Stormin' of the Sazerac
The Roosevelt New Orleans, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel 130 Roosevelt Way, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Courtesy of the Roosevelt Hotel
It's been a frustratingly long (and amazingly, enduring) haul to achieving gender equality these past hundred years. And along with Ruth-Bader Ginsburg and the U.S. Women's Soccer team, the group of ladies who stormed the Sazerac Bar in 1949 are icons of the movement—ensuring that women of future generations might freely enjoy the pleasure of a public cocktail, and busting the boys-only rules of New Orleans establishments like the Roosevelt Hotel's bar.
Today, the moment is celebrated annually at the Roosevelt in a luxurious luncheon honoring this "herstory" of the bar, promising a three-course lunch, fashion show, live entertainment, and ample libations for all. Afterwards, guests—encouraged to dress in ode to the original "Stormers," hats, gloves, peep-toe kitten heels, and all—will promptly "Storm the Sazerac" with a celebratory second line. Starts at 1 pm. $99 at therooseveltneworleans.com.
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