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Twelve Mile Limit is a relatively new bar in Mid-City. drinks as the bar top and barstools slowly spin around them. There also is ample stationary seating around the lounge, and live piano music offers more sophisticated entertainment most nights. 214 Royal St., 523-3341; www.hotelmonteleone.com
THE COLUMNS
With its grand view of St. Charles Avenue, the veranda at the Columns offers a picturesque and breezy perch to enjoy a drink. Inside the ornately decorated Victorian-era hotel, the barroom offers more clubby ambience, with its dark wood and plush banquettes. 3811 St. Charles Ave., 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com
DAVENPORT LOUNGE AT THE RITZ-CARLTON
IRVIN MAYFIELD’S JAZZ PLAYHOUSE
Grammy-winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield’s club brought contemporary live jazz back to Bourbon Street, and there’s no cover charge. The lineup of local favorites includes Shamarr Allen, Jason Marsalis, Bill Summers, Germaine Bazzle and George French. On Friday nights, the Burlesque Ballroom recalls another variety and era of Bourbon Street entertainment. 300 Bourbon St., 553-2299; www.sonesta.com
SWIZZLE STICK BAR AT THE LOEWS HOTEL
Cocktailian Lu Brow helped get New Orleans’ cocktail revival going, and she rotates in new concoctions every few weeks at this airy lounge situated between the lobby of the Loews Hotel
THE GREAT OUTDOORS As unforgiving as the summer heat can be in New Orleans, there are plenty of courtyards, patios and balconies in which to cool off.
BACCHANAL
This super-casual Bywater wine shop has a spacious backyard cluttered with mismatched patio furniture and chairs. It’s a popular destination for live music and food offered by the in-house chef or visiting chefs on weekends. Pay for wine, bottled beer and a selection of cheeses and salumi in the front of the shop and then head out back to find a seat. 600 Poland Ave., 948-9111; www.bacchanalwine.com
BALCONY BAR & CAFE
Many revelers don’t get past this bar’s ground-floor pool tables and large array of taps, but the second floor offers one of Uptown’s largest balcony drinking destinations. There’s plenty of seating on the wraparound balcony, and the upstairs kitchen offers casual fare to fuel a late night. 3201 Magazine St., 894-8888
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The Voodoo Garden at this music hall on Decatur Street is typically open for special events and dining only — but on Fridays, the patio opens during its happy hour from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., or as long as the band performing there keeps playing. Sip $2 domestics and $3 imports, and $3 house wines and cocktail creations in the brick patio trimmed with the venue’s folk art decor and lush palm greenery. 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com
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Trumpeter and crooner Jeremy Davenport is in residence three nights at week at his namesake lounge off the third-floor lobby of the Ritz-Carlton. Catch him after work on Thursday evenings and later on Friday and Saturday nights. 921 Canal St., third floor, 524-1331; www.ritzcarlton.com
and Cafe Adelaide. One recent addition is the Zen Garden, a mix of organic vodka, ginger liqueur and muddled cilantro in a cayenne-and-sugar-rimmed glass. There’s a $5 cocktail special offered every day. 300 Poydras St., 595-3305; www.cafeadelaide.com
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