The French Quarter

[Tahuyaman]

I hung out in the Quarter in college and law school. There use to be an Irish Pub, off the beaten path- mostly locals drank there. It closed, not sure when...

Pat O'Briens?

[Mister D]

I like it, except for the fried food.

In moderation, sir. Some of the food is heavy. I did wince at my brother's mother in law's crawfish casserole but it was delicious and I was on vacation so...

[Peter1469]

Pat O'Briens?

It was called Fitzgeralds. Although I have spent some time at Pat O'Brians. Too many people there for me. Once when I was in NOLA for several days I met a lesbian couple there. We drank- a lot. On the second night the little cute one put her cap on my head, kissed me, and told me she didn't want to be a lesbian that night. She wasn't. Her girlfriend was furious.

[Peter1469]

In moderation, sir. Some of the food is heavy. I did wince at my brother's mother in law's crawfish casserole but it was delicious and I was on vacation so...

When you live there it is hard to keep moderate with fried food. On Airline Highway, just past the Parish border is the best Po-Boy shop in the area. I love their shrimp Po-Boys. They add so much shrimp and what falls out as you eat it is enough for a good snack latter on.

[Mister D]

When you live there it is hard to keep moderate with fried food. On Airline Highway, just past the Parish border is the best Po-Boy shop in the area. I love their shrimp Po-Boys. They add so much shrimp and what falls out as you eat it is enough for a good snack latter on.

I have to admit I don't like the bread that's usually offered. I prefer rustic Italian bread.

[Peter1469]

I have to admit I don't like the bread that's usually offered. I prefer rustic Italian bread.

Different food cultures. I like both.

[Tahuyaman]

Oh, but they have. New Orleans was majority white (a vanilla city lol) in 1970.

Maybe in places.

[Tahuyaman]

It was called Fitzgeralds. Although I have spent some time at Pat O'Brians. Too many people there for me. Once when I was in NOLA for several days I met a lesbian couple there. We drank- a lot. On the second night the little cute one put her cap on my head, kissed me, and told me she didn't want to be a lesbian that night. She wasn't. Her girlfriend was furious.

Pat O'Brian's was never crowded when I was there, but that was in the mornings for Bloody Mary's.

[Peter1469]

A neat historic fact about NOLA is that a lot of poor people inherited the houses of their parents and those houses were paid off long ago. All they have to do is keep up with property taxes to keep the place. And then find money for services like electricity, water, cable, etc. In law school I lived in one of those hoods and helped dig trenches to bury cable lines spliced from someone else. It was third world stuff- several people sharing one account.

[Peter1469]

Pat O'Brian's was never crowded when I was there, but that was in the mornings for Bloody Mary's.

In the afternoons and nights it is totally crammed with people.