Grab a Barstool at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar

It doesn’t matter if you are a local that has seen everything or if you are a tourist leaving Louis Armstrong International Airport for the first time, New Orleans is a captivating city with more than its fair share of memorable bars. The one thing you will need, however, is a sense of adventure. Grab one of the city’s many barstools and sit down for a drink at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar. Here, the wood bar stools come with a fine velvet cover, but don’t let the obvious opulence scare you off, even if you are in shorts and a t-shirt, you are welcome here.

Before you can truly appreciate Arnaud’s French 75 Bar, you must understand something about the city you are in. No place on earth celebrates food and drink like New Orleans. There are more four star restaurants here, per mile, in the French Quarter and in the nearby neighborhoods than anywhere in the country, including Manhattan. The one thing that New Orleans is missing, almost entirely, is snobbishness. At Arnaud’s French 75 Bar, grab one of the many contemporary bar stools and understand that people have been drinking here, and dining here, for generations. It is simply a New Orleans tradition.

There are so many great bars in this city, there is no possible way you can see them all in one trip. Some are absolute dives, some are tourist spots and others, like Arnaud’s French 75 Bar, are close to immortal. If you are in the Quarter and you need a cocktail and a place to sit on wood bar stools, than Arnaud’s French 75 Bar is it.