{"id":10488,"date":"2026-07-19T13:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/where-we-at-tonight-25-black-owned-bars-lounges-venues-now-on-oddusee-nola\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T13:15:43","slug":"where-we-at-tonight-25-black-owned-bars-lounges-venues-now-on-oddusee-nola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/where-we-at-tonight-25-black-owned-bars-lounges-venues-now-on-oddusee-nola\/","title":{"rendered":"Where We At Tonight: 25+ Black-Owned Bars, Lounges & Venues Now on Oddusee Nola"},"content":{"rendered":"

The nightlife side of Oddusee Nola just got a serious upgrade. We added more than 25 Black-owned bars, lounges, clubs and venues \u2014 from a 51-year-old neighborhood legend to spots that just cut the ribbon this year. Every one verified before it went up. Here’s where you need to be.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Nest NOLA<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Rob49’s own lounge on Magazine St. Quavo, Lil Baby, B.G. and Fredo Bang all pulled up to the soft launch. BBQ and bottle service \u2014 this is the one everybody’s talking about.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gladys’s<\/a>
Gladys’s Bar<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 51 years in the 3rd Ward. This is the bar where Birdman says it all started \u2014 YMCMB royalty still pulls up to Ms. Gladys’s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Club<\/a>
Club Switch<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Bounce legend Katey Red opened her own LGBTQ+ club in Trem\u00e9. Come as you are.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Empire<\/a>
Empire Orleans<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 33,000 square feet a block from the Dome \u2014 The Garden restaurant, the Reverie Ballroom and a pool. The biggest Black-owned venue in the city.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Red<\/a>
Red Light District by Nice Guys<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Nice Guys Nola brought the old Little Gem Saloon corner back to life \u2014 a block where jazz history was made on S Rampart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Little<\/a>
Little People’s Place<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 The legendary family-run Trem\u00e9 bar. Fried fish, cold drinks and generations of neighborhood history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bayo<\/a>
Bayo Social<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Restaurant and lounge on N Claiborne in the 7th Ward \u2014 book a table, bring the whole crew.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Xcape<\/a>
Xcape Bar & Hookah Lounge<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Brand new for 2026 \u2014 hookah and cocktails on Religious St by Vybes Nation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the list keeps going: Le Roux’s On The Lake<\/a>, South Shore Harbor Bar & Grill<\/a>, The Verdict Lounge & Restaurant<\/a>, Cafe Istanbul<\/a>, Celebration Hall<\/a>, Culture Park NOLA<\/a>, Lava Lounge<\/a>, Lillie’s Lounge<\/a>, Margie’s Lounge<\/a>, Off The Ave<\/a>, Privacy Ultra Bar and Lounge<\/a>, Ro’s Smokin Jo’s<\/a>, Royal Frenchmen Hotel & Bar<\/a>, Silky’s Restaurant & Bar<\/a>, Tapps II<\/a>, The Oak on Saint Charles<\/a>, The Page<\/a>, The Well<\/a>, 30 Something Bar & Grill<\/a>, Club Ceasar’s<\/a>, Timeline Lounge<\/a>, Don Villavaso on the Bayou<\/a>, House of Buns by NGN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Every listing shows the neighborhood, the socials and a button for directions. Pull up, spend your money with our people, and tell them Oddusee sent you. Browse everything on the Black-owned business directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The nightlife side of Oddusee Nola just got a serious upgrade. We added more than 25 Black-owned bars, lounges, clubs and venues \u2014 from a 51-year-old neighborhood legend to spots that just cut the ribbon this year. Every one verified before it went up. Here’s where you need to be.[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/nola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}