Parkview Tavern

A good, affordable spot for an afternoon beer. Order a pitcher and they give you a beer and 3 tokens to come back for more at any time. Good outdoor seating and pool table

Learning from our rookie mistake (it was our first year attending Voodoo Music Festival), on day 2, my boyfriend and I stopped by Parkview Tavern to have a few drinks before going into the venue. We saw that Parkview Tavern was within walking distance of City Park and stopped in there. We ordered our drinks and enjoyed the dive bar feel. There was a mix of locals and concert go-ers, everyone chatting and electrifying the air. They have all of your local bar favorites: pool table, juke box, etc.The bartender was friendly, although overwhelmed by the concert go-er crowd. The drinks were strong and cheap. All in all, if we come back to Voodoo Fest another year, this will be our first stop before heading into the festival gates.

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.

Best drink prices in the city. The regular wells are $3 but happy hour they're $2.25! Man you can't beat this at all, only my second time here but the people are so welcoming and cool. Would definitely recommend!

Had a terrible experience here. I live close by.... I go in about 1 time a week , never felt totally comfortable but no biggie. Most people were ok to chat with and most bartenders are nice. The owners are very rude and abusive. If you are a white person, and don't like anyone but your booze, this is your place. They don't seem to like minorities. I won't be going here ever again.

Worst costumer service I have even experienced, I asked for a Bloody Mary and the bartender responded very rude and said that was too laborious of a drink and that she will not be making it. Maybe she should change her profession.

To get a drink during a Saints game you have to stand in a line of 25 people while 2 rude bartenders work. City's got too many bars to do that.

This is got to be my favorite dive bar in the Crescent city. When you go there for a Saints game everyone seems like they're on acid and they sing songs for all the players. It's a very unique experience and don't forget they have free food and if you don't want to eat the food there you can go get barbecue next-door were walking across the street and get charcuterie. Don't forget when you protest I need to get a beer order a picture and quotation marks this will give you tokens which don't save you any money but they keep you coming back.

A humble facade but a warm and lovely place. Friendly staff that always remembers your drink and nice regulars. This is literally the only "dive" bar I'd feel safe in alone as a woman.

ATM WORKS! They are racist and don't want you to use their atm machine. Has an "out of order" sign on it but disregard it and still works if needed. Bar owner / server are so rude and so are their 5 customers that they have in their establishment. Don't spend any money other than on their "out of order" atm machine.