Monteleone

Expect an expanded Carousel Bar full of authors between seminars as the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival officially moves to the Monteleone in March.

Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans Hotels Renovate in Time for Mardi Gras Karen Dalton-Beninato 2012

Hotel Monteleone has opened its expanded lounge in the Carousel Bar with a new set of windows onto the best part of Carnival season - people watching.

Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans Hotels Renovate in Time for Mardi Gras Karen Dalton-Beninato 2012

The Monteloene is one of only three hotels in the country designated as a literary landmark, Truman Capote famously claimed to Johnny Carson that he was born in the Hotel Monteleone, and his A Christmas Memory is a southern lit classic.

Karen Dalton-Beninato: Festive us! Holidays at New Orleans French Quarter Hotels Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011

The Hotel Monteleone Carousel Bar has opened its expanded seating area with windows facing onto Royal Street, a long-time wish of the hoteliers according to Charles Ferrier, the Monteleone's in-house historian.

Karen Dalton-Beninato: New Orleans Hotels Renovate in Time for Mardi Gras Karen Dalton-Beninato 2012

From the little white owl that appears in the Hotel Monteleone lobby's grandfather clock to the naughty-and-nice holiday burlesque show at Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse in the Royal Sonesta, tis the season to celebrate.

Karen Dalton-Beninato: Festive us! Holidays at New Orleans French Quarter Hotels Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011

The men then turned on a worker outside pumping gas, said Nassau County Police Lt. Louis Monteleone.

Gas Station Fight Leads to Arrests Sean Gardiner 2010

Invented by Walter Bergeron during the 1930s at what would later become the Carousel Bar in the Monteleone Hotel, this spirits-driven mix of rye, Cognac, vermouth, bitters and Bénédictine is named for New Orleans' old French Quarter.

Tracy Howard: Toast of New Orleans: Fat Tuesday Cocktails Tracy Howard 2011

This is my favorite New Orleans cocktail, invented at the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone -- where you measure your drinking time by how many turns you make around the revolving bar.

Celebrate Mardi Gras without the Hurricanes 2011

Invented by Walter Bergeron during the 1930s at what would later become the Carousel Bar in the Monteleone Hotel, this spirits-driven mix of rye, Cognac, vermouth, bitters and Bénédictine is named for New Orleans' old French Quarter.

Tracy Howard: Toast of New Orleans: Fat Tuesday Cocktails Tracy Howard 2011

And Monteleone was all about completely reinventing the instrument.

True Artistry Born of Craftsmanship Corinna da 2011