740 Burgundy St. (French Quarter) 504.525.8106. 7 Days: 1pm to 5am. We ended up at Rawhide around 3am or so. Hardcore porn played on two televisions hanging from the ceiling. About twelve men sat at the bar, sipping their drinks. A couple college students played pool, one of them exclaiming that this was their first night in New Orleans. At the start of some signal -- that we must have missed -- most of the men got up from their stools and sauntered to Rawhide's dark, cavernous backroom, near the bathrooms. The bathroom doors kept closing and opening. Occasionally someone would come back to the bar and sit down. We sipped our expertly poured bourbon and coke (cheap and strong) and enjoyed the company of the cheery bartender who politely ignored the rush for anonymous bathroom time. Dark and red neon, decorated like a sex club from an 80s movie, this is supposed to be a gay leather bar, but it seems like everyone is welcome. Video poker. BBQ every Wednesday at 7pm.
