Immortalized in the writings of Ernest Hemingway among others, the revolving Carousel Piano Bar is a part of New Orleans history. The Carousel Bar has a vivid circus motif, and the customers are just as colorful. The Carousel Bar is the center of a carousel and the stools revolve around the bar itself so drinking there is a delight.
So, I was told about the famous Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar by a friend at work. Hard to imagine what a carousel inside a bar could be like, but we went to check it out last Saturday. All the seats were full and we waited and waited for at least one seat to become free, but were unsuccessful. I'm defiantly heading back though. The 25 seats take 15 minutes to make one full rotation around the bar and you can even get a bit un-easy sitting there for too long! 
Numerous authors, including William Faulkner, Eudora Welty and Truman Capote were frequent visitors and the hotel has often appeared as a setting in American fiction, prompting the Friends of Libraries USA to designate the Monteleone a Literary Landmark.
Since 1949, some of its riders most creative ideas, inspirations and business deals have been shaken and stirred to fruition here, not to mention some of the best spirits. The Goody and The Vieux Carre cocktail were first concocted at the Carousel Bar. This carousel is the only one in New Orleans that you have to be 21 to ride!
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