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New book explores New Orleans LGBTQ history
NOT LONG AFTER FRANK PEREZ’S BOOK “In Exile: The History and Lore Surrounding New Orleans Gay Culture and Its Oldest Bar” was published in 2012, the New Orleans historian was sitting in Cafe Lafitte In Exile when Rip and Marsha Naquin-Delain came into the French Quarter gay bar. Perez had known the couple from seeing them at neighborhood bars and interviewed them for the book.
Rip and Marsha had met in 1973 and, in 1993, became New Orleans’ first same-sex couple to register as domestic partners. They also had in 1982 founded the local publication Ambush, focused on the LGBTQ community. They were happy with how “In Exile” had turned out, Perez says, and Rip offered Perez a column in Ambush. Nearly 13 years later, Perez continues to write for Ambush, and he recently spearheaded the effort to bring the publication back into print once every two months after the pandemic forced it to go online only.
A new book, “Rainbow Fleur de Lis: Essays on Queer New Orleans History,” now collects many of Perez’s Ambush columns as well as articles he has written for French Quarter Journal. Published by the University Press of Mississippi, the book includes 85 essays, articles and interviews Perez has written since 2012 covering the wide-ranging history of New Orleans’ LGBTQ community.
Perez will sign copies of “Rainbow Fleur de Lis” during an informal event Sunday, June 22, at Bywater Bakery. Perez also will take part in “The Rainbow South,” an author talk and book signing event with authors Robert Fieseler and Larry Bagneris on June 30 at the Historic BK House & Gardens.
Perez has written, co-written and edited several books about local queer history. Along with “In Exile,” which was co-written with Jeffrey Palmquist, Perez wrote “Political Animal” about the life of LGBTQ activist Stewart Butler, “Southern Decadence in New Orleans” with Howard Philips Smith and the French Quarterfocused “Treasures of the Vieux Carre.” He also co-edited “My Gay New Orleans: 23 Personal Reminiscences on LGBT+ Life in New Orleans.”
“I thought, I’ve written all these short columns for Ambush Magazine and a handful for French Quarter Journal. Let me pull these together into a kind of overview,” Perez says. “A really definitive, exhaustive history of gay New Orleans still needs to be written, and I’m
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Lounge, gay Carnival and the fact Lafitte’s (in Exile) is the oldest continually operating gay bar in the United States,” he says.
“I was trying to capture the breadth of the queer experience historically in New Orleans,” Perez adds.
“There’s a lot of diversity within our community, both ethnically but also experientially.”
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hoping that whoever takes that on will find this material useful. … My desire and decision to pull these [columns] together was to provide a starting point for future researchers.”
The 85 articles in “Rainbow Fleur de Lis” are broken into 17 sections. There are history pieces about gay Carnival, including the founding of the pioneering Krewe of Yuga and how it led to other organizations. Perez writes about the history of bars and gay spaces around the French Quarter, and a section dives into the important work led by the gay community to preserve the Quarter.
Other sections explore the histories of Pride and Southern Decadence and the stories of gay entertainers, like James Booker, Tony Jackson and Patsy Valdelar (also Vidalia, Valdalia and other spellings).
There also are sections about the impact of HIV and AIDS on New Orleans and the ways New Orleans has been a dangerous place for queer people, through police raids, violence and hostile politics. One section is dedicated to the deadly arson attack on the Up Stairs Lounge in 1973. Perez also writes about the activists and organizations that have fought back against bigoted policies.
Perez ends the book with a selection of interviews, including with Robert Fieseler, who wrote “Tinderbox” about the Up Stairs Lounge, and with Rickey Everett, who escaped the attack. Also included is an interview with a retired NOPD officer who was tasked with cruising public bathrooms to arrest gay men in the late ’60s.
Perez says that in some ways, New Orleans’ queer history is similar to that of other cities with “police harassment, the closet, invisibility,” while other aspects are “unique and distinctive.”
“I wanted to include things like Southern Decadence, the Up Stairs
Perez, who grew up in South Louisiana and has lived in New Orleans since 2008, wears a lot of hats, he says. But the “common flow is queer history.” Along with his writing and historical research, he leads the Rainbow Fleur de Lis walking tour as well as a more general tour of the French Quarter. He also co-founded the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, which works to collect and preserve the gay history of the state.
Fifteen years ago, when he began researching more about the gay history of New Orleans, “the problem was just an incredible lack of primary source material,” he says. There would be arrest records and newspaper accounts of raids at gay bars, but it was frustrating trying to get a fuller picture about the community. There also was a challenge of finding people, particularly older folks, comfortable talking about their history.
“I’m very happy with where the state of LGBT scholarship in New Orleans is now compared to where it was when I started,” Perez says. “It’s light years ahead. But there’s still a lot more that needs to be done.”
Each year, the LGBT+ Archives Project sets a programming focus. In 2020, they approached Princeton professor and New Orleans native Channing Joseph to research and write about the history of the city’s queer communities of color. The archives also focused on the Up Stairs Lounge in 2023, AIDS in 2024 and queer arts in 2025. In the future, they plan to host programming about lesbian history, Black queer history and transgender history.
“We’re trying to identify gaps in the historical record and generate a body of knowledge to help fill those gaps,” Perez says.
Find “Rainbow Fleur de Lis” at frenchquarterfrank.com.
After years of performances of the Storyville-themed burlesque show, Van Ella Bordella, Lola Van Ella is branching out with a sensual dive into the Belle Epoque. She’s the madam in a Parisian brothel in the immersive show with dance and mostly original music. French maids help patrons to their seats, including a few tables on stage, and stories of love, yearning and heartbreak play out with a cast of courtesans and their patrons. The burlesque and cabaret show has a Moulin Rouge setting. Hannah Kreiger-Benson wrote some of the songs and leads the Parlor Players band. Performers include Simone del Mar, Sailem, Mamie Dame, Ariana Amour, The Great Dane, Eddie Lockwood and Rex Nightly. At 8 p.m. Friday, June 20, through Monday, June 23, at Marigny Opera House. Tickets $31.37-$78.33 (including fees) via eventbrite.com.
NOLA Juneteenth Festival
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, commemorates the day when enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached Texas, marking the broad end to the institution of slavery in the U.S. Today, Juneteenth also celebrates African American culture and history. The annual NOLA Juneteenth Festival returns to Congo Square at Louis Armstrong Park on Thursday, June 19, with performances by Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph, BJ So Cole, Game Ova Skipp and more. A second line opens the festival at noon, followed by a ritual led by Voodoo Queen Kalinda Laveaux. There also will be food and arts vendors at the free event. Find more information at nolajuneteenthfestival.org.
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Frank Perez, right, tells a crowd about the Up Stairs Lounge arson attack.
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Marlon “Chicken” Chukumerije, the chef and owner of Chicken’s Kitchen and The Coop, is serving free meals to kids this summer at his restaurants in Gretna. Many Louisiana kids rely on free or reduced-price meals at school. But when summer hits, kids often go hungry, and government assistance to families just doesn’t go far enough. To help out, Chukumerije is offering kids ages 2-15 free breakfast at The Coop and free lunch at Chicken’s Kitchen on Mondays through Fridays this summer. Find info on Instagram: @chickenskitchen2.
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NEW ORLEANS NEWS + VIEWS
Bill Cassidy probably boils his crawfsh in unseasoned milk
The Bubble Kerfufe is now a stop on French Quarter tours
CAFE DU MONDE VICE PRESIDENT AND PORSCHE PAINT JOB PURIST Burt
Greater New Orleans Foundation has distributed more than $3 million through its New Year’s Day Tragedy Fund to help families who lost loved ones and to people who were hurt or impacted by the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in the early hours of Jan. 1. The fund received almost 3,000 individual donations, from major gifts by Gayle Benson and Ochsner Health to donations from people around the world.
Louisiana lawmakers passed a set of changes to state ethics laws that will make it harder to charge elected officials and public employees with misconduct, like Gov. Jeff Landry, who has a pending case in front of the state ethics board, the Louisiana Illuminator reported. Further, Landry’s personal attorney, Stephen Gele, helped craft the language of the changes. 47
THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS, IN BILLIONS, THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO LOUISIANA SINCE 2003 BY FEMA.
The agency has delivered much-needed aid to Louisianans for 28 major disasters over 22 years. But President Donald Trump says he is planning to close the agency this fall, claiming states can handle costly recoveries from disasters on their own. FEMA was established by Congress, which means lawmakers would have to vote to abolish it.
Benrud may have been keeping a low profile since hundreds of New Orleanians held an hours long, bubble filled dance protest in front of French Quarter weekend home, but it hasn’t his name from ringing out on St. Phillip Street.
In the weeks since the protest, tourists from around the world have been visiting MRB – the bar whose whimsical bubble machine enraged Benrud so much he threatened to file a lawsuit – hoping to catch a glimpse of the suddenly reclusive fried confectionary exec and support the bar.
In fact, tourist interest has gotten intense enough some French Quarter tour guides are including the Bubble Kerfuffle in their tours. The Quarter, and New Orleans in general, has a long history of producing characters of various and sundry repute, including more than a few pirates, music icons, thieves, artists, madams, writers, murderers and naves. Benrud stands out in that gallery of notable personalities in Quarter history as what appears to be the first person to rise to such fame for being stridently unfun and anti-bubble. It’s not entirely surprising that guides have picked up on the bubble beatdown. MRB has had a good
relationship with many of the city’s tour guides for years: groups often stop in for drinks, and guides often tell ghost stories and other bits of trivia about the building.
Meanwhile, things haven’t been going super great for Benrud since he became an internationally known anti-bubbleite. Despite his best efforts, he hasn’t been able to convince other businesses and residents around the bar to sign an anti-bubble petition. According to multiple sources, Benrud also had a car parked in his “spot” – which is marked with two No Parking Reserved signs – towed, only to later find out it was his gardener’s car.
— John Stanton
Louisiana bill expanding who can be sued over an abortion heads to Jeff Landry’s
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LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS ARE SENDING A BILL THAT EXPANDS who can be sued over an abortion to Gov. Jeff Landry’s desk.
Lawmakers have changed the bill quite a bit throughout the process, and the state House on Tuesday agreed to a final set of changes.
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A tour guide explains the Bubble Kerfuffle to tourists on June 5.
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While Rep. Julie Emerson, a Carencro Republican who presented the bill for Ventrella in a Senate committee, said the bill would not make it illegal to give someone information about an abortion or drive them out of state to get an abortion.
But Schilling said nowhere in the bill does it actually say that.
“There isn’t any language in this bill that limits either the conduct or the ‘injury’ to something that has to occur in this state,” she said.
Landry, who is staunchly against abortion rights, is expected to sign the bill into law. — Kaylee Poche
Under the bill, a state and local official could be charged if the official “takes any official actions, fails to perform an official duty, refuses a lawful request for cooperation submitted by [by federal immigration agencies] with the intent to hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere, ignore, or thwart federal immigration enforcement efforts.”
Currently, NOPD and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office are limited under a federal consent decree in what cooperation they can give to immigration agents operating in the city, and SB 15 would likely require them to violate that order.
House Bill 575, by Greenwell Springs Republican Rep. Lauren Ventrella, gives a woman who has an abortion the option to sue anyone alleged to have “knowingly performed or substantially facilitated” the abortion for a minimum of $100,000 in damages.
Meanwhile, the House gave final approval to SB 100, sponsored by Republican Sen. Blake Miguez, would require some state agencies the Department of Corrections and Department of Education to track and report instances in which undocumented people receive their services. — John Stanton
The bill defines “substantially facilitated” to mean “administering, prescribing, dispensing, distributing, selling, or coordinating the sale for an abortion-inducing drug to a person in this state.”
THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE SENATE JUNE 10 APPROVED two anti-immigrant measures making it illegal to “hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere with or thwart” federal immigration forces and compelling state agencies to track and report any undocumented people who receive state services.
‘To Easy’: New Orleans’
Sheriff may not know how many keys to the jail exist
It attempts to exclude the sale of medications for “legal, therapeutic purposes under the laws of this state.”
After numerous concerns from doctors and others, the bill exempts licensed Louisiana physicians from being sued for damages as well as licensed Louisiana pharmacists or pharmacies acting according to regulations.
Advocates for sexual assault survivors and mental health advocates were part of that list at one point. However, lawmakers said they took them out due to keep those records private.
Doctors and advocates previously voiced concerns about lawsuits exposing pregnant people’s medical records. The bill now says the person suing can choose to have a fake name in court documents and will have the option to close court proceedings or enter other protective orders.
New Orleans reproductive rights lawyer Ellie Schilling told Gambit last week there are a number of legal problems with the bill.
“It still is very broad and vague and expansive in in its language and in its potential implications in terms of creating a cause of action where very little needs to be proven that can potentially be weaponized against a whole range of people who have done something — who knows exactly what — to ‘cause or substantially facilitate’ an abortion,” she said.
AN ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WHISTLEBLOWER has turned over to City Council President JP Morrell’s office a full set of keys to the city’s jail they say were in their possession when they were fired and which Sheriff Susan Hutson never sought to retrieve, according to Morrell.
In a social media post, Morrell “These are keys to the jail. Actual keys to the jail ... so it doesn’t really matter if the locks to the jail are broken if you fire people and don’t take back the keys.”
Both bills are expected to be signed by Gov. Jeff Landry, who has long favored harsh anti-immigrant policies and is a vocal supporter of President Trump’s crackdown on migrants. That push has included raids of schools and churches, and in several cases snatch and grab operations on public streets by armed plain clothes agents in unmarked vans.
In addition to making it a misdemeanor to “hinder, delay, prevent, or otherwise interfere with or thwart” activities by federal immigration officials, GOP Sen. Jay Morris’ SB 15 would also make it illegal to knowingly release an undocumented person “following arrest or booking, from state, parish, or local law enforcement custody without providing advance notice to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
Hutson has offered various reasons for the breakdown in security at the jail in the weeks since 11 incarcerated men escaped, including alleging it was an inside job, the work of her political opponents and a series of broken door locks at the jail.
At least one former jail staffer has also been arrested in connection to the breakout, though it is unclear if she still had her keys.
It’s unclear what doors the keys could open though one of the keys is also marked as belonging the jail and is labeled “backdoor.” According to Morrell most of them appear to be industrial style keys which are marked OPSO that “reputable” key smith would not copy.
It is unclear whether a self-serve key machine commonly found in big box stores could make a copy or if a
Rep. Lauren Ventrella, R-Greenwell Springs
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Sen. Jay Morris and Gov. Jeff Landry
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less-than-reputable key smith would need special training to copy them.
A whistleblower also turned over a copy of key checkout logs, which indicate sets of keys were taken for extended periods of time by jail staff. Those most appear to have been logged out for an hour or two, some were checked out for five or more hours and in at least one instances keys were checked out for over 100 hours before being returned.
The logs also include a field for explaining why the keys were needed. But in dozens of cases no specific reason was given other than either “key out” or “unrequested access.”
“The Sheriff doesn’t confiscate the keys after she fires people,” Morrell said, adding “it would be nice if a sheriff, when terminating individuals, would get the keys back. Because as we know now ... a lot of sheriffs end up dating inmates.”
Hutson’s office did not return a request for comment before press time. But in an angry comment on Morrell’s Instagram post, Hutson claimed she does have all the jails’ keys. — John Stanton
Louisiana House
Republicans kill bill to give insurance relief to low-income homeowners
IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THEIR LAWMAKING SESSION, Louisiana House Republicans narrowly struck down 48-53 a bill that would have given modest assistance to low-income homeowners struggling with rising home insurance costs.
Senate Bill 235 by Sen. Royce Duplessis, a New Orleans Democrat, would have given an income tax credit to help offset the cost of homeowners’ insurance for those whose household income is 200% of the
federal poverty line or lower.
The credit would have been in the amount of a person’s yearly homeowners’ insurance of up to $2,000. For a single person, 200% of the federal poverty line is $30,120 or less a year. For a family of four, it’s $62,400.
The bill originally was capped at $10 million, but the House lowered the cap to $1 million. They also added a provision that a taxpayer couldn’t receive a larger credit than what they owe in income taxes that year, further limiting the relief it would give the poorest residents.
Rep. Neil Riser, a Columbia Republican, carried the bill on the House side. He said working in banking he is seeing many Louisiana residents struggling to pay their homeowners’ insurance.
“I see people that right now that you would think were very wealthy, and they’re behind. They’re trying to refinance at a higher note,” he said, later adding, “I’m afraid they’re going to lose their home.”
Rep. Mandie Landry, a New Orleans Democrat, said her homeowners’ insurance has tripled in cost. She said people in her district are facing the same problem and have been asking her what she and other state lawmakers are doing to give homeowners relief.
“It’s depressing because I don’t know what to say. I don’t have anything to say,” Landry said. “I can say we did all this stuff about auto insurance, but we have done almost nothing about homeowners’ insurance this year. We might have done stuff in the past, but it keeps getting worse and worse.”
Several Republicans claimed that giving the small credit would make insurance companies raise rates, though they are already doing so. They also claimed it was unfair to other taxpayers.
Both Riser and Landry noted that state lawmakers had voted for much bigger tax credits for large companies without so much scrutiny.
“Do you think it’s fair to have the majority of people who are already suffering from high rates pay even higher rates to subsidize something like this?” said Rep. Raymond Crews, a Shreveport Republican.
“I mean, I’m subsidizing the tax credits we did last year on corporations,” Landry said, adding, “I just find it a little preposterous that there is so much pushback over something so small that does help people try to stay in their homes.” — Kaylee Poche
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New Orleans City Council
President JP Morrell and a set of keys to the city’s jail.
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Queer Recovery and Loss, in Gleaming Bronze
by Robert Fieseler
THE TIMELINE OF LGBT+ HISTORY IN NEW ORLEANS (and nationally) has been riven with moments of loss and recovery. Perhaps the greatest moment of recent loss was the spring 2024 theft of New Orleans’ most famous queer monument, the bronze marker at the site of the infamous 1973 Up Stairs Lounge fire on the corner of Iberville and Chartres, which left a void in the heart of a community and in the very foundations of our city.
In the grassroots community response that followed the theft, led by a spontaneously organized group called the Up Stairs Lounge Memorial Plaque Replacement Committee, Queer New Orleanians grappled with the reminder that this wasn’t the first act of erasure or disregard for our legacies. That beat went pretty deep. In 1958, the Jefferson Parish police ransacked the gay Krewe of Yuga Carnival ball, resulting in 96 arrests. Loss. That night Dixie Fasnacht, owner of a Bourbon Street gay bar called Dixie’s Bar of Music, caught wind of the mass arrest. She stashed all the money from her till into a paper bag and dispatched an attorney to bail out the gay arrestees. Recovery.
The NYPD famously raided The Stonewall Inn, a mafia-owned homosexual dive in pre-Gay Liberation Manhattan, on June 28,
1969. Loss. Then the Stonewall patrons and concerned citizens, among them a New Orleanian transplant and gender pioneer named Stormé DeLarverie, turned the tables on invading police to stage a multi-day uprising. Recovery. New Orleanians didn’t catch the gay political spirit after Stonewall (loss) until a 1977 protest of anti-homosexual singer Anita Bryant in Jackson Square, when thousands of Crescent City queers collectively chanted the Stonewall slogan “Out of the closets, into the streets!” (recovery) in a mass act of visibility.
On the night of June 24, 1973, an arsonist scorched a working-class gay bar on the fringe of the Quarter called the Up Stairs Lounge to cinders. The fast-moving, criminal blaze claimed 32 lives and injured at least 15 others in the deadliest fire on record in city history. Loss. Grievous loss. Afterwards, the New Orleans Police Department bungled the investigation, failed to question the chief arson suspect and declared a conflagration kindled with lighter fluid to be of “undetermined origin.” Loss upon
The annual Pride Parade and associated events remain both an act of celebration and protest for the queer community.
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Hey Blake,
With a new bishop being appointed for the HoumaThibodaux diocese of the Catholic church, what’s the history of that diocese? How old is it compared to New Orleans and the other dioceses in Louisiana?
Dear reader,
IN 1977, POPE PAUL VI CREATED THE DIOCESE OF HOUMA-THIBODAUX, covering parts of South Louisiana formerly encompassed by the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The archdiocese dates to 1793, established as a diocese before becoming an archdiocese in 1850.
The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux includes parts of Terrebonne, Lafourche and St. Mary parishes and Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish. Although it dates to the 1970s, many of its churches are much older, including the Cathedral of St. Francis de Sales in Houma, which was established in 1842. St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux has its roots in a small mission church built in 1819. The current cathedral dates to 1923. Both cathedrals were dedicated in June 1977, when the diocese was established and a bishop was named. He was Warren Boudreaux, a native of Berwick, Louisiana.
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“We are celebrating the past, present and the future today,” Boudreaux said at the dedication. “We are not here to walk the waters of the River Jordan as did our Lord, but rather the waters of Bayou Lafourche, Bayou Blue and Bayou Black, in the continuing quest to win souls to Christ.”
Four other bishops have led the diocese since Boudreaux’s retirement in 1992. On June 5, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appointed bishop-elect Simon Peter Engurait. A native of Uganda, he has served as the administrator of the diocese since January 2024, following the death of Bishop Mario Dorsonville.
Two other Louisiana dioceses were created after Houma-Thibodaux: the Diocese of Lake Charles in 1980 and the Diocese of Shreveport in 1986. The others in Louisiana are Baton Rouge (1961), Lafayette (1918) and Alexandria (1853).
THIS WEEK, READERS CAN SUPPORT LOCAL RESTAURANTS by dining out during Restaurant Week. It’s also a good time for a bite-sized history of the city’s five oldest restaurants.
Antoine’s history dates to 1840. Founder Antoine Alciatore settled in New Orleans from France and opened a pension, or boarding house and restaurant, one block away from the French Quarter restaurant’s current location on St. Louis Street. Antoine’s moved there in 1868 and is owned and operated by his fifth-generation relatives.
Like Antoine’s, Tujague’s has changed locations since opening, but can rightly claim to be the city’s second oldest restaurant. French immigrants Guillaume and Marie Abadie Tujague opened in 1856 at 811 Decatur St. In addition to changing locations, it changed hands several times before moving to 429 Decatur St. in 2020.
Commander’s Palace was originally a saloon and restaurant that Italian immigrant Emile Commander opened in 1893. Located at Washington Avenue and Coliseum Street in the Garden District, it has been owned and operated by members of the Brennan family since 1969.
Members of the Galatoire family still run the classic French Creole restaurant established by Jean Galatoire in 1905. The French immigrant opened his eatery in the location in the 200 block of Bourbon Street that formerly housed Victor’s Restaurant. Since 2009, Gambit owner John Georges has been majority owner of Galatoire’s and its sister restaurant, Galatoire’s 33 Bar & Steak.
French wine salesman “Count Arnaud” Cazenave opened Arnaud’s in 1918. For many years, the French Quarter restaurant was run by his daughter Germaine Wells, before the Casbarian family purchased it in 1978.
All five of these iconic restaurants are participating in Restaurant Week, offering special menus and dining deals June 16-22. For details, visit neworleans.com/restaurantweek.
Father Simon Peter Engurait will be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
BY JOHN STANTON AND SARAH RAVITS
SUMMER IS UPON US, which means we’re all gonna be looking for a way to cool off and make that Louisiana humidity even slightly more bearable. Luckily, New Orleans has some of the greatest body temperature regulators — aka bartenders — known to humankind! Whether you need a perfectly mixed mocktail or a cheap beer and a 9th Ward pour of Jameson, New Orleans’ bartenders will have you covered throughout the hottest stretches of the year. But this summer there’s an added reason to get out of your personal
A/C bubble and into your local watering holes. We’ve already seen a ton of bars and restaurants either close for good or announce scaled back summer hours this year, which is putting a significant strain on service industry workers. And with tourism numbers lagging even for summer, its not expected to get much better until the weather breaks in the fall. So really, going to the bar this summer isn’t just a great way to cool off and socialize: it’s your civic duty. So get out there and order a round or two — and always tip often and well!
MEET YOUR BARTENDERS
LEIGHANN SMITH
TUFF BREAK
LOSER’S LOUNGE (BARTENDER AND CO-OWNER)
How long have you been a bartender? 9-ish years
Where do you like to drink when you’re not working?
Tuff Break, my porch or R Bar.
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What’s your favorite spirit/beer?
I’m an old lady ... Ketel One martini shaken with a twist. As long as there is vermouth in the room, that’s enough for me.
If you had a go-to record/ artist/genre/Spotify radio station for bartending in the summer, what would it be?
Mondays all day is sweet Delta blues over here at Tuff Break. Then anywhere from De La Soul to B-52s. It all depends on who is here.
What’s the worst cocktail/ drink to make?
Anything that neither I nor the person ordering it knows the ingredients for, or it’s a drink they “had here last time they were in town but I can’t remember what is was” ... and it was a different bartender.
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You were a very successful meat pimp for a long time.
Apparently, you’re a glutton for punishment, since you’ve just opened a bar. What made you decide to get into the booze bag business?
Welp, the nice thing is booze don’t spoil like meat, and no matter how shitty the world gets, people won’t stop drinkin’. People also aren’t really put off by a $14 cocktail, but how dare you try to charge $12 for a sandwich made from scratch.
I originally didn’t want to open a bar, but my longtime pal and now business partner Brandon Burkhart was pretty insistent and so charming. So far it’s not nearly as wildly stressful and intense as owning a restaurant or butcher.
What are the “vibes” Tuff Break is “giving?”
Everything from a good friendly spot to meet a pal for a day drink, to a sexy spot for a date, or play
dumb games in the yard! We’re rooted in community and hosting local artists for markets, DJs and fundraisers. I don’t know, man, we opened a bar and it feels good in here.
What’s the story behind the name?
Brandon is the genius behind that one, He used to say it to people when they would order something he didn’t have.
“Can I have a Budweiser?”
“Nah, Tuff Break, loser, you can have a Coors.”
Will there be any cocktails involving bologna and/or other pieces of meat?
Actually ... yes. Brandon and I have been discussing adding bologna and pickles from Once Around The Kitchen to our menu.
Have you banned anybody yet?
Wildly enough, one in the first 10 days and another about a week ago.
summertime
cocktail recipe:
We have so many draft lines here, we took advantage of the easy way to make delish bevs. We have a few martinis on draft and a $6 Losers Marg. But my favorite summer drink is a Bee’s Knees, We make ours with Sweet Gwendoline Gin (a New World style French gin, that is infused with figs and brought to proof with white wine).
⮞ .5 ounce honey syrup
⮞ 1 ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
⮞ 2 ounces of Sweet Gwendoline
⮞ Gin
⮞ Angostura Bitters
First make a honey syrup, which is a two to one mix of local honey to hot water. Stir it up and let it cool. Then combine your ingredients, stir, top with a dash or two of the Anglo Bitters and serve over ice with a lemon twist.
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ELISABETH DYKE
BROTHERS THREE LOUNGE
How long have you been a bartender? 21 years
Where do you like to drink when you’re not working?
My favorite bar to drink in (other than b3) was the Milan. Its absence leaves a big hole in my heart. I do frequent Miss Mae’s and B-Macs.
What’s your favorite spirit/beer?
I like to say my favorite drink is the one in my hand — but if I had to choose, I love to work with gin.
If you had a go-to record/artist/ genre/Spotify radio station for bartending in the summer, what would it be? Jamiroquai
What’s the worst cocktail/drink to make?
Generally, I like making drinks. That’s why I do it. But I guess the worst drink to make is anything with dairy in it or anything that could curdle. Yuck. summertime
BRITTANY DANIEL MRB
How long have you been a bartender? I’ve been bartending a very long time.
What’s your favorite spirit/beer?
I love craft cocktails for special occasions but my go to is tequila and cerveza. My new favorite tequila is LALO and I stick to Corona Premier typically because … carbs.
If you had a go-to record/artist/genre/Spotify radio station for bartending in the summer, what would it be?
My summer playlists range from Kid Cudi to Talking Heads and of course the ’90s!
What’s the worst cocktail/drink to make?
If I had to pick a cocktail I don’t like to make it would be a Bloody Mary after 4 p.m.
summertime cocktail recipe:
A cute cocktail I’ve been working on for summer is … All’s Fair in Love and Bubbles — a spicy mezcal peach margarita!
⮞ 2 ounces mezcal
⮞ 2 slices fresh jalapeño with seeds
⮞ 1 ounce fresh peach sizzzurp
⮞ 1 ounce fresh lime juice
Shake and strain over fresh ice with a chili salted rim!
MIAH CENTANNI BAYOU BEER GARDEN
How long have you been a bartender?
I’ve been a bartender since I was 18, so eight years. I’ve been here at BBG for three or four months.
Where do you like to drink when you’re not working?
Here or Holy Ground. I also really like No Dice on St. Claude Avenue.
What is your favorite spirit or beer?
Definitely tequila. And I love the Strawberry Paradise (beer by Urban South). It’s just a hint of strawberry, not too overwhelming.
If you had a go-to record/artist/genre/Spotify radio station for bartending in the summer, what would it be?
I get to pick the music in the morning, and I always put on Leon Bridges radio. At night I try to do something more upbeat like SZA or Still Woozy.
What’s the worst cocktail to make?
I don’t like to make Long Island iced tea, there are so many steps.
summertime cocktail recipe:
⮞ 1.5 ounces of gin
⮞ .5 ounce of St. Germain
⮞ 1 ounce of strawberry puree
Dash of simple syrup
Splash of club soda
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LAWRENCE EDWARDS THE COUNTRY CLUB
Where do you work?
I work at the Country Club, a literal oasis tucked away on Louisa Street in the Bywater neighborhood. It’s a pretty diverse establishment. You can enjoy lunch or supper in the flowery hand-painted dining rooms, join in on any of the four weekend drag brunches or bypass all that and hang out by the saltwater pool, relax in the whirlpool or de-stress in the sauna. Being a plant “daddy” I love going to work in a place with so many beautiful plants and trees.
How long have you been a bartender?
In the ‘90s I was a shot boy and bartender at a now-defunct bar in Indianapolis called New York Connections but post moving to New Orleans in 2000 I spent 11 years on Bourbon Street at the Bourbon Pub before moving to the 700 Club/Bettys. For five years I summer-bartended on Cape Cod at the Boatslip Resort in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The Bywater Country Club has been my home bar since 2022. Along with bartending, for the last year and a half I have been writing questions and cohosting Wednesday NightTrivia at the Country Club with local drag queen Katrina Waters.
Where do you like to drink when you’re not working?
Living in the Bayou St John area I like to frequent Pal’s Lounge when I’m staying close to home. Otherwise, I’m probably hanging with friends at the Phoenix in the Marigny or in the French Quarter at Crossing Nola where I host a Tuesday night trivia game.
What’s your favorite spirit or beer?
While I’m down to try something new and delightful from a bar’s cocktail list my fallback spirit is vodka. There’s always a bottle of Stoli in my freezer.
If you had a go-to record/artist/genre/Spotify radio station for bartending in the summer, what would it be?
Given my druthers I would have everyone listening to a 24/7 Dolly Parton station but I understand not everyone feels the same devotion. Give me a station playing all the pop divas from the ’80s to today.
What’s the worst cocktail/drink to make?
It’s best to remember the adage of “not yucking someone’s yum” when it comes to drink choices but I do question the life choices of people who order Bloody Marys after the sun goes down. Also, not a fan of most drinks that involve dairy products and booze.
summertime cocktail recipe:
Summertime always has me wanting a Pimm’s Cup. I know there’s a lot of variety these days but I’m partial to an ounce of Pimm’s, a half ounce of cucumber vodka and a topping of ginger beer and lemonade.
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YOU CAN LEARN A LOT from working in a bar.
There’s the obvious things. Like how to pour a proper pint of Guinness (a skill that eludes even veteran bartenders), the recipe for classic cocktails or the ratio of booze to mixer in a three-ingredient drink — ice, of course, being the third ingredient.
Then there’s the not so obvious things. For instance, most cocktail recipes are at their core just a bar version of those weird “two trains are traveling towards each other” math problems every school kid learns. Ounces of vodka plus ounces of orange juice divided by the number of ice cubes equals a screwdriver. That sort of thing.
Add to that keeping track of people’s tabs, who in the line of thirsty customers at the bar is up next and the complex equations of “which one of these people may be a problem tonight.” Bartenders are basically super computers with busted feet and no health insurance.
But all that barely scratches the surface of the lessons you can learn in a bar. Bar rooms can be a literal post-doctoral classroom in ethics and morality. My decade or so working in bars and clubs certainly taught me a lot about being a good member of society. It’s a simple ethical approach to life I like to call Don’t Be a Jerk.
For instance, lots of bouncers, door guys and other security types lean into the macho, alpha male approach. They’re quick to put hands on someone who’s acting a fool and generally use their power to 86 people like a Friday Night Sword of Damocles.
But that approach is trash. It’s an approach rooted in power dynamics that is incredibly toxic and ultimately causes you more problems than it’s worth. It’s bad for business, since nobody likes drinking under constant threat of bullying. It also breeds conflict, especially when it gets deep into the night and people are heavily lubricated. And
frankly, it’s just an unnecessarily stressful way to spend an evening around a bunch of people trying to have fun. Instead of glowering at patrons, you smile. Instead of threatening violence, you politely talk it out. And rather than manhandling people who won’t take no for an answer, you calmly escort them to the door and onto the street, where they’re no longer your problem.
The same dynamic holds true for patrons. There are those who act like a normal human being, enjoy their drinks and the fellowship a bar room offers, tip well and generally leave everyone they interacted with feeling happy and positive.
And then there’s the entitled jerk. This guy huffs and puffs about having to show ID, has no conception of personal space or respect for their fellow patrons, waves or yells at a bartender to get their attention and generally ruins the vibe for everyone else without a second thought.
While those characteristics might get you appointed to the president’s cabinet these days, being a selfish jerk is no way to go through life.
Unfortunately, it’s an attitude spreading like cancer through society. More and more, people are abandoning even the most basic aspects of the social contract in favor of selfishness and entitlement. Empathy and basic respect are being lost to cruelty and indifference.
This hardening selfishness can be seen in ways large and small at the bar. Take the practice of running a tab. For generations, bartenders have kept running tallies of what somebody had to drink and then settling up when they were done for the evening. Or afternoon. Or morning.
But of late, there’s been a trend toward closing out after every single drink. To be clear, we’re not talking about somebody who thinks they’re only having the one drink but ends up staying for two. Or somebody sitting in a quiet, near empty bar. That’s normal and fine. Rather, these are people who walked in the door of a busy bar knowing full well they were going to buy several drinks and decided to pay for every single one individually.
The New York Times recently wrote up this bizarre new trend and offered up a number of reasons for why people, particularly younger people, are doing it. They’re worried about spending too much. They’re worried about missing their bus. They’re worried they may leave and forget their credit card. What all these reasons have in common is, to put it bluntly, entitlement. The notion that the rest of the world has to bend to your needs because you’re unwilling to either look after yourself or consider the needs of others.
Going to a bar is an inherently social exercise, and while closing out your bar tab every time might not seem like a big
Parley’s Bar in Lakeview during the blizzard FILE PHOTO COURTESY LIN YOUNG
deal, when 50 people in a packed bar are doing it, it has a huge effect not only on the business, but everyone else.
In a business where prompt service is expected, running tabs is an easy, efficient way to keep the booze flowing without the constant interruptions of making change or running cards. But bartenders aren’t just mindless robots pulling taps or shaking cocktails. They’re also managing the business by constantly checking stock, handling money, monitoring customers for potential problems or people who might be overserved. And that’s to say nothing of the fact that bartenders are also being paid to be single-serving sized friends, confidants and therapists for multiple people at the exact same time.
Particularly at a busy time, bartending is an incredibly difficult juggling act, and each time a bartender has to focus solely on settling a tab it slows down the process. Which can hurt their chances at a better tip — and the experience of your fellow bar patrons. Because nobody wants to wait while 10 other people order cocktails and close their tabs.
This sad turn toward entitlement can be felt before you even step foot in the bar — thankfully there are signs that as a society we’ve not lost our way entirely. Take the recent dust up over MRB’s bubble machine. For those who’ve been living under a rock or battling
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a months-long hangover, here’s the TLDR of it all: MRB, an institution in the French Quarter for locals and tourists alike, has had a bubble machine on its front balcony for years. It helps draw patrons down the otherwise quiet block of St. Phillip Street to the bar, and otherwise brings a bit of whimsy and joy to the street.
Earlier this year, a wealthy executive, Burt Benrud, bought the house across the street from the bar. For reasons unknown, Benrud isn’t a fan of bubbles. So much so, he waged a months-long campaign against the bubble machine, having the police come to the bar more than a dozen times and threatening to sue because the bubbles were getting on his Porsche. New Orleans responded by having impromptu bubble second lines through the Quarter and hundreds of people came out for a giant bubble dance party in the street between MRB and Benrud’s house.
On one level, the entire affair is silly, of course. But it also speaks to a bigger issue at play. Benrud’s quixotic campaign happened as more and more people are becoming uncomfortable with the fact that billionaire tech bros and oligarchs are running roughshod over the constitution while increasingly hoarding the wealth of our collective labor for themselves. It also came at a time when weirdo “alpha male” influencers are extolling the “virtue” of selfishness and a “me first” ethos.
Those are some pretty big, massive societal changes that can feel pretty impossible to change. And a fight over a bubble machine isn’t going to swing the tides of social change back towards a more rational and equitable way of life. But it is the sort of thing that can remind people we don’t have to abandon our morals and ethics and to start trying to Not Be a Jerk again.
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ofers seasonal house cocktails featuring local fruits and herbs, a wide selection of craft and small-batch spirits, as well as dozens of wines by the glass, dessert wines, and after dinner drinks!
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BUDSI’S AUTHENTIC THAI
A Thai Chili-infused take on a margarita and a boozy version of Thai Tea? Yes, please. Both cocktails are only $5 during a lengthy happy hour that runs from 2-6pm in the chilled-out Marigny favorite.
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Vodka, spicy green bean
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LEGACY KITCHEN’S STEAK AND CHOP
Some good ole fashion Westbank moonshine, a little cranberry, orange, and house simple shaken like Monday morning fnished with Luxardo Cherry swirl. 91 Westbank Expy, #51, Gretna (504) 608-6082 legacykitchen.com
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LEGACY KITCHEN’S TACKLEBOX
A refreshing summer cocktail pairs perfectly with beignets!
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Our espresso martini isn’t just a drink; it’s a rendezvous. A clandestine meeting of rich, velvety espresso and the smoothest of spirits, with a whisper of sweetness that lingers. 3121 Magazine St., NOLA • (504) 324-7144 thevintagenola.com
PAT O’S CAT 5 PAT O BRIEN’S
Cool of this summer with the Pat O’s Cat 5. A special recipe blending our famous Hurricane and a margarita.
624 Bourbon St., NOLA • (504) 525-4823 patobriens.com
CAFÉ MAZAGRAN
34 RESTAURANT & BAR
Meet the Café Mazagran, a Portuguese espresso martini, made with Nitro Cold Brew, Vodka, Lemon & Spices. Join us at 34 for Happy Hour, Wednesday–Sunday 4-6 PM, with $6 wines, $9 cocktails, and snacks like Salt Cod Fritters, Portuguese Steak Sandwiches, and Batatas Bravas.
714 Baronne St., NOLA • (504) 498-3434 34restaurantandbar.com
MAGNOLIA 45 PEACOCK ROOM
Martell VS, magnolia honey, lemon, Cava, blueberry. From Mississippi with love, rooted in Louisiana with intention.
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St. Roch Cucumber Vodka, Boomsma Cloosterbitter, sugar snap pea and dill extracts, celery bitters savory, refreshing, spa-day martini 521 Tchoupitoulas St., NOLA • (504) 324-3000 kingbrasserieandbar.com
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THE COUNTRY CLUB
Rum, Cantaloupe Agua Fresca, Soda, Midori Float
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SPICY BLOODY MARY
ELIZABETH’S
The best Bloody Mary & Brunch in the city!! All the traditional fxin’s in an Elizabeth’s souvenir cup!
601 Gallier St., NOLA • (504) 944-9272 Elizabethsrestaurantnola.com
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The orange Aperol Spritz is a popular Italian cocktail with a bright orange color and a refreshing, bittersweet taste. 1728 Soniat St., NOLA • (504) 899-7397 gautreausrestaurant.com
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WATERMELON MARTINI ST. ANN WINE BAR
Cool of with the ultimate summer refresher at St. Ann Wine Bar! Our Watermelon Martini is handcrafted with fresh watermelon, a splash of fresh lime juice, simple syrup smooth vodka. It’s light, crisp, and bursting with juicy favor — the perfect cocktail to beat the heat and toast the season. Come taste summer in a glass!
22 St Ann Dr., #2, Mandeville • (985) 778-0505 stannwinebar.com
Here’s a toast with our Aloe Margarita, a perfect blend of tequila, Chareau aloe liqueur, fresh lime, and simple agave. 537 Gravier St., NOLA • (504) 527-0006 lyonscornernola.com
PARADISE PEACH URBAN SOUTH BREWERY
The peach version of our classic American lager is perfect for summertime in the South. Available in the taproom and bars, restaurants, and stores around Louisiana. 1645 Tchoupitoulas St., NOLA • (504) 267-4852 urbansouth.com
THE HEADQUARTERS COCKTAIL HEADQUARTERS
Crowd favorites like The Headquarters cocktail—Hennessy, Stella Rosa Blackberry, Red Bull, and blueberry lemonade—keep the drinks as lively as the atmosphere.
445 S Rampart St., NOLA • (504) 217-6851 headquartersnola.com
THE NICEST MARGARITA NICE GUYS NOLA
A New Orleans favorite where favor meets fair. At the heart of the menu is The Nicest Margarita—a smooth, top-shelf mix of Don Julio, Grand Marnier, fresh lime juice, and simple syrup. From daytime brunches to latenight parties, Nice Guys knows how to keep the good times pouring.
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BOW-WOW NEYOW’S CREOLE CAFÉ
The Bow-Wow is Neyow’s signature 32oz cocktail made with light rum, dark rum and fruit punch. Garnished with lemon and lime slices, the Bow-Wow is perfect for hot Summer nights.
3332 Bienville St., NOLA • (504) 827-5474 neyows.com
HAND GRENADE TROPICAL ISLE
Enjoy the sweet melon taste of New Orleans’ most powerful drink: the Hand Grenade. Available at 4 Tropical Isle locations on Bourbon St. & Bourbon Street Honky Tonk, or order Hand Grenade Mix for gift giving or making at home.
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SUN CRUISER SPRITZER CRESCENT CROWN
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GALA VARO THE LITTLE HOUSE
A refreshing cocktail made with Artenom Tequila, pineapple shrub, fresh dill, lime, and a splash of Topo Chico. Join us for Happy Hour Tuesday-Friday from 4-6 PM all summer long! 640 Bouny St., NOLA • (504) 302-1926 @littlehousenola
LA STRADA PAL’S LOUNGE
Montenegro Italian amaro, rosemary-infused hibiscus-orange aperitivo, fresh squeezed grapefruit juice. Join us at Mid-city’s best neighborhood bar serving up delicious seasonal drinks, specialty cocktails, beer & wine. 949 N. Rendon St., NOLA • (504) 488-7257 facebook.com/palslounge
VOODOO GLITTER MARTINE’S LOUNGE
A ginger-spicy cocktail of: Ancho Reyes chile liqueur; Ginger elixir; Luxardo cherry juice; topped with sparkling wine! Opens at 3pm daily. Indoor bar & outdoor patio seating. 2347 Metairie Rd., Metairie • (504) 831-8637 facebook.com/martineslounge
PINK LEMONADE SHOTS MOSCA’S
This summer come try Mosca’s pink lemonade shots made with Titos vodka. Perfect addition to a night of old school Italian cuisine. 4137 US-90 West, Westwego • (504) 436-8950 moscasrestaurant.com
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE ANNUNCIATION
Cathead Honeysuckle Vodka, Rose Water Syrup, Prosecco, Lemon Twist 1016 Annunciation St., NOLA • (504) 568-0245 annunciationrestaurant.com
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Delicious French cuisine and wine by the glass, bottle or fight. Courtyard and sidewalk seating. Thurs – Sun 4-10 pm. 720 Orleans Ave., NOLA
MARGARITA DEL FUEGO THE PELICAN CLUB
Mezcal, jalapeño, and fresh citrus for the perfect balance of heat and refreshment. 312 Exchange Pl., NOLA • (504) 523-1504 pelicanclub.com
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All Hail Jucifer! This juicy treat is a hazy IPA brewed with plenty of Citra and Mosaic hops for bright favors of mango, papaya, and grapefruit. Jucifer IPA is built for days like this, available now at your local bar, bodega, or grocery retailer. 1709 Corbin Rd., Hammond • (985) 318-0723
MARTINI LOTS A LUCK BAR
We’re in our Espresso Martini Era! Dive into the weekend with our Signature Espresso Martini’s at one of the top dive bars in the city! Sip on the perfect blend of cofee and cocktails in a cozy, laid back atmosphere. Cheers to good times and great times! 203 Homedale St., NOLA • (504) 483-0978
MARTINI KATIE’S RESTAURANT & BAR
Katie’s has a $5 drink special Monday-Friday AND $5 Martinis every Friday! Katie’s Restaurant & Bar, the Best Mid City Neighborhood Restaurant for exceptional food and great drink specials!
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FROZEN IRISH COFFEE ERIN ROSE
Cool down and Perk up with a delicious take on a traditional Irish cofee. Cofee liqueur and brandy mixed perfectly with ice cream and fresh brewed cofee make this a pleasure any time of day. Always available in our complimentary souvenir cup and feel free to ask for an extra shot!
811 Conti St., NOLA • (504) 522-3573 erinrosebar.co
SPECIALTY DRINKS RIVERSHACK TAVERN
Why settle for just one! Our bartenders pride themselves on their mixological wizardry. See what’s brewing on River Road! 3449 River Rd., Jeferson • (504) 834-4938 rivershacktavern.com
FROZEN MANGO MARGARITA PARKWAY BAKERY & TAVERN
Fresh puréed mango,lime, triple sec, and mi campo blanco tequila blended into a frozen perfection! 538 Hagan Ave., NOLA • (504) 482-3047 parkwaypoorboys.com
LAVENDER LEMONADE FÉTICHE
This blend of lavender and Japanese cherry blossom teases your senses with a crisp, foral bite. Pick your poison: vodka, gin, or Malört. 817 St. Louis St., NOLA fetichenola.com
DA TREME LIL’ DIZZYS CAFE
Lil’ Dizzys Café signature cocktail Da Treme is a whisky based peach sweet tea created by mixologist premier Jessica Robinson 1500 Esplanade Ave., NOLA • (504) 766-8687 lildizzyscafe.net
BLOODY MARY MOTHER’S
Some like it hot! Mother’s spicy Bloody Mary packs heat and a kick. Tomato juice is amped up with seasonings & hot sauce. The more you sweat, the more you’ll cool of in the heat. 401 Poydras St., NOLA • (504) 523-9656 mothersrestaurant.net
BEER AND WELL SPECIALS SADDLE BAR
The Madras! Vodka, Oj, & Cranberry. $2 wells & domestic beers all summer long! 715 Bienville St., NOLA • (504) 313-1113 saddlebarneworleans.com
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IRISH CRUSH
DICKIE BRENNAN’S STEAKHOUSE
A refreshing twist on tradition. This vibrant cocktail blends smooth smallbatch Irish whiskey with the bright sweetness of prickly pear liqueur, fnished with fresh mint and served over crushed ice. It’s the perfect sip for warm days and festive nights. 716 Iberville St., NOLA • (504) 522-2467 dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com
WILLA JEAN FROSÉ WILLA JEAN
Louisiana heat hitting hard? Cool down with a Willa Jean frosé! Frozen. Refreshing. Necessary. Enjoy early Happy Hour Monday through Thursday, 7AM-9AM half of of Mimosas, Bloody Marys, Espresso Martinis, and more! 611 O’Keefe Ave., NOLA • (504) 509-7334 willajean.com
ARUBA ARIBA! PARLAY’S
Vodka, Rum, Creme de Banana, Pineapple Juice, Orange Juice, and Grenadine with Orange Liqueur Floater. Get Par-lei’d this summer at our Tiki Bar! Our owner loves Aruba and wanted to bring a piece of Aruba back to New Orleans. Come try one! 870 Harrison Ave., NOLA • (504) 304-6338 parlaysbar.com
IF YOU GREW UP IN NEW ORLEANS, chances are you’ve eaten creamed corn with sausage over rice.
“It’s a homey dish,” says Chad Sabatier, the chef-owner of Minnie and John’s. “I heard (Saints safety) Tyrann Mathieu talking about it on TV. Pure comfort food. Everybody has a can of creamed corn in their pantry and a link or two of andouille in the refrigerator, and we always have rice.”
Sabatier opened his modern Southern restaurant last month in the former Cowbell location on Oak Street. The vibe is casual and welcoming, with 40 seats on the expansive patio and two levels of inside dining. There’s also lots of wood accents and walls painted a bright, asparagus green. The chef offers a menu of New Orleans favorites that he creatively elevates.
“Homestyle food is a jumping-off point,” Sabatier says. “I’m creating something new, but still familiar.”
That corn, sausage and rice dish translates into a savory kala, crispy corn and andouille rice fritters, served with a house-made pepper ranch on the side for dipping. Crabby deviled eggs up the ante on the picnic staple with a generous helping of blue crab and a touch of cilantro. There’s a fried green tomato BLT, grilled pork chop with sweet potato chutney and a fried chicken sandwich slathered with an outstanding sweet and savory bacon jam.
Sabatier’s red beans are vegan, with the option of sausage on the side, while his ravioli are filled with collard greens and ricotta cheese and served with pot likker sauce. The Pasta Delores, named for Sabatier’s mom, is a cousin to crawfish Monica and is also available with shrimp or chicken.
For dessert, there’s a white chocolate bread pudding made from Sabatier’s late grandmother’s recipe. “She passed in 2015,” he says. “All the best parts of me come from her.”
When Sabatier was a kid, his grandmother picked him up after school, and his mom would pass by his grandmother’s house in the 8th Ward
on her way home from work at the Hyatt Regency.
“She was always cooking,” Sabatier says. “Her hospitality came naturally.”
Minnie and John’s is the second tribute restaurant named for Sabatier’s grandparents. His mother and uncle, Dolores Fisher and Rochester Denson, opened the original homage, M&J Soul Food Restaurant, in New Orleans East in 2010. Sabatier took over the plate lunch spot when his uncle retired.
“Everything I do here is an enhancement of what we do at M&J’s. I go for the umami bomb,” he says.
The Oak Street community has been welcoming to Sabatier from the start, he says, but the word is still getting out.
“Cowbell did well here,” he says. “That’s what I’m hoping for.”
Sabatier grew up watching Emeril Lagasse on TV with his dad, which inspired him to start cooking himself.
The 30-year-old chef grew up in the business, but he wanted to raise his skills and points of reference. So he went to the New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute (NOCHI) and graduated in 2022. He staged at the Four Seasons and spent time in the kitchen at Commander’s Palace, Meril’s and Ruth’s Chris.
Mentors have played a big role in his professional development, Sabtier says. People like Carla Briggs, a NOCHI instructor and founder of Viola’s Heritage Breads, and Alfredo “Fito” Garcia Jr. of ChiChi’s Chicken, have guided him along the way.
But Sabatier’s goal was always to open his own place. His angel investors, his mother and sister, made that possible.
“I’ve had many helping hands,” Sabatier says. “I feel grateful.”
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THE BEEF IS FROM CHICAGO, THE BREAD IS THE NEW ORLEANS CLASSIC, and the sandwich is a special at a downtown dive bar with a lot of character and a generous streak.
It’s an Italian beef, the Chicagoland sandwich that’s become a national phenom thanks to its role in the Hulu chef-life series “The Bear.” It’s a lunchtime special through the month of June at the World Famous Corporation Bar & Grill at 931 S. Peters St.
This is a tasty, garlicky, salty, sloppy specialty with a big-hearted backstory and a fundraising aim for a Hogs for the Cause team. It’s also a worthy destination lunch all on its own. It’s not a French dip, it’s an Italian dunk, and they’re calling the special “Au-Jus June.”
The Corporation has been around since the World’s Fair in 1984. It’s a lowkey neighborhood fixture, and it’s popular with people working at the nearby Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
From the street, it’s a gruff-looking cinderblock bunker. Inside it’s all corrugated metal, taxidermied hunting trophies, year-round Mardi Gras colors, big tables, tall cocktails in insulated foam cups and easygoing conviviality among regulars at the finish line of a workday.
Camouflaged by clutter in the back is a grill swiftly slinging po-boys, gumbo and sandwiches that rise above basic tavern fare without getting fancy about it.
The burger is a classic bar burger, not a slim smashburger and not a giant either, served with cheese that’s melted. You can taste the grill on the
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patty and on the bun, which is from Leidenheimer and much better than the picnic standard.
The Italian beef has entered the lineup through a Hogs for the Cause connection.
The bar owners are members and big sponsors of a Hogs team, House of Hogs, known for the elaborate booths created each year at the barbecue cook-off and festival. These teams are active year-round raising money for Hogs, which is the nation’s leading funder supporting families contending with childhood brain cancer.
Team co-founder Sam Panice lives in Las Vegas, where he works in the events and trade show business. Work, friendships and bonds through House of Hogs connect him to New Orleans. He reached back to his hometown roots in Chicago for the Italian beef idea, capitalizing on its newfound cachet to raise more money.
and now you have jus fries, and that’s a different story.
The Corp gives off late-night vibes at any hour, though for now the kitchen is open only during the day, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
By the register, there’s a tray of chocolate chip cookies, individually packed in plastic bags that look and taste like they came from a family bake sale. A dive bar with its own cookies? No wonder this place is world famous. — Ian McNulty / The Times-Picayune
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SUMMER CAN BE A SLOW TIME FOR RESTAURANTS, but New Orleans Restaurant Week puts some sizzle in the season, with special multi-course menus at participating restaurants in Orleans and Jefferson parishes.
His team has an ambitious goal for this year of $200,000, nearly double their last contribution. The team sold Italian beef sandwiches on the street near Jazz Fest this year and did well, so Panice recruited the Corporation for a more long-term effort, with proceeds benefiting House of Hogs. He’s even sending merch, with Italian beef-themed hats to sell from the bar.
This sandwich is a beauty. The meat is from Bari Beef, a long-standing supplier of Italian beef in Chicago. Diners can get it with crunchy-spicy giardiniera or without and with cheese, something of a controversial addition to Italian beef devotees.
The beef is wavy, soft and whispery thin. The Corp serves it with a cup of jus, the gravy, on the side. Diners can dip it (the way Panice prefers) or pour it all over the sandwich, which is closer to what Chicago makers call “dunked,” when they submerge the whole sandwich.
After trying it dipped, I had to try it dunked, so I doubled down on lunch and ordered a second sandwich (hey, it’s for charity). Dipped was very good, though dunked marries the flavors more as the jus soaks in. You need to lean in to this sandwich, or perhaps just lean over it.
The bread is a pistolette, again from Leidenheimer. It’s toasted on the grill, and it’s up to the task of temporarily corralling the fillings.
The Italian beef is $15. It comes with fries, which are crinkle style and right from the bag. But let your sandwich dribble jus over the basket,
Restaurant Week is June 16-22, and there’s a list of restaurants with previews of the special menus at neworleans.com/restaurantweek. There are two-course lunches starting at $25 and two-course brunches starting at $36. For dinner some restaurants offer bargain three-course prixe fixes beginning at $32, and some opt for more lavish meals starting at $56. Many restaurants offer additional specials from the bar as well, including wine pairings. The website allows users to search restaurants by cuisine type or location. The options range from casual spots like Blue Oak BBQ to Clesi’s Seafood Restaurant, Felix’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar locations and Mother’s. There are Creole institutions from Antoine’s to Brennan’s, Dooky Chase’s Restaurant and Galatoire’s. Diners can try new spots like Brutto Americano and Emeril Lagasse’s 34 Restaurant & Bar. Other options include Brasa steakhouses, GW Fins, Gabrielle Restaurant, Mister Mao, Patois and area Zea Restaurants. There are roughly 100 participating restaurants. — Will Coviello
34 Restaurant & Bar is participating in New Orleans Restaurant Week.
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OUT TO EAT
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Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; angelobrocatoicecream.
com — This Mid-City sweet shop serves its own gelato in flavors like praline, salted caramel and tiramisu, as well as Italian ices in flavors like lemon, strawberry and mango. There also are cannolis, biscotti, fig cookies, tiramisu, macaroons and coffee drinks. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. $ Annunciation — 1016 Annunciation St., (504) 568-0245; annunciationrestaurant.
com — Gulf Drum Yvonne is served with brown butter sauce with mushrooms and artichoke hearts. There also are oysters, seafood pasta dishes, steaks, lamb chops and more. Reservations recommended. Dinner Thu.-Mon. $$$
Bamboula’s — 514 Frenchmen St.; bamboulasmusic.com — The live music venue’s kitchen offers a menu of traditional and creative Creole dishes, such as Creole crawfish crepes with goat cheese and chardonnay sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. $$
The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar — 118 Harbor View Court, Slidell, (985) 315-7001; 7900 Lakeshore Drive, (504) 284-2898; thebluecrabnola.com — Basin barbecue shrimp are served with rosemary garlic butter sauce over cheese grits with a cheese biscuit. The menu includes po-poys, fried seafood platters, raw and char-grilled oysters, boiled seafood in season, and more. Outdoor seating available. No reservations. Lakeview: Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Slidell: Lunch Wed.-Fri., dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. $$
Broussard’s — 819 Conti St., (504) 581-3866; broussards.com — The menu of contemporary Creole dishes includes bronzed redfish with jumbo lump crabmeat, lemon beurre blanc and vegetables. Brunch includes Benedicts, avocado toast, chicken and waffles, turtle soup and more. Reservations recommended. Outdoor seating available in the courtyard. Dinner Wed.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$$
Cafe Normandie — Higgins Hotel, 480 Andrew Higgins Blvd., (504) 528-1941; higginshotelnola.com/dining — The menu combines classic French dishes and Louisiana items like crab beignets with herb aioli. Sandwiches include po-boys, a muffuletta on flatbread and a burger. No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Fri.-Mon. $$
The Commissary — 634 Orange St., (504) 274-1850; thecommissarynola.com — Dickie Brennan’s Commissary supplies his other restaurant kitchens and also has a dine-in menu and prepared foods to go. A smoked turkey sandwich is served with bacon, tomato jam, herbed cream cheese, arugula and herb vinaigrette on honey oat bread. The menu includes dips, salads, sandwiches, boudin balls, fried oysters and more. No reservations. Outdoor seating available. Lunch Tue.-Sat. $$
Curio — 301 Royal St., (504) 717-4198; curionola.com — The creative Creole menu includes blackened Gulf shrimp served with chicken and andouille jambalaya. There also are crab cakes, shrimp and grits, crawfish etouffee, po-boys and more. Outdoor
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seating available on balcony. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. $$ Dahla — 611 O’Keefe Ave., (504) 7666602; dahlarestaurant.com — The menu includes popular Thai dishes like pad thai, drunken noodles, curries and fried rice. Crispy skinned duck basil is prepared with vegetables and Thai basil. Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $$
Desire Oyster Bar — Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 586-0300; sonesta.com/desireoysterbar — A menu full of Gulf seafood includes oysters served raw on the half-shell or char-broiled with with Parmesan, garlic and herbs. The menu also includes po-boys, po-boys, gumbo, blackened fish, fried seafood platters and more. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$
Dickie Brennan’s Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; bourbonhouse. com — There’s a seafood raw bar with raw and char-broiled oysters, fish dip, crab fingers, shrimp and more. Redfish on the Half-shell is cooked skin-on and served with crab-boiled potatoes, frisee and lemon buerre blanc. The bar offers a wide selection of bourbon and whiskies. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. $$$
Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com — The menu includes a variety of steaks, plus seared Gulf fish, lobster pasta, barbecue shrimp and more. A 6-ounce filet mignon is served with fried oysters, creamed spinach, potatoes and bearnaise. Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat. $$$
El Pavo Real — 4401 S. Broad Ave., (504) 266-2022; elpavorealnola.com — The menu includes tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, ceviche. tamales and more. Pescado Vera Cruz features sauteed Gulf fish topped with tomatoes, olives, onion and capers, served with rice and string beans. Outdoor seating available. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Tue.-Sat. $$
Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504) 569-0000; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-9950; 8140 Oak St., (504) 897-4800; juansflyingburrito.com — The Flying Burrito includes steak, shrimp, chicken, cheddar jack cheese, black beans, rice, guacamole and salsa. The menu also includes tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas, fajitas, nachos, salads, rice and bean bowls with various toppings and more. Outdoor seating available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Thu.-Tue. $$
Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; katiesinmidcity.com — The Cajun Cuban with roasted pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard. The eclectic menu also includes char-grilled oysters, sandwiches, burgers, pizza, fried seafood platters, pasta, salads and more. Delivery available. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily. $$
Kilroy’s Bar — Higgins Hotel, 480 Andrew Higgins Blvd., (504) 528-1941; higginshotelnola.com/dining — The all-day bar menu includes sandwiches, soups,
salads, flatbreads and a couple entrees. A muffuletta flatbread is topped with salami, mortadella, capicola, mozzarella and olive salad. No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Mon., dinner daily. $$
Legacy Kitchen’s Craft Tavern — 700 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 613-2350; legacykitchen.com — The menu includes oysters, flatbreads, burgers, sandwiches, salads and sharables plates like NOLA Tot Debris. A slow-cooked pulled pork barbecue sandwich is served with coleslaw on a brioche bun. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$
Legacy Kitchen Steak & Chop — 91 Westbank Expressway, Gretna, (504) 5132606; legacykitchen.com — The selection of steak and chops includes filet mignon, bone-in rib-eye, top sirloin and double pork chops. There also are burgers, salads, pasta, seafood entrees, char-broiled oysters and more. Reservations accepted. Outdoor seating available. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $$ Luzianne Cafe — 481 Girod St., (504) 2651972; luziannecafe.com — Boudin Benedict features two poached eggs over boudin and an English muffin, served with green tomato chow chow and hollandaise. No reservations. Delivery available. Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun. $$
Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; mikimotosushi.com — The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. The menu also has noodle dishes, teriyaki and more. Reservations accepted. Delivery available. Lunch Sun.Fri., dinner daily. $$
Mosca’s — 4137 Highway 90 West, Westwego, (504) 436-8950; moscasrestaurant.com — This family-style eatery serves Italian dishes and specialties including chicken a la grande, shrimp Mosca, baked oysters Mosca and chicken cacciatore. Reservations accepted. Dinner Wed.-Sat. Cash only. $$$
Mother’s Restaurant — 401 Poydras St., (504) 523-9656; mothersrestaurant.net — This counter-service spot serves po-boys dressed with sliced cabbage like the Famous Ferdi filled with ham, roast beef and debris. Creole favorites include jambalaya, crawfish etouffee, red beans and rice and more. Breakfast is available all day. Delivery available. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$
Neyow’s Creole Cafe — 3332 Bienville St., (504) 827-5474; neyows.com — The menu includes red beans and rice with fried chicken or pork chops, as well as shrimp Creole, seafood platters, po-boys, chargrilled and raw oysters, salads and more. Side items include carrot souffle, mac and cheese, cornbread dressing, sweet potato tots and more. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. $$
Nice Guys Bar & Grill — 7910 Earhart Blvd., (504) 302-2404; niceguysbarandgrillnola. com — Char-grilled oysters are topped with cheese and garlic butter, and other options include oysters Rockefeller and loaded oysters. The creative menu also includes seafood bread, a Cajun-lobster potato, wings, quesadillas, burgers, salads, sandwiches, seafood pasta, loaded fries and more. No reservations. Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. $$$
Orleans Grapevine Wine Bar & Bistro — 720 Orleans Ave., (504) 523-1930; orleansgrapevine.com — The wine bar offers cheese boards and appetizers to nosh with wines. The menu
includes Creole pasta with shrimp and andouille in tomato cream sauce. Reservations accepted for large parties. Outdoor seating available. Dinner Thu.-Sun. $$
Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 5231661; palacecafe.com — The contemporary Creole menu includes signature dishes like crabmeat cheesecake with mushrooms and Creole meuniere sauce. There also are steaks, pasta, a burger and Gulf seafood dishes. Outdoor seating available. Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Fri., dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$
Parish Grill — 4650 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 100, Metairie, (504) 345-2878; parishgrill.com — The menu includes burgers, sandwiches, pizza and sauteed andouille with fig dip, blue cheese and toast points. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. $$
Peacock Room — Kimpton Hotel Fontenot, 501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 324-3073; peacockroomnola.com — At brunch, braised short rib grillades are served over grits with mushrooms, a poached egg and shaved truffle. The dinner menu has oysters, salads, pasta, shrimp and grits, a burger, cheese plates and more. Reservations accepted. Dinner Wed.-Mon., brunch Sun. $$
Rosie’s on the Roof — Higgins Hotel, 480 Andrew Higgins Blvd., (504) 528-1941; higginshotelnola.com/dining — The rooftop bar has a menu of sandwiches, burgers and small plates. Crab beignets are made with Gulf crabmeat and mascarpone and served with herb aioli. No reservations. Dinner Mon.-Sat. $$
Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 9343463; tableaufrenchquarter.com — The menu features traditional and creative Creole dishes. Pasta bouillabaisse features squid ink mafaldine, littleneck clams, Gulf shrimp, squid, seafood broth, rouille and herbed breadcrumbs. Outdoor seating available on the balcony. Reservations recommended. Dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Thu.-Sun. $$$
Tacklebox — 817 Common St., (504) 827-1651; legacykitchen.com — The menu includes raw and char-broiled oysters, seafood platters, po-boys, fried chicken, crab and corn bisque and more. Redfish St. Charles is served with garlic-herb butter, asparagus, mushrooms and crawfish cornbread. Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$
Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, Elmwood, (504) 733-3803; 2125 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 510-4282; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 70488 Highway 21, Covington, (985) 234-9420; theospizza.com — A Marilynn Pota Supreme pie is topped with mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, hamburger, mushrooms, bell peppers and onions. There also are salads, sandwiches, wings, breadsticks and more. Delivery available. Lunch and dinner daily. $
The Vintage — 3121 Magazine St., (504) 324-7144; thevintagenola.com — There’s a full coffee drinks menu and baked goods and beignets, as well as a full bar. The menu has flatbreads, cheese boards, small plates and a pressed veggie sandwich with avocado, onions, arugula, red pepper and pepper jack cheese. No reservations. Delivery and outdoor seating available. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. $$
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Modest Mouse
Idiosyncratic indie rocker Isaac Brock and crew return to New Orleans for a show at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at the Orpheum Theater. Modest Mouse has recently been celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album “Good News For People Who Love Bad News,” which broke the band into the mainstream in the early-aughts. But their psychedelic seventh album, “The Golden Casket,” was released in 2021, and recent setlists have run the breadth of their discography. Tickets start at $51.50 via orpheumnola.net.
Black Tense Gala
The Louisiana Afro-Indigenous Society, which organizes the annual NOLA Juneteenth Festival, also hosts the Juneteenth Freedom Gala. This year’s event on Friday, June 20, is themed “Black Tense: Celebrating Black Past, Present and Future” and will honor poet and vocalist Tarriona “Tank” Ball. There will be performances by Alfred Banks and Raion Ramsey as well as an Afrobeats set by DJ Ojay. The gala starts at 7 p.m. at the Andre Cailloux Center on Bayou Road. Tickets are $95 for one and $150 for two via nolajuneteenthfestival.org.
Juneteenth Block Party
The group New Orleans for Community Oversight of Police (NOCOP) hosts a Juneteenth community block party and fundraiser on Thursday, June 19, at Cafe Istanbul. There will be music by James Jordan and the Situation, Richard Rourke, the 8th Ward Pickup Band and Spirit and a DJ set by Adan Michael. There also will be Zumba and macrame workshops, thrift pop-ups, food vendors and raffle items. The party starts at 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 at 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and then $15 for the rest of the night. Find more information at linktr.ee/nocop.
Krampus Alpine Luau
The Krewe of Krampus puts on a short parade of German holiday frights through the Bywater every December. They’re holding their annual summer luau at The Broadside Saturday, June 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. with live music, mermaids, art vendors, an original muumuu contest, photo booth and tiki bar. The Mystery Shipps, Ukulele Jake and Ember Blaize perform. General admission, with taxes and fees, is $37.24 in advance and $48.97 same day via eventbrite.com.
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NuNation Choir
New Orleans musician John Walker Jr. directs the youth and young adults in the NuNation Choir. The group will perform a concert marking Juneteenth at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at the New Orleans Museum of Art. General museum admission applies, which is free on Wednesdays for Louisiana residents. Find more information at noma.org.
Sneaker Ball
Sibil “Fox” and Robert Richardson, a formerly incarcerated couple, host The New Orleans Jazz Museum’s fourth annual Freedom for All Sneaker Ball on Friday, June 20, from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. There will be live music by ANTWIGADEE! and food from Neyow’s Creole Cafe, and an awards ceremony will celebrate “unity and service among couples.” The dress code is black-and-white formal attire and sneakers. Tickets start at $108.55 via eventbrite.com.
‘A Chorus Line’
In the long-running Broadway hit, dancers audition for a spot in a new show. The musical unfolds as the dancers share their personal stories and compete for one of the coveted spots. Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre presents the show at Dixon Hall at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19, through Saturday, June 21, and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 22. Tickets $31.50-$56.50 via liberalarts. tulane.edu/summer-lyric-theatre.
Mold!
Carlo Barbacci and Bronto Montano played in bands in their native Peru, and after both immigrated to the U.S., they reconnected in Miami and started the energetic, noise punk project Mold! in 2017. New Orleans label Community Records will release the quartet’s new album, “III,” in July, and you can catch them with rock band Twen at 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at Gasa Gasa. Tickets are $20.43 via gasagasanola.com.
Bursting
Chicago-based post-hardcore quartet Bursting includes members of the bands Stress Positions, Ands and Coliseum as well as Thou drummer Tyler Coburn. The group released its first EP in December and are on a June tour, with a show at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at The Broadside. Thou and indie rock band Community also perform. All ages. Tickets are $11.66 via broadsidenola.com.
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30/90 Margie Perez, 6 pm; Piano Man ‘G’, 9 pm
ALLWAYS LOUNGE Betsy Propane’s Smokeshow, 7 pm
APPLE BARREL — Mark Appleford, 6 pm; Decaturadio, 10:30 pm
BACCHANAL — Byron Asher, 6 pm
BAMBOULA’S — The New Orleans Rug Cutters, 12 pm; Jon Roniger & The Good For Nothin’ Band, 5:30 pm; Sugar & The Daddies, 9 pm
BANKS STREET BAR — Soul Food Song Share Hosted by Micah McKee, 8 pm
BJ’S LOUNGE Red Beans and Blues with Washboard Chaz & Jonathan Freilich, 9 pm
BUFFA’S — David Doucet, 7 pm
CAFE NEGRIL — Gumbo Funk, 7:30 pm
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Sweet spot
by Will Coviello
IT’S NOT A PROBLEM, but comedian Amber Autry says she may be too relatable.
“A woman came up to me after a show and said, ‘Yeah, my mom’s a crack whore, too!’ ” Autry says. “I was like, ‘Wait, I never said that.’ ”
She makes jokes about her family all the time, and they get along fine, Autry says. She’ll have more to share about them at shows Friday and Saturday at Sports Drink.
Autry is arriving New Orleans fresh off the June 9 release of a short set on the “Introducing…” series for Netflix is a Joke. In it, her longtime boyfriend and now fiancé gets a lot of attention.
“I am glad I can focus on him right now because I don’t have kids,” she says. “I’m going to get ’em back. But right now, I don’t have kids.”
She’s kidding, but it’s a bit she leans into, suggesting her upbringing in small-town Tennessee was dysfunctional or backwoodsy.
In fact, it was more of an enlightened enclave, she says. Her parents took her to theater productions and cultural events. And they indulged her putting on shows, imitating her favorite performers, like Jim Carrey. Like him, she has a flair for exaggerated facial expressions and slipping into silly voices or caricatures.
After college, she moved to Chicago to be part of the comedy scene, and she took classes in improv and sketch comedy at Second City. But it was an open mic where she discovered her love of stand-up. A busking musician encouraged her to give an open mic a try.
“It was all musicians,” she says. “But I wrote way too much and was like, ‘Let’s see what happens.’ ”
It went well, and she became a comedy club regular, getting on stage as many as eight times a night.
When the pandemic hit and Chicago venues shut down, she moved back to Tennessee, where entertainment spots were open. She settled in Nashville and became a regular at the comedy club Zanies, where she still has a featured monthly show. It’s also where she auditioned for the Netflix spot.
She’s working on a full special that she’ll self-release, as well as pursuing acting projects.
Comedy wasn’t always easy, and she almost quit. Performing exposed a problem with “reassurance seeking,” she says.
“No matter how well a set went, I’d come off stage and obsess, ‘Do you
think I did OK?’ ” she says. “I would ruminate for days. I was exhausted. I’d be asking my friends or family if I did OK, and they looked exhausted.” Autry got help in therapy, and that gave her another idea. She had seen plenty of other comics beating themselves up backstage over performances. So she went on the internet and searched “trauma therapy.” That brought up therapist Melanie Reese, and Autry called her about being on a new podcast.
“I was like, ‘I’m not asking you to be on my podcast,’ ” she says. “”I’m asking you to co-host it.’ ”
Now, on “I’m Fine, It’s Fine,” they talk about all sorts of subjects related to mental health and avoiding selfharm. Sometimes they talk to other comics about their stage lives and fears. Feedback has shown it helped others, she says. At shows, audience members have thanked her after choosing to seek help through therapy for themselves. Now she only has to worry about trifling addictions, like the Chantilly cake at Bywater Bakery, she says. The bakery is one of the highlights of trips to perform in New Orleans, she says, and it’s one of the reasons her fiancé joins her for local shows.
“I eat cake for breakfast” when she’s in town, she says. “I love the Chantilly cake and the crawfish bread.”
Amber Autry performs at 7 & 9 p.m. Friday, June 20, and Saturday, June 21, at Sports Drink. Tickets are $29.95
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Culture tripping
by Will Coviello
IN HIS DEBUT FEATURE, “UNDERGROUND ORANGE,” writer/ director/actor Michael Taylor Jackson stars as a backpacking traveler on a quixotic mission. The Californian arrives in Buenos Aires to find the grave site of the French-born Argentine pirate Hipolito Bouchard, who in 1818 reached Monterey and claimed it, briefly flying the Argentine flag there.
While Jackson’s character, dubbed Yanqui (or Yankee), finds the grave, his trip is quickly upended as thieves swipe his passport and money. He ends up sleeping in the graveyard, where he meets some eccentric young Argentinians, who live as an intimate group, make films and plays and flirt with political action.
Jackson is on a limited U.S. tour with the film, which is mostly in Spanish with English subtitles. He’ll attend and do Q&As after two screenings at Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge on June 20-21. Also, there’s a drag show featuring Laveau Contraire and Debbie with a D after the screening on Friday.
In the graveyard, Yanqui watches the Argentinians shooting a film about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with Rivera played by a woman with a drawn-on mustache. They take him back to the massive warehouse space where they live in bohemian style. It’s owned by Frida, whose family has money, but the group lives there communally, including the orange-haired Paty, the dour Goya, who is uncomfortable with Yanqui joining them, and Dante.
As he settles in with the group, Yanqui realizes they’re very open personally. Jackson has described the film as gender fluid, and any two of the group seem like they could be lovers at any given time. Yanqui seems to fit in naturally.
One role he didn’t expect to be cast into is playing Henry Kissinger in a drama they are finishing. He barely knows who the U.S. statesman was, but the Argentines’ play is a mock trial for war crimes, specifically about Kissinger’s support for a junta in Argentina that lead to thousands of deaths and disappearances and crippling debt for the nation. Yanqui is uncomfortable that he is associated with the past U.S. government interference. With his upcoming passport appointment at the U.S. embassy, the group
also considers his access an opportunity for a political statement.
The group opens the play in another fanciful warehouse space, and the politics seem less like a point of controversy than just context of the art scene where he’s landed. The underground cultural scene is more about social connections and expressions of identity through fashion, sexuality and some politics.
“Underground Orange” is part comedy and part drama. It’s much more about Yanqui’s misfortunes and serendipitous friendships than greater issues. The film’s odd charm is its gentle cultural exchange, across borders, language and more. Jackson’s treatment allows for a lot of personality while also seeing how individuals fit into the bigger picture.
The cinematography is brilliant from blazing yellow-red sunsets on the coast to the color bursts of graffiti-covered art spaces, dyed-hair, candy-colored makeup and the recycling chic of the collective’s clothes and living space.
As Yanqui, Jackson is wide-eyed about his journey, and as a director he’s interested in the figures he’s cast around him. Argentine actress Vera Spinetta is the spirited ringleader Frida, and Sofia Gala Castiglione plays the engaging Paty. Bel Gatti is a non-binary drag king performer in Buenos Aires who plays Goya. Dante is the Argentine actor, singer and poet Gianluca Zonzini.
Jackson grew up in California, intrigued by the story of the pirate Bouchard. He went to art school in Buenos Aires before getting into film and relocating to New York to make films that have largely explored diversity.
“Underground Orange” screens at Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge. Tickets $10. For information, visit zeitgeistnola.org.
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loss. Then New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu, in many a ways a civil rights pioneer in his own right, absolved the city of its apathy towards the emergency by declaring, “I was not aware of any lack of concern in the community.” Loss upon loss upon loss, leading to loss of memory.
Forty-nine short years later, in 2022, the New Orleans City Council unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for its abdication of leadership following the 1973 Up Stairs Lounge tragedy and read aloud the name of every Up Stairs Lounge victim in the Council Chamber as mourned members of the community. Although the lives of those 32 victims will be senselessly and totally lost forever, the Council’s gesture marked an indelible moment of recovery for a significant piece of New Orleans history.
Last April, the bronze memorial plaque demarcating the historic site of the Up Stairs Lounge catastrophe was pried up and stolen by a careless scrap metal thief who’d never heard the Up Stairs Lounge story. Loss. It had taken the New Orleans queer community 30 years to navigate the fog of grief and raise the necessary funds to pour that initial bronze and commemorate that first historic marker on June 24, 2003. Recovery. The first plaque shined in place and educated the public for nearly 20 years before being desecrated by an act of ignorance cloaked as economic necessity as well as the illusory divisions lingering between one community and another in the Big Easy. Loss.
First responders look over the damage caused by a fire inside the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans on June 24, 1973.
Yet, the New Orleans queer and queer-allied communities needed only days after recovering from shock of such defacement of sacred ground to re-found a community group specifically dedicated to replacing the marker. Recovery. And that community group, called the Up Stairs Lounge Memorial Plaque Replacement Committee and of which I am proud to call myself a member, needed just one year to raise the requisite funds to pour the bronze again and reinstall the plaque at the site of what is now recognized as the most significant event in the history of the LGBT+ South. Recovery.
One June 22, 2025, all are invited to bear witness to the rededication of the memorial plaque honoring the victims of, survivors of and families affected by the 1973 Up Stairs Lounge fire. In the spirit of the Up Stairs Lounge patrons, who often sang an anthem called “United We Stand” around the white baby grand piano of their beloved bar, New Orleanians will stand together in Pride on Iberville Street. We, in the queer and queer-allied community, not only lose together in solidarity and grief (Oh, we’ve mastered that trip). We also recover together, shoulder to shoulder, to reach to new heights. Let the Second Line commence, and Happy Pride!
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