Visit Pat O Brian in New Orleans

Today road trip : a visit to the historic Pat O’Brian bar in New Orleans French quaters. For St Patrick day…

History of Pat O’Brian

Pat O’Brien ran a speakeasy in the 600 block of St. Peter street in New Orleans’ French Quarter, until the repeal of Prohibition.
When he officially opened the bar on December 3, 1933. He developed a friendship with Charlie Cantrell and after many years of fun and lots of poker games, the two men purchased the building that is now home to Pat O’Brien’s Bar at 718 St Peter street. This Historical Building was built in 1791 as a private home and later became the first Spanish Theatre in the United States. It was converted back to a private residence until 1942, when O’Brien and Cantrell purchased the spacious place to become home to one of the most iconic nightclubs in the United States. The old bar had an upright piano to entertain, but 718 St Peter allowed them to go bigger and better with two baby grand pianos … and dueling piano entertainment was born!

History of the famous Hurricane :

https://patobriens.com/our-history/However, Rum coming up the Mississippi river from the Caribbean islands was plentiful. In order to buy a case of Bourbon, for example, there was strong incentive to purchase large quantities of rum. With General manager George Oechsner Jr at the helm, the folks in the bar experimented with recipes, and eventually everyone agreed that passion fruit was a hit! A glass shaped like a hurricane lamp was the perfect vessel and the Hurricane drink became New Orleans favorite libation.

4 oz rum (usually aged rum or equal parts aged and white)
2 oz passion fruit syrup or fassionola syrup
2 oz lemon juice

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with a couple small pieces of ice.
Shake until the ice has dissolved, then open pour the cocktail into a hurricane glass filled with crushed ice.
Stir, top with more crushed ice, and garnish with an orange slice and a cocktail cherry.