Bar Tonique
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820 N Rampart St, New Orleans, LA 70116
Bar Tonique is a French Quarter craft-cocktail bar on N Rampart Street, opened in 2008 by Ed Diaz as one of the first stand-alone bars of New Orleans' modern cocktail revival (Neal Bodenheimer wrote its first menu). Beyond classics like its acclaimed Ramos Gin Fizz, the bar keeps a standing "Temperance" menu of non-alcoholic soda-fountain drinks modeled on pre-Prohibition phosphates and craft sodas — an idea Diaz drew from Darcy O'Neil's book "Fix the Pumps." The list includes pineapple and Angostura phosphates and house cream sodas built on made-from-scratch strawberry and pineapple syrups, plus a "milk shake" of cream, strawberry syrup, and a whole egg. Designated drivers can order from the Temperance menu free of charge.
What to order
- Pineapple Phosphate
- Angostura Phosphate
- House Cream Soda
“Most of them are almost as complicated as our other cocktails.”— Ed Diaz, Bar Tonique owner (on the Temperance menu)NOLA.com / Times-Picayune →
Non-alcoholic brands they serve
House-crafted NA cocktails