Port Orleans Brewing runs a large Uptown taproom on Tchoupitoulas Street, a few blocks down from the brewing row that NOLA Brewing made famous. It keeps 16 taps in rotation, which makes it one of the easier rooms in the city to build a flight that moves from a light lager to something heavier without repeating a style.
Who would love it: drinkers who want range on one tap wall and a patio to use it on. Who would skip it: anyone after a quiet cocktail, since this is a family- and dog-friendly brewery with the volume to match.
The space is open and barn-like, with a long bar, communal tables, and an outdoor patio that fills on game days and warm evenings. Explore Louisiana lists Port Orleans among the Uptown breweries worth the short ride from the St. Charles streetcar, and the room is built to absorb a crowd without feeling cramped.
Order across the board. The 16 taps span IPAs, a gose, crisp lagers, and rotating seasonals, so a four-pour flight is the smart read on a first visit. Pub food covers the table, which keeps the sessions long. Pricing sits in standard taproom territory, well short of a cocktail-bar tab.
The crowd is local and relaxed, heaviest on weekend afternoons and around Saints kickoffs. The patio is the seat to claim early. Port Orleans rounds out the Uptown leg of a brewery route drawn from our New Orleans guide.
Regulars use the patio as a second living room. Reviews repeat the same notes: dog-friendly, kid-friendly, busy on Saints Sundays, and a tap wall broad enough that a group rarely argues over a single style. The pub food keeps the table anchored, which is why the sessions here run long.
Best time to go is a weekend afternoon or a game day, when the patio fills and the rotating taps are at their freshest. It suits a relaxed group, a brewery crawl down Tchoupitoulas, or an afternoon that wants to stretch. Anyone after a quiet, intimate drink should pick a smaller room.
See it on our best craft beer in New Orleans guide and compare it on the craft beer pillar. Come for the tap count, stay for a patio session that earns the afternoon.
Sources: Port Orleans Brewing official site, portorleansbrewingco.com (2026); Explore Louisiana brewery guide; Untappd; NewOrleans.com listing; Google Maps reviews. Profile by James Harlow, barsforKings.
