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The Best Bars In The French Quarter
If you’re coming to New Orleans, odds are you’ll end up in the French Quarter. Here’s where to have a drink.
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The Best Bars In The French Quarter
If you’re coming to New Orleans, odds are you’ll end up in the French Quarter. Here’s where to have a drink.
Hungry Eyes
Hungry Eyes is a walk-in only bar and restaurant decked out in retro 80's decor from the team behind Turkey And The Wolf.
Jewel Of The South
Jewel Of The South is a spot in the French Quarter that puts an equal emphasis on the food and cocktails.
Cane & Table
Cane & Table is either a restaurant with excellent drinks, or a cocktail bar with great food. Either way, it’s one of the best escapes in the Quarter.
Sylvain
Sylvain in the French Quarter is the neighborhood spot you wish was on your block, with some classic dishes and a back patio perfect for a drink.
Bacchanal Wine
Bacchanal in the Bywater is a wine-fueled utopia, with nightly live music, a huge backyard, and an atmosphere that could never be duplicated.
Barrel Proof
There are 390 reasons to come to Barrel Proof in the Lower Garden District, and they’re all whiskey.
The Bulldog
The Bulldog in Uptown is where to go when you want to drink a few beers on a patio, and get completely away from the French Quarter.
Kermit’s Treme Mother in Law Lounge
You could mistake Kermit’s for any neighborhood corner store, but this is one of the best bars in New Orleans for live music.
Hotel Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent Hotel is somewhere you can snack on fried calamari, sip on cocktails in their lobby Paradise Lounge, and dance the night away.
The Elysian Bar
The Elysian Bar, located in the Marigny, is one of the coziest and most romantic bars in New Orleans.
Hot Tin
Hot Tin is on the top floor of the Pontchartrain Hotel, and it’s one of our favorite rooftop bars in New Orleans.
Bar Marilou
Bar Marilou is a swanky cocktail bar in New Orleans that's the perfect place to drink a martini.
Wayfare
Head to Wayfare in Uptown for some pre-dinner charcuterie and wine, or bail on your dinner plans and get a sandwich.
The Country Club
Go to The Country Club in the Bywater to drink by to a pool, or for drag brunch. Either way, you’re going to enjoy yourself.
N7
N7 is hidden away on a side street in the Bywater, serves fancy canned seafood, and feels like a secret dinner party you randomly stumbled across.