List of Bars

[Maggalicious]

Bars:
Cafe Brasil - 2100 Chartres St. 947-9386
Carrolton Station - 8140 Willow (uptown) 865-9190
Checkpoint Charlies - 501 Esplanade (pool & blues) (below Chartres) 947-0979
Cosimo’s Bar - 1201 Burgundy 562-8220
Court of Two Sisters - 613 Royal
Donna’s Bar & Grill - 800 N. Rampart 596-6914
Dragon’s Den - 435 Esplanade 949-1750 Great Thai food
Dream Palace - 532 Frenchmen 944-4180
Ernie K-Doe’s Mother-in-law Lounge - 1500 N. Claiborne 947-1078
Famous Door - 339 Bourbon (next door to several bars)
Fritzel’s European Jazz Pub - 733 Bourbon St.
Funky Butt - 714 N. Rampart 558-0872
Howlin’ Wolf - 310 Howard
House of Blues - 225 Decatur 529-2583
Jimmy’s - 8200 Willow (uptown)
Kemps - 2720 La Salle - 891-2738
Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop - 941 Bourbon
Les Bon Temps Roule - 4801 Magazine 895-8117
Lion’s Den - 2655 Gravier 821-3745
Maple Leaf - 8316 Oak St. (Zydeco Thurs.) 866-9359
Margaritaville - 1104 Decatur 592-2560
Mulate’s - 201 Julia (Rest. and Cajun dancing) 522-1492
O’Flaherty’s - 514 Toulouse “Great Celtic bands”
Old Absinthe House Bar - 400 Bourbon
Old Point Bar – 545 Patterson St. (West Bank..near ferry) 364-0950
OZ - 800 Bourbon (dancing) Great club music.
Parade - 801 Bourbon (best dancing)
Pat O’Briens’ - 718 St. Peter “must-have hurricanes” & “sky labs”
Praline Connection - 907 S. Peters 523-3973 (Also on Frenchmen)
Preservation Hall - 726 St. Peter 523-8939
Rainbow Bar - 626 St. Philip (gay and fabulous)
Red Room – 2040 St. Charles Avenue (across from Ponchartrain Hotel)
Rock N’ Bowl (Mid-city Bowling Lanes) - 4133 S. Carrollton 482-3133
Shim Sham Club – 615 Toulouse 565-5400
Snug Harbor - 626 Frenchmen 949-0696
Storeyville – 125 Bourbon @ Canal
Tipitinas FQ – 233 N. Peters
Tipitinas Uptown - 501 Napoleon - Sundays Cajun Fais do do 891-8477
Tipitinas Warehouse - 310 Howard Ave 897-3943
Treme Music Hall - 1601 Ursullines 596-6942
Tropical Isle - 738 Toulouse “great drinks”
Vaughn’s - 800 Lesseps 947-5562
Vic’s Kangaroo Café - 636 Tchoupitoulas 524-4329
Voodoo Groove - 216 Bourbon (dancing)
Ye Old Original Dungeon - 738 Toulhouse (gets started at 1 am) Bang your head.

[Festvet]

You need to update your list. The Dream Palace closed ages ago and is now the Blue Nile. Red Room closed about 5 yrs ago, but they did have a couple shows two years ago during jazz fest, but under another name. Kemp's also closed years ago, however, it is/was not a very safe neighborhood (and I don't usually say that about any part of the city.) I also miss Tip's Warehouse as it was right around the corner from my hotel. The Praline Connection on Tchoup is now the new Howlin Wolf. The Shim Sham is now One-Eyed Jack's. Funky Butt is also no longer. Not sure that the Dragon's Den re-opened post K? There is an underlying reason why OZ has great club music.

A few others worthy of mention:

Parasol's
Mayfair Lounge
Snake & Jakes
Cooter Brown's
The Ugly Dog
Rusty Nail (previously Mermaid Lounge)
Parkway Tavern (best post-fest crawfish berl)
Saturn Bar
Hi-Ho Lounge
Dos Jefes

R.I.P. Circle Bar

[Jada]

You need to update your list. The Dream Palace closed ages ago and is now the Blue Nile. Red Room closed about 5 yrs ago, but they did have a couple shows two years ago during jazz fest, but under another name. Kemp's also closed years ago, however, it is/was not a very safe neighborhood (and I don't usually say that about any part of the city.) I also miss Tip's Warehouse as it was right around the corner from my hotel. The Praline Connection on Tchoup is now the new Howlin Wolf. The Shim Sham is now One-Eyed Jack's. Funky Butt is also no longer. Not sure that the Dragon's Den re-opened post K? There is an underlying reason why OZ has great club music.

A few others worthy of mention:

Parasol's
Mayfair Lounge
Snake & Jakes
Cooter Brown's
The Ugly Dog
Rusty Nail (previously Mermaid Lounge)
Parkway Tavern (best post-fest crawfish berl)
Saturn Bar
Hi-Ho Lounge
Dos Jefes

R.I.P. Circle Bar

Dragons Den did reopened, but I don't know how much they are booking these days. Who knows, maybe they closed again.

[NOLA]

R.I.P. Circle Bar

Circle Bar is open, alive and well. Rumors of its passing are greatly exaggerated!

[mangoon]

2 other good ones

Erin Rose- 811 Conti Street- In the Quarter but any extremely laid back vibe. A good break from the mayhem
Ryans Irish Pub- 241 Decatur Street. Great Sports bar, have always met some fun people there.

[Jada]

Circle Bar is open, alive and well. Rumors of its passing are greatly exaggerated!

I thought I saw that it was open last month when I was in the city.

[Maggalicious]

You need to update your list. The Dream Palace closed ages ago and is now the Blue Nile. Red Room closed about 5 yrs ago, but they did have a couple shows two years ago during jazz fest, but under another name. Kemp's also closed years ago, however, it is/was not a very safe neighborhood (and I don't usually say that about any part of the city.) I also miss Tip's Warehouse as it was right around the corner from my hotel. The Praline Connection on Tchoup is now the new Howlin Wolf. The Shim Sham is now One-Eyed Jack's. Funky Butt is also no longer. Not sure that the Dragon's Den re-opened post K? There is an underlying reason why OZ has great club music.

A few others worthy of mention:

Parasol's
Mayfair Lounge
Snake & Jakes
Cooter Brown's
The Ugly Dog
Rusty Nail (previously Mermaid Lounge)
Parkway Tavern (best post-fest crawfish berl)
Saturn Bar
Hi-Ho Lounge
Dos Jefes

R.I.P. Circle Bar


Just spreading the love.....yes OZ has club music and a real good dance party. Perfect to top off a quarter drunk at the wee hours.

[hewboy22]

2 other good ones

Erin Rose- 811 Conti Street- In the Quarter but any extremely laid back vibe. A good break from the mayhem
Ryans Irish Pub- 241 Decatur Street. Great Sports bar, have always met some fun people there.

agreed on Ryan's. my buddy and i usually duck in there in between LMF in-store gigs for pints and some baseball. :) forgot to mention, they have a ridiculous juke box too!

[mangoon]

agreed on Ryan's. my buddy and i usually duck in there in between LMF in-store gigs for pints and some baseball. :) forgot to mention, they have a ridiculous juke box too!

Lol, thats pretty much our m.o. too.

[Maggalicious]

I also love the Abbey on Decatur...is that still around?

[mangoon]

I also love the Abbey on Decatur...is that still around?

It was last year as far as i can recall. Cool place.

[hewboy22]

Lol, thats pretty much our m.o. too.

:) right on! seems like the first LMF gig for me will be Theresa Andersson on Wed 4/30 @ 2pm, so i'm thinking we will be at Ryan's around 330 or so that day...pints on me!

[mangoon]

:) right on! seems like the first LMF gig for me will be Theresa Andersson on Wed 4/30 @ 2pm, so i'm thinking we will be at Ryan's around 330 or so that day...pints on me!

Sounds good. Definately not missing Theresa. Mets actually playing Pitt that afternoon. 2nd one on me to celebrate Met win!!!!

[hewboy22]

Sounds good. Definately not missing Theresa. Mets actually playing Pitt that afternoon. 2nd one on me to celebrate Met win!!!!

sounds like a plan. ::high fives:: :cool:

[Festvet]

Circle Bar is open, alive and well. Rumors of its passing are greatly exaggerated!

That's the best news I've heard in a long time. It is my favorite after hours bar in the city.

[Festvet]

agreed on Ryan's. my buddy and i usually duck in there in between LMF in-store gigs for pints and some baseball. :) forgot to mention, they have a ridiculous juke box too!

I usually catch the 1st round of the NFL draft at Ryan's every Jazz Fest. One of the few FQ bars that I like.

[Festvet]

And how could I forget the Chart Room and the Napoleon House.

[Funkateer]

Don't forget Mimi's in the Marigny! 2601 Royal St. @ Franklin. One of the coolest spots in town with interesting people hanging out on two spacious floors with GREAT music. Mimi's has the vibe Frenchmen Street used to have 6 or 7 years ago.

They're open 'til 5am during fest serving strong dinks and tapas. Easy cab ride from the Quarter or walking distance from Frenchmen Street. Great place for that final final final! :D

[duende]

Jimmy's is gone, too, isn't it? One of my early regrets about being mortal was on the first Thursday of my first Jazzfest and, after a wonderful night spent at the Carrolton Station songwriter's showcase with Spencer Bohren and others, my wife and I walked outside at 2:30 a.m. to catch a cab and then heard the most amazing, rippin', slide guitar coming outta Jimmy's. It was George's Runnin' Partners - I really, really, wanted to go in, but we were absolutely toast and had to call it a night. My kingdom for a redbull! I still don't know who that guitarist was and it bugs me to this day... and that's why I plan to not sleep anymore during fest. :)

[ibjamn]

Sadly, Jimmy's is closed. :(

[995webmaster]

Circle Bar is open, alive and well. Rumors of its passing are greatly exaggerated!

Very true. I was there within the last two weeks.

Also worth noting, for your very late Uptown night drinking needs: the Saint at St Mary and Hastings, (St Mary one block riverside of Magazine St). Open 8 pm to dawn, approximately.

[Blitzzzzz]

Looks like the Dragon's Den lives. They have a schedule for April posted.:cool:
http://www.myspace.com/dragonsdennola

[Zydekitten]

I also love the Abbey on Decatur...is that still around?
Oh - it's there! I was just nearby tonight at another another bar I would add to this list: Turtle Bay on Decatur . . . ask for Adrian if you go in, she's a great bartender :).

[duende]

Can someone talk about the Hi-Ho? Some of the shows listed during Fest are a jamband fan's wet dream... well, smaller-scale wet dream anyway! If the place is really special, I like to check it out, or maybe just take in a set and then motor on to something that you can legitimately only see in town.

And I'm wondering if I can trust myself not to get all geeky at Flanagan's Pub if former mega-bike designer J.T. Nesbitt is bartending. What can I say? I'm obsessed with one day owning a Confederate Hellcat or Wraith!

[MarignySlim72]

The Ho is well...the Ho. I would cab it out there and back. St Claude can be sketch late night. I would check a set there if I were you.

Flanagans! Best Onion rings!

Love all the Decatur Bars... Abbey, Turtle Bay, Mollys, Aunt Tikis, Dervish, BMC(the Old Matador)

Dragons den is Alive and doing quite well.

Cafe Brasil is no more though it opens on occasion for certain events. Now a part of it is Yuki a Sake bar and Lazziza a bar/pizza place that has good bands.

[MarignySlim72]

I second the Mimis vote...Great spot! And Mimi is great Also if you can get down to Bacchanal in the Bywater please stop. Wine store/entertainment. And the owner and his wife (a great playwrite/actress/allaround character) were in a terrible auto accident that resulted in the death of another great guy. Chris and Otter were both injured pretty severely and could use all the help they could get!

[Jada]

Sadly, Jimmy's is closed. :(

Last show I saw there was Dark Star Orchestra