Erin Rose

What Erin Rose does

Erin Rose is a neighborhood Irish pub and bar located at 811 Conti Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, approximately 25 feet off Bourbon Street. The bar operates 21 hours per day and serves a mixed clientele of Bourbon Street tourists, French Quarter and CBD service-industry workers, and local regulars. Founded as Monaghan's Erin Rose by Irish immigrant Jim Monaghan in the 1950s, the bar was rebranded to Erin Rose in 2001 following Monaghan's death, when the business passed to current proprietors Troy and Angie Landry. The establishment operates with a staff of 11 employees.

The business generates revenue through three primary streams: alcoholic beverage sales at the bar, a food partnership with Killer Poboys (a recognized local sandwich vendor that operates out of the bar during operating hours), and an Erin Rose-branded merchandise line sold via e-commerce. Pricing is positioned at the accessible end of the French Quarter bar market, with drinks in the $3-$6 range. The business carries no proprietary technology platform; operations are managed through conventional point-of-sale and physical retail channels.

The brand has accumulated external recognition through Esquire Magazine's Best Bars in America designation and Where Y'at Magazine's Best Neighborhood Bar award, and the proprietors founded the Jim Monaghan's Halloween Parade in 1995, which has become a signature recurring event. The format is single-location, privately held, with no disclosed expansion plans, no outside funding, and no franchise or licensing model. The business model is fundamentally a lifestyle and community-anchored hospitality operation rather than a scalable enterprise.

Name

Erin Rose

Legal name

Erin Rose

Website

https://erinrosebar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Erin Rose is a single-location neighborhood Irish pub in the French Quarter of New Orleans, serving tourists, service-industry workers, and local regulars across 21 hours of daily operation through bar sales, a Killer Poboys food partnership, and branded merchandise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Neighborhood Bar Services

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pubs & Gastropubs (CRANACAB)

Keywords

• Neighborhood bar service
• Irish pub beverages
• Alcoholic beverage sales
• Branded bar merchandise
• Bar food service

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Bar beverage sales: Primary revenue from selling alcoholic beverages including Guinness on tap, Irish whiskey, cocktails, frozen Irish coffee, Bloody Marys, and local Louisiana craft beers (Abita, Tin Roof, Dixie, Urban South). Operating 21 hours daily from 10am.
2. Food sales via Killer Poboys: Killer Poboys operates at the back bar providing sandwiches. Erin Rose hosts this food vendor as a complementary revenue stream. Killer Poboys is open Wednesday to Monday, 10am-midnight.
3. Merchandise and apparel: Sale of Erin Rose branded merchandise including t-shirts ($20), hoodies ($60), hats ($20), patches ($5), koozies ($2), sunglasses ($7), and gift cards ($25-$50). This represents ancillary revenue from brand merchandise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Erin Rose operates a neighborhood Irish pub-bar offering alcoholic beverages including Guinness on tap, Irish whiskey, Bloody Marys, and its signature Frozen Irish Coffee, alongside food service through partner vendor Killer Poboys at the back bar. The bar is open 21 hours daily from 10am and generates ancillary revenue through sale of branded merchandise (apparel, accessories) and gift cards via its e-commerce site.

Product overview

Erin Rose is a neighborhood Irish pub-bar offering a unified bar and food service experience in New Orleans' French Quarter. The core offering consists of beverages including Irish whiskey, Guinness on tap, Bloody Marys, and their famous Frozen Irish Coffee, complemented by Killer Poboys sandwiches at the back bar. The business extends its brand through merchandise (t-shirts, accessories, gifts) and annual community events including the Jim Monaghan Halloween Parade (since 1995) and St. Patrick's Day March. Special promotions target both general patrons (morning Wake Up and Live! specials) and service industry workers (late night specials).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bar & Food Service Full-service neighborhood bar offering Irish whiskey, Bloody Marys, hot Irish coffees, and the famous Frozen Irish Coffee, with Guinness on tap and Louisiana craft beers including Abita, Tin Roof, Dixie, and Urban South. Killer Poboys operates at the back bar serving internationally inspired, chef-crafted New Orleans-style sandwiches. Open 21 hours daily from 10am.
• Erin Rose Apparel Branded apparel including standard t-shirts ($20), long sleeve t-shirts ($25), women's v-neck t-shirts, 'Irish I Was on Conti' t-shirts, Dickie's work shirts ($45), hoodies ($60), and snapback hats ($20) sold to consumers globally through the e-commerce site.
• Erin Rose Accessories Branded accessories including embroidered patches ($5), drink koozies ($2), stickers ($1.50), Erin Rose buttons ($1), neck gaiters ($10), cell phone grips ($5), and Erin Rose sunglasses ($7).
• Erin Rose Gift Cards Gift certificates available in $25 or $50 denominations for purchase at the bar and through the e-commerce website, redeemable for beverages and merchandise.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked #1 Best Irish Pub in Where Y'at's 2014 Reader Poll
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Killer PoboyscoreOthersKiller Poboys is a food vendor operating from the back bar of Erin Rose. Self-described as 'internationally inspired, chef crafted, New Orleans style sandwiches,' they are described as 'immensely popular (and totally delicious)' by Erin Rose. Killer Poboys is open Wednesday through Monday, 10am-midnight (closed Tuesday). This partnership provides food service that complements Erin Rose's beverage offerings, creating a complete bar-and-food experience for customers. The arrangement benefits both businesses: Killer Poboys gains a prime bar location in the French Quarter, while Erin Rose offers customers food without operating a kitchen.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Old Absinthe House: Old Absinthe House is a French Quarter bar dating to 1806 with a focus on classic cocktails and historic atmosphere. It competes for the same tourist-plus-local mix and the same iconic-drink identity positioning that Erin Rose's Frozen Irish Coffee occupies.
• Molly's at the Market: Molly's at the Market is a legendary French Quarter neighborhood bar on Decatur Street, beloved by locals and service industry workers. It is the closest direct comp to Erin Rose — both are unpretentious, decades-old local havens just off the tourist-heavy core, with strong identity and a mixed crowd of regulars and visitors.
• Napoleon House: Napoleon House is a historic French Quarter bar and restaurant famous for its Pimm's Cup and lived-in atmosphere. It shares Erin Rose's positioning as a beloved, locally cherished institution with old-world character, decades of continuous operation, and iconic single-drink identity.
• Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar: Lafitte's is a centuries-old French Quarter bar in a converted smithy, famous for its frozen Voodoo Daiquiri and use as a low-key locals' hangout. Like Erin Rose, it leans on historic atmosphere, a signature frozen/casual cocktail, and a dual local-tourist customer base.
• Tujague's: Tujague's is a historic French Quarter bar (established 1856) known for its stand-up bar tradition, grasshopper cocktail, and local regulars. Its bar-focused, heritage-driven approach to serving French Quarter neighbors parallels Erin Rose's model of preserving local character amid tourism.
• Bar Tonique: Bar Tonique is a small, award-winning neighborhood cocktail bar in New Orleans' CBD/Quarter-adjacent area. It shares Erin Rose's reliance on craft drink quality, local regulars, and earned-media reputation rather than tourist foot traffic.
• The Spotted Cat Music Club: The Spotted Cat is a small French Quarter bar with live jazz/blues that draws a mixed local and tourist crowd. It shares Erin Rose's compact, character-rich, walk-in neighborhood format and its reliance on cultural identity rather than scale.

Emerging players

• Kerry Irish Pub: Kerry Irish Pub is an Irish-themed bar in New Orleans that competes for the same Irish-pub customer identity, Guinness-and-whiskey drinker, and Irish-American community events calendar that Erin Rose has historically owned.

Broad incumbents

• Pat O'Brien's: Pat O'Brien's is a large, multi-room French Quarter bar best known for inventing the Hurricane cocktail. It is a comparable French Quarter bar experience but operates at much larger scale and is more tourist-oriented, sitting at the opposite end of the local-vs-tourist spectrum from Erin Rose.
• Tropical Isle: Tropical Isle is a French Quarter bar chain famous for the Hand Grenade frozen drink, with multiple locations. Its signature-frozen-drink brand strategy is directly comparable to Erin Rose's Frozen Irish Coffee, but it operates at a larger, more tourist-focused scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/erin-rose

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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