Compère Lapin ★ 4.6
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Warehouse DistrictMon-Thu 17:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-23:00, Sun 17:00-22:00.
Compère Lapin's bar, inside the Old No. 77 Hotel, is Nina Compton's Caribbean-French cocktail room, with an exposed brick warehouse wall, mosaic floor.
TipWalk in for the bar, Resy for tables. Order the goat curry with sweet potato gnocchi; the dirty rice arancini are the house snack.
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar ★ 4.6
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French QuarterDaily 10:00-03:00.
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop at Bourbon and St Philip is the candlelit 1772 cottage commonly cited as the oldest standing structure used as a bar in the United.
TipOpen until 03:00 most nights. Order the purple Voodoo Daiquiri; cash and card both work but the line in the back is faster.
Erin Rose ★ 4.5
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French QuarterDaily 10:00-05:00.
Erin Rose on Conti, half a block off Bourbon, is the locals' Irish pub with frozen Irish coffees out front and Killer PoBoys serving sandwiches from the back.
TipOpen 21 hours a day. The frozen Irish coffee is the order; cash bar runs faster than card on Saturday nights.
Molly's at the Market ★ 4.4
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French QuarterDaily 10:00-03:00.
Molly's at the Market on Decatur is the journalist and bartender pub at the river end of the Quarter, open 10:00-03:00 with a frozen Irish coffee that rivals.
TipThe bar runs until 03:00 every night. Order the frozen Irish coffee at the counter; the front window seats people-watch the Decatur foot traffic.
Saturn Bar ★ 4.3
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BywaterMon-Thu 16:00-00:00, Fri 16:00-01:00, Sat 14:00-01:00, Sun 14:00-00:00.
Saturn Bar on St Claude in Bywater is the cluttered velvet-painting dive with a tin ceiling, cheap beer and a back room that runs DJs, brass.
TipCash bar, no card minimum. Saturday's Mod Dance Party runs from 22:00; the front bar opens at 16:00 weekdays.
Pal's Lounge ★ 4.3
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Mid CityDaily 15:00-03:00.
Pal's Lounge in Mid-City is the pin-up themed neighbourhood dive on Rendon, around since 2002 in a building that's been a bar since the 1920s.
TipOpen 15:00-03:00 every day. Play the jukebox; the back patio is dog friendly and runs popup pizza most weekends.