The Bookstore & Wine bar lounge of Nola.
At Nola Art Bar our core focus is stimulating the mind through literature, libations and food.
Purchase New books — all 30% off!
Purchase books from our hundreds of titles at a bargain rate (30% off). Nola Art Bar is a locally owned independent black-owned bookshop and wine bar lounge committed to offering a quality selection of new and affordable bargain books, as well as gifts, educational items, food, beer and wines.
We are passionate about the written word and seek to share our love of reading to help create and sustain a community of lifelong readers. We strive to provide a hospitable and nurturing environment to encourage the healthy exchange of ideas by hosting numerous readings, book groups, panel presentations, and on-line discussions. Books are a timeless expression of discovery, imagination, and achievement. We believe in the power of knowledge, so our goal is to help those who supply it and share it with those who crave it in a warm comfortable space.
rewriting the story on what a bookstore can be.
Believe it or not, there’s a place where bookworms and happy hour goers can gather under one roof in New Orleans. It’s called New Orleans Art Bar. We believe reading empowers people, offering them empathy to live for a moment in someone else's shoes, education—a critical asset to improving one's life—and an occasional escape to fantastic worlds inhabited by interesting characters.
Food, wine, beer & Books.
Besides an amazing vibe and a well-curated selection of literature, NOLA Art Bar offers a full bar with plenty of wines by the glass, craft cocktails and a dinner menu of tapas style servings.
The world belongs to those who read.
Like the thrill of learning to read, we seek to explore the unexplored, we seek to innovate. Reward does not come without some risk, so we try new things. It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.
The perfect place for a happy hour drink.
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Dream It.
A book is a dream that you hold in your hand. Happiness is a glass of wine and a good book. At Nola Art Bar we focus on fostering community and engagement over glasses of natural wine and delicious small bites. And the results are far more than the sum of their parts.
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Build it.
A bookstore with a bar is easily one of mankind’s best inventions, up there with the polar fleece and those potato chips that taste like bbq.
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Grow it.
Nola Art Bar is dedicated to growing a space where people could come and use it in a multitude of ways to cultivate a growth-mindset.
buy wine by the bottle or glass.
Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle. Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
brand new books - 30% off.
You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books and that’s sort of the same thing. We strive to offer discounted prices on brand new great titles, so that the joy of reading can be easily accessible to all.
art is coming face to face with oneself.
Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.
fostering community engagement
Food for thought & body
At Nola Art Bar our core focus is stimulating the mind. This is our why, our purpose, our passion behind everything we do. We believe we are not just offering books and cocktails, rather we are offering an experience that will impact the lives of millions of people both locally and across the globe to become the best versions of themselves. As readers, we know the joy that reading brings and we want to create a space to bring those like-minded people together.
grow richer.
Books are one of the few things you can buy that will make you richer. The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity. Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.