The InvadeNOLA Guide to Cheap Drinks (Part 4)
This entry is part of a 5-part series on the top 10 drink specials in the Big Easy. New Orleans offers such an extensive array of bars and clubs it can set your head spinning. Let this series guide you through the best of the best, the bars that keep tourists at an arm’s length and take pity on the recession-stricken drinker. There are specials for beers, wines and cocktails at places that offer great food, music and ambiance. Take a break from the neighborhood bar and try out one of the featured hangouts – your wallet will thank you!
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Theo’s Pizza
4218 Magazine Street
$1 domestic long neck bottled beer on Monday 4 p.m. until 10 p.m.
It doesn’t get much more American than pizza and beer on a Monday night. Theo’s ups the ante for New Orleanians with $1 domestic long necks and a menu of gourmet, stone oven-baked pizzas. Nestled in the 4200 block of Magazine Street in Uptown, it’s a great place to kick back and maybe even do away with the lingering hangover from a late Sunday night football game. Theo’s also offers sandwiches and salads; it’s an all-and-all great option for a casual Monday night date. Play your cards right and your Abita-drinking sweetheart may not even realize you’re being cheap!
Razzoo Bar and Patio
511 Bourbon Street
3-for-1 Domestic beer, wine and well drinks. Thursday through Sunday 12 p.m. until 9 p.m. and Monday through Wednesday 2 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Try not to break out in a cold sweat at the thought of actually paying to drink on Bourbon Street. Razzoo’s has broken out of the price-gouging mold of its competitors by offering 3-for-1 specials every day until 9 p.m. Tourists and underage drinkers may still get caught up in the trap of drinking after nine, but for the penny-pinching lush, Bourbon can be a whole new – and even welcoming – place in the light of day.
Palace Café
605 Canal Street
$5 cocktails and wine on Monday through Friday 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. with $5 appetizers available as well.
Dickie Brennan’s is a name that will set any New Orleanian salivating, and their “$5 after 5” special not only has the liquor flowing (almost) freely, but some delicious appetizers, too. Their special “Peter’s Planters Punch” is offered every day and is a delightful mix of rum, lemon and orange juices and a house-made cardamom syrup. Enjoy with an order of duck spring rolls for another Abraham Lincoln and the entire check barely tips the double-digits. Another beauty about drinking at the Palace Café? They’re walking distance from more than one streetcar line, so after one too many of Peter’s punches, driving home isn’t an issue.
