and with baggage. They were a hilarious group, and so my N.O. trip was starting off on a friendly and relaxed note. I arrived at my hotel, the Monteleone, to find it quite lovely as many on this list had indicated. The lobby is...

though. A block away is the Carousel Bar at the Monteleone Hotel, and of course the Old Absinthe House and Lafitte’s Blacksmith Hosue. No shortage of Bars in the Quarter. French 75 at Arnouds also. Thursday: Mardi Gras...

McMillian is tending bar.) 2. Carousel Lounge at the Monteleone Hotel. Can’t believe no one’s mentioned Arnaud’s French 75 Bar (next door to Arnaud’s restaurant)! It’s a classy little space, and if you...

My SO & I will be travelling down to NO in June. Would love your help & suggestions on food, music & place to stay. I understand from reading previous posts on this board that Monteleone or Maison de Ville would be ideal....

Millian is bartending) Carousel Bar at the Monteleone Hotel BARS (Uptown) The Victorian Lounge at the Columns Hotel Pascale’s Manale’s for drinks in the 1930s bar area (the restaurant is just so-so) RESTAURANTS (French...

are The Pelican Club, located behind the Monteleon Hotel on Exchange Alley, in the Quarter, 1179 on 1179 Annunciation, a short cab ride straight down the street from Le Meridian, I would not walk it at night. Rene Bistrot,...

Co? I have not dined here but have read and heard great things, what are your thoughts? Finally, I wanted to know if anyone has stayed at Hotel St. Ann Marie Antoinette. We will be staying here on this visit and cannot find too...

at this point (our last meal) but I still couldn’t believe the flavors. Drinks: Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone. Sit at the bar (it rotates) and order classic tails, not beers and wine. The Vieux Carre was invented at...

to the Hotel Monteleone as the town battened down for Hurricane Dennis, which fortunately missed us. I assume the impending storm was the reason that the service at Mr Bs seemed so amateur at dinner – that and the place was...

Here is a list of FQ restaurants: http://www.nomenu.com/RestaurantsOpen.html#FrenchQuarter For starters, how about Brennan’s, Arnaud’s, Hunt Room Grill, Pelican Club or the Rib Room? Or Louis VXI in the St. Louis Hotel...

Jefe’s is a (well ventilated) cigar bar with live music. Usually pretty crowded. The Columns is a beautiful bar in a hotel on St. Charles, I think this is the one I’d pick. Back in the quarter, I’d go to the...

Lac, Laurentino’s, Vega’s, Crabby Jack’s, Clementine’s, Kim Son, Galley Seafood for bars: French 75 at Arnaud’s, Carousel at Hotel Monteleone, Absinthe House, Lafitte’s Blacksmith, Tommy’s...

. Perhaps a Pimm’s Cup at the Napolean House? Or a Sazerac at the Fairmont (home of the Sazerac Bar) or the Carousel Bar at the Monteleone Hotel? Or a French 75 at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar? Fri: Personally, I am not the...

a full-blown screaming match with the night staff who used implied physical threats against me at 3:30. The next morning we packed up and left (and refused to pay for our two nights there) and moved to the Hotel Monteleone, which...

I’m inexperienced with Sazeracs, certainly with New Orleans ones, but I remember being quite happy with on at the Oak Bar at the Fairmont Copley Hotel one February night.