Known as the best gay bar on NOLA's famous Bourbon St, this is the place to party day or night. With a huge dance floor, two bars upstairs, a giant video bar downstairs, and balconies, Bourbon Pub Parade is an event.
Address
801 Bourbon St
New Orleans,
LA
70116
Near: St Ann Street
Hours
Daily
Midnight - 11:59 pm
Open Now
Address
801 Bourbon St
New Orleans,
LA
70116
Near: St Ann Street
Hours
Daily
Midnight - 11:59 pm
Open Now
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LOVE this place
Video bar downstairs dance club upstairs. Great bartenders (HOT) and dancers. Don't miss the Sunday Sing-a-long!
THE PUB NEVER STOPS GIVING A GREAT TIME!
I make no apologies for the fact that I am a gay man of a certain age. That has obvious disadvantages in the "only young people matter" gay mindset, but I'm not offended, as I thought the same way in my day. Being older (and also a survivor) does, however, gives me certain privileges, and, most of all, perspective. From 88' to 90', I lived in New Orleans (in the GD), and spent alot of time in the Quarter, and there were a number of bars, restuarants, and other unmemtionalbes, that I frequented, with the Bourbon Pub, being the nexus, and center of all my activities. I would branch out from the Pub all over the Quarter. It may be just me, but I have an inclination to space, and the Pub provided space. You could walk around the bar, and have three different conversation going on, all at the same time. The Pub is set up for conversation, it's hard to just sit on a stool at 11:00 AM, and not want to talk. The action, surprisingly, is organizied around people speaking to people. And, of course, with all the video screen about, the excuse is even evident. But, of course, these are all remembrances of the good days, before Katrina, when everything changed. I returned to New Orleans, for the first time, on business some weeks back, and I was pleased that the Pub, was still there, doing what it has always done for generations - giving the Quarter a focus, and an excuse for a very good time. Be it during the day (for the older men), or in the evening (for the young people), the Bourbon Pub has always given the (gay) Quarter it's gentle center. The one thing that is so neat about the Quarter, is that you can just get up an walk around. In this, the Quarter is very much like it's Parisian mentors, you just move from cafe to cafe, and back again. The Pub has changed a little, and yet, it has remain exactly what it is - a Place for a Very Good Time.
The Crown Jewel of New Orleans......
Even at my age, I always feel comfortable at this crown jewel of the french quarter. Great staff and atmoshere smack-dab in the middle of it all. The perfect place to view and be viewed........
At the vortex of gay nightlife in NOLA
The corner of Bourbon and St Ann is the spot for gay nightlife in the Quarter. Oz - a bit younger crowd - is directly across the street so you can cruse from the opposing balconies. A good mix of people - we're in our 40s and feel right at home. The place to be during Decadence.