Sports Bars
- Cooter Brown's Tavern · Riverbend
- Wrong Iron On The Greenway · Mid-City
- Swamp Room · Metairie
Picks from The Infatuation and Where Y'at
Chicken Wings
- Bayou Hot Wings · South Claiborne
- Chicken & Watermelon · 7th Ward
- We Dat's · Gentilly
Picks from Southern Living / NOLA.com and Where Y'at
Pizza
- St. Pizza · Lower Garden District
- Pizza Delicious · Bywater
- Theo's Neighborhood Pizza, Magazine · Uptown
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Burgers
- Port of Call · French Quarter
- Bub's NOLA · Mid-City
- La Petite Grocery · Uptown
Picks from NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and Gambit (nola.com)
BBQ
- Blue Oak BBQ · Mid-City
- The Joint · Bywater
- Central City BBQ · Central City
Picks from Where Y'at and NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Hot Dogs
- Dat Dog · Faubourg Marigny
- Cochon Butcher · Warehouse District
- Lucky Dogs · French Quarter
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Dive Bars
- Snake & Jake's Christmas Club Lounge · Carrollton
- Pal's Lounge · Mid-City
- Ms. Mae's · Uptown
Picks from Gambit (nola.com) and Where Y'at
Breweries
- Abita New Orleans · Irish Channel
- Urban South Brewery · Lower Garden District
- Miel Brewery & Taproom · Irish Channel
Picks from NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune and Where Y'at