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Fountain of Flame, New Orleans. It is leaning as much of New Orleans is leaning after Katrina. Home of the world famous Hurricane drink - you have your choice of the garden patio, the juke box room (kind of cramped as the evening goes on), or the dueling piano bar (a classic favorite). Be sure to look for the little old man who "tap dances" on the tray with thimbles on his fingers. He's been there for at least the 20 years I've been frequenting this place, and he's in his 80s. He loves it! He's as much an institution as this place itself.