Saturn Bar
New Orleans, Louisiana
It might have a celestial name, but you'd be best to keep your expectations grounded when heading to the Saturn Bar. This hole-in-the-wall St Claude bar offers all the best features of a dive, including interesting clientele, worn out seating, cheap, strong, cold drinks, bad artwork, smoke-filled atmosphere, and great music - including frequent appearances by live DJs, and even a Mod dance party night on certain nights. In other words, it's genuine in all the ways the tourist-filled bars on Bourbon street are not.
Photos: David Free, Jay M.
