Arnaud’s French 75
The best drinks in New Orleans (it’s a fact)
George Long, courtesy of Arnaud's Restaurant
In a town bursting at the seams with world-class bartenders, Chris Hannah is the undisputed king. Calm and confident in his white tuxedo among the monkey lamps and leopard-print settees of the bar next to Arnaud’s Restaurant, he will alchemize your favorite spirit into an on-the-spot invention—or make you the Platonic ideal of a classic cocktail. Order a plate of soufflé potatoes, pillows of twice-fried potatoes to dip in béarnaise, then stumble upstairs to visit the curious, creepy Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras museum.
PRO TIP: Try the Bywater, a haunting rum drink spiked with Chartreuse and Velvet Falernum. Around the holidays, it’s all about Hannah’s famous Tom & Jerrys.
THE DETAILS: Open nightly from 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
