Candlelight Lounge
Live brass bands & classic Creole fare, strong drinks
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New Orleans’s Best Bars - Eater New Orleans
"The Candlelight Lounge is a neighborhood bar through and through, thanks to the late Miss Leona ‘Chine’ Grandison, Treme born and bred. Despite the tragic loss of Miss Leona to COVID-19, the bar continues, always with her in mind. A hole in the wall brought into the limelight by the HBO show Treme, this is the place for strong cash-only drinks and local brass bands, always thrumming with welcoming energy." - Eater Staff
The Best Restaurants, Bars, and Music Venues on Historic North Claiborne Avenue | Eater New Orleans
"An iconic venue for brass bands — where the Treme Brass Band played on Thursdays for years — the Candlelight Lounge has music back on Thursdays as of July 6 after a period operating as a party room and a shuttering following owner Leona Grandison’s death in 2020; her smiling face is on the building’s facade with Uncle Lionel Batiste next to her." - Beth D’Addono
New Orleans’s Hidden Gems for Restaurants, Bars, and Live Music | Eater New Orleans
"This beloved Treme gathering place beckons with live music from brass brands, strong drinks and frequent two-for-one specials, Saints game watch parties, DJs, and liveliness." - Lynn Wesley - Coleman
18 Hidden Hangouts in New Orleans
"This beloved Treme gathering place beckons with live music from brass brands, strong drinks and frequent two-for-one specials, Saints game watch parties, DJs, and liveliness." - Lynn Wesley - Coleman
The Best Restaurants in New Orleans’s Treme Neighborhood | Eater New Orleans
"The loss of Miss Leona ‘Chine’ Grandison to the coronavirus was a devastating blow to the many neighborhood friends who frequented her bar, the Candlelight Lounge. Treme born and bred, Miss Leona was the glue that held the corner together. The bar continues, always with her in mind, a hole in the wall brought into the limelight by the HBO show Treme. This is the place for strong cash-only drinks and local brass bands, a cultural gumbo that thrums with welcoming energy. Sometimes there’s homemade gumbo at the bar, other times barbecue outside, but this place isn’t about food." - Beth D’Addono