Cocktails

Vieux Carre (cocktail)

As Noted In: The Unforgettables, International Bartenders Association

A Smooth Manhattan

The Vieux Carre is an after-dinner cocktail from New Orleans, reportedly created by Walter Bergeron, head bartender at the Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar. Named for the "Old Square," the historic French Quarter, the drink is conceived as a tribute to the neighborhood's diverse communities: rye whiskey for Americans, cognac and Benedictine for the French, sweet vermouth for Italians, and Peychaud's and Angostura bitters for the Caribbean. Smooth and spirit?forward, it resembles a Manhattan in character. Although often dated to 1938, the cocktail appears earlier in Stanley Clisby Arthur's Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em, underscoring its place in the city's long cocktail tradition. - AsNotedIn

Places

New Orleans Louisiana

Timeline

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Place	Locale	Event
1938/00/00			Bartender Walter Bergeron invents the "Vieux Carre" as a tribute to the diverse ethnic communities in the French Quarter.	Carousel Bar, Hotel Monteleone	New Orleans


Food Attribute	After Dinner Cocktail
Food Attribute	Alcohol
Food Attribute	Cocktail
Food Category	Drink

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