Cure
Founded by Neal Bodenheimer, Cure proudly claims the 2018 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Bar Program and is often credited for spearheading New Orleans’ craft cocktail scene. In 2024, Cure received recognition on North America’s 50 Best Bars list and earned a spot in the Pinnacle Guide, and in 2025 was named the “best bar in the U.S.” by Food & Wine Magazine as part of their annual Global Tastemakers package.
Today, still leading the charge in all things cocktails, Cure offers a variety of deeply curated and “peer-reviewed” cocktails (the team regularly assembles for R&D meetings to workshop their recipes) that pair perfectly with the restaurant’s food menu helmed by Cure’s Executive Chef Alfredo Nogueira.
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The Josephine is a newly-renovated iconic 90-year-old church–all in the former Our Lady of Lourdes church which had been shuttered since Hurricane Katrina. The evening starts with cocktails crafted by CURE. Chefs Dickie Brennan and Susan Spicer will serve a four-course seated meal inspired by a dinner they co-hosted in 1993 in Napa with fellow NOLA Chef Frank Brigsten. Chef Michel Nischan will join the festivities as a guest chef for this very special NOLA celebration.