Parkview Tavern

My friends and I walked a long way from the french quarter to have some poboys here and we were expecting out of this world poboys. They were just ok. They serve straight poboys with no unique ingredients. If you want a classic poboy then you’ll enjoy this place.
The service was not great. We had to ask for everything when we sat at the bar.
There is a part of the restaurant where you can order your food, pick it up on a tray and sit at the various tables they have to eat.

Bartender was rude and refused to serve me after two glasses of wine. I don’t need a mom as my bartender. Lost a lifetime customer tonight.

Drinks, Trivia, but no food. We went after reviewing on Unilocal to get a bite to eat and play trivia. When we arrived we were told they don’t have food. Left after one drink.

#1 for me in NOLA in terms of poboy joints. Shrimp, oyster, and roast beef are great. Debris fries are ridiculously tasty. I recommend ordering at the bar and enjoying a few cold ones.

this feels uptown ISH. very local, and everyone here seems real happy. I finally made it in. thanks for the fun… see you again real soon.

Boooooooo… they raised the prices of «Pitchers» by 50 cents. that’s a whole 12.5 cents per beer!
Oh well… still the cheapest anywhere and I still giving it 5 stars. It’s old faithful when it comes for swigging cold ones in the neighbohood dive bar… and the bartenders are consistent and get your drink without all the BS!!! great to watch games here too…
Oh yeah… I almost forgot… you do smell like an ash tray after leaving as someone mentioned below… hahah. Oh well…

Horrible waste of time. The bartender is less than enthusiastic about her job. But in her defense, she didn’t even have the makings for a Bloody Mary. Sad place. Sad experience. Will NOT return.

Parkview us a great place to relax, play pool, games, and listen the good tunes on the jukebox all while drinking cheaply priced good beer and drinks. Keep your hootin’ and woo hoo-​ing somewhere else or save it for the Saints game. Young-​uns beware, rowdiness is not received well here. Mostly locals and regulars. Enjoy!

I love to catch Saints games here! They’ve always got some good food and a great pitcher special (with drink tokens so you don’t have to sit around and watch your beer go flat). The regulars make a great crowd to watch with too. Who Dat!

Parkview… I’m that girl that comes in, gets cash from the ATM, orders the Bloody Mary (no olives, extra beans) and leaves. Every time.
I will say this. You have the BEST priced Bloody for what you get. It ain’t any Bacon Bloody or super sauced up concoction, but for $ 4.25, I get a big olé’ cup of rejuvenating Bloody Mary with a ton of beans.
Your ATM only charges a $ 2 fee. You live within walking distance of all my friends’ abodes and if you have a wait, it’s a great spot to pass the time waiting for a streetcar on Carrollton. (You can’t bring a Bloody on the streetcar, I know this now)
My qualms are that there is definitely a seniority/​loyal customer vibe here. You better have the patience to wait for Joe to buy his football squares and be passed up for Joe’s visiting sister’s drink order to be met before you even get looked at. The loyals look at me a little funny, every time, but they let me get to the bar, so I think we’re cool. My ID is always checked regardless of being «that girl» but I don’t mind that much.
There are pool tables, dartboards and enough TVs on the right channel to enjoy an afternoon. The reason I don’t stick around, you ask? I can be in there for the 10 minute total of hitting the ATM, showing my ID, getting my Bloody, and I smell like I bathed in an ashtray when I walk out. It’s just that kind of bar. I can’t hang. I can just be «that girl.»
If you can handle that, you’ve just found yourself a great neighborhood hangout on the Carrollton Streetcar Line.

Great atmosphere to relax and chat. Staff is so friendly, after we ordered we had another bar goer tell us their pitchers were really cheap and the bartender overheard us say we should have ordered that instead when he brought us our drinks so he gave us two free drink coupons because just our two drinks equaled the price of the pitcher, awesome guy! My girlfriends place is close so we will definitely return and I would suggest this place to anyone– also it has pool! And I thought it was a great idea they had a TV against the glass towards the outside seating so you can enjoy a beer and the game from anywhere.

Bars don’t get more neighborhood in appeal, nor populated with regulars, than Parkview. Aside from stragglers on their way to Jazz Fest, Voodoo or the Track, you’ll encounter the same crew of High Life-​lovin’ folks here on any given day. Pool, darts, a solid-​if-​really-​played-​out, old-​school (read: not internet) jukebox full of classics, lots of TVs to catch LSU, the Hornets or the Black-​and-​Gold — more on that in a second.
The bartenders are some of the nicest in the city, and most helpful — especially for newcomers (to the area or town). I’ve got nothin’ but love for Tiff, Bunch and the gang, and their annual events — the pre-​Jazz Fest crawfish boil, the Saints season kickoff party (where last year I managed to win an official team shirt and beach towel), and season-​long game-​day buffets promise great afternoons with friends.
You haven’t lived until you’ve «Who Dat?!”-ed with these convivial gals and guys, and if you’re short a pint and dying of thirst, a patron may just throw you a little lagniappe (beer chip). Bonus? You’re across the street from an inexpensive laundromat, making wash-​and-​fold day a bit better. A (big) thing, though: The smoke is hella overpowering, so if you can’t suck it up, hit the patio and meet a few new friends. Really, it’s that easy at PV.

By far the best place in the city to watch the games. Great drink prices and lots of friendly people!

Even if this place wasn’t attached to the building I work in, I would still come here for what is possibly the cheapest beer in Midcity. Although the prices were recently raised by like .50 cents (which caused some minor freak-​outs by regulars), you can still get a pitcher of High Life for $ 6. The brilliance of this place is how they serve pitchers. When you buy one, you get as many pours as you like from it (well, up to 4, I guess) and the remainder is given to you in tokens. Wood tokens for HL and plastic for the Magic Hat and Amber. It works well for me (a person who doesn’t lose things), and it works well for the bar (because most people lose things). Plus, when you find one at the bottom of your purse or in your pocket a few days later, your dumb brain tells you you’ve just found a free beer!
The bartenders here are really great and seem to remember everyone and what they’re drinking. It’s just a nice, typical, dive-​y neighborhood bar, and my only complaint is that it can become a real cigarette hell-​cave, but this is New Orleans and I guess I need to just cope with that smokey reality.
Anyway, see you there!

Parkview Tavern (NOT to be confused with Parkway Bakery & Tavern) is a dive bar I’ve only been to three times, so far, but I’ve always had a good time. I went once to meet a group of friends and one of them won a nice chunk of change on video poker so that resulted in some free drinks. I also came here twice to recharge my beer meter during the Voodoo Fest. There is usually a decent small crowd in here and the space has a unique «hand built» quality about it. The drinks are pretty cheap and there are lots of TV’s all over the place. The biggest issue with this place is EVERYBODY seems to be smoking so even with the doors open it can be pretty irritating in here. They do have a nice patio area outside that is comfortable to enjoy when the weather is nice.

I admit, I may be a little predisposed to loving this local watering hole since it was one of the places I always went to after a long day of work in Mid-​City, but there’s a lot to love.
Great Bartenders:
«Bunchie» and Chrys are personable and entertaining. Whether it be the quick wit or dry humor these two got it in the bag and I always have a great time under their wing.
Cheap Prices:
One of the excellent facets of this place are their pitcher options. For $ 7.50 you can get 4−16oz cups of Abita Amber. For $ 5, choose from either Coors or Miller High Life. Besides being a great deal, you are issued wooden quarters or plastic chips for each cup of beer you redeem. This gives you the option to save your chips for another visit, and since your beers are served individually – it’s always cold.
Comfortable Seating Options:
The bar itself was recently remodeled allowing for leg room under the bar making it much more comfortable to sit at. There are also rounds in the center of the room for large groups to converge around as well as «pew» style seating against one long wall giving you a great view of all that is going on. Not to mention picnic table seating outdoors with a tv on display through the window. Comes in handy during Saints season since this bar is always packed for Saints and LSU games.
Potluck Style Food on Holidays and Game Days:
During Saints season as well as other holidays (Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year’s) the owners as well as long time regulars come together to provide potluck style food including Hog’s Head cheese, chips and dip, jambalaya, macaroni and cheese and hotdogs.
Friendly Neighborhood Environment:
Everybody knows everybody here and comes in handy when trying to network with area business owners. Not only that but due to the level of comfort here there is no pretentious attitude here – all are welcome.

I like Parkview. I like the outside tables and the semi-​stale but free popcorn and the very, very cheap Abita on tap with tokens so you can drink your pitcher in moderate, pint-​sized portions and then save some for next time. I like Bunchie and Chris and their free food at Saints games, especially the hogshead cheese shaped like a fleur-​de-​lis made by the inimitable Vaughn of Creole Country Meats. The downside to the whole place is that it’s just so smoky:(