Reader-Selected Gambit Best of New Orleans 2025

Gambit has published its 2025 Best of New Orleans issue, a reader-driven poll naming the city’s favorite small businesses, restaurants, bars, music venues and personalities. The paper says staff only set categories, tabulate votes and fact-check listings, and stresses winners are chosen by readers while pushing back on claims the poll is rigged. The package adds a new Northshore section and includes Staff Picks and an Outtakes feature, spotlighting reader-selected favorites such as Abita Brewing Company, Seven Three Distilling Co., Pete’s Out in the Cold and Rosie’s on the Roof. Gambit’s staff picks highlight neighborhood institutions like Tell Me Bar, Bahn Mi Boys, The Husky and regular live‑music draws such as Little Freddie King at BJ’s Lounge. Best Of listings include practical details (addresses, phone numbers and links) and repeated membership appeals — including “Become a Gambit member and join our krewe today” — to help sustain the alt‑weekly’s more than 40 years of local coverage.