder of three of the city’s most respected dining and drinking spots.

I gaze around the apothecary and cocktail pioneer’s former residence at 727 Toulouse Street. What would have been his street-level entertaining space in the 1830s is now the French Quarter’s newest cocktail bar, aptly named Peychaud’s.

 

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For the new Sazerac Cocktail Week, New Orleans toasts its official cocktail

 

For aficionados, the Sazerac is more than just a cocktail, more even than a classic cocktail.

It is the palate-opener before a great Creole meal, the standing order at countless New Orleans restaurants. Its deep scarlet color in a glass fogged with chill can signal relief at the end of a hot day, and it can equally serve as an aromatic winter warmer when the city’s epic humidity turns cold.

 

For some, the Sazerac is also an emblem of

 

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Cocktails in the Time of Corona: Opening a Bar in a Pandemic

By NEAL BODENHEIMER

I can’t plan anymore. The only thing I know how to do is react.

Planning requires stability and the past 13 months have been anything but stable for my world, the hospitality industry. Somehow even during the worst periods of history, time passes, life moves on and there are silver linings. All that being said,

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Peychaud's is New Orleans' newest French Quarter cocktail bar

By WILL COVIELLO

 

Peychaud's, New Orleans' newest cocktail bar, officially opens Thursday inside the Hotel Maison de Ville at 727 Toulouse St.

It's the latest project from Cure Co., which includes the bar Cure and the Mexican restaurant Vals on Freret Street and Cane & Table in the French Quarter.

Named for New Orleans' famous brand of bitters, Peychaud's will focus on

 

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Teamwork Leads to Success for Entrepreneur Neal Bodenheimer

By DANAE COLUMBUS

Despite the hardships the pandemic has posed for many business owners in the service industry, entrepreneur Neal Bodenheimer and his highly motivated partners successfully pivoted their existing operations and even opened three new venues – Peychaud’s, Dauphine and Val’s on Freret. Neal is the husband of Kea Sherman, former candidate for state representative and co-founder of Les Femmes PAC, a political action committee dedicated to electing Democratic women.

Through his company CureCo, he also operates the premier cocktail bar Cure as well as the French Quarter restaurant Cane & Table.

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French Quarter bar Peychaud’s takes a page, and name, from New Orleans cocktail history

By IAN MCNULTY

 

Just off Bourbon Street, a tiny new French Quarter bar is stepping into some very big shoes of New Orleans cocktail history.

Peychaud's debuts this weekend at 727 Toulouse St. as part of the Hotel Maison De Ville, extending into the lush courtyard of the small hotel. It’s the latest from Neal Bodenheimer and his partners at Cure Co., which runs the Uptown bar Cure and the restaurants Cane & Table and Vals.

 

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