During the dark, dry years of prohibition, enterprising men would embark on a nautical journey 12 miles out to sea to escape US jurisdiction. There, in international waters, sat hulking ships filled to the brim with rum, whiskey, and gin. Luckily, the failed experiment known as Prohibition is behind us, but going to 12 Mile [...]
Tag Archives: bars
Dining Out: 12 Mile Limit
July 1, 2011 – 12:22 am
By Peter Thriffiley & Rene Louapre
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Posted in OffBeat Eats
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Also tagged 12 Mile Limit, barbecue, cocktails, Debbie Does Doberge, Mid-City, restaurants
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Dining Out: Kanno
February 1, 2011 – 12:18 am
The numerous watering holes that populate Fat City may be holding on for dear life amidst the current parish ordinance overhaul, but one local business which expects to remain unbothered by these changes is Kanno Sushi Bar. Patrons of this unassuming purveyor of fresh fish have no reason to start trouble in the area, as [...]
By Peter Thriffiley & Rene Louapre
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Posted in OffBeat Eats
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Also tagged Japanese, Kanno, restaurants, sushi
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Donna’s—With A New Name
October 7, 2010 – 2:07 pm
Donna’s On Rampart—the old Donna’s Bar & Grill, which closed in August—has been leased by optometrist Dr. Eugene Oppman, who also owns the Carver Theater on Orleans Avenue. Oppman started his optometry career in the Carver Theater in 1987 and operated a clinic there until Hurricane Katrina hit. Morris Kahn, a tax specialist who’s working [...]
Goodbye Donna’s
October 1, 2010 – 12:03 am
It’s not all that surprising that Donna’s Bar and Grill, the Rampart Street club beloved by New Orleans music followers around the globe, closed its doors this summer. The joint was in disrepair, and Charlie Sims, the primary force behind the club for years, had turned 75 and had grown tired. “The owners wouldn’t repair [...]
By Tom McDermott
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Posted in Fresh
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Also tagged brass bands, Charlie Sims, clubs, Donna Poniatowski, Donna's Bar & Grill, jazz, north rampart street
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Donna’s Gone
September 1, 2010 – 12:07 am
Donna’s closed last month. “We turned in our license,” said the club’s namesake, Donna Poniatowski. “When we went to city hall the lady told me, ‘Now there won’t be any live music on North Rampart Street.’” Poniatowski and husband Charlie Sims closed Donna’s because of the condition of the building. “It’s in horrible shape,” she [...]
The Ends of Eras
September 1, 2010 – 12:02 am
I’ve heard older people say many times that they’re lonelier because all of their friends have passed on. Once they’re gone, all you have are memories. It’s the nature of life: things change, people die, old familiar faces and places pass away. That happened this month, with the passing of someone I was proud to [...]
By Jan Ramsey
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Posted in Mojo Mouth
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Also tagged Donna's, Herman Leonard, north rampart street, photography
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Another One Bites the Dust?
December 28, 2009 – 5:26 pm
I haven’t figured out why the club across the street from my office–currently called “La Maison de la Musique,” formerly “Ray’s Room,” hasn’t been able to make it on Frenchmen Street. With all the foot traffic and the people who come down this way, opening a music club should be a shoo-in, if it’s done [...]
By Jan V. Ramsey
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Posted in Blogs
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Also tagged Blue Nile, frenchmen street, La Maison
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The Renovation of The Hookah
November 16, 2009 – 6:45 pm
The Hookah Cafe, once a stalwart of Frenchmen Street until it was quickly forced to shutter its windows this spring, just reopened a couple weeks ago at a brand new location in the French Quarter, at 309 Decatur St. The club, now called just The Hookah, is located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of [...]
Pat O’Brien’s: The Songs Remain the Same
December 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
On Halloween night, Pat O’Brien’s piano bar was packed with costumed quaffers getting wild and singing along drunkenly to everything from “Elvira” to “Rocket Man.” A guy dressed as an oil rig worker came up to the piano and handed Amy Trail a note written on a napkin. Trail read the note: “I want to [...]
By John Swenson
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Posted in Features
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Also tagged french quarter, hurricane, pat o'briens, Piano
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Spare Parts July/August 1991
July 1, 1991 – 12:01 am
Greetings, gates, and welcome back to another heaping helping of Spare Parts. I just returned from New Yawk City and the Louisiana influences were all over the place. I caught a great set by the Bluerunners at CBGB’s in the Bowery. Then I spent some time at the American Booksellers Association Convention where I just [...]
