"Minted is New Orleans’s sexiest new cocktail lounge, located on St. Claude Avenue next to Botanicals NOLA and across the street from St. Roch Market. The upstairs-based bar is gorgeous, with rich-colored velvet furniture set against deep purple walls and a dark marble bar — it looks like a sultry study in a New York City penthouse. The drinks are equally beautiful; extravagant preparations using ingredients like Turning Tables rum, oleo saccharum, and mango nectar. The food is impressive, too, and if it’s a Friday night, you might even catch a burlesque show." - Clair Lorell, Eater Staff