The Columns

Here's a local favorite for drinks on the white-columned porch under spreading oak trees. Why? Well, aside from the Old South setting, beers at happy hour are a measly $2, and mixed drinks are not much more, though the latter are only middling in quality. Watching a downpour from the safety of that classic veranda is rather on the awesome side. Inside, you will think you've stumbled onto the set of Pretty Baby -- because, in fact, you have. The interiors were shot here, though it's gotten pretty worn since then. All that perfect New Orleans atmosphere may not make up for how one can be engulfed in cigarette smoke in the dark interior bar.

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