R Bar (The)

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eginnola

Joined 6 years ago

chilled out hangout. the bartenders could be friendlier but this place is still cool. miss the jukebox. but there's pool and good specials and occasionally free shrimp or oysters.

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Contributor

Joined 10 years ago

Low-key sophistication draws locals and bohemians to this charmingly odd hang-out.. The Scene
Housed in the Royal Street Inn (a fancy name for a bar with a couple of rooms to rent), the R Bar sports a particularly unique blend of low-key sophistication and bohemian-grunge bonhomi. This place sports an odd amalgam of '50s-style appointments and a spare couch-and-pool-table feng shui layout. It's a popular attraction for Marigny residents, Frenchmen Street stragglers, smug see-and-be-seen slummers, the occasional rock star and locals.

The Draw
Notable for a general lack of pretense to either trendy eccentricity or hip hidden-secret status. The R Bar boasts one of the most agreeable vibes in town--almost an anti-vibe, really. Sure, it's something of a hipster hangout, but that's an accident of fate rather than a consequence of design; it's really just a neighborhood hangout at heart, and comes across its popularity subtly and naturally.