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New Orleans Bar Guide

The bar that put Freret Street on the map and helped define the new New Orleans cocktail culture. The Sazerac here is the standard others are measured against. The space is beautiful, the music is exactly right, and the staff know everything.

The Top 51 in New Orleans 51 bars

How this guide was made

Every bar in this guide was visited in person by a barsforKings editor. No bar is listed without a visit within the past 18 months, and every ranked bar is visited at least twice, on different nights, before it earns a place. This city is re-reviewed every 90 days, and each entry is approved by a named editor — never an algorithm and never a paid placement. Read our full methodology and editorial standards, or meet the editors behind the reviews.

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