central city Bars & Clubs

The Bourbon Street Blues Company offers live music, an outdoor patio, and the finest experience Bourbon Street has to offer. Happy Hour from 4 - 9.

The bar in this historic building should not be confused with the Absinthe Bar, a once-popular but now-defunct Bourbon Street music joint currently reincarnated...

A brick-lined entranceway leads to a small, cozy meeting space. It's an intimate place for a quiet drink--if you manage to arrive before it becomes packed...

Razzoo is ground zero for flocks of 20- and 30-somethings looking for a rousing good time in the French Quarter. Crowds pour in from the street day and...

This cozy hangout sits at one of the busiest intersections along bawdy Bourbon Street, attracting a broad cross-section of tourists and local characters....

The Famous Door has been entertaining locals and tourists since 1934, this high-energy Bourbon Street favorite attracts crowds with live music and drink...

Good Friends Bar: It always feels like happy hour inside this gay "Cheers," smack in the middle of the busy French Quarter club crawl. Gay men are in the...

Gold Mine Saloon: It's dark, sweaty and usually jam-packed inside this brick-and-wood building which was once a horse stable and, in the '60s, a biker...

Napoleon House was supposedly built by French loyalists in the hopes that it would be used by Napoleon Bonaparte, who was exiled on Elba at the time. With...

New Orleans Entertainment: The green-and-pink neon sign sets the tone; this is a good-spirited nightclub for conventioneers and tourists with their 18-and-over...

Inspired by the successful NYC bar and movie, Coyote Ugly Saloons are now in several major cities across the U.S. Things get wild, if not exactly out of control....

House of Blues: Folk art is perfectly placed, theater-style ropes keep admission lines orderly, and efficient employees prowl the grounds with headsets...

An upscale retreat from nearby Bourbon Street, this stylish hotel bar is outfitted with a British Colonial design and offers tasteful live jazz and blues...

New Orleans' favorite restaurant and microbrewery! Our Bavarian Brewmaster prepares four fresh-brewed beers in state-of-the-art brewing equipment you can...

The Gordon Biersch menu consists of appetizers and entrees influenced by a variety of cuisines, all designed to complement Dan's signature lager beer.