Don't even bother driving down swarming St. Peter St. Pay lots nearby.
PAYMENT
POPULAR DRINK
The legendary Hurricane, Mint Julep, full bar, some beers.
SEATING
Anything you want-indoor tables, bar stools, courtyard seating, standing room-it all depends where you want to drink.
AMBIENCE/CLIENTELE
Not so much one bar as it is a series of chambers and halls all within a gated courtyard; the crowd runs the gamut from nostalgic couples who visited here years ago to college football players in jackets and ties to gaggles of giggling brides' maids.
Extras/Notes
Though mostly tourists, everyone in New Orleans has been here at least once. The much-imitated courtyard has a flaming fountain as a centerpiece and, on the right night, the Dixie moon shining overhead. The piano bar features dueling darlings at the keys, hammering away rollicking versions of any request under the sun. There's a sports
bar, a restaurant, a roving photographer to take classy black and white group photos, a big room upstairs for private parties, and a smaller bar fronting Bourbon St. that keeps the Hurricanes swirling for the street traffic. You even get to keep your curvaceous Hurricane glass, which they helpfully box up for you at the door. The huge building originally served as a theatre when New Orleans was governed by Spain.
