Absinthe Bars
By on July 28th, 2009
Looking for a place to order absinthe when out on the town? How about a place that serves a proper glass of absinthe and not just absinthe shots? I’m compiling a list of establishments here and if you serve absinthe at yours, send me an email and I’ll look at adding you to the list. Please provide a link so I can put it into the listing.
Peche Austin
208 W. Fourth St.
Austin, TX 78701
512-495-9669
Info: Absinthe bar
Absinthe Brasserie and Bar
398 Hayes Street (at Gough Street)
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-551-1590
Info: Cocktail lists a proper Sazerac; photos include a traditional glass with dose, sugar, and spoon.
Absinthe Cafe Resto Bar
1208 Wellington St.
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 2Z7
613-761-1138
Info: Tragically chose a photo hyping Thujone for their site, but offers Taboo, Pernod, and Hill’s.
The Old Absinthe House
240 Bourbon Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-523-3181 or 504-523-0103
Info: From an email today, “We serve Lucid and La Tourment brands of absinthe in several different drinks at the Old Absinthe House.”
Shenanigans Irish Pub
7030 University Ave
La Mesa, CA
619-668-1256
Info: Tweeted “Don’t forget Green Hour! Lucid and La Fee Absinthe $7.00 5:00-7:00 daily!”
Twitter: @ShenanigansIP
Floris Bar
Impasse de la Fidélité 12
1000 Brussels
+32/2.514.44.34
Info: An extensive Absinthe menu
Kruts Karport
Oster Farimagsgade 12,
2100 Copenhagen
Tel.: 35 26 86 38
Info: Coffee, cakes, beer, whiskeys, and of course, absinthe.
Pravda Of New Orleans
1113 Decatur St.
New Orleans, LA 70116
Tel.: 504-525-1818
Info: I was contacted by Eric Sherman of Pravda and he has this to say: “… besides the over 50 brands of vodka, we have the largest selection of absinthe of any bar in New Orleans, maybe the whole U.S.. We serve in the French traditional style, but if you want fire we will light the suger cube. Our stock varies from time to time, but as I write we have 20 different choices. Of course we have Lucid, and Kubler 53, but we also have Nouvelle Orleans, Francois Guy, Obsello, Trul 1792, Pernod, and many others.” Sounds great!
Huckleberry Bar
588 Grande Street (at Lorimer)
Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Tel: 718-218-8555
Info: Serves a variety of absinthes and pastis beverages. After dinner drinks menu includes:
Kubler, Lucid, “Meadow of Love” & “Walton Waters” Delaware Phoenix, Pernod Absinthe, Pernod Pastis, Ricard Pastis, Saint George Absinthe Verte
The Edison
102 W. 2nd Street #101
Los Angeles, California 90012
Tel: 213-613-0000
Info: Cocktail number 064: Absinthe ‘75 is a cousin to Death in the Afternoon and sounds divine. Their absinthe list is a long one and includes: Absente, Grande Absente, Grüne Fée, Kubler, La Fée, Le Tournment, Lucid, Mata Hari, Pernod, St. George, Versinthe, Vieux Carré, Leopold Brothers, and Claudestine [sic] which I would guess is actually Clandestine.
