Drinks at the Roosevelt's Sazerac Bar

New Orleans has an official drink. While you could consider anything heavily sugared, or available in a souvenir to go cup the official drink of Bourbon Street, the real heartbeat of New Orleans is the Sazerac. Named through strange occurrences of an importer of the brandy, Sazerac de Forge et Fils, and eventually served in a a place called the Sazerac Coffee House (it being the Sazerac Cocktail).  While the official designation as the drink of New Orleans didn't happen until 2008, the Sazerac has a rich history in the city, complimented by the bitters created on Royal Street in the French Quarter, by none other than Antoine Amédée Peychaud.No trip to New Orleans is complete without downing a few in your choice of bars, we headed to the Sazerac bar inside of the Waldorf Astoria Roosevelt, just two short blocks from our hotel, the Catahoula. The history of the bar is murky at best, and the wall art rather segregationist (though very old), the bartenders are well trained and showy, the patrons are tourists or drunk cougars and the drinks are perfectly made.The Sazerac, pictured above, was delicious, but their real gem is actually a perfectly made Ramos Gin Fizz. It has more cream than a person naturally needs but if you're going to get one anywhere, get it HERE.