Pubs & Bars

New Orleans is a great place to find pubs and taverns made up in the decor of the Old French Quarter.  Play a game of pool, eat a meal, or enjoy regional beer and brewery specials. New Orleans has a wonderful selection of bars to choose from.  Take a look at the places below and enjoy your stay in the Big Easy.

 

 

Igor's Lounge & Game Room
2133 Saint Charles Ave.
(504) 522-2145
Igor's is definitely the only pool hall/bar/restaurant/laundry-mat in town. Several scenes from the motion picture "The Pelican Brief" were shot in and around Igor’s. Located on St. Charles next to the trolley-line, the bar offers great drinks at reasonable prices. The attached restaurant (Igor’s Garlic Clove) offers many delicious New Orleans favorites.

Acadian Brewing Beer Garden
201 N Carrolton Ave.
(504) 483-9003
Located adjacent to the Acadian Brewery in Mid-City, this pub offers some of the best beer in New Orleans. Live music slides perfectly into the eclectic atmosphere. The crowd is generally tame, aged anywhere from 21 to 55. Try the award winning Acadian Amber fresh off the brew line.

Butler's Restaurant & Bar
140 Millaudon St.
(504) 861-2326
Butler’s was opened recently by a former bartender at the famous Snake & Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge. It retains the Snake’s feel of being in the dark basement of a pimp’s run-down abode in 1983. Patrons can play an assortment of original Atari 2600 video games while listening to one of the best Jukeboxes in the city. Butler’s is great place to go after you’ve gone everywhere else that evening; the bar starts to get happening around two in the morning.

The Club
4336 Magazine St.
(504) 895-9401
Known also as Ms. Mae’s, the Club takes the award for cheapest drinks in the city. Schlitz for a dollar? Guinness for $2.50? Mixed drinks for 50 cents? For the price, this bar is a surprisingly exceptional place to spend an evening. Patrons can mingle with an incredibly diverse crowd and play a plethora of bar games. There are three pool tables, many classic arcade games, darts, foosball, and much more. If you’re tired of live music and just want to relax and have fun, the Club is the place to be.

Ernie K-Doe Mother-In-Law Lounge
1500 N Claiborne Ave.
(504) 947-1078
The Emperor of the World, Ernie K-Doe along with his lovely wife, Antoinette, also known as the Empress of the World are your hosts and guides into the world of "Ernie K-Doe: the living legend". Ernie K-Doe, a James Brown-esque New Orleans native, had only one hit single in the 60’s for his song "Mother-In-Law." He’s been living off the fame ever since. This bar is hilarious. In addition to live entertainment and soul food, you may be lucky enough to hear Ernie himself utter one of his many legendary self-indulgent catch-phrases (such as: "I’m Ernie K-Doe, I know you want to touch me. Touch me!")

 

Cooter Brown’s Tavern
509 S. Carrolton Ave.
(504) 866 9104
The ultimate beer tavern, serves over 425 brands of domestic and imported bottled beers, as well as 42 different beers on tap. Certainly New Orleans best place for a cold frosty beer. Video poker, pool tables, 8 televisions and some really tasty food make this worth the trip uptown on the trolley line.

Snake & Jake Christmas Club
7612 Oak St.
(504) 861-2802
"Snake’s is a local place. People come with their dogs. People are naked here. My room is cold. Jamin poured red wine down my blouse." This non-sensical description was taken from an inebriated girl sitting with a small group of naked people at 3:36AM at the famed Snake & Jake Christmas Club Lounge. There is a sort of unwritten rule at Snake’s that if you’re naked, you can drink for free. This bar is small and dark and open till 7 or 8 in the morning. Pass by Snake’s before you go home.

Pat O'Brien's Bar
718 Saint Peter St.
(504) 525-4823
If you're a tourist, you are almost required to visit Pat O'Brien’s. Located directly off of Bourbon Street, Pat O’s is home to the original New Orleans Hurricane. The price of the souvenir Hurricane glass is included in the price of the drink, so the next morning, you can remember what it was that got you so drunk. There are several bars, a water fountain the spits fire as well as water, and great live piano-players.

Saturn Bar
3067 Saint Claude Ave.
(504) 949-7532
At the Saturn Bar, you get the sensation of drinking in your Grandmother’s garage. What at first glance appears to be clutter, is actually a room filled with strange artwork donated by some of New Orleans’s best contemporary artists. The drinks don’t get very complicated; it’s mostly beers in bottles. There is a pool table that is currently being used as a printing table for souvenir Saturn Bar panties. This bar is not in the best neighborhood, so park close to the door.

R Bar & Inn
1431 Royal St.
(504) 948-7499
Located in the Faubourg Marienui between Esplanade and Elysian Fields Avenue, the R-Bar is as trendy as it is artsy. It is complete with all the bar essentials (pool table, video poker, ATM, etc.) plus an old fashioned dental chair and a Harley-Davidson above the bar. The R-Bar is a great place to spend happy hour.