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Your smooth and sassy guide to the bar scene in the French Quarter. Each year, millions of tourists and locals descend upon New Orleans' historic French Quarter for its bar scene. Its wide, weird, and wonderful range of watering holes is encapsulated in this guide. Readers will accompany the authors to select bars as they listen to music, admire the dcor, eavesdrop on patrons, and sample the wares.

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From shooter girls to Sazeracs to daiquiri machines, this little gem of a book provides exactly what it says it does: a drinking companion to New Orleans's French Quarter. Self-described tipplers, Alsup, Elizabeth Pearce, and Richard Read provide an entertaining overview and description of their visits to drinking establishments in the Quarter. One hundred bars are categorized as Iconic, Bourbon Street, Live Music, Neighborhood, High-brow, Dive, LGBT, Hipster, Hotel, and Other. The two- to three-page entries are to the point, outlining what you're swilling, wearing, and hearing and who your drinking buddies are--locals, tourists, dates, hip relations, conventioneers, you name it. There are a few photographs throughout and a bar name index. A map might have been a great addition, but each entry provides an address, phone, and website if available, to help get you where you need to go. Verdict A highly enjoyable niche guide; for folks who are traveling to New Orleans and plan on drinking, this is the ticket.-- (11/07/2013)

From shooter girls to Sazeracs to daiquiri machines, this little gem of a book provides exactly what it says it does: a drinking companion to New Orleans's French Quarter. Self-described tipplers, Alsup, Elizabeth Pearce, and Richard Read provide an entertaining overview and description of their visits to drinking establishments in the Quarter. One hundred bars are categorized as Iconic, Bourbon Street, Live Music, Neighborhood, High-brow, Dive, LGBT, Hipster, Hotel, and Other. The two- to three-page entries are to the point, outlining what you're swilling, wearing, and hearing and who your drinking buddies are--locals, tourists, dates, hip relations, conventioneers, you name it. There are a few photographs throughout and a bar name index. A map might have been a great addition, but each entry provides an address, phone, and website if available, to help get you where you need to go. Verdict A highly enjoyable niche guide; for folks who are traveling to New Orleans and plan on drinking, this is the ticket.--Louise Feldmann, Colorado State Univ. Lib., Fort Collins Library Journal Xpress (11/07/2013)

From shooter girls to Sazeracs to daiquiri machines, this little gem of a book provides exactly what it says it does: a drinking companion to New Orleans's French Quarter. Self-described tipplers, Alsup, Elizabeth Pearce, and Richard Read provide an entertaining overview and description of their visits to drinking establishments in the Quarter. One hundred bars are categorized as -Iconic,- -Bourbon Street,- -Live Music,- -Neighborhood,- -High-brow,- -Dive,- -LGBT,- -Hipster,- -Hotel,- and -Other.- The two- to three-page entries are to the point, outlining what you're swilling, wearing, and hearing and who your drinking buddies are--locals, tourists, dates, hip relations, conventioneers, you name it. There are a few photographs throughout and a bar name index. A map might have been a great addition, but each entry provides an address, phone, and website if available, to help get you where you need to go. Verdict A highly enjoyable niche guide; for folks who are traveling to New Orleans and plan on drinking, this is the ticket.--Louise Feldmann, Colorado State Univ. Lib., Fort Collins-Library Journal Xpress- (11/07/2013)

Author Information

Allison Alsup is an award-winning writer, teacher, and designer. She holds a BA in French literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College. Alsup is a dedicated Francophile whose favorite drink is champagne, making her the perfect New Orleans resident! Elizabeth Pearce describes herself as a self-employed cocktail historian. She has a BA in English from Louisiana State University and MA in education from the University of New Orleans. Pearce offers cocktail tours of her favorite city. Born in Covington, Louisiana, she now calls New Orleans home. Richard Read is the director of marketing for NOCCA and an instructor at the University of New Orleans in the arts administration program. He holds a BA in English and MA in theatre and arts administration. He enjoys joining his friends and fellow New Orleanians Alsup and Pearce as they explore the drinking holes of their beloved French Quarter.

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