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Baton Rouge· 2 venues
Red Stick Social Baton Rouge LA
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Red Stick Social in downtown Baton Rouge is a 50,000-square-foot entertainment complex featuring bowling lanes, billiards, arcades, an event stage, multiple bars and restaurants, and outdoor gathering spaces that has become one of Baton Rouge's most comprehensive social entertainment destinations.
1503 Government St 70802
The Chimes Restaurant and Bar Baton Rouge LA
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Chimes near LSU in Baton Rouge is a beloved campus bar and restaurant with one of the most impressive craft beer selections in Louisiana, serving the LSU community with consistently excellent beer programming and pub food in the most celebrated college-adjacent bar in the state.
3357 Highland Rd 70802
New Orleans· 42 venues
Avenue Pub New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Avenue Pub on St. Charles Avenue is New Orleans's premier craft beer bar, a 24-hour establishment with over 40 draft taps and 100+ bottles featuring rare and local craft beers. The bar's rooftop patio overlooks St. Charles Avenue and the streetcar line, making it one of New Orleans's most pleasant outdoor bar settings.
1732 St Charles Ave 70130
Avenue Pub New Orleans LA
New Orleans, Louisiana
Avenue Pub on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans's Lower Garden District is the most celebrated craft beer bar in the South, a 24-hour bar with 40+ taps featuring the finest craft and Belgian beers alongside a welcoming neighborhood atmosphere that has made it a gathering place for New Orleans's beer enthusiast community and late-night hospitality industry workers.
1732 St Charles Ave 70130
Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Bacchanal in Bywater is one of New Orleans's most unique bar experiences — a wine shop that transforms into an outdoor wine bar and live music venue with a kitchen serving small plates. Musicians perform in the yard while guests browse wine, eat food, and experience the most relaxed and community-minded bar experience in New Orleans.
600 Poland Ave 70117
Bacchanal Wine New Orleans LA
New Orleans, Louisiana
Bacchanal Wine in the Bywater neighborhood is one of New Orleans's most celebrated wine bars and live music venues, a ramshackle wine shop and backyard stage that has become one of the city's most magical evening experiences. Live jazz and brass band performances in the outdoor garden alongside cheese plates and natural wine makes Bacchanal one of New Orleans's most unique destination bars.
600 Poland Ave 70117
Bacchanal Wine New Orleans LA
New Orleans, Louisiana
Bacchanal Wine in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans is one of the city's most beloved wine bars and live music venues, a wine shop and outdoor music garden presenting nightly live jazz, classical, and world music with an extraordinarily curated natural and European wine selection. The combination of superb wine, excellent food, and live music in a garden setting makes Bacchanal one of the greatest bar experiences in America.
600 Poland Ave 70117
Bar Tonique New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Bar Tonique on the edge of the French Quarter is New Orleans's leading craft cocktail bar, a narrow candlelit space with a serious approach to cocktail craftsmanship and an encyclopedic menu of classics made with house-made components. Bar Tonique has helped define a new generation of New Orleans cocktail culture.
820 N Rampart St 70116
Cane & Table
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cane & Table is a proto-tiki cocktail bar and restaurant from the Cure team, located in the Lower French Quarter near Frenchmen Street. Specializing in rum-based drinks with Caribbean colonial influences and serving Proto-Creole food, it's one of New Orleans's most creative cocktail destinations and a natural extension of the city's rum heritage.
1113 Decatur St 70116
Carousel Bar & Lounge
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone is one of the world's few rotating bars — a 25-seat merry-go-round bar that completes one full revolution every 15 minutes. In continuous operation since 1949, it was a favourite of authors Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote. A French Quarter landmark for cocktail lovers visiting New Orleans.
214 Royal St 70130
Carousel Bar Hotel Monteleone New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone is one of the most beloved bars in America — a revolving French Quarter bar that rotates 360 degrees over the course of 15 minutes. The Monteleone's extraordinary literary heritage (Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway all wrote about the bar) and the Carousel Bar's remarkable rotating mechanism create a cocktail bar experience of singular American literary and architectural significance.
214 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone is one of the most iconic cocktail bars in the world — a literal rotating carousel bar in the French Quarter's grandest hotel that turns slowly on a mechanical axis while serving guests classic New Orleans cocktails. Writers Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, and Ernest Hemingway all frequented this bar, and it remains one of the most charming and unique bar experiences in America.
214 Royal St 70130
Circle Bar New Orleans LA
New Orleans, Louisiana
Circle Bar on Lee Circle in New Orleans is a beloved neighborhood dive bar presenting live music nightly in a small intimate venue that embodies the city's neighborhood bar culture at its most authentic. Housed in a historic gas station building, the Circle Bar has hosted live performances by local New Orleans musicians for decades as one of the city's most affordable and democratic live music experiences.
1032 St Charles Ave 70130
Cooter Brown's Tavern New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cooter Brown's Tavern at the riverbend of Uptown New Orleans is a legendary neighborhood bar with over 400 bottled beers and 40+ drafts, a pool table, and a deep community connection to the neighborhood. Open since 1977, Cooter Brown's is a hangout for Tulane University students, families, and the Uptown neighborhood community across generations.
509 S Carrollton Ave 70118
Coquette Restaurant Bar New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Coquette's bar program on Magazine Street in the Garden District is one of New Orleans's most respected, combining European wine knowledge with creative cocktail work in one of the most beloved neighborhood restaurant dining and bar experiences in the Uptown area.
2800 Magazine St 70115
Country Club New Orleans LA
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Country Club in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans is an irreverently named neighborhood bar and restaurant in a beautifully restored antebellum home, presenting a clothing-optional pool, cocktails, and food in the backyard that serves as one of the Bywater neighborhood's most beloved social establishments.
634 Louisa St 70117
Cure Cocktail Bar
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cure is New Orleans's flagship craft cocktail bar, a James Beard Award-nominated institution on Freret Street that helped define the city's modern cocktail renaissance. Operating since 2009, Cure's sophisticated approach to classic cocktails, house-made ingredients, and serious spirits sourcing has influenced bartenders throughout the South and earned national recognition.
4905 Freret St 70115
Cure New Orleans LA
New Orleans, Louisiana
Cure on Freret Street in Uptown New Orleans is one of the most influential craft cocktail bars in America, credited with pioneering the craft cocktail movement in New Orleans and earning multiple Tales of the Cocktail Best Bar awards. The bar's commitment to fresh ingredients, precise technique, and historically informed cocktail programming has made it a pilgrimage destination for cocktail enthusiasts worldwide.
4905 Freret St 70115
French 75 Bar New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
French 75 Bar inside Arnaud's Restaurant in the French Quarter is one of America's great cocktail bars, helmed by legendary New Orleans bartender Chris Hannah and serving classic cocktails with meticulous attention to craft. Named for the champagne cocktail invented during WWI, French 75 Bar honors New Orleans's deep cocktail heritage.
813 Bienville St 70116
High Hat Café New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
High Hat Café on Freret Street is a beloved Uptown neighborhood restaurant and bar with frequent live blues and soul performances, part of the revitalized Freret Street corridor that has become one of New Orleans's most compelling neighborhood dining and drinking districts outside the tourist areas.
4500 Freret St 70115
Howlin Wolf Warehouse NOLA
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans's Warehouse District entertainment ecosystem extends beyond the major venues to include cocktail bars, small galleries, and restaurants serving the Museum District alongside the Contemporary Arts Center, National WWII Museum, and performing arts venues.
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar is one of the oldest buildings in the United States, believed to have been used by pirate Jean Lafitte as a front business in the early 1800s. Today it's a beloved candlelit bar at the quieter end of Bourbon Street, serving stiff purple drinks called Purple Dranks and offering an atmospheric respite from the busier lower Bourbon scene.
941 Bourbon St 70116
Lost Love Lounge New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lost Love Lounge in Bywater is one of New Orleans's most beloved neighborhood cocktail bars, a small intimate bar with excellent cocktails, a pool table, and a neighborhood bar atmosphere that embodies the Bywater neighborhood's creative and unpretentious character.
2529 Dauphine St 70117
Maison on Frenchmen
New Orleans, Louisiana
Maison on Frenchmen is a two-floor venue with a downstairs bar hosting brass bands and local jazz acts and an upstairs dance floor for electronic and DJ performances — one of Frenchmen Street's most versatile venues. Known for late-night dancing and a welcoming, mixed LGBTQ+ and straight crowd that defines Frenchmen Street's inclusive character.
508 Frenchmen St 70116
Maple Leaf Bar New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Maple Leaf Bar is an Uptown New Orleans institution on Oak Street, a legendary music bar and dance venue open since 1974 that has hosted everyone from the Rebirth Brass Band (who hold a weekly Tuesday residency) to visiting jazz legends. The tin ceilings, faded pool tables, and committed regulars make it one of the most authentic music bars in America.
8316 Oak St 70118
Mimi's in the Marigny
New Orleans, Louisiana
Mimi's in the Marigny is a beloved neighborhood bar and dance club in the Faubourg Marigny, with a downstairs bar serving till late and an upstairs dance floor hosting everything from DJ nights to salsa dancing. A genuine neighborhood institution beloved by local New Orleanians for its welcoming atmosphere, affordable drinks, and music-driven energy.
2601 Royal St 70117
NOLA Brewing Company New Orleans LA
New Orleans, Louisiana
NOLA Brewing Company in New Orleans is one of the city's most celebrated craft breweries, producing award-winning beers and operating a taproom in the Irish Channel neighborhood with regular live music, food trucks, and community events that serve the local neighborhood as a gathering place separate from the tourist-oriented French Quarter.
3001 Tchoupitoulas St 70115
NOLA Brewing Tap Room New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
NOLA Brewing Company is New Orleans's most well-established craft brewery — an Irish Channel institution producing outstanding ales that are deeply integrated into the fabric of New Orleans bar culture. NOLA Brewing's remarkable Friday afternoon tap room tradition (free tastings, open to all) and its extraordinary community spirit create a brewery bar of genuine New Orleans neighborhood community significance.
3001 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115
Pat O'Brien's
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pat O'Brien's is New Orleans's most iconic tourist bar, home of the Hurricane cocktail that's been imitated around the world. The historic complex includes a main bar, a piano bar with dueling pianos, and a legendary flaming fountain courtyard. Established in 1933, Pat O'Brien's has welcomed everyone from Eleanor Roosevelt to countless Mardi Gras revelers over its nine decades.
718 St Peter St 70116
Port Orleans Brewing New Orleans Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
Port Orleans Brewing Company is New Orleans's most vibrant neighborhood craft brewery — a Mid-City institution producing outstanding ales that capture the essence of New Orleans neighborhood culture. Port Orleans's extraordinary community investment and its remarkable integration into the fabric of New Orleans neighborhood life create a brewery bar of genuine Louisiana urban community significance.
4126 Earhart Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70125
Saint Bar & Lounge
21+New Orleans, Louisiana
The Saint Bar & Lounge is a gritty, beloved dive bar near the Garden District hosting DJs, live bands, and karaoke in a dark, unpretentious space. Popular with musicians, artists, and locals, The Saint represents the authentic New Orleans bar culture that exists outside the tourist corridors.
961 St Mary St 70130
Sazerac Bar
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Sazerac Bar at The Roosevelt New Orleans (Waldorf Astoria) is home to the Sazerac — considered the world's oldest cocktail and New Orleans's official drink. The fully restored Art Deco room with Paul Ninas murals and rye whiskey-focused programme is a landmark for serious cocktail drinkers, located next to Harrah's casino on Canal Street.
130 Roosevelt Way 70112
Sazerac Bar at Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Sazerac Bar at The Roosevelt New Orleans is one of America's legendary hotel bars, birthplace of the Sazerac cocktail — the official cocktail of New Orleans. The lavish Art Deco interior features Paul Ninas murals of New Orleans scenes and a mahogany bar that has served statesmen, celebrities, and locals since the 1930s. A must-visit for cocktail history enthusiasts.
123 Baronne St 70112
Sazerac House
New Orleans, Louisiana
Sazerac House is a museum, distillery, and cocktail lounge operated by the Sazerac Company, celebrating New Orleans's cocktail heritage in a beautifully restored 1930s building. Free tours explore the history of New Orleans spirits including rye whiskey, Herbsaint, and the Sazerac cocktail itself, with a rooftop bar offering city views and free tastings.
101 Magazine St 70130
The Bulldog Uptown New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Bulldog on Magazine Street in the Garden District is one of New Orleans's favorite outdoor bar experiences, a craft beer garden with over 50 draft taps, a large patio with fountains, and a year-round outdoor social scene that draws neighborhood locals and visitors exploring the Magazine Street corridor.
3236 Magazine St 70115
The Columns Hotel Bar New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Columns Hotel on the St. Charles Avenue streetcar line is one of New Orleans's most atmospheric and beloved hotel bars, a grand Victorian mansion with a sweeping front porch for cocktails as the iconic streetcar passes. The location on historic St. Charles Avenue and the grand antebellum architecture create one of the city's most distinctive outdoor bar experiences.
3811 St Charles Ave 70115
The Old Absinthe House New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Old Absinthe House is one of New Orleans's most historic bars, continuously operated since 1806 at the corner of Bourbon and Bienville Streets. Andrew Jackson, Napoleon, and Mark Twain are among the historical figures who drank here. Today the bar serves absinthe drip cocktails alongside classic New Orleans drinks in one of the oldest continuously operating bars in America.
240 Bourbon St 70130
The Saint Bar & Lounge New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Saint Bar & Lounge is an Uptown New Orleans favorite on Magazine Street, a low-key neighborhood bar known for strong drinks, great jukebox, and being reliably open until 4am or later — one of New Orleans's essential late-night neighborhood bars.
961 St Mary St 70130
The Saint Bar & Lounge New Orleans LA
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Saint Bar & Lounge in New Orleans's Lower Garden District is a beloved neighborhood dive bar with an eclectic jukebox, strong cheap drinks, and a rock-and-roll atmosphere that has made it one of the most authentic neighborhood bars in a city that specializes in authentic neighborhood bars.
961 St Mary St 70130
The Spotted Cat Music Club
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Spotted Cat Music Club is a beloved small jazz and swing venue on Frenchmen Street, open 7 days a week with multiple bands per night and no cover charge. Known for an intimate, packed atmosphere where dancers and listeners mix freely — the Spotted Cat embodies the authentic Frenchmen Street experience of world-class jazz in a neighborhood bar setting.
623 Frenchmen St 70116
Three Muses
New Orleans, Louisiana
Three Muses is a small-plate restaurant and live music bar on Frenchmen Street, marrying exceptional cocktails and New Orleans-inflected small plates with nightly live jazz in a warm, intimate setting. It's consistently ranked among the best places to experience authentic Frenchmen Street music alongside excellent food.
536 Frenchmen St 70116
Tropical Isle Bourbon Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tropical Isle is one of Bourbon Street's most iconic bars, the birthplace and longtime home of the Hand Grenade cocktail (New Orleans's most popular drink), and the unofficial gateway into the Bourbon Street experience for first-time visitors. Multiple Tropical Isle locations on Bourbon Street ensure you never have to go far to get one.
721 Bourbon St 70130
Twelve Mile Limit New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
Twelve Mile Limit is a beloved Mid-City cocktail bar and neighborhood hangout that consistently earns recognition as one of New Orleans's best bars for serious cocktails in an unpretentious neighborhood setting. The relaxed atmosphere and thoughtful bartenders make it a local favorite that avoids French Quarter tourist crowds.
500 S Telemachus St 70119
dba New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
dba is one of Frenchmen Street's flagship music bars, offering nightly jazz, blues, and funk performances with an exceptional beer and spirits selection. Named for the New York original, New Orleans dba has become one of the most reliable spots on Frenchmen for quality local bands across all jazz sub-genres in a casual, music-first atmosphere.
618 Frenchmen St 70116
