Walking through Hotel Roosevelt’s chandeliered lobby and into the polished glow of the Sazerac Bar, you feel as if you’ve stepped back into a well-heeled era of hushed wheeling and dealing and high-society drinking. With its art deco murals, subdued lighting and plush couches, the Sazerac Bar is an OK – but overpriced – alternative to the rowdy French Quarter bars nearby.
Sidle up to the bar, order a sazerac (created in New Orleans) and gossip like it’s 1929.