d.b.a.
d.b.a. opened strong in 2000 with one of the most extensive beer and whiskey lists in town and has since evolved into one of the city’s most bumping and packed live-music venues, still with the same excellent selection of drinks. Local musical institutions like Walter “Wolfman” Washington, the Treme Brass Band, and Jon Cleary play weekly gigs, sometimes with no cover charge. Then catch some ’20s jazz or swing at the Spotted Cat, the no-cover-charge bar across the street.
PRO TIP: The Thursday early show with Jon Cleary is one of the highest pleasures of New Orleans life. Music this good for this cheap in this intimate an environment? Count your lucky stars, and order another Abita.
THE DETAILS: Monday to Thursday, 5 p.m. to 4 a.m.; Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4 a.m.
