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Pat O'Brien's, New Orleans, LA

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Pat O'Brien's

Sip a Hurricane beside the flaming fountain on the courtyard patio, then sing along with the dueling pianos.

718 St. Peter St · New Orleans, LA

About Pat O'Brien's

Pat O'Brien's has poured drinks in the French Quarter since 1933 and moved into its current 1791 building on St. Peter Street in 1942. It has three bars: a main bar with more than 500 beer steins hanging from the ceiling, a 4,000-square-foot patio built around a copper fountain topped with an open flame, and a piano lounge where dueling pianists take song requests. The Hurricane, the rum cocktail created here during World War II, is the house signature.

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