The Bar/Lounge at Columns
The bar/lounge at Columns Hotel is acknowledged by experts. Of the 10 publications that we tracked, 9 mentioned the bar/lounge, including Frommer's, Travel + Leisure and DK Eyewitness.
Columns 
Frommer's
Travel + Leisure
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
Gayot
Lonely Planet
Not For Tourists
Fodor's
BlackBook
Frommer's "The grand, columned porch is a highly popular evening scene thanks to the bar, the Victorian Lounge"
Travel + Leisure "But really, it’s a bar: the Victorian Lounge, to be exact—all smoke-burnished mahogany and creaking floorboards under an ornate stained-glass chandelier"
DK Eyewitness "The lounge,
the Victorian Bar, is one of the city’s best bars"
Rough Guide "The whole
place seeps louche bordello glamour, especially
the faded Victorian bar (see p"
Gayot "There is live jazz in the wonderful Victorian Lounge bar most weekends"
Lonely Planet "Guests enter through the columned front verandah and continue past two wood-paneled parlors that double as a bar-cafe"
Not For Tourists "A step back in time, and home to one of uptown's preeminent bars"
Fodor's "Full of dark mahogany and stained glass, and serving up a romantic ambiance and great classic cocktails, The Victorian Lounge showcases the best of a storied old hotel"
BlackBook "Sealing the deal is the cozy Victorian Lounge, which has been a favorite nightspot of up-and-coming young New Orleanians for a while"
