Drink Dat - Where and What to Drink in New Orleans with Elizabeth Pearce - Episode 49

Beyond Bourbon Street, an Insider's Guide to New Orleans

Mark Bologna

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.9 • 916 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Drink Dat - Where and What to Drink in New Orleans

Do you ever wonder where the locals go for a cocktail in New Orleans? On today's show, my guest, Elizabeth Pearce, helps answer that question for you!

Elizabeth is a storyteller, a cocktail historian, and a New Orleanian. She is the presenter of the Drink and Learn Tour, and the author of two books about drinking in New Orleans.

On today's episode, we explore New Orleans through its bars and its cocktails. We not only cover where to get the best drinks, but we skim through nearly 300 years of New Orleans history along the way.

You'll find lots of great places to visit, the history of some of the most famous drinks in New Orleans, and the importance of the go cup.

All this and more on today's show!

Time Stamps for Today's Episode

1:20 Meet Elizabeth Pearce

1:45 Markey's Bar in the Bywater

2:00 Two books and a tour

2:45 Not 'just' a New Orleanian (shout out to Elizabeth's Mom!)

4:15 Elizabeth answers the question: how did I start doing this?

7:00 French Quarter Drinking Companion

8:20 Drink Dat

-- I got distracted here and forgot to make notes! --

22:00 Accidental City

25:20 The Sazerac, Peychaud's bitters

30:40 Essential New Orleans drinks

31:20 In search of the Ramos Gin Fizz

32:20 The Grasshopper

34:00 Drink and Learn Tour

35:30 Hurricanes and Prohibition

40:00 Bourbon Street

44:20 Where would Elizabeth take you?

47:00 Bacchanal

49:00 Rooftop bars

52:00 Bars and possibilities

56:00 The go cup

Resources

You can sign up for Elizabeth's Drink and Learn Tour over at her website: www.drinkandlearn.com. Be sure to enter promo code BBST for a discount!

Follow Elizabeth (@drinkandlearn) on Instagram and on Twitter.

Her latest book, Drink Dat, is a concoction of equal parts guidebook and stories. Do make sure you purchase it! Here's a link to find it a local bookstore near you. You can also find it on Amazon.

For you French Quarter lovers, check out the French Quarter Drinking Companion, too.

Thank You

Thanks to Elizabeth Pearce for joining me on the podcast and sharing stories about the city we both love. Thanks also to Markey's Bar in the Bywater - they didn't know they were hosting us, but on the plus side, they didn't throw us out, either!

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Thanks for listening!

Mark

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hmm. Street, an insider's guide to New Orleans. Beyond Bourbon Street is the podcast where we explore the food,
0:16.3	music, culture, places, and people that make New Orleans unique. Whether you are planning a trip,
0:22.1	living in New Orleans, or simply wanting a taste of the Crescent City from wherever you are, you've come to the right place.
0:30.0	And now, your host, Mark Bologna.
0:33.0	Hey all, this is Mark.
0:35.0	Hey, all, this is Mark.
0:39.0	Welcome to episode 49.
0:40.0	The last show is all about moving to New Orleans.
0:43.0	I had a wonderful discussion with three of our listeners who moved to New Orleans in the last year, year and a half.
0:48.0	We talked about their decisions to move, we covered where they chose to live and lots of other things like taxes
0:53.8	insurance schools potholes celebrating life and a whole lot more. The special
0:58.3	thanks to Jennifer Larabath and Terry for sharing their stories and to Will over at Pizza Nola in Lakeview for hosting us.
1:05.0	If you missed it, go back and give it a listen. I think you'll enjoy it.
1:09.0	If you contemplate and move into New Orleans, you'll find it helpful.
1:12.0	And if you just want to live vicariously
1:13.6	through others we got you covered there too and if you're a new oleinean you'll
1:18.3	smile and go yeah you're right continuously today's show is all about cocktails in history. We've done a couple other shows
1:25.8	about cocktail culture including episode 15 with Abigail Gullo that was
1:29.5	she's terrific so go back and give that a listen and also episode 41 with Liz Williams
1:34.3	about the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. We also talked about history of New
1:38.2	Orleans plenty including with Richard Campanala, Christine Miller and others.
1:42.0	But today's guest is going to help us blend the two. Ponella, Christine Miller, and others.
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