Bad Rate (for Alcoholics): Hotel Monteleone's Absinthe Expert

Where: 214 Rue Royale | French Quarter [map], New Orleans, LA, United States, 70130

7/18/2006 at 4:14 PM
Tags: Bad Rate, Hotel Party, New Orleans Hotels

The annual festival, Tales of the Cocktail, will kick off in New Orleans tomorrow at 2 p.m. a the Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter.

Here the official cocktail of the festival will be unveiled and over the next few days, more than 2,000 people are expected to roam about the city, attending cocktail parties, dining at fine restaurants and getting drunk.

But if you're on the wagon or if you've promised yourself that the one time you tried absinthe in Prague would be your last, then be careful. The hotel will be paying homage to the dangerous drink:

Tales of the Cocktail will also feature a tasting of the only bona fide absinthe produced anywhere in the world by New Orleans native Ted Breaux. The absinthe chemist will be on hand with his painstakingly, distilled liqueur for the Absinthe Discussion at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Hotel Monteleone.

If you can handle your liquor or just want to get the hell out of rehab, regular room rates at the hotel start at $238 for a double.

Image via DrunkenMonkey/Flickr

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