Culinary: Beverages

Given the disappearance of most independent bread and confectionery bakeries, this list includes information about presently operating bakeries throughout the metropolitan area in addition to defunct bakeries and baking history.

Bars & Nightclubs

“All Happy Hours in New Orleans | Gambit Weekly”, n.d. http://happyhours.bestofneworleans.com/new-orleans/find/places.
“Gambit New Orleans Bar Guide”, n.d. http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/LocationSearch?locationCategory=1222856.
“Gambit Weekly and GoTime.com Present Happy Hours | Gambit Weekly”, n.d. http://happyhours.bestofneworleans.com/new-orleans/mobile.
Holmes, Jack D.L. “O’Reilly’s Regulations on Booze, Boarding Houses and Billiards.” Louisiana History 6, no. 3 (Summer 1965): 293–300.
“New Orleans Bar Guide – NOLA.com”, n.d. http://www.nola.com/bar-guide/.

Breweries & Beer

Burst, Deborah. “Heiner Brau Mastered a New Label and the Art of Marketing with Its Covington Brewhouse Line.” City Business North Shore Report (September 10, 2010).
City Business Staff Reports. “Louisiana’s Distribution Laws Bottle Microbrewery Growth Options.” New Orleans City Business (February 5, 2010).
“City Intelligence.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, June 2, 1852.
“Dissolution.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, February 5, 1845.
“Fire.” Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, March 9, 1850.
Foster, Mary. “Brewery Fighting to Bring Dixie Back to New Orleans.” La Crosse Tribune (November 18, 2007).
“Fresh Brewer’s Yeast.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, November 28, 1844.
“Home | New Orleans International Beer Festival”, n.d. http://neworleansinternationalbeerfest.com/.
“Innauguration of the First Lager Beer Establishment in New Orleans.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, December 4, 1864.
“Lager Bier.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, August 12, 1854.
“List of Letters.” Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, November 7, 1846.
“Louisiana Brewery.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, January 21, 1844.
Mistretta, A.J. “Day Brewing Co.” New Orleans City Business (1994 to 2008) 22, no. 34 (February 11, 2002): 16.
Neary, Lynn. “Couple Vows to Get Beer Flowing Again in ‘Dixie’.” Weekend Edition Saturday. NPR, June 3, 2006.
“NOLA Beer Bitch”, n.d. http://www.nolabeerbitch.com/.
“Row at Merz’s Brewery.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, August 17, 1864.
Rowland, Drew. “NOLA Brew History”, n.d. http://nolabrewhistory.com/.
“The Beer BuddhaTM: A New Orleans Beer Blog”, n.d. http://www.thebeerbuddha.com/.
Thomas, Greg. “Brewing Ambitions.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, June 2, 2002.
Wolfe, Matt. “N.O. Brewery to Sell Canned Beers.” New Orleans City Business (May 27, 2011).
Young, Alma H., Teresa Wilkinson, and Jane Schleichardt Brooks. “The Jackson Brewery.” Urban Land 43, no. 6 (June 1984): 20–25.

Cocktails

Bettridge, Jack. “Sins of the Sazerac.” Wine Spectator 34, no. 15 (March 31, 2010): 27.
Dorrance, L A. “Mix Up A Ramos Gin Fizz with Ralph Brennan.” Ralph Brennan’s New Orleans Seafood Blog, April 16, 2008. http://ralphbrennancookbook.blogspot.com/2008/04/mix-up-ramos-giz-fizz-with-ralph.html.
McCaffety, Kerri. Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA: Winter Books, 1998.
“Museum of the American Cocktail | Videos from NOLA.com – NOLA.com”, n.d. http://videos.nola.com/nola/museum_of_the_american_cocktai/index.html.
“The Museum of the American Cocktail”, n.d. http://www.museumoftheamericancocktail.org/.
“Typical Drinks Of New Orleans – Some Special Concoctions That Have Made It Difficult for Orleanians to Keep Sober.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, June 16, 1912.
York, Joe. Marsaw Documentary Film. Streaming, Documentary. Southern Foodways Alliance. http://www.southernfoodways.com/documentary/film/marsaw.html.

Coffee & Coffeehouses (including Cafe Brulot and Chicory);

Clarke, R. J., and R. Macrae. Coffee: Related Beverages. Springer, 1987.
Jacobs, Howard. “Ceremony of Cafe Brulot Was Awesome Spectacle.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, November 11, 1958.
Louisiana State Museum. “Freshly Brewed: The Coffee Trade and the Port of New Orleans”, n.d. http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/coffee/coffee1.htm.
———. “Richly Brewed New Orleans Coffee Legacy”, Spring 1997.
Simmonds, Peter Lund. Coffee and Chicory, Their Culture, …, 1864.
Vaughan, John Griffith, Catherine Geissler, Barbara Nicholson, Elisabeth Dowle, and Elizabeth Rice. The New Oxford Book of Food Plants. New York: Oxford University Press US, 2009.

Distillery

“(Inhabitants; Refinery; New Levee; Louise; Nuisance; Attended).” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, June 9, 1838.
“Dry Agents Seize Still in Metairie.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, December 2, 1933.
“Huge Lakeshore Distillery Found by Federal Drys.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, February 8, 1929.
Price, Todd A. “New Craft Distillery Planned for New Orleans.” NOLA.com, August 23, 2011. http://www.nola.com/drink/index.ssf/2011/08/new_craft_distillery_planned_f.html.
“The City – Burst.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, July 27, 1862.
“The Distillery | |Old New Orleans Rum”, n.d. http://www.neworleansrum.com/gallery/the-distillery/.
“The Tax on Spirits.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, September 18, 1866.

Huck-a-bucks

“Huckabuck.” Wikipedia, February 29, 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huckabuck.

Prohibition

“Captain Hobson to Speak Here.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, March 17, 1918.
“College ‘Grads’ Help Dry New Orleans.” Journal of Education Vol. 104, no. Issue 10 (September 20, 1926): 245.
Cumbus, Fred. “City Expected to Regain ‘Fine Drink’ Fame Under Repeal.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, November 19, 1933.
Ferrari, Luciano, and Salvatore Mondello. “Origins of Italian-American Criminality: From New Orleans Through Prohibition.” Italian Americana Vol. 1, no. Issue 2 (March 1975): 217–36.
Fox, F. “The Man Who Was All Ready for Prohibition.” Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, January 27, 1919.
Jackson, Joy J. “Prohibition in New Orleans: The Unlikliest Crusade.” Louisiana History Vol. 19, no. Issue 3 (July 1978): 261–284.
Lippmann, Walter. “Today and Tomorrow.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, December 5, 1933.
“Noted Gin Mills May Turn Tamely To Coffee Houses; Fizzes and Frappes Prepare to Give Dying Gurgle in Thirsty Throats; Some Proprietors Not Without Hope; Dark Pall Hangs Heavy Over Royal Street and Cloaks Reviving Tango Belt.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, January 17, 1919.
“‘Oficial’ Repeal To Be Welcomed In City Tonight.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, December 5, 1933.
“Prohibition Forces Muster For Fight.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, April 26, 1918.
Sanchez, Tanya Marie. “The Feminine Side of Bootlegging.” Louisiana History Vol. 41, no. Issue 4 (October 2000): 403–433.
“Texan Arrested by Dry Agents in Liquor Raid.” Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, March 24, 1926.
Vyhnanek, Louis Andrew. “The Seamier Side of Life: Criminal Activity in New Orleans During the 1920s”. Louisiana State University, 1979.
Webster, Richard A. “Prohibition Still Creating Challenges for New Orleans Alcohol Industry.” New Orleans City Business. New Orleans, LA, August 25, 2011.
You May Fire, but I Will Not Surrender – British Pathe. Film, Newsreel. British Pathe, 1929. http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=17037.

Sazerac

Bettridge, Jack. “Sins of the Sazerac.” Wine Spectator 34, no. 15 (March 31, 2010): 27.
New Orleans’ Best Cocktails: The Sazerac, 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhaxHYb46E&feature=youtube_gdata_player.
“Prevented Duel.” The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, LA, November 6, 1861.
Roahen, Sara. “Sazerac.” In New Orleans Cuisine: Fourteen Signature Dishes and Their Histories, edited by Susan Tucker, 28–37. Jackson, MS: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009.
Siegel, Robert. “New Orleans Declares Sazerac Its Cocktail of Choice.” All Things Considered. NPR, June 26, 2008. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91912549.
“Wines, & C.” Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, July 16, 1842, sec. Advertising column.

Snowballs

Brady, Jeff. “Tasty Summertime Tradition in New Orleans.” Morning Edition. NPR, July 25, 2006. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5580349.
“Council May Ban Ice Cream Vendors.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, June 2, 1925.
Marszalek, Keith I. “In New Orleans, Snowballs Are a Really Big Deal.” Nola.com, July 8, 2008. http://blog.nola.com/dining/2008/07/in_new_orleans_snowballs_are_a.html.
“Night Recorder Saves Romance from Early End.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, May 29, 1924.
“O You Snowball Makers.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, April 4, 1923.
O’Bryan, Maud. “Snow Wizard Is Fluffing Up Snow.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, May 20, 1966.
Ramachandran, Shalini. Snowball Fight in New Orleans, 2011. http://online.wsj.com/video/snowball-fight-in-new-orleans/39D0BA0E-CCC0-45E2-9842-18D580C03958.html.
“‘Snowballs’ Under Official Attack.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, July 9, 1925.
Staff writers. “Catching Snowballs in July.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, July 22, 1988.
Walker, Judy. “New Orleans Snowball Sojourn Finds Fresh Flavors and Reliable Favorites.” Nola.com, July 7, 2011. http://www.nola.com/food/index.ssf/2011/07/a_snowball_sojourn_turns_up_fr.html.
“Zatarain Offers Extracts, Flavors for Summer Trade.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, April 29, 1948.

Softdrinks

“2 Liter Big Shot Soda Assorted Flavors.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, June 23, 1985.
Jacobs, Howard. “For Each Finder There’s a Loser.” The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, LA, June 21, 1976.
Laborde, Errol. “A New Orleans Phrase by Any Other Name – The Editor’s Room – July 2011 – New Orleans, LA.” My New Orleans, July 18, 2011. http://www.myneworleans.com/Blogs/The-Editors-Room/July-2011/A-New-Orleans-Phrase-by-Any-Other-Name/.
Pontchartrain, Blake. “Where Was the Famous Soft Drink Barq’s Born? Was It in New Orleans or Biloxi?” Best of New Orleans.com, February 15, 2011. http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/where-was-the-famous-soft-drink-barqs-born-was-it-in-new-orleans-or-biloxi/Content?oid=1571178.

Wine

“NOLA.com Wine Lovers Forum”, n.d. http://www.nola.com/forums/wine/.

Version: Spring 2012