HEN I OPENED BELLE ÉPOQUE in 2019, it was everything you would expect from an opening on Bourbon Street. Needless to say, during the 2019 holiday season, I spent the majority of my hours in the Old Absinthe House building. We had a Christmas tree set up to brighten up the second floor, and I eventually got curious and started to infuse the Christmas tree needles into absinthe. By Twelfth Night, we
