PublicHouse Announces 3rd Annual Bourbon Street Fest

Bourbon Street is one of the most famous streets in New Orleans – celebrated for its culture, music, cuisine and vibrant atmosphere. For five days in February, PublicHouse will embrace the spirit of Bourbon Street featuring New Orleans-style food specials, Bourbon Street cocktails, specialty bourbon barrel-aged beers and Bourbon Street-inspired live music.

The teams at PublicHouse are putting together flavors, sounds and smells that will transport you right to the heart of the French Quarter.

• Drafts / Cocktails / Spirits.
  Beer buyer Dustin Heilig is working on a list featuring French styles with bourbon barrel-aged and southern dessert-inspired beers and ciders, including:
  • Dirt Road’s Bourbon BA Quad with Plum
  • Tieton’s Bourbon Peach Cider
  • Kronenburg 1664 French Lager
  • Fremont Brew 5000 BA Barleywine
  • Fremont Dark Star Spice Wars – flavored BA Stout (nutmeg, cassia chips, vanilla bean, allspice, ginger and whole cloves)
  • Firestone Walker 21 Parabola BA Stout
  • Deschutes Black Butte Porter XXXIV – flavored BA porter (chocolate, coffee, vanilla, milk, sugar)
  • Anderson Valley Wild Turkey Bourbon BA Nitro Stout

• From the Whisk(e)y Lab.
  PublicHouse’s Whiskey Lab, led by Trey Thanscheidt, will be open additional hours during this event, starting at 2:00pm Monday-Thursday and 12:00pm Friday-Sunday. They’ll be featuring all classic New Orleans cocktails, including:
  • Hurricane: aged rum, house fassionola, lime
  • Sazerac: rye, sugar, Peychauds bitters, absinthe
  • Vieux Carre: rye, cognac, sweet vermouth, benedictine, bitters
  • Brandy Crusta: brandy, orange liqueur, maraschino, lemon, bitters, sugar rim
  • Absinthe Frappe: absinthe, mint, simple, soda
  • Roffignac: cognac, rye, raspberry and red wine vinegar shrub, soda
  • Bourbon Milk Punch: bourbon, milk, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg

• New Orleans-Style Fare.
  The creative food purveyors at PublicHouse will be showcasing the flavors, spices, and styles that remind them of Bourbon Street. With six unique food vendors on site, there is sure to be something for everyone:
  • Moi Poki Grill will feature an oyster po’ boy with beer-battered onion rings
  • Moi Poki Grill will also feature Yaka Mein, which means “Old Sober”, a blend of Asian & African ramen with a spicy beef broth, slow-cooked beef, hard-boiled eggs, and green onions
  • Shalosh will feature a harissa-bourbon-honey-glazed chicken kebab with cabbage, sumac onions, and sauce trio
  • NorthWest Burgers will feature a jerk chicken burger: house-seasoned jerk chicken patty, cajun aioli, lettuce, tomato, and onion
  • NorthWest Pizza will feature a jerk chicken pizza: house-seasoned jerk chicken
    with onion, peppers and okra
  • Tonalli Latin Kitchen will feature thick-cut pork belly lardon skewers with bourbon
    maple syrup and cracked black pepper (two pieces)
  • Black Market BBQ will feature a smoked chicken gumbo

• Entertainment and Live Music will take over the back lawn at PublicHouse each night of the festival. The fully-enclosed and heated tent provides a comfortable atmosphere for all ages to enjoy the sounds & Spirit of Bourbon Street, featuring:
  • Wednesday, February 12. Watch Party Wednesdays, featuring Survivor Season 16: Episodes 11-12, 7:30pm
  • Thursday, February 13. Skip Jones & the Spirit of New Orleans, 6:30pm live on the lawn
  • Friday, February 14. Etouffee, 7:00pm live on the lawn
  • Saturday, February 15. The Joe McFarlane Trio, 5:00pm live in the Courtyard / Brohemia After Dark, 7:30pm live on the lawn
  • Sunday, February 16. The Alexa Cornejo Trio, 3:30pm live on the lawn / open mic with Rudolf Korv, 6:00pm live on the lawn

Entertainment for Bourbon Street is ALL AGES and FREE FOR EVERYONE!

For more information on PublicHouse and this event, please visit:
publichousehub.com / facebook.com/publichousehub

About PublicHouse
The building at 418 A Street is the former home of First Christian Church before being purchased in 2011 by NEDCO and turned into Sprout, a local food incubator. As that endeavor came to an end, PublicHouse was created so the building could continue to be a gathering space for the community ­– yet refashioned with an updated personality. In 2018, PublicHouse opened and is now a hub for food vendors, a beer hall, a whiskey bar, and an outdoor area for live entertainment – continuing to be a family-friendly place to gather.