Nestled in the Lower Garden District, this laid-back brewery serves up a rotating selection of hoppy IPAs and saisons alongside food pop-ups in a spacious, dog-friendly courtyard.
"Open Tuesday (and showing the Presidential debate); closed Wednesday" - Clair Lorell
"This delicious Smashburger pop-up can be found at Courtyard Brewery, a no-brainer companion to the beloved brewery’s lineup of beers, and more recently, on Friday nights at Mawi Tortillas in Metairie. It’s perhaps best known for the queso burger, which is gloriously gooey, but we love the classic, a smashed patty topped with grilled onions, lettuce, tomato, pickles, American cheese, and Nerd sauce. Make it a double or try an Impossible patty. Also available for delivery on Uber Eats and DoorDash." - Beth D'Addono, Clair Lorell
"Finish the night on a sweet note with a scoop of Rahm Haus’s inimitable ice cream at Courtyard Brewery on weekends." - Beth D'Addono
"There’s always a reason to visit Courtyard Brewery, even if it’s not for the many highly-acclaimed, original beers on tap. Formerly tucked away on Erato Street, the brewery’s larger new Camp Street location hosts the city’s top food pop-ups and hosts frequent art markets." - Clair Lorell, Beth D'Addono, Justine Jones
"Small breweries are a familiar fixture in even the smallest cities by now. There’s a few to choose from in New Orleans, although it’s a place where the movement took a while to catch on given its deep marination in cocktail culture. The leafy residential environs of the Lower Garden District weren’t an obvious location for what was the city’s first nano-brewery, but brewer Scott Wood isn’t shy of challenges or doing things a little differently, and this scrappy ‘dive-brewery’ that has slowly evolved, expanded, and has an undeniably strong reputation. The menu at the time of writing had about 25 beers on tap; to relative brewing laymen, most breweries seem to roll out endless IPAs thanks to its continued cultural dominance, and although this beer species is represented here, your palate can definitely enjoy a little more variety—chocolate stouts and milds, sours and pale wheats, all line up, mostly with amusingly pithy names (‘Existence is Elsewhere’) and with a seasonally-sensitive list. You’ll find much to delight in and explore whenever you choose to visit." - Paul Oswell, Andrew Parks
