re: stouts on nitro

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Must be a NOLA problem. Baby boomers I know love craft beer.

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Things have been different here for years. We march to the beat of our own music, drink our own cocktails, and eat or own food.

I've never been to Avenue pub. How nice is it? A lot of the places in Portland are actually dumps. 30 taps and a bunch of tables and chairs and that's about it. Many don't even serve food. We do have lots of choices, though. Almost all of the restaurants have local craft beer on tap and bottles.

I ask because A Pub sounds pretty nice, but how would NOLA accept a craft beer taproom that was pretty basic - no restaurant, but with a killer tap and bottle lineup?

The startup costs on a place like that wouldn't be too terribly high. It might take a little time to get on the "A" list for kegs, but it would be a relatively simple business to start and maintain.

It's got that old dirty new orleans feel and they allow smoking on the bottom floor. About an inch of dust on the rafters. Not the most clean and pleasant place but it doesn't stop me from spending time there.

I've bitched about A Pub on here before but mainly b/c of rude service. The place is a true gem. It's got it all. A place for smokers, a place for non smokers, food, outside seating, balcony on St. Charles Ave, video poker, beers no one else gets in the state, plus it's on the Mardi Gras parade route. Downstairs is a dive, upstairs not so much. Love it hate it there is no other place like it. Oh it's open 24-7 too. Place gets plenty of praise from outside the area. I've meet people there who caravaned all the way from the NE coast just for an event at the pub.

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I couldn't have said it any better. I despise smoke, so it pretty much has to be a special event for me to head over there.

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The smoke doesnt bother me that much, they do have a patio outside, upstairs thats smoke free and a balcony. Its not like you're trapped with smoke like other bars.

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The smoke doesnt bother me that much, they do have a patio outside, upstairs thats smoke free and a balcony. Its not like you're trapped with smoke like other bars.

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Unless you're there at the arbitrary times they force you to be with the smokers because they don't want to open the upstairs bar.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: if you want to be a world class craft beer bar, you shouldn't allow smoking at all. Period.

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: if you want to be a world class craft beer bar, you shouldn't allow smoking at all. Period.

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frick the Bulldog in BR. One person smoking in that place can ruin the whole building. Went a while back for one of their half off things they sent me and it was horrible.

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The Avenue Pub named one of the Top 100 Beer Bars in America! - Draft Magazine

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The Avenue Pub chosen as the #12 Beer Bar in America: The 25 Best Beer Bars in America - Complex Magazine

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Rated “World Class” by BeerAdvocate!

Any neighborhood pub that’s open 24 hours and rocks a late night happy hour menu is tops in our book. Mix in the city’s best beer selection, and you’ve got a serious contender for the exalted title of “Greatest Place In The Universe, Ever!”

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if you want to be a world class craft beer bar, you shouldn't allow smoking at all. Period.

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I don't see how that makes or breaks a beer bar being titled as great or world class.

IMO, bars should allow smoking. I don't smoke (regularly) but the two just seem to go together well.