I am going to New Orleans this weekend, and also the weekend after that.
This weekend is for a wedding, and I'm a little concerned because it's with a group of Milwaukee people and I don't drink very much these days. Adam, any recommendations for Marigny/Bywater bars (or anywhere between there and the Garden district)? I think they would like Bud Rips, Vaughan's, idk. I'm just used to going wherever the good brass bands are playing.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 24 February 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
i've been gone for 6 years (!!) so my knowledge is well out of date but:
1. i worked at vaughan's for a long time so i am biased but any non-thursday evening there is a good chance to view firsthand the effects of long-term alcohol abuse, really gets deep into the 1970s era white boho new orleans soul
2. bud rips is like fancy now i heard? in my day it was the last explicitly racist bar in the neighborhood. beautiful tin ceiling tho.
3. markeys is my old home base but the owner goes on these periodic no-new-friends type rampages and deliberately makes it an unpleasant place to be. idk where it's at right now.
4. my buddy has a couple places in the french quarter if you want fancy pants cocktails. manolito and "jewel of the south"
5. when i lived on chartres and franklin, i think you were there last time we hung out, i liked all the gay bars in that area. big daddy's and friendly bar in particular.
― adam, Monday, 24 February 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
I wandered into Bud Rips last year and had a good experience, then I googled it yesterday and the first auto-complete was "bud rips racist". Oh no! Then I found an article from 2017 saying it was now under new non-racist management, whew! Thanks.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 24 February 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
The Mother-in-Law Lounge was originally opened in 1994 by Ernie K-Doe, the rhythm and blues singer, and was named for a song he recorded that topped the charts in 1961.
Mr. Ruffins didn’t anticipate the ownership transformation on St. Bernard Avenue. “We wish that black owners were still there,” he said. But he added, “There’s no time to be negative about it, just because we didn’t do what we were supposed to do to keep it alive.”
Just off St. Bernard Avenue, a number of black-owned places, like Bullet’s Sports Bar and Bertha’s Place Bar and Restaurant, continue to thrive. Elsewhere across the city, there are other strongholds.
From a N.Y. Times article
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/us/new-orleans-black-bars-second-lines.html?referringSource=articleShare
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
Victor Dawkins’s routine has varied little in 40-plus years of owning The Other Place, a brick two-story that is one of the last black-owned bars on St. Bernard Avenue.
But outside, much has changed. Four of the six nearby bars — all of which were once owned and operated by black people and served black customers — now have white owners and cater to a primarily white crowd.
Article mentions other places including Sportsman’s Corner
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
that bums me out, st bernard between rampart and claiborne on a weekend night was an amazing vibe
― adam, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 16:32 (four years ago) link
Yeah, good piece though. I'll be at most of these since they're stops during the second line this Sunday. :)
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
Going to be in New Orleans in early November, what should I do? Any ILXors about?
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:08 (one year ago) link
Randomly decided to spend a few days there with the family on Christmas break. Now I sort of don’t know why or what to do there, so help me come up with ideas I guess?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 12 December 2022 04:33 (one year ago) link
I enjoyed the art museum, the Avenue Pub, and walking through Mid City.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 12 December 2022 05:02 (one year ago) link
Was just there last month for my second visit of the year. A few favorites: Lengua Madre, fantastic Mexican restaurant in the LGD (definitely need to reserve a few weeks in advance); Bacchanal in the Bywater, I've been there so many times, really my favorite wine bar anywhere (it's best when you can sit outside, so weather could be a factor); Cane & Table and Jewel of the South in the French Quarter, great cocktail menus; N7, a good nouveau French place with another great courtyard area; Turkey and the Wolf, delicious sandwiches; Susan Spicer's Bayona restaurant; Parkway Bakery for po' boys; Liuzza's for BBQ shrimp; Domino Sound for vinyl.
Also we spent a lot of time riding around the city on rental e-bikes, the flatness makes it a very bikeable city (lots of bike lanes, although not many protected ones — also really have to watch for potholes). Riding through City Park is really nice if the weather's OK. Also, if you feel like a 15-20 minute drive, Dong Phuong Bakery in a kind of godforsaken stretch of New Orleans East makes some of the best banh mi I've ever had along with delicious Vietnamese baked goods. Get there in the morning when they open and everything's fresh.
Enjoy! I love that city.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 12 December 2022 05:16 (one year ago) link
As a bonus if you go to Dong Phuong, you can see the ghostly remains of the Six Flags park that got shut down after Katrina, off the side of the 510 connector.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 12 December 2022 05:18 (one year ago) link
when my wife finished grad school i got 80 dong phuong banh mi and 100 pieces of mchardy's chicken for the graduation party.
― adam, Monday, 12 December 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link
I made my friend stop by Dong Phuong on our way out of the city and he was slightly grumbly about it, like "Why are we way the hell out here." Then we got our stuff and we're back in the car heading out and he started to eat his banh mi and was like, "This is amazing."
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 12 December 2022 14:49 (one year ago) link