In June, OffBeat announced a new cocktail contest we co-sponsored along with Herbsaint: The Melodic Mixology Competition. The rules were simple: New Orleans-area bartenders were asked to make an original cocktail recipe that met three guidelines: 1. it used Legendre Herbsaint 100 Proof, 2. it used no more than 7 ingredients, and 3. the cocktail [...]
Tag Archives: Hotel Monteleone
Michael Glassberg of Hotel Monteleone Wins Melodic Mixology Cocktail Competition
July 17, 2012 – 3:02 pm
Festigals: A Fete for Females
June 20, 2012 – 3:58 pm
The all-women, all-pampering FestiGals is back at the Hotel Monteleone. The four-day festival kicks off on Thursday, June 21. This is a “one-of-a-kind series of events,” says FestiGals founder Diane Lyons. “CEOs, soccer moms, and retirees will unite to celebrate life, laughter, and womanhood…in a city where food, fun and fabulousness run rampart around every [...]
Tea and Tales of the Cocktail
July 1, 2011 – 12:03 am
On July 23, a funeral procession will throng through the French Quarter. The second liners won’t be in funeral attire; they will wear formal clothes and emerge at 11:30 a.m. from the Hotel Monteleone, the starting point of the procession. The departed was once a close friend of the second liners, especially during the 1990s, [...]
Tales of the Cocktail Kicks Off
July 22, 2010 – 11:22 am
This week, thousands of bartenders descend upon the city. They come from all over the world, bearing knowledge of spirits and techniques and liquor history, and don plastic badges on lanyards as they come together to celebrate their shared love: cocktails. Since the Tales of the Cocktail began in 2003, its founders Ann and Paul [...]
Janice Medlock: Confessions of a Piano Bar Star
October 1, 1989 – 12:01 am
“It’s a life,” declared Janice Medlock emphatically. “It’s more than just a profession—more than music even—it’s a way of life.” The topic at hand was piano bars—specifically what it is like to be a piano bar performer. Medlock, who plays at the Monteleone Hotel’s Carousel Lounge Wednesdays through Thursdays, has developed a loyal following for [...]
