Pat O'Brien's Bar

[1] Before that, during Prohibition the bar was known as Mr. O'Brien's Club Tipperary; the password "storm's brewin'" was required to gain entrance to the establishment.

In December 1942 it moved to its present location at 718 St. Peter Street, into a historic building dating from 1791.

[2] Pat O'Brien's is home to the original flaming fountain (located in the courtyard) and the hurricane cocktail.

The story of the drink's origin holds that, due to difficulties importing scotch during World War II, liquor salesmen forced bar owners to buy up to 50 cases of their much-more-plentiful rum in order to secure a single case of good whiskey or scotch.

[4] The barmen at Pat O'Brien's came up with an appealing recipe to reduce their bulging surplus of rum.