Original Old Absinthe Bar

 

Est. 1806

A tradition in the french quarters.[sic] This is the

bar known to travelers the world over. From it

came the famous absinthe drip. The bar where

Jean E Pierre LaFitte, Andrew Jackson,

Mark Twain and other celebrities were served.

If it could talk what stories the bar would tell

of a thousand gone nights crowded into history.

Marker is at the intersection of Bourbon Street, on the right when traveling east on Bourbon Street.

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