The Big Easy’s Best Bets

Stroll Down Magazine Street

Magazine Street has miles of eclectic shops, restaurants, and more. Pick up one-of-a-kind gifts at mom-and-pop boutiques or snag sidewalk seats at a nearby café for perfectly crafted coffees and cocktails.

Visit Audubon Park
Famous for the “Tree of Life,” a majestic Étienne de Boray Oak, there are few better times to explore the park than during spring. Make a reservation at Audubon Zoo, pack a picnic, or simply enjoy the easy life while resting under the shade of hundred-year-old trees.

Hop Aboard The Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise
Cruise up and down the Mississippi River while enjoying live jazz on the deck. No trip to New Orleans is complete without dipping your toes in the unbelievable music scene our city harbors and creates.

Next time you sit down to drink this smooth but powerful concoction—made of rye whiskey, Peychaud’s bitters, Herbsaint, and sugar—remember these fascinating legends surrounding its creation.

The Sazerac dates back to the 1830s and it’s believed a Creole Apothecarist named Antoine Peychaud invented it in his French Quarter pharmacy on Royal Street. He added some dashes of his family’s bitters to his favorite cognac and served it in an egg cup called a coquetier, which is said to have morphed into the word “cocktail.” Another story claims that the owner of The Sazerac Coffee House began serving the drink with Sazerac-de-Forge et fils cognac and added a couple of dashes of Peychaud's bitters. Towards the latter portion of the 1800s, cognac became sparse due to an epidemic in the vineyards of France. The cognac was then replaced with rye whiskey, bringing us to our current delicious but strong recipe.