"Chris Hannah’s name was synonymous with Arnaud’s French 75 bar for 14 years, culminating in a James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program in 2017. He opened Jewel of the South, an elegant French Quarter cocktail den with a fine-dining menu from Philip Whitmarsh, two years later in 2019. It pays homage to the original bar of the same name — a bar that was supposedly the birthplace of the brandy crusta, a version of which Jewel has become known for since opening. It won Outstanding Bar at the James Beard Awards in 2024." - Beth D'Addono
Denny Culbert/Jewel of the South