Bourbon Street In New Orleans

Bourbon Street is a historic and famous street, which runs the length of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. In fact, the city of New Orleans is known for the French Quarter, which has been the cultural hub of the city. Bourbon Street is the major attraction of the French Quarter. The street is known as "Rue Bourbon" in French. It was named to commemorate the House of Bourbon, the French Royal Family that was ruling the city at the time the city was founded.

The Street begins at Canal Street; across Canal is Carondelet Street in the New Orleans Central Business District. The straight street runs downriver, southwest to northeast a few blocks from and roughly paralleling the Mississippi River, and to its terminus at Pauger Street in the Faubourg Marigny, which was declared as a continuation of Bourbon Street in the 19th Century.

Bourbon Street is very famous for its vibrant nightlife. The street is usually quite during the day, but it gets extremely crowded and bouncy at night, particularly during many festivals of the French Quarter including Mardi Gras, French Quarter Fest and Southern Decadence. The street has many bars, restaurants, strip clubs, and t-shirt and souvenir shops.

Bourbon Street bars serve a wide verity of drinks, frozen drinks, beer and “jello shots.” Usually there’s no cover charge at bars, but the bars with bands do charge more for drinks. People are allowed to roam freely in the street having drinks in plastic cups in their hands. In fact, the Street is widely known for bars, beer, babes, balconies, and breasts. In between the bars, guys gather on Rue Bourbon ogling up at the balconies for girls willing to lift their top to give a peek of their breasts in exchange for a string of Mardi Gras beads.

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