Old Absinthe House – New Orleans

In the heart of the French Quarter, at the corner of Bourbon Street and Bienville, sits the stuff that legends are made of — The Old Absinthe House.

Many celebrities have been welcomed through our doors in the nearly two centuries since its opening — including Oscar Wilde, P.T. Barnum, Mark Twain, Jenny Lind, Enrico Caruso, General Robert E Lee, Franklin Roosevelt, Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra. Indeed, the walls throughout this incredible building are covered in the framed photographs of several of our famous patrons.

The building endures the name of Jean Lafitte’s because of the rumored meeting of the Pirate Jean Lafitte and Andrew Jackson as they planned the victory of the battle of New Orleans on the second floor (now the newly-renovated Jean Lafitte’s Bistro). In fact, many of those who work here will be happy to share their Jean Lafitte Ghost Stories with you!