I live around the corner from this place so naturally it is my go-to bar and frankly, a saving grace in an area heavily populated with university nuts. It looks a little bit like a run-down chinese restaurant from the front and a little out of place in the middle of a fancy-homed neighborhood. You must ring a doorbell to be "let in" the place which I love because it makes me feel like I'm part of a special club. Who doesn't want to be part of THE club?!
This spot is rarely packed, but I'm also usually here on a week night. Â The beer is cheap, atmosphere is chill, and the patrons are friendly as hell. No bar food, but if you get the munchies they have an array of small bagged chips you used to have in your school lunch - my personal favorite are nacho cheese Doritos...duh. Chex-mix are a close second.
I will say, the place isn't quite the same without Sarah, the sweet, little lady bartender around. The new guy is warming up to me, but I miss talking about gardening with Sarah while she drinks out of her big, flowered coffee mug.
A neighborhood hole-in-the wall bar filled with eccentric, talkative "regulars." I absolutely love bars like this; full of character and filled with characters. A lady with a German Shepherd walked in and parked at the bar right beside me. She introduced her dog as "Charlie Black," and then proceeded to tell me and my friend her life story. And then insisted on knowing ours. But for some reason it wasn't the least bit annoying. In this place, it made perfect sense. Â
Four stars. Not for amenities, but for uniqueness!
I was with my friend in NOLA leaving Maison, and in some bizarre series of events which involved riding in the trunk of someones car, we ended up here. It's a little building in the middle of a neighborhood which I actually thought was closed.
If it wasn't for my brother writhing in the street about his back, I would have loved to have been able to stay here for a while. It's clearly the neighborhood watering hole. The atmosphere was a perfect dive bar, and I am a huge fan of dives.
When I walked in, there were approximately six other people at the bar and it was really quiet. Â The bartender was an extremely nice lady, she took our drink orders and had them filled quickly. It seemed like she knew everyone else in the bar, and there was a very friendly atmosphere about the place.
I would have loved to stay here for a lot longer, but as for reasons mentioned earlier, it was not in the cards. If you like small, friendly dive bars, you will probably like this place a lot. If you are not, then you probably should go somewhere else. If I'm ever in the area again, I will definitely stop by one more time.
Now here is a no-nonsense neighborhood bar that you might find impossible to leave once you plant your a$$ on a stool.
You've gotta ring the door bell to be let in. This makes you feel kind of special, doesn't it? They like me, they really like me...
The drinks are cheap. The bartender is nice. The regulars will probably buy you a drink at some point. You can watch people play drunk darts from a safe enough distance.
Bam! It's dawn...
Don't say I didn't warn you.
This is the second bar in NO that I've been to with a buzzer at the door. I think it's a little strange, but whatever.
Some friends and I went over here after the Twelfth night parade. It was a nice, intimate neighborhood bar. I wasn't drinking anymore at this point so I can't speak about the drinks, but my friends seemed to enjoy theirs.
I do have to say that I don't understand why bars and darts go together, because to me it just sounds like a bad idea, but if you're into that, they've got darts here.
It was too smoky for me and I had to Febreze my clothes and wash my hair twice when I got home, but I blame the authorities, not necessarily the bar, for allowing smoking in enclosed spaces.
You have to get buzzed in to get inside this place. Â They are fanatics about the Cubs and darts here and I really don't care for either but the bar is still a decent place to grab a drink. Â For whatever reasons this bar seems to be one of my least frequented spots to stop in to booze Uptown; not that it is a bad place I just often forget that it exists. Â The service has always been great and there always seems to be at least a small group hanging out (except during Mardi Gras time when it gets crazy after the parades). Â This is certainly an interesting place to visit and have some fun times.
Review Source:Good Uptown bar, which seems out of place. Â Milan reminds me of many local pubs around Chicago (Bucktown). Â I guess its the Chicago Cubs decor, which gives it that warm and fuzzy feeling. Â If you like darts, this is the place to be. Â Buyer beware the bar is quite small so don't be surprised if you're dodging darts while chugging a Smithwicks. Â Besides that the bartenders are friendly and the drinks are reasonably priced.
Review Source:Great Uptown neighborhood bar. After not stepping foot in the place for months, I showed up tonight with some friends and the very friendly bartendress recognized us immediately and wanted to know where the hell we had been! The tourists don't know about this place, and this ain't somewhere to go to see or be seen, and if you're real worried about looking cool you probably need to go somewhere else. Really great service with a smile every time, lots of Cubs stuff on the walls, and they are serious about darts here (I've never been around during a full-on darts game, but they sell all the stuff you could ever possibly need or want for a darts game at this bar).
Just a great little neighborhood joint; unpretentious, real, friendly, relaxed.
If Jimbo's (on the southside of Chicago) had a bizzaro-world brother in the South, it'd be Milan's. I love this place.
I love the feel of this bar, as it's decked out in all Cubs garb, from ceiling to floor! Seriously, some of the bars in Wrigleyville don't have a clue after seeing the memorabilia here!
Also, we had to ring the doorbell to get in. How awesome is that?
I came to visit my friend who lives here, but grew up with me in the Chicago suburbs, to watch the Cubs play the Sox. Huge game for me, as I haven't missed being at a Cubs/Sox series in 9 years. Yeah, I'm hard core. I love me my Cubs!!! Anywhoo...the day we went, the game was on Fox, and of course, we got blacked out and had to watch the stupid Yankees play the awesome Red Sox (I know they are my AL team!).
All in all, I'd be back, Cub game or not.
Neighborhood place. General mix of people, cheap drinks, darts. Â A lot of restaurant workers stop off late night. Â I was spotted here many a night with my stripped server uniform dirty and tired. Â I may have bought my first legal drink here. Â The whole buzzer on the door thing freaks me out.
Review Source:Places like this are the beating heart of the storied New Orleans neighborhoods. Â I lived down the street from it for a while and later moved just around the corner. Â Milan Lounge skews two ways: First, as I mentioned above, it is a classic neighborhood bar. Â On many nights everyone in there will be from the neighborhood - often with nothing else in common but that, making for an eclectic gumbo of characters. Â If a game of any import is on it's not uncommon to find yourself in the middle of an impromptu pot-luck with various neighbors bringing in dips and oysters and pies. Â Just to keep you on your toes, Milan Lounge also skews rather dramatically towards the displaced Chicagoans that find themselves in New Orleans. Â Indeed, a large mirror above the bar proudly declares it to be "Wrigley Field South". Â Any Chicago game that makes it's way to New Orleans cable is an event extraordinaire. Â The place will be absolutely packed. Â Victory will be soaring while defeat will illicit moans loud enough to hear from the porch of my old apartment almost a block away. Â One can score a decent cigar there as well.
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