Wayne Curtis, Author at Imbibe Magazine

The History of Erickson’s Saloon

Erickson’s had the reputation of the grandest and rowdiest workingman’s bar in the nation in the late 19th century. Wayne Curtis explores.

Just outside the windows of Bellocq, a cocktail lounge between the French Quarter and the Garden District, Robert E. Lee stands atop a column…

“Try this,” says Chris Hannah, sliding a cordial glass across the bar toward me. He’s done this more than once in the five years…

Chris McMillian and I are chatting over lunch at the Napoleon House in New Orleans when he glances through a window and spots a…