The Prytania Bar

Love this bar! Nice people, reasonable prices. My only complaint: the ladies bathroom. Neither of the doors seem to shut completely. They seem to try to have fixed the problem of the shirt bathroom door, but, they don’t lock now, smh. Hand drier doesn’t work. I l be the family atmosphere, and random potlucks. I’ll keep coming here, just won’t pee.

Great bar to watch U of M games. Amazing Bloody Mary for $ 5 on Saturday. Get gumbo from next door and bring it back.

Only bar in Nola who plays each Michigan football game and they do it right by playing the Michigan fight song after TDs and all commercials are muted while they play music.
The also have Founders all day IPA. Rumor is pizza by the slice is coming eventually other than that you can order food for delivery. Ask your bartender for recommendations.

Great choice of drinks and drink specials. Also a good place to grab a drink and catch a game.
I only went here a couple of times, and the bartender gave us good service. The bar was never really crowded.
I saw they had a stage. I would love to go one night when a band plays.

A cool locals bar. It’s always an extreme laid back crowd here. They have live music and trivia which is always good. On Wednesdays they sometimes have a late night crawfish boil which is free just keep buying beer and supporting the bar!

Laid back scene, cool staff, good drink specials and great music lineups (especially during mardi gras/​jazz fest).
Sup Pete?!

It’s been a while since I’ve given a constructive criticism. Alas, I digress…
This once poppin’ night club turned multi-​dive bar leaves much to desire.
As much as I love a classy cocktail lounge, there’s just something about watching a sporting event in a dive bar that just can’t be beat. You can generally count on TV availability, the bartenders are typically pretty easy going and drinks are usually cheap.
Bad customer service is a deal breaker for me and will inevitably always be the deciding factor that leads me to never revisit. Maybe the bartenders are typically friendly, but not in this last experience.
As a former bartender, I understand the importance of carding someone. However there’s a line to be weary of when insinuating someone has handed you a fake ID, and this guy didn’t nudge it, he took about three paces past it. But that’s forgivable.
What isn’t forgivable is mocking me to my significant other claiming that I’m ridiculous for requesting a Grey Goose & Soda over a Skol & Soda with the tag line that they taste exactly the same just with a $ 3 to $ 8 difference. Any bartender who can’t depict between the two should honestly consider surrendering his liquor license. I suppose he’d also say a cheeseburger from Wendy’s is no different than a steak from Ruth’s Chris. Also, I’d be curious to know the thoughts of an employer when someone dissuades a customer spending more dollars.
I don’t know what I did to this guy to deserve the lashing I received, but I can surely say that with the over abundance in options of dive bars across New Orleans, I won’t be returning to this one again.

It gets the job done for Happy Hour. Can’t be upset with $ 4 Jack and Ginger-​ale. Pretty decent size and there’s a stage so I’m sure there’s live bands here on some nights.
Clearly the hangout spot for tons of healthcare professionals who’ve had a long day.

I really wanted to like this place, but I just can’t. Maybe it’s just not my thing…

The guys working the door for the Lundi Gras show were rude to the point of calling me a bitch. I showed up and while separating two $ 20 bills to give him one of them, the MoneyMan took both of them from my hand and gave me $ 10 back. I told him I have him two twenties and I was only one person and both of them incredulously stated, «Well it’s only $ 15. Why would you pay with 2 20s?» He took the ten back and gave me a twenty so I still ended up overpaying by $ 5. Then WristbandMan said, «Give me your arm, bitch» and put my band on. Good thing I love the Lost Bayout Ramblers but I won’t come back here for another show. Too bad because they did a great fundraiser for APEX awhile back.
Bartenders: Not rude. Very nice, good service. Beer tastes clean, not like moldy beer served from lots of taps around town. Not coming for a show? Probably safe.

I always forget about this bar and I really shouldn’t. Usually good deals on drinks and hot nurses come in after their shift. Safe looking crowd.

Nice bar to hit at Happy Hour after work on a long day, but probably not one I would frequent. It’s pretty quiet during the week, but the drinks aren’t good enough to make me drive into the Garden District on the weekends. Some drinks are ok, others are far too strong (I’m pretty sure my amaretto pineapple had basically no pineapple juice) or too weak.

After checking into the best Western a few blocks away, I had some time to kill and took a walk in the ‘hood. Came across this bar with a sign outside saying «Cold beer served inside»… in my last post, I mentioned how the humidity is really getting to me, so cold beer DID seem refreshing.
Went inside and grabbed a seat @ the bar… it was fairly empty, as it was a Sunday night. There was a group of nurses, dressed in scrubs at a table nearby, having drifted in from the hospital across the street, and there were a few other people intermingled at tables and the bars, but the whole place couldn’t hold more than 50 seats.
Several mirrors from decades past adorned the walls, and the air hung heavy with humidity. I didn’t notice any fans to move it through the bar, so I was actually able to lean against the thickness as I sat waiting to catch the bartender’s eye.
The bartender, Christian, was a transplant from D.C., having moved here 3 years ago~That didn’t stop him from being super helpful about recommendations in town. He chatted me up on some music, recommended three breakfast places, and pointed me towards a red ale in cans that is fairly new on the NOLA scene.
As I drank on my Missisisippi red, I was surprised to have something so smooth so far from the Denver Beer Napa Valley. In the past few days, I have had to be content with Miller High Life, Bud Light, or water, so this was a nice throwback!
Christian continued our conversation, in between serving other folks, which I appreciated. As an out-​of-​towner, it’s sometimes hard to get the scoop quickly, but he was super sincere in being a good guide/​host!
Status: Dive Bar
Drinks: Standard domestics, plastic cups
Food: ?
Attraction: Convenience, «local»

Great variety of live music and beers but DIRTY AS ALL HELL. I was so confused because there was a broom in the middle of the floor but apparently no one knows how to use it.
I thought it was cool that it is really sort of in the middle of nothing and not on a strip a la Feret, Frenchman, and the like. That fact was really great for street parking.
They did have a food truck outside which is a great marketing idea and also ample outside seating.
It is a young crowd to me. The band mentioned 90s music and some people were like yeah I was born in the 90s. Which still floors me. Anyway, even though they were young they weren’t the typical assholes that I once was at that age, so it was still a decent crowd to me.
Also, very male heavy in there, maybe because it is so DAMN DIRTY.

Cool small bar on prytania (obviously). Cool vibe for sure and not too crowded. They have Founders (MI) on tap which you aint going to find anywhere else in NOLA. Nice bar tender. I’d go back in a heart beat with friends for beer.
When I went they were letting a popup kitchen serve; NOLATCHOS. (full disclosure, I am friends with the cook). I love bars with popups so that was awesome. Plus nachos were awesome. Huge fan. Supedup velveta cheese, pork, pickled onions, jalapenos, sourcream/​cilantro and homemade bbq. Very very good. (she’ll have a bike cart soon and not just a popup)

I went to Prytania Bar to meet some people to watch a Saints game. Nothing bad about it that I recall, nothing great I recall either, just a bar. I may make a return trip when they’re hosting the monthly HEATWAVE dance party.

What makes a bar a ‘dive bar’ is the fact that smoking is still allowed inside. For a dive bar it’s pretty cool. The staff is friendly and grubis supplied by the ‘Dat Dog’ stand that sits in the beer garden next door. I love a good dive bar, especially, if on occasion they have great live music.
I was there one weekend at the ‘Dat Dog” in the Beer Garden and I could hear a band named «Gal Holiday» performing and from the sound of it they were throwing a hell of a party playing everything from gospel to bluegrass!
I happened by Prytania Bar this past Saturday, the last day before what’s become known as «historic hurricane week» and they were having a «Vinyl Party!»
Do you know what that means?
That means there were disc-​jockeys there actually spinning 45’s and LP’s on two turntables. And they were spinning ‘dusties’ from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. If you were born, coming of age or a child in any of those decades you know that was some hip shaking, foot stomping, hand clapping kind of music.
The name of this fabulous duo bringing this heat to New Orleans is «Heatwave-​New Orleans.» They call me their ”hero.’ Once I started dancing, I danced for two hours straight. I would have danced longer had it not been for the smoke.
Those songs, from those decades will make you shake a tail feather because no matter what they played… I danced. That’s how great it was! I mean they played everything… they even asked me for requests. How cool is that?
I don’t know when they will return there, but if you’re in the neighborhood of the wine bar, the beer garden, or the sovereign pub and you’re looking for a fabulous night out, you may as well stop on by The Prytania Bar because you just never know what may be on and ‘poppin.‘
Possible Caveat (because not everybody in a bar is a drinker) there is a ten dollar minimum to pay with a card.

Accidentally stopped in here with a friend when we were looking for another bar in the same area. Really cool space with friendly people. They were offering free mac and cheese when we came, and although we didn’t partake, I thought that was nice. There weren’t a lot of people and they had a little jazz band playing in the back. Ordered one Abita Strawberry and was pleasantly surprised when it was only $ 3, considering some other places charge as much as $ 5 for the same thing.
I’ll be back if I’m in the neighborhood, but I think it would be a better spot if it were smoke free.

I think it’s got another new name… maybe Prytania Bar… yep I just found their website:
I swear this bar changes names at least once a year.
Anyway…I stopped in for a drink during the parades 1^st weekend after discovering that the Milk Bar was closed so no sandwich for me… boo hoo.
I walked in to one patron at the bar and no one behind the bar. And I waited and I waited. Finally the bartender came from the back and served us a well poured drink at a good price. But c’mon, I could have run away with several bottles if so inclined.
One staff member (even if it was late morning/​mid-​day) with parades a block away seems foolish.

This place has been several different bars and this latest incarnation seems to vary from an older crowd for happy hour to a much younger crowd when they have music. The music that I’ve heard blaring out of here has never really attracted me so I’ve only been here for happy hour. This is a decent bar with an ambiance that slightly reminds me of a more run down Applebee’s bar. I don’t like reminders that Applebee’s exists so I really prefer the nearby Delachaise but I will pop in here occassionally.