THE #1 Louisiana bar outside New Orleans.

Each year, the New Orleans newspaper Gambit rates the top 50 bars in and around the city.  The rankings, which came out last week, put the Rivershack Tavern at 36.  But if you look at the bars in front of us, every single one of them is within New Orleans city limits, while the Rivershack Tavern offers cheap drinks, live music, and cheap food on the river in Harahan.  That makes us number one for those with the gumption to check out what New Orleans has to offer in entertainment and cuisine outside of the tourist districts

Drinking in the French Quarter is groovy–we do it too, whenever we win the lottery–but one of the things that gives New Orleans such a unique local flavor is the out of the way places that don’t make it in the guidebooks. Gambit made reference to our roadhouse having “some local flavor” and we sure agree.  There’s a funkiness here, from the uniquely spelled menu (“boigers” and “shack-a-tizers”) to the off-the-wall décor.

There are a lot of places to go in New Orleans to listen to live music and knock back some brews, but none of them offer the same sort of local feel as the Rivershack Tavern.  We’ve got alligator sausage, cheap, cold beer and the best local blues, jazz, funk and rock music that you’ll find in Harahan or anywhere outside of the French Quarter.

Yeah, Gambit put us at 36, but stop by our digs on the river, swill down a few cold beers and judge for yourself.  We think you’ll agree that when it comes to bars outside of the French Quarter, we’re number one.

Tags: beer, food, fun, good drinks, harahan, Metairie

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