Great atmosphere! Good vibes! Friendly bartenders who keep those drinks flowing! If you're looking…read morefor a chill spot after work, somewhere to link up with your crew and play pool or watch your favorite sports team, Red Door is the perfect destination. 10/10 highly recommend!!!

Red door is a true bar. Shotgun style with a long bar as you enter, juke box and pool table toward…read morethe back. Pleasant bartenders and a midcity crowd. Everyone there seemed to be enjoying their cold bev after a long week of work. Theyre located next to Venezia's ( my fav italian place) so you could order an awesome homemade pizza and then go next door for a cold one( free draft yelp check in) next door. Ask for the bartender, Veronica, if you find yourself there and enjoy some great conversation and relax.

Great bar with a great staff and very lgbtqia+ friendly events all the time. Also very friendly…read moreownership. Cheers!

Drinks are great. Service is good. I had pizza from a local pizza man, it was good. Ambiance is…read morepretty chill depending on the day but also LGBTQ friendly.

Burned down last night. However Yelp says this is too short…read morefor a review so I'm writing some extra stuff. My sympathies to the owners.

I have been going to this bar for about 6 years now. Went to Ladies Night this Wednesday and I was…read morevery shocked to learn this place has security that only enforces the "rules" on black men only. My brother wasn't allowed to come in with a sleeveless shirt but there were white men allowed in with hoodies and flip flops on. I asked security why was the guy with the hoodie allowed in he said because it doesn't have a zipper it isn't considered a hoodie. I'm all for following rules but the rules put in place seem to be aimed towards the way black people dress and instead white people were dressed this way and still allowed in. I never thought this place would be one of those that try to keep black people away but my experience on Wednesday definitely showed this bar's true colors.

Every neighborhood deserves a bar like Pal's. We just happen to be lucky enough that ours is Pal's…read more No pretension. No gimmicks. Just ice-cold drinks, the best staff in the city, and the kind of dive bar atmosphere that can't be manufactured by some corporate designer trying to make a place look "authentic." I swear every time I walk in there's either a vintage movie on one TV, a ball game on another, or both. Somehow it always feels like exactly where you're supposed to be, cause folks feel like family. I'm talking to you Ashley! The bartenders know how to pour a drink, remember your face, your name, and your favorite baseball team. They make everyone from regulars to first-timers feel like they've been coming in for years. Hit the bell to get in, but don't hold it too long. And always come hungry because the Pop Up Food Culture is great.

One of the only bars in the city with GLUTEN FREE BEER! Kind workers. Affordable. Five stars.read more

If you need proof that a whiskey bar can hide a serious kitchen in its back pocket, Barrel Proof on…read moreMagazine Street will make the case, and it will make it with a roast beef sandwich. The food comes from rotating pop-up kitchens that operate out of the back. The night we went it was Matchbook Kitchen, an Asian fusion menu from Justin Bruhl, who grew up in Massachusetts and cooked in Boston for years, and then moved to New Orleans, where he worked at Compère Lapin and Maypop before starting his pop-up here. Matchbook runs Saturday through Monday, and a Sunday night turned out to be a very good time to find it. A whiskey bar with a rotating kitchen is a slightly improbable idea on paper. The place is built around its bottles, and a guest kitchen that changes could easily mean an afterthought. This did not feel like one, and Magazine Street is not short on places to eat, so a bar has to give you a reason. We both ordered the Szechuan roast beef dip, $14 apiece. The bread was soft, the beef was tender, and the cheese was melted just enough to hold things together without turning the sandwich into a casserole. All of it was cooked right, and nothing about the construction was showy, which let the jus take the lead. But the dip is the whole point of a dip, and the Szechuan hot pot jus is where this sandwich earns its keep. It has real depth, and it carries the tingling numbness that people promise when they talk about Szechuan hot pot and that most restaurants never deliver. Anyone who has been promised numbness by a menu and felt nothing will understand why this mattered. Here it arrives on schedule, and as promised. The jus was exceptional on its own. Once the sandwich went into it, the whole thing got better in a way I did not see coming. We added an order of smashed potatoes, about $4, which came with a dipping sauce I believe was some kind of aioli. I cannot tell you what was in it, because we ignored it and dragged the potatoes through the hot pot jus instead. That is not a knock on the aioli. it's a measure of how good the jus was, and for about $4, the potatoes were the cheapest way I could think of to carry more of it to my mouth. The sandwiches were a perfect size, neither too big nor too small, and everything reached us in under ten minutes. At $14 for the sandwich and about $4 for the potatoes, the bill never gave me a reason to look up from the food. You order from a counter at the back of the bar, just outside the kitchen, then claim a stool. We sat at the bar on a Sunday night, a little before dinner time, with a steady crowd drifting in. It was not a rush, but it never thinned out either, which seems like the pace a bar like this is built for. A projector at one end of the bar was showing a sporting event early on. Later the screen rolled up and the music took over, a steady rotation of AM gold, Motown, and disco, which is the correct soundtrack for a dim room full of whiskey. The room is dark, but never in an oppressive or off-putting way. The focal point is the whiskey itself, and there is so much of it that the bar keeps its catalog on an iPad. The bartenders are extremely friendly, and I want that word in capital letters. They took the time to answer a stream of questions from other customers about different whiskeys at different price points. My wife started with a margarita, which was good, and it is a margarita, so there is only so much room to mess it up. After dinner she wanted dessert but didn't want to go anywhere else, so she asked if they could make something dessert adjacent. They asked her a few questions and built her a chocolate espresso martini. That is the detail I keep returning to. Asking a bar for dessert and getting an actual conversation about what you like, followed by a drink made for you, is hospitality you cannot fake with a training manual. As for myself, I don't drink, and Barrel Proof has mocktails on offer, which matters when you are a non-drinker at a bar that has a staggering wall of whiskey on display. I had the mocktail old fashioned, which was quite good. Non-alcoholic whiskey drinks are hard, and this was as respectable a mocktail old fashioned as I have had anywhere else. I would go back in a heartbeat, and I would be happy to do it without a drop of alcohol in my glass. Picture me at the bar with a mocktail, a book, and a couple of friendly bartenders to talk to, waiting on a roast beef dip. The place works whether or not you drink, and I would take a stool on a Sunday and stay awhile. If you are in the neighborhood on a Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, order the Szechuan roast beef dip, add the smashed potatoes, and save plenty of jus for dunking. Matchbook is a pop-up, so check that it is running before you go. Between the sandwiches, the potatoes, and three very different drinks, nothing on our end of the bar let us down.

Located in the Garden District, Barrel Proof is a whiskey & cocktail bar with over 500 brands of…read morewhiskeys from around the world (some over 100 proof) in addition to spirits & craft beer. The place is bigger than it appears. Inside is reminiscent of an old-school whiskey saloon with windowless rooms, dim lighting, polished wood, & taxidermy scattered throughout. There is plenty of seating inside as well as an outdoor patio area. You can bring pizza from St. Pizza up the street or order from the daily pop-up food vendor inside. I met up with some friends here. Country music filled the air. Now, I ain't a fan of country music but folks were dancing and having a good ole time - I couldn't help but get into the vibe. The place was packed but the bartenders kept their cool and were as sweet as pie. The locals were super friendly too. The singer of a popular rock band was hanging out. He's a regular here and a cool dude. I had a Blackberry Cobbler made with Jack Daniels Blackberry. My, it was tasty. I'd love to come back here and watch a Saints game with the locals. They also have an annual Christmas Pop-up (Miracle on Magazine) with festive drinks that I'd like to check out. *Street Parking

We found Wrong Iron completely by accident, and we're so glad we did! This is a great spot away…read morefrom the crazy downtown traffic, and the best part is that there's plenty of parking. When we arrived, we found plenty of outdoor seating, which was perfect for our group of six. We settled in, grabbed some drinks, and shared chicken wings and nachos while we enjoyed the atmosphere. Ordering food was easy, too. We were able to place our order outside at the kitchen, and they gave us a pager that let us know when our food was ready for pickup. There's also an indoor bar where we ordered our drinks and were able to keep everything on one tab. The beer selection was extensive, and they even have a number of cocktails available "on tap," which was a fun surprise. We were quite impressed with Wrong Iron and will definitely be back!

I'm not a fan of the food, but this is a cool hangout. The service is always great, but this is…read morenot a bar bar. It's more of a hangout spot. It's cute and they allow dogs.

Stopped by the Bayou Bar in the Pontchartrain Hotel for the 10pm show. Snagged a table right in…read morefront of the band. Kitchen had just closed but we had just come from dinner anyway. Server brought wine, band kicked off, and played a very strong 45 min set. Peter Harris (standup bass) is the musician in residence and he brings in different players to join him each night. Tonight was the OGs. There is no cover charge, but don't forget to tip the band.

This is a dark swanky high-end cocktail bar. We stopped in for a drink before having dinner down…read morethe street. We came back later to go to Hot Tin on the roof, I peaked my head inside the Bayou bar and there was a great jazz band playing. Good service. This is the kind of place I wanna hang out at.

What a nice atmosphere! A lot of bars are dark, dingy, noisy, and just have the same general bar…read moreatmosphere. This place definitely leans more towards lounge, in that it feels kinda cozy and makes you want to lounge and linger. It lives up to its name by seeming like a good place to read a book. And the bar has snacks and non-alcoholic beverages too, which is a boon for non drinkers like me. Like many city businesses it's street parking only, but it's near both a bus stop and streetcar stop.

Walked past this place as an older gentleman was setting up an umbrella to sit outside & a sign. I…read morewas exploring the area at the time. I ended up at a bookstore around the corner & once my husband found me, he told me that we should check out this spot. It's what I would call a speakeasy. It was so magical once you entered the space & very welcoming! It's small and very cutesy . Good space to work or read or just meet a friend for a quiet conversation over tea, wine, or a cocktail. I got the frose & my husband got tea . The staff was nice & even offered me a to go frose!