Holy Diver

How have I driven past this dive bar 1,000,000 times and not known the gloriousness held within?? We stumbled in for a drink while waiting on a Ride-Share. It was during carnival and we had to wait for a couple of drinks worth of time. I am so glad to have discovered this funky place to play pool and grab a great priced drink.

this is definitely a dive bar. They have pool tables available for play, and open dance floor with a few high tops and some built-in benches on the wall. I went to see DJ Webbie we have you turned up all night! I also ended up being able to get some free comedy and ice cream too! Every Thursday night is free comedy and ice cream by the way...although the comedian wasn't very strong, the drink certainly were. The bartender had a smart attitude probably because he was there by himself but when I ordered one tequila sunrise the bartender put enough alcohol for me to make two. I asked for half a cup of orange juice to mix the original drink plus the orange juice to create my own 2/$6 special!this place does not offer food so be mindful of your consumption as there is no way to prevent your probable hangover. Overall the experience was good. I got to twerk and drink for basically no cost so if I'm ever in the area again I'd return.

My new favorite bar! It's got such a large beer selection and I don't even drink beer that often but the guava wheat beer they had on tap was beer drinking goals. They have a cute pool setup in the back of the bar with couches that are comfortable to sit on. They have outdoor seating and it's easy to move in and out of the bar unlike on Frenchmen. I would definitely go back as often as I'm in the area and they have live music some nights! I was there on a Tuesday and it was a perfect amount of crowd and space.

This place is totally what a dive bar should be - casual, local, and fun. I came here on a Thursday afternoon, so it was pretty quiet at the time (though our large group quickly livened the place up!), but it seems they have various events and activities on weekend nights here... it was definitely starting to pick up as we were leaving!There was ample seating in the back room, alongside darts & pool. The drinks were cheap enough to keep us coming back for round 2 (...and round 3), and the service was quick and friendly. And big shout-out to the seriously epic graffiti going on in the bathroom (I'm not even being sarcastic... it looks super cool in there).

For generations Sidney's Saloon was a bar that was infamously know for its drug happy clientele. Today Sidney's is a sign of the new gentrification that has begun in the Treme/7thWard featuring all genre's of live music, comedy, free food almost every night, amazing cocktails and a great bike friendly location. This bar shows the positive side of the changing we are seeing in the city, I will be back.

Cool hang out with cool pop up dining. I'm normally hear on Thursdays for the free comedy show with free ice cream. Tuesday night is trivia with a great taco pop up. It's a chill place, play a game, watch a performance, drink and talk to people. Very relaxed.

Night Church! GTFO. Free ice cream?! Jokes. Jokes about space. Jokes about sex. Wow. The best. Serious, come for Night Church every Thursday. Free ice cream.

This is a pretty cool dive bar off in transitioning part of town. They have live music and usually have an eclectic crowd of people of majority hipsters eager to cut a rug. I'm way too un-hipster to fit in very well here but the dive bar groovy elements are definitely NOLA classic and worthy of visit and when you add in live local music then it is certainly a hot spot to check out. So even if you are un-hipster and will be too uncool for school here just say "hrumph" and get over it and make the hipsters jealous with real classic and vintage prep style like I do as I'm always going to dress like it's still the 1980's and sometimes like its the 1780's.

Came here the other night with DJ Heatwave on the ones and twos. Side note: If your friend invites you to go dancing at HEATWAVE! (an all-vinyl dance party spinning Motown/Garage Rock/R&B/Soul/Oldies), do it. I was reluctant because I greatly enjoy a good booty shakin' dance party with some Missy Elliott and the latest dub-stepping jams (I think I'm a professional dub-stepper around 2:30am, just an fyi) but Ann Glaviano KILLED it and everyone was shaking their everythings. As for the bar, do I love the neighborhood at night? Not really. I think there should be a door person or some form of security at the door. I'm sorry if there was after I arrived and I just didn't see it, but I think it's naive to think that there shouldn't be a door person, at night, in most parts of New Orleans. With that being said, I had a really, really fun time! The bar is intimate and accommodating. I don't think I ever waited that long at all for a stiff drink or a cold beer that didn't break the bank. The dance floor is JUST the right size to get you dancing with everyone and feel comfortable disappearing into a mass of gyrating hips and twirling arms. Plenty of space to sit down when your dogs get tired,and a little alcove to hang out if you're into talking and not dancing...I'll never understand those types. I'd definitely come back here for HEATWAVE to get groovy with my gals, 'cause when it finally gets cold, you'll want to get on that heat...wave.

Came in to check out the New Sidney's since Robert sold it. It's not half bad. I miss the drink specials and extensive beer list and cheap cocktails. Frozen Vietnamese coffee still here but I miss the dark and stormy daq they used to have. Thanks to New Orleans' new asinine outdoor seating laws they did away with the picnic tables but I'm happy to see a couple little cafe tables have made it back. The pool room has been converted into the Black Lodge. Not mad about it. Weird paint job. I'll be back.