Recommended for Gay Clubs because: The Country Club is a fun place to gather with all flavor of friends for pool time or drinks at the bar.īeth's expert tip: Drag brunch on Saturdays is a hoot, with the crowd usually dominated by gaggles of lively bachelorette parties. Guests can pay a day rate to swim and lounge or pay an annual membership for unlimited privileges. New Orleans has all the bases covered, whether it’s on Bourbon, Frenchmen or at one of the larger club venues in the Warehouse District, a developing area frequented by young professionals.
Eat up front in the lovely art-filled dining rooms, with chef Chris Barbato in the kitchen (last of Commander's Palace), or have nibbles poolside. The Bourbon Pub and Parade nightclub is still operating, as a corporate entity, in the same location it has always been. But it's a mixed crowd that frequents the excellent restaurant up front as well as the freewheeling pool scene. The Bourbon Pub is a premeire video bar with some of the hottest videos on the circuit.
Located in a stunning circa 1884 Italianate manse in Bywater, the restaurant bar has it roots as a gay staycation spot, and still attracts a strong LGBTQ crowd to the gorgeous salt water pool out back. Open 24 hours, 7 days a week, this popular hot spot is two clubs in one. The Country Club may just be the best kept 40-year-old secret in New Orleans. Caf Lafitte in Exile is the oldest gay bar in New Orleans and arguably the oldest continuously operating gay bar in North America.