#2459 - Chart Room, New Orleans - 3/18/2014

A tip of the strongly poured cup to Ray Newman, who passed away about a month before this visit, after running the Chart Room for almost 40 years. Dubbed a "de facto oasis of sanity" in Esquire's list of best bars in the country, this bar is pleasingly super dark, cozy, and quite un-touristy for a bar near ground zero of the French Quarter.

300 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130 - (504) 522-1708
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