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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, Where Y'at, The Advocate, and The Advocate | Gambit. Updated September 2026.
Abita New Orleans · Irish Channel
NOLA.com reports the 39-year-old brewery opened this Irish Channel taproom in March 2025 with 35 taps and a seven-barrel on-site brewing operation, on the stretch of Tchoupitoulas Street locals call brewery row, pouring flagships like Abita Amber and Andygator alongside small-batch experiments.
Urban South Brewery · Lower Garden District
Where Y'at's family-friendly breweries roundup calls the humongous Lower Garden District beer hall a spot that loves hosting families at the taproom, with a wall of arcade games alongside the beer.
Miel Brewery & Taproom · Irish Channel
The Advocate covered the opening of this Irish Channel brewery, taproom and beer garden, one half open-air beer garden and one half air-conditioned industrial warehouse on Sixth Street.
NOLA Brewing & Pizza Co. · Irish Channel
Where Y'at's family-friendly breweries roundup names NOLA Brewing & Pizza Company for its Friday-night dance floor, where the whole krewe can groove through a weekend of fun at the Tchoupitoulas Street taproom.
Second Line Brewing · Mid-City
The Advocate | Gambit covered the brewery's arrival in Mid-City, a women-, veteran- and minority-owned operation with a spacious outdoor beer garden off the Canal Street streetcar line.