September 21, 2009
Just a bit west of Tulane and Loyola, near the intersection of Carrolton and St. Charles, Cooter Brown’s is in a nice little corner of town just at the edge of the levee and some train tracks. The outside looks like a small-town dive, with a broad painted blue wood front wall, a porch, no windows, and a gravel parking area. The inside is large, with a few pool tables, a back bar, a side area to order food, and a video gampling room. There are a lot of flat screens up on the wall. I imagine the crowd is big from the colleges on weekend nights. 40 taps, well over 100 bottles. The taps featured some regional/local stuff you can’t get everywhere, like 7 Abita, 3 Lazy Magnolia, 2 NOLA. Lindeman’s Framboise was on tap, which I don’t see often. The rest were mostly European macros, with some American micros and a Miller Lite rounding it out. All drafts come with a choice of half pints, pints, or pitchers. Great bottle selection, with stuff from all over the world. I didn’t eat but the place is known for oysters in the half shell.

September 5, 2009 [ Updated September 8, 2009 ]
really not bad for deep south. been there a bunch. great bar feel, fun to watch football and fairly ggod selection. It’d be a regular haunt if I lived here

July 26, 2009
Right on the St Charles street car line. Though the place doesn’t seem to impress too much, it just stands as iconic in NOLA. Place order at kitchen, wait for # to show up and grab the mighty delicious NOLA Philly. Just average bar food, might as well try smth from New Orleans. They do have plenty of taps and bottles as well as almost anything brewed in LA. No service to really speak of, pick up at kitchen window and just a bartender. Feels more like a sports bar and the tables and bathroom could certainly use a good cleanup.

September 21, 2008
If you are visiting the Big Easy, consider this place it’s convenient to get to and the beer selection may be the best in the city. Take the trolley ($1) from the French Quarter up St Charles St to the river bend area stop (the conductor will let you know), then it’s a half block walk. Local, laid back, time tested atmosphere that’s popular on game days. If you want food, you order from next door and take it into the bar area (separate owners, but they thrive on each other). It’s a large menu, dominated by subs and sandwiches, and everything we had was very good. Beer selection was the best available and limited only by lack of more creative distributorship. You will find Chimay and Franziskaner among the Abita and Dixie. Then an unrushed ride back into diversity of the Vieux Carre.

April 5, 2008
Around the corner from the last stop on the St. Charles line. Dive college sports bar atmosphere, with short order food/sandwiches. Sticky tables and a loud atmosphere with many TVs. Decent beer selection, however, with many Belgian and other imports, along with a decent selection of craft micros. Worth a stop if you’re on that side of town.

January 12, 2008
In town for the 2008 BCS game Sorry to say MY BUCKEYES did not win. This palace has a great selection of brews. There is a lot on tap and a great selections of bottles. The food was GREAT. The killer rings a must have. I had the Cooter Philly that is now called the LOOTER. maybe some thing to do with the storm that hit a few years ago??? O YA.

December 3, 2006
A sentimental favorite of mine. I first went here during college road trips to Mardi Gras. Best oysters in town when you consider the price. Great beer selection with fun stuff on tap. An easy ride on the street car through the Garden District from the convention center. The head collection is getting impressive- it’s now a must see.

March 15, 2006
First off, lowest points for ambience for two reasons- It was cold as fuck inside, despite it being a very mild evening outside and it is a sorta strange version of your normal beer dedicated bar. I froze my ass of in there. Service gets medium marks because there is no table service; you get everything form the bar. They were freindly enough, but I wanted a damn waitress. Excellent slection though and seemed to be well maintained.

August 18, 2005
They probably have the best beer selection in New Orleans. Great selection of domestic and imported beers. They have pool tables and many flat screen tv’s to watch sports on. Alway packed on sundays during football season. Their food is top notch bar food, and they have a decent size menu. Probably have some of the best bar food in the city.