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Where to watch BAMA game in NOLA?

Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:36 am
Posted by GiveMeTheBigOne
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2011
311 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:36 am
Staying in NOLA for BAMA game with a group of 20+. Not interested in walk ons. Food or not is no big deal. More worried about good drink specials/game day atmosphere.

Thanks.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130207 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:40 am to
Hmmm.

Maybe Cooter Brown's in the uptown/riverbend area.

Posted by GiveMeTheBigOne
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2011
311 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:45 am to
Will be staying at the clarion on canal BTW
Posted by Roach
River Ridge, LA
Member since Nov 2007
4258 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:46 am to
Gordon's B's maybe, Ernst cafe, or just find a bar you like in the F.Q.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61723 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:50 am to
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Gordon's B's maybe, Ernst cafe


Gordon Biersch or Ernst would be good. Ernst would probably have a better crowd for an LSU game.

Give up on the Cooter Browns idea unless half your group wants to get there by 10:00am. Place is going to be crazy crowded.

There is a place on Decatuer kind of on the lower end of the quarter maybe two blocks or so from Jackson Square. I can't for the life of me think of the name, but they have some great tvs in the bar area and a nice courtyard with tv's.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
110903 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:50 am to
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or just find a bar you like in the F.Q.


This. If you've got a group of 20 people who you want to watch the game with, I'd just try to go take over a random bar if I were y'all. I definitely wouldn't try to go somewhere like Cooter Browns.
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
32586 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:51 am to
that place is a shell of its former self.
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
74436 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:53 am to
Rusty Nail.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130207 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:54 am to
I haven't been there in probably 4-5 years, so I wouldn't know.

Taking over a bar in the FQ is probably the best idea.
Posted by GiveMeTheBigOne
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2011
311 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:54 am to
I know bourbon street blues has the big projection screen upstairs and offer 3 for 1 beer at night... Do they offer this in the day time as well?
Posted by Roach
River Ridge, LA
Member since Nov 2007
4258 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 11:55 am to
Rick's sports bar.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
49636 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 12:02 pm to
I watched the TN game at the Boot and it was great. Have no idea about drink specials because i was part of a private party and we had tickets. You could call and ask. It's unlikely that it will be packed with other folks, though, being a college bar if the game is played at the predicted 2:30. Maybe more people since it's the AL game. I only saw about 5 people who weren't with us the whole time we were there. We had a lot of people with us, though. Maybe 100. I can't judge crowds, but the place was pretty full, though there were still plenty of places to sit.

The place is big and has plenty of windows and doors were open so it wasn't drab. There were two HUGE screens at either end of the room and then a gazillion TVs lining the long bar and the opposite side of the bar, as well. I could see the game no matter where I was in that place with the exception of the ladies' room. I'd go there to watch another game in a heartbeat.

They serve pizza and some other food, but I didn't eat anything, so I have no idea if it's any good.

Oh, and the bathrooms were clean for those who said they might be nasty.
Posted by LSUbase13
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Member since Mar 2008
15060 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 12:08 pm to
quote:

Staying in NOLA for BAMA game with a group of 20+. Not interested in walk ons. Food or not is no big deal. More worried about good drink specials/game day atmosphere.


The Rusty Nail is the official Alabama watch site. Could get interesting.
Posted by THRILLHO
Old Metairie near Cleary
Member since Apr 2006
50398 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 12:20 pm to
Definitely Rusty Nail. I love the place, but I'm staying the frick out of there for the LSU/Bama game. Going to be absolutely packed.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
49636 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 12:21 pm to
Exactly. I wouldn't want to be anywhere that's packed for that game. I'd want to be where I can watch it.
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
12230 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 12:35 pm to
quote:

I'd want to be where I can watch it.


Not sure why Walk On's isn't an option, but fwiw it's a very good place to watch the game.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
49636 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 12:37 pm to
I've never been to any Walk Ons, so I have no idea.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
290824 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 12:42 pm to
quote:

There is a place on Decatuer kind of on the lower end of the quarter maybe two blocks or so from Jackson Square. I can't for the life of me think of the name, but they have some great tvs in the bar area and a nice courtyard with tv's.




huck finns?
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61723 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 1:01 pm to
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Not sure why Walk On's isn't an option, but fwiw it's a very good place to watch the game.


Oh, it is a good place to watch the game, but you have to consider how the place is going to be that day.
For the Kentucky game we got there at 11:15 and had to wait an hour to get a table for 4.
With a group his size, it just doesn't seem like it is the kind of place that will work for them.
Posted by Neauxla
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2008
34520 posts
Posted on 10/20/11 at 1:03 pm to
Bama Alumni club watch it at Rusty Nail I believe.
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