6 NOLA Restaurants Shared The Recipes Of Their Best Summer Cocktails

Summer is just around the corner, and restaurants around NOLA are adding delicious fresh summer cocktails to their menus.

Emma Colosia • May 21, 2022

Summer is about to start! And eateries around the Big Easy are now offering different refreshing drinks on their menu.

Looking for ways to forget about the summer heat? Call up your friends and spend a yummy afternoon sipping drinks inside some of NOLA’s most famous restaurants. They gave us the recipes for some of their most refreshing summer cocktails, so you can try to mix them up at home too. Ready?

Compère Lapin

Preacher’s Kid – green chartreuse, apple brandy, Don’s mix, pineapple juice, lime, topped with Peychaud’s bitters

House of Zanzibar – Black Strap rum, Tempus Fugit Creme de Banane, Angostura bitters, avocado pit orgeat, lime, orange juice

CL Daiquiri – Clairin Sajous rum, Plantation O.F.T.D. Rum, Three Roll Estate spiced rum, lime, simple syrup

Hot Tin

Jazz in Jalisco – New Orleans and Jalisco come together with the combination of El Buho Mezcal, Peychaud’s aperitivo, and Big Easy orange kombucha

Verde Mart – vodka, Midori, Suze, kiwi syrup, and lime come together to create a light and refreshing summer sipper

The Bower

51 Problems – beet infused mezcal, passionfruit, lime, Suze, Demerara, smoked salt

LGD – reposado, hibiscus and orange flower, orgeat, mole bitters

Mister Mao

Billion Dollar Betsy
Photo: Paprika Studios

Spiked Hibiscus Masala Lemonade – lemon, ginger syrup, hibiscus tea, Chaat masala

Billion Dollar Betsy– dark & overproof rum, allspice pina, orgeat tres leches

Commons Club

Dole Whip Up! – Inspired by the daiquiri, this cocktail is made with pineapple-infused Bacardi Silver, Bacardi 8yr, Lillet, lime

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