Arnaud's French 75

I love the people that my friends and I become when we decide on French 75 for a night of fancy cocktails. As we enter the wooden doors and step foot onto the tile, we become a group of friends out of the roaring 20's. No really, we're pretty full of ourselves (theater types) and take it perhaps a step too far sometimes. That being said, I really do love it here. I love sitting in a corner chatting with my friends trying every (and I do mean every) drink on the menu with an old-fashioned thrown in for good measure. Chris Hannah runs the show here and if you know anything of NOLA mixology, you know this dude doesn't mess around. Every drink is skillfully made and has incredible depths of flavor. Atmosphere, drinks, fancy pants; it just makes me happy to know that I'll be drinking here. I'm not real happy when the check shows up, but it was all worth it for the experience. It can get smoky and loud in here at times, but again, as long as we're all having fun let's just live it up.

My friend and I did not want to deal with Bourbon Street and the smelly bars, so at the recommendation of  the Ritz, we headed to French 75. It was perfect! Super cool, laid back, not pretentious but "pressed". It gets a nice clientele, which is refreshing after dealing with so many drunken messes on Bourbon. A great place with great service to enjoy a low key drink and wonderful appetizers. Old school charm! Love it! I look forward to going back!!

Awesome cocktail bar.  Great (fancy) service.  It's off of Bourbon so the crowd isn't fratty at all.    Great way to get off of Bourbon and try something different.  The drinks were very reasonably priced.

170/365