Editing French Quarter (section)

===Bourbon Street===
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[[File:French Quarter-865.JPG|thumb|The [[Old Absinthe House]]]]
The most well-known of the French Quarter streets, Bourbon Street, or Rue Bourbon, is known for its drinking establishments. Most of the bars frequented by tourists are new but the Quarter also has a number of notable bars with interesting histories. The [[Old Absinthe House]] has kept its name even though [[absinthe]] was banned in the U.S. from 1915 to 2007 because it was believed to have toxic qualities.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

[[Pat O'Brien's Bar]] is known both for inventing the red [[Hurricane (cocktail)|Hurricane]] cocktail and for having the first [[Dueling pianos|dueling piano]] bar.  Pat O'Brien's is located at 718 St. Peter Street.<ref>{{cite news |last = Marszalek |first = Keith I.  |date = November 30, 2008 |url = http://blog.nola.com/anguslind/2008/11/pat_os_turns_75_this_week.html |title = Home of the 'Hurricane' Pat O'Brien's turns 75 this week |work = nola.com |access-date = 2009-06-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120324085132/http://blog.nola.com/anguslind/2008/11/pat_os_turns_75_this_week.html |archive-date = March 24, 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

[[Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop]] is a tavern located on the corner of Bourbon and St. Philip streets. Built sometime before 1772, it is one of the older surviving structures in New Orleans. It is also the oldest bar in all of America that still operates as a bar. According to legend, the structure was once a business owned by the [[Jean Lafitte|Lafitte brothers]], perhaps as a "front" for their smuggling operations at [[Barataria Bay]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

The [[Napoleon House]] bar and restaurant is in the former home of mayor [[Nicholas Girod]]. It was named for an unrealized plot to rescue [[Napoleon]] from his exile in [[Saint Helena]] and bring him to New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022|title=Napoleon House History|url=https://www.napoleonhouse.com/history/|access-date=January 13, 2022|website=Napoleon House}}</ref>

The original [[Johnny White's]] bar is a favorite of [[motorcycle|motorcycle bikers]].  In 2005 an offshoot called Johnny White's Hole in the Wall, along with [[Molly's at the Market]], drew national media attention as the only businesses in the city to stay open throughout Hurricane Katrina and the weeks after the storm.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

[[Spirits on Bourbon]] was featured on the season three of ''Bar Rescue.'' It has become a staple of Bourbon Street, with its light-up skull cup and Resurrection drink.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

The [[Bourbon Pub]] and Oz, both located at the intersection of Bourbon and St. Ann Streets, are the two largest [[homosexual|gay]] clubs in New Orleans. [[Cafe Lafitte in Exile|Café Lafitte in Exile]], located at the intersection of Bourbon and Dumaine, is the oldest continuously running [[gay bar]] in the United States. These and other gay establishments sponsor the raucous [[Southern Decadence]] Festival during [[Labor Day]] weekend. This festival is often referred to as New Orleans' Gay Mardi Gras.  St. Ann Street is often called "the Lavender Line" or "the Velvet Line" in reference to its being on the edge of the French Quarter's predominately gay district.  While gay residents live throughout the French Quarter, that portion northeast of St. Ann Street is generally considered to be the gay district.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

New Orleans and its French Quarter are one of a few places in the United States where possession and consumption of [[alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] in [[United States open container laws|open containers]] is allowed on the street.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://secure.cityofno.com/SystemModules/PrintPage.aspx?portal=2&load=~%2FPortalModules%2FViewPressRelease.ascx&itemid=509 |title = City of New Orleans memo<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date = December 21, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071004151522/http://secure.cityofno.com/SystemModules/PrintPage.aspx?portal=2&load=~%2FPortalModules%2FViewPressRelease.ascx&itemid=509 |archive-date = October 4, 2007 |url-status = dead }}</ref> French Quarter Street is also home to [[jazz music]]; there are many street performers and jazz shops. Many streets are filled with jazz clubs with live jazz performances, making it an attractive destination in the [[Neighborhoods in New Orleans|neighborhood]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Lorenza Brascia|title=Your best day in New Orleans, guided by sound|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/us/new-orleans-soundtracks/index.html|access-date=2021-10-19|website=CNN|date=July 3, 2017 }}</ref>