Alyson Sheppard is a food writer and hangover specialist based in the South.

Bars We Love: Cane & Table, New Orleans (Playboy.com)

Bars We Love: Cane & Table, New Orleans (Playboy.com)

Cane & Table is not a tiki bar. Sure, it serves big, colorful drinks out of hollowed-out pineapples, but owner Kirk Estopinal says he and his business partner Neal Bodenheimer are not fanboys. “We like tiki drinks, but we feel like they are one note,” Estopinal says. “How many nights a week does someone want to drink tiki? Maybe one night a week? Once a month? Once a year?”

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Chef's Corner: Chef Chris Shepherd on Houston, Vietnam and What’s Missing From Culinary School (Playboy.com)

Chef's Corner: Chef Chris Shepherd on Houston, Vietnam and What’s Missing From Culinary School (Playboy.com)

Chef's Corner: Chef Naomi Pomeroy on Portland, Japan and the Downside of Winning National Awards (Playboy.com)

Chef's Corner: Chef Naomi Pomeroy on Portland, Japan and the Downside of Winning National Awards (Playboy.com)