Such a great place. The live music and drinks make up for the fact that you have to be a vulture to snag a table. Once you sit down and starting eating, you'll forget all about vulturehood.
Go to Bulldog on Wednesday nights and keep your beer glasses. Different ones every week.
This dapper, cigar-friendly bar is inside Arnaud's, one of New Orleans's oldest and most venerated restaurants.
Gambit's Best of New Orleans Readers' Poll 2011 Winner: Best Place to Dance to a Live Band and Best Live Music Venue Read more.
The New Orleans French Quarter is best known as the heart and soul of Louisiana. Visit today to hear some live music, eat at some of the areas finest restaurants, or enjoy a night of dancing!
Legend Ellis Marsalis playing the piano with his quartet is something you must do for your soul at least once in your life. Make it a point to be there Friday nights for the 8PM or 10PM performances.
Of all the bars lining gaudy Bourbon Street, this may be the only one a local would be caught dead in. Plus, drinks are never wasted, because the law allows you to take them with you wherever you go.
A local institution, this shabbily elegant restaurant and bar with a Spanish-style courtyard is known for its Pimm's Cups and muffuletta sandwiches.
This Hotel has been owned & run by the same family since it opened in 1886. This Hotel is one of only three designated Literary Landmark hotels in the United States.
Every Sunday night, some of the best young jazz-funk players with Pat Casey & the New Sound
The oldest continually occupied bar in the U.S., this place was once, according to legend, owned by the pirate Jean Lafitte. The tiny open air bar on Bourbon Street pours them cheap and fast. Read more.
Treme happened here. The great John Boutte plays regular gigs here (and sings the theme song for Treme).
Dickie Brennan's Palace Cafe is a great place to enjoy lunch on Canal Street. Stop in early afternoon for a sidewalk table and have Shrimp Tchefuncte for a soul-satisfying lunch and a sazerac. Enjoy. Read more.
No cover charge except for special shows, like a weekly performance by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. Read more.
A classic jazz club that leaves pretensions at the door and favors an intimate setting and focused on great music. The house band plays three feet away from where you’re sitting. Read more.
Fortify yourself for a night of dancing to Treme Brass Band with FREE red beans and rice! The Treme destination sometimes charges a cover of $5 - $10 at the door.
