January 30, 2012
Frenchman Street scene, though the two nights I visited, the music was a little too funk/blues/brass-heavy for me. $5 cover when bands are playing. Locals like NOLA products on tap. Belgian and German taps as well. Good-sized bottle list. A worthy New Orleans stop.

January 18, 2012
Good bar on Frenchman St. with good beer selection. Frenchman St. is a must in NOLA anyway.

November 20, 2011
Fun location away from the Bourbon St crowd. Got to meet a lot of great local people here and try some regional beers. I couldn’t stay for the band, but their calendar was packed full of good acts.

October 15, 2011
Pretty cool place. Great live house band early Sunday evening. Probably the best draft and bottle list for a music oriented bar that I’ve encountered so far. I LOVED the fact that the place didn’t allow smoking. The place was crawling with hipsters (and was sold out of cans of PBR surprise, surprise), but it was still a good time. Not quite as good as Avenue Pub for a beer geek, but still well worth stopping by.

September 21, 2011
An OK place when trying to get out of the bustling part of the French Quarter and you are walking .. . has a nice feel to it .. pretty good tap list, but nothing will shock you- they have some locals on tap .. . intresting bottle list, had a few german brews i’d never even heard of - if they can even find them in the cooler - ... i’d go back i guess...but Avenue Pub is still the best spot in town ..

July 24, 2011
Frenchman St. in funky Marigny is a great option when the throngs in Vieux Carre become overwhelming. The crowd is mostly local, and the barkeeps treat everyone like locals. I really enjoyed the Belgian selection. Recommended.

July 9, 2011
This is one of the better places in New Orleans even without the craft beer. Great live music, on a street where great live music is a necessity. Great beer selection and sevice is fairly attentive when it isn’t packed full of people. One of my favorite stops in New Orleans.

November 21, 2010
pretty nice place. live music $5 cover. Decent draft selection even though Stone & NOLA IPA were out. Neighborhood of 20 drafts, nice bottle selection of 22’s & 750’s. Bear republic was well represented, Very nice Belgian selection. Well worth the stop

December 15, 2009
DBA is the only real beer bar that has a genuine live music option. One half of the bar is stage/performance, the other true beer bar. Their draft selection is primo, if not expensive. And therein is their achilles heel: prices. It’s a pricey place to drink, but if you’re going there, you’re likely going to see music, so the premium goes with the territory. Go early, so you avoid the cover. First sets are usually free. Also, look for the window seats, as they give you a bird’s eye view of Frenchman street.

December 14, 2009
Whenever I go to Frenchmen street for some jazz music I seem to end up at DBA. It’s the only establishment remotely resembling a beer bar in the area. There are 30+ taps featuring mostly domestics (plenty of locals too) and a ton of bottles, which unfortunately are also domestics. It’s a bit pricey but so is everything on Frenchmen. If you’re looking for a good live act and good beer though, this is your best/only bet in the French Quarter/Frenchmen area.