Bourbon Street

THINGS TO DO, NEW ORLEANS Updated : Nov 30, 2016, 06.03 PM IST

Anita Rao Kashi

Anita Rao Kashi is a freelance travel and food writer based in Bangalore. After nearly 12 years with The Times of India in Bangalore,she went freelance in Jan 2006 to write about travel and food. Her stories have appeared in such publications as Lonely Planet Magazine India, National Geographic Magazine India, Economic Times, Jetwings, Femina, Tiger Tales, Silkwinds, Bangalore Mirror, The Star of Malaysia etc. Apart from writing for various national and international magazines, newspapers and websites, as well blogging on travel and food, she has worked on travel and food guides.

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If there is one street in the French Quarter that showcases the bohemian and party culture of the area, then it is Bourbon Street. Named after the ruling family of France when New Orleans was established in the early 18th century, Bourbon Street had a perfectly modest beginning. Filled with moderate sized houses, it was essentially a residential area. But it changed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the adjacent areas began increasingly to host brothels and bawdy drinking holes. Bourbon Street couldn’t remain unaffected and a strong of restaurants, bars and jazz clubs were founded, which were later joined by strip clubs. In the evenings, the whole street is devoid of vehicular movement and becomes one big party zone with such as Pat O’Brien’s. Barely Legal, Galatoire’s, Saints and Sinners owned by Channing Tatum and Old Absinthe House.
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