The Boot is an absolute shithole that I never liked.
Hmm. If it is so bad, why would I rate it three stars? Well, now that you asked, it is because I spent a large portion of my formative years there. The Boot taught me many things, some of which I will share with you, my yelp brethren.
Lessons learned:
1. Chicks dig douchebags - The Boot was always filled with obnoxious college dudes. I was often one of them, but I could never stoop to the level of douchedom that they could. Of course their douchey antics always seemed to attract the attention of the ladies, so I learned that those chicks were douchebags too.
2. Beer should be consumed as quickly as possible - If you're at The Boot, you should be shithammered. Accomplish this by chugging beer. If you do it properly, you can become a douchebag and get chicks.
3. If you bump into someone, don't say you're sorry - Come on, that shit is for pussies.
4. Piss all over the floor - That toilet is just for decoration. If you happen to pee on someone, follow rule 3.
5. Don't tip the bartender - He is your servant and you deserve that beer.
6. Whenever you want to get your point across, yell and bump your chest - See #1
Of course I took these lessons and did the exact opposite and became the well adjusted, non-douchebag that I am today. The Boot played a big part, and for that I am thankful.
I just want to start by saying that I went to this bar on a pretty "dead" night. Despite being born and raised here and going to college here, I had never been to the infamous "Boot". Yeah, I had heard the stories and avoided it at all costs. I had heard rumors about old men and drunken frat boys scheming on under age girls. Yeah, I wanted no part of The Boot.
However, when a friend and I just happened to be driving past it one night and saw that it was pretty much dead, I decided that this was as good a time as any to see what the inside of this place looks like. I mean... I had to go in at least once.
Well, I'm happy to report that I survived my experience. The few people that were in here were distracted by a football game and had no interest in me at all. The place is HUGE and is actually a really nice space. I can see it being a cool place to go see a band or something, but I doubt the owners plan on bringing The Boot in that direction. The bartender seemed friendly enough I have been in places that are worse.
Would I go back? Well, no, it's not my kind of place, but it isn't bad for what it is.
When school is in session, there are few better places to have a night you will never forget (but only if you fully photo/video documented it on your smart phone since that's pretty much the only prayer you have of a coherent recollection of the past night's events).
PS: If you need a bathroom, walk to the Tulane library up the street
I refuse to come back here after various experiences. On one occasion, it was a Tuesday night and one of my really good friends was leaving New Orleans so we decided to go to 50 cent night at the Boot (because what else goes on Tuesday nights). This was before I decided to completely boycott the place. So we got here at 9:30 (before the 50 cent night started). We walked in, sat down, and paid full price for drinks. Once it was 10:00, the bouncer came over to us and said that if we wanted to stay we had to go back outside and pay the cover. I thought this was completely RIDICULOUS especially coming from a business perspective. We ended up paying the $5 cover because we had nothing else better to do. Now, keep in mind, 50 cent night ends at 1:00 am. Another one of my friends (who is Indian) showed up at 1:30 am. After talking to him, he told me the bouncer made him and his friend pay a $10 cover each to get into The Boot. The drink specials had already ended so I don't understand why they were charged $10 to get in when the special was over. The only thing I can think of is that the bouncers were hoping to prevent them from coming in since they are known for doing this if you don't go to Tulane or Loyola.
Not only was there this instance, but on numerous occasions, friends have told me that the bouncers will randomly start charging UNO students higher covers than Loyola and Tulane students, which I think is REALLY MESSED UP.
The bar as a whole sucks anyway. As a 23 year old, there is no point in coming here. As a 21 year old, there is no point in coming here. Even as a 20 year old, there is no point in coming here. Everyone that comes here looks like they are no more than 18. And the music sucks.
If you are looking for cheap drinks on a Tuesday night, either go to Ms. Mae's or Bruno's ($2 Tuesdays and you don't have to pay a cover to get in).
The Boot was GREAT during my undergraduate years but it is waaay too young now (or am I just too old) and plays mostly bad music these days.  Back when I was a crazy undergraduate rugby player we had some great parties here for the Tulane Rugby Tournament.  I still sneak in once a year during Carnival, for old times sake, to grab a few beers in the huge plastic cups which come in very handy for wandering around during the parades.  It is just like a nasty  little piece of Bourbon Street was transplanted Uptown.
Review Source:This is a college dive bar, people. Â Douchey bouncers, hot bar tenders, cheap beer, hilarious specials, etc. etc. We all know these places.
Decent bar in the day time. Â After darkness falls... sweet lord... the strictly under-21 Tulane crowd shows up and embarrass themselves til 4 in the morning.
The Boot is disgusting. If I was writing this back when I was a Tulane student, it would be quite a long rant. I can't imagine that anybody that enjoys that scene is capable of real human emotion and feeling. I've seen black-out girls get more or less raped against those poles- and go back for more!
Now that I've graduated, in retrospect, The Boot is just hilarious to me, and so are most Tulane Students. I actually was in the area the other day, ordered some food and got a drink. It was quite peaceful on a quiet summer day and the food was good.
Oh The Boot. The fun times I've had there. Whether it be running into a bachelorette party, watching an LSU game, or running into teachers on the weekends, The Boot has always been there for me.
That said, while The Boot has often been my place to relax after a tough day of classes, the characters it attracts make me want to find another bar.
For example, in a typical weekend, you can make a game out of how many of these people you can find drinking here:
high school kids with fake IDs; fancily-dressed groups of women; drunken tourists; runoff from a fraternity party; fraternity members; a small group of cougars; chain smokers; bachelorette parties, etc.
I'm letting my heartstrings dictate this review...thanks for the memories, Boot, and for putting those tables together so my Warren dorm friends and I could dance on them, thanks for always playing Doin' It by LL Cool J, Gangster's Paradise, Gin n' Juince and This is How We Do It by Montell Jordan til the novelty kinda wore off....even Idiot Boyfriend by Jimmy Fallon reminds me of you (not that I ever hear it cause who does anymore?) My frosh roommate asked me to make her a Boot mix tape (rather CD) which you probably know the contents of considering you play all 80s typical bar music mixed with whatever crunk jam's big that year (I was Pass the Courvossier and Get Low era) Thanks for always letting my sloppy butt back in even though I drunk munchie stole a Reese's chocolate bar next door and cause, well your admissions standards aren't as high as Tulane's :) and getting me laid by cute frat boys and baseball players (ok I had a couple beer goggles moments) I love you Boot! You were the strip club of Tulane life, that kinda go-to last resort for broke drunk college kids who didn't quite wanna pack it in for the night.
Review Source:Three Words make me return to The Boot post-undergrad: Triple Liquor Wednesdays. I think they'll also give you a large draft beer for the price of a regular. If you go right after work it's pretty empty which is nice. If you go in the summer, you might run into high school aged-looking people.
The bartender who's been there for the past few months has been a sweetheart and doesn't mind mixing you up something dumb like "something fruity" or a bay breeze whatever drink. However, it is safest to stick with your two ingredient drinks if you're not sure. They're big on Firefly and Captain Morgan here. Â There are other good nights for Happy Hour besides Wednesday (like Sunday they have beer and hot wings specials for games) but for me, Wednesday is the only night worth going. For really big games on Sunday nights it gets crowded.
But once you've had your triple-liquor cocktail for a reasonable price and you're Dough Bowl pizza is steaming hot in front of you with its delicious aroma, the undergrads/high-school-lookingers (you can tell because they have on too much make up and "club" clothes), mosquito bites, flies and cigarette smoke don't seem so bad. Â But by 7:30-8:00 PM you're ready to leave, and maybe get a dessert crepe at Crepes a la Cart next door to help soak up some of that triple liquor.
Parking sucks. You will get a ticket if you park illegally. Try parking East of Broadway if you plan on staying late and don't want to get mugged. Seriously.
I end up near The Boot at least once a week because it is stationed between the Tulane library where my very own grad student lives at least 50% of the time and the crêperie where my grad student loves to nosh. (Crêpes are easy to sneak into the library. Don't judge.)
I have consumed half a beer at The Boot. It was a personal low.
The following anecdote sums up The Boot very well:
On a Tuesday afternoon, two attractive young women (both announcing themselves to be 19) plop down at a table wearing clothing from three days ago with their hair rolled into baseball caps. A little eavesdropping soon uncovers that these two haven't showered in at least 4 days. Instead, they will spend an hour consuming a pitcher of shitty warm beer. The two consider this to be an acceptable trade: shitty beer is greater than the first shower in four days. Then they went to class. (Of course they did.)
Accessibility notes: Step up into the bar from every entrance. High bar. Can get crowded at peak hours. Very loud at peak hours. Flashing lights.
When choosing a place to enjoy the New Orleans' nightlife, it's all a matter of personal preference. Â Personally, a loud, kinda yucky, college-oriented bar isn't my scene when I'm looking for a fun night out in a city with so much character as New Orleans. Â
For being a COLLEGE bar in NEW ORLEANS, the drinks aren't even that cheap! Â Some good specials on domestic beers and drinks, but if you don't tip the bartenders, even once, you may find trouble getting a drink when the bar is crowded.
If you're over 21 and are wearing open-toed shoes, you may want to avoid this place. Â However, if you're already feeling a little silly and are looking to dance with some potentially underage co-eds, stand in line outside the Boot and have a good time!
Hung out here a lot in high school. Â Few times when I was in college and still under 21 and have been back occasionally after that, but reluctantly. Â Probably the only reason I go back is for the Boot Pizza, otherwise the bar isn't fun, especially on a crowded night. Â The employees are not too friendly. Â I've seen them get into just as many fights as the drunk people who go here, and the girl bartenders sit at the end of the bar with their friends and gossip and flirt the entire time when they think it's not busy enough.
On the most recent note, I thought it might be a good idea to go during college football this past Saturday, since there do seem to be different crowds during games, and they have two projection screens. Â I requested an hour before that the SEC games be put on the big screens at prime time and was led to believe they would be, until I missed kick off for the LSU/WVU game because the bartenders could not be found to change the channel. Â It wasn't even on any of the smaller tv's they have. Â We had a little tiff with the bartenders before we finally left. Â My mistake on giving it the benefit of the doubt.
There is really no excuse to go to the boot... UNLESS:
a) you are a Tulane or Loyola Student
b) you are a particularly nostalgic Tulane or Loyola Alum
c) you are a prospective Tulane or Loyola Student
d) you are in high school
AND
e) it is Friday happy hour
f) it is past 2 AM and you are wasted
g) for whatever reason, you are wasted enough to decide going to the boot would be a good idea
h) your friends' shitty band happens to be playing
Not to claim that I am innocent. But there is really no excuse.
I love the Boot. It's a hole in the wall, kind of, for Tulane attendants and others. Depending on when you go, you can get completely or partially hammered for not that much.
If you read other reviews they mostly talk about how much fun you won't have here. That's true, if you're that lame with sad and boring friends. You can dance, though it gets really crowded, or watch other people dance. I will tell you that watching people is more fun than you can dream, people are hilarious when they're drunk.
So if you want to just chill or whatever it's a decent place, not spectacular, but decent. Oh and please remember that these are mostly college students; they are a little young.
after the many negative reviews, i was skeptical about going here. but a friend said that he wanted to go here, and i didn't want to complain after we sat around for a while of trying to decide where to eat.
I liked that the kitchen area was clean, and i saw them pull the ingredients for my bbq calzone out of the fridge. it was the perfect sunday afternoon break. I the BBQ chicken was really good. the bbq sauce that they used was the right combo of sweet and spicy. and the beer for $3.50 was a perfect topper.
I'll definitely be back for study breaks.
There are a few times you are allowed to go to The Boot (allowed mind you, not recommended):
-Happy Hour on a glorious Friday afternoon
-There is a small cover with free beer
- It is at least 2 am and you are already smashed but want to dance
That is it. You will have fun 20% of the time.
The BOOT... I love this place and I hate this place. It's a typical Tulane spot where everyone knows each other and it always has a decent drink special. My freshman year at Tulane was Tuesday fifty cent night, Wednesday happy hour hump day... etc. Its fun and its a good place to go to now and then. Its really not my scene since I became an upperclassmen. There are better bars in NOLA. However, the Boot will be one of the first bars I would go to 10 years from now when I visit New Orleans again. You can't forget Boot pizza too. Its a slice of drunken heaven.
Review Source:If these walls could talk...
This is, as mentioned, Tulane's unofficial bar. It waxes and wanes in popularity, but generally I wouldn't visit if I had no affiliation with Tulane. That being said, people often like to come to the boot because of its seedy college bar reputation when they want to try something non-touristy, but not upscale. Notable guests include Lindsay Lohan, Sum 41, Paris Hilton, and more.
The boot has some good specials, like crawfish and beer deals and drink specials. When I was a freshman I was informed that only freshmen go to the boot early... it's really a 3am bar. And that proved to be true. Before 3am, the crowd is very young. At 3am, people usually venture back towards campus and thus they stop in at the boot. This has been the sight of many a drunken hookup, bar fight, break up, and anything else that may be engendered by sloppy drunkenness.
Anyone ever wonder why they called this the Boot?
Well, for one, the state of Lousiana is shaped like a boot.
You just have to go here if you go to Tulane. Or even better, if you wanna hit up some unknowing Tulane chicks who don't know any better.
They used to have 3 for 1 happy hour specials, and you can seriously get wasted off your mind.
What you do is start the night off here, and end it here if you haven't found anyone to take home at some other joint. Â
This place is a staple of college life at tulane.
The best is when they close out this bar at 6 AM with Eddie Money's "Take me home Tonight."
With this place being so close to campus, and great drink specials, there's no reason NOT to hit up this place.
This place smells and appears to be the worst place on earth... Â
It is everything that I have ever hated and it explains many of the worst aspects of life but not limited to ...
1) The walk of shame
2) Waking up in your own puke
3) Waking up in your piss
4) Getting punched in the face for no reason
I have to give this place three stars. It is what it is, a typical college bar. Its cool for a while when you are an undergrad then you wonder what the ^#&&# you ever saw in the place. The next wave of youngsters moves on in, and the cycle continues once more.
I do not know what the liquor laws in NO are anymore but when I was a Tulane student in the early 90s, you could drink and buy alcohol at 18 years old. That was just a guideline to some bouncers though because my friend got his 14 year old sister into the Boot without so much as a blink.
One of my fondest memories of NO was my first weekend on campus as a Freshman. I went to the adjacent Boot Store to buy some liquor... as an 18 year old, so this was so strange to me... there was a uniformed police officer I guess doing security for the store, and in his hand was a beer in a clear cup that he was sipping away on.
Gotta love New Orleans.
I have a need/hate relationship with this place. Â It is gross. Yet when you just finished a friday test and you need a place that is close and cheap, the boot sucks you in a very gross, disgusting way. Â You feel the need to bathe in acid after leaving, just get the hormones off your skin.
Review Source:I visited the Boot on a 2001 college sweep when I stayed at Tulane overnight. Â My keepers took me here and set me up with an ID that said I was 21, 5'1", and from Louisiana (in reality, I was 17, 5'8", and from Texas). Â When I handed it to the bouncer, I was so nervous that when he looked up and asked me where I was from, I panicked and said Dallas. Â Instead of giving me "the boot" (heh. Â no? Â ok.), he goes, "Mmm, I love southern girls. Â Stick around until I get off and I'll buy you a drink." Â Um, K!?
Also, I saw Kari or Kara (whichever one went to Loyola) from the Real World there that night. Â She looks shorter in person.
I write this review not because I think that people who actualy frequent the Boot will change their minds and find some sort of taste, but because if you are taking the time to read this, then hopefully I can save you in advance
A few things you should know
1-In order to get into the Boot and or drink all you need is a note from your Mom.
2- If you enjoy watching minors get drunk-then the Boot is the place for you.
3- The "doormen" if you can call them men are overwhelmingly disgusting.
4-I hope you have had all of your tetanus shots, but chances are, if you are at the Boot, then you probably just took them last month because you've just started college.
Ultimately I would give the Boot negative stars if I could.
I'm not as bitter about the boot as my friend lobsterface, so I will give it three stars. Â Nothing is better than going to the boot any afternoon of the week between 2-5 and the happy hour is a sure fire way to get drunk early. Â But beware, after hours the boot is only for those who are "prepared to dance hard for hours." Â A word to the wise, if it isn't happy hour go next door to the boot store and buy a pint of kentucky dale and make your own bourbon and cokes.
Review Source:Tulane's Bar. Literally. If this place was any closer to campus, they'd have class here. Wait, some profs do. 3-9 Happy Hour features 3-for-1's and crawfish boils in the Spring. There are only 2 times when it's acceptable to be at the Boot- during said happy hour and after fraternity parties on Broadway that get shut down at 1 am and you've managed to stumble up towards campus and noticed you're favorite one night stand is there and well, you need to get laid. That's it. Don't go if you despise drunken 18 year olds, freshmen find this place first.
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