Food & Drink

Photos: NOLA Holiday Cocktails

Because we know how to throw ’em back in (holiday) style. 

Cheers to the holidays! In addition to special Reveillon menus and seasonal offerings, New Orleans bars and restaurants know how to turn out fantastically festive holiday cocktails. Thirsty?

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Walk through a "Whiskey Wonderland" with this boozy concoction from Emeril's Restaurant.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

The "Home for the Holidays" cocktail at the Windsor Court Hotel.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

A pear-tini at Upperline restaurant.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

The "West Bank Daiquiri" at Three Muses on Maple Street.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

Cleverly named "I've Been Scrooged," this cocktail from Salon by Sucre is perfect for the holidays.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

The "Crescent City Cider" at Pelican Bar inside the Sheraton Hotel features notes of winter citrus.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

Get wise with the "Wise Men's Cocktail" at Emeril's NOLA.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

Will the resident ghost at Muriel's like the restaurant's spiced pear elixir as much as we do?

Muriel's Spiced Pear Elixir (Photo: Rebecca Todd)

The "Deck the Halls" cocktail at Longitude 90 inside Le Meridien New Orleans is refreshing and festive at once.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

GW Fins' pumpkin pie martini is a decadent after-dinner treat.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

The Wassail cocktail at French 75 Bar.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

A perennial crowd pleaser, Erin Rose's frozen Irish coffee is also fitting during the holidays.

Erin Rose Irish Coffee (Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

The "Brenda Lee" from Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

The Sugar Plum Manhattan at Emeril's Delmonico.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

The Hot Spiced Pear cocktail at Carousel Bar.

The Hot Spiced Pear cocktail at Carousel Bar. (Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

The Fig Newton at Bourbon House.

(Photo: Rebecca Ratliff)

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