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Tiki Tolteca, New Orleans, LA
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Tiki Tolteca is upstairs from Felipe's Taqueria in the Quarter, and, about eight months after this visit on the same block as famous tiki author Beachbum Berry's
Latitude 29. Tolteca was a little spare, light, and commodious for a tiki bar, but that might be expected for a place that recently started out as a pop-up open a few nights a week.
It definitely delivered on the cocktails. We chatted with bartender Richard "
Trader Dick" O'Dell, who had recently devised his
Hurricane entry for
Tales of the Cocktail. His "Subtropical Itch" was excellent -- a concoction I liked as much as any tiki cocktail I've ever tasted.
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Trader Dick, Tiki Tolteca, New Orleans, WA |
In 2014 the bar won a popular vote for
Best New Bar in the Country run by Food & Wine, as well as a list of the
21 best new bars in America from Thrillist, a USA Today list of
best tiki bars, and an award for '
Best Place To Make Out/Make Up/Have The “More Than Friends” Discussion/Go On A First Date/Go On A Third Date/Profess Your Undying Love/Propose.' From virtually no quality tiki cocktails a few years ago, the Big Easy now has at least three bars that focus on craft tiki drinks (Tolteca, Latitude, and Cane & Table) along with very nice tiki choices commonly offered at several other craft shops, including Sobou, Bar Tonique
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Tiki Tolteca, New Orleans, LA |
301 N Peters St (2nd floor), New Orleans, LA 70130 - (504) 267-4406
Est. May 2013
Web site:
tikitolteca.com -
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