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Guest
The Sugar Bowl game may get really unpleasant for the Irish, so I thought it only right to suggest a few watering holes & off-the-beat restaurants where our soon-to-be guests might have a decent time.
Before the Game:
Tailgating AT LSU is an exceptional experience, and the park-like beauty of the campus adds a lot to it. Trying to tailgate on the concrete of downtown New Orleans is another thing entirely.
Until this season, hardly anyone ever made an effort to tailgate for Saints games downtown. This year, however, more and more fans will simply parallel-park their cars, open the hatch, and crack open a cooler with food and drink to enjoy on the sidewalk. (Our only real "open container" law is that your beer can't be in a bottle if you are strolling the streets with it - it must be in a can or a plastic cup.)
All that being said, it would probably be more fun for y'all to visit one of the multitude of bars or restaurants within easy walking distance of the Superdome. More fun for us too. We love nothing more than to buy a Yankee tourist a beer, then spend an hour & a half telling him why his football team is going to be Tiger Bait.
Y'all can find some good (cheap) food & atmosphere at a couple of places that are away from the French Quarter but still within a half-mile of the Superdome:
Voodoo BBQ on St Charles Avenue
Ugly Dog BBQ on Tchoupitoulas Street
Lucy's Retired Surfers' Bar (Mexican Food) on Tchoupitoulas.
In the 100 block of Baronne Street (just across Canal from the Quarter) is a hole-in-the-wall called Cajun Mike's Bar & Grill, which serves a killer gumbo, fried seafood, and a "cochon de lait" (pulled pork) po-boy that would make you slap yo' mama to get.
Just across Canal Street from the French Quarter, in the 100 block of St. Charles Av. is Serio's Deli. The place serves outstanding po-boys. The owner is a major Tiger fan, and has the place decorated with sports memorabilia, including at least one helmet from every team that has played in the Sugar Bowl over the past 30 years - and then some.
Check out "The Eye of the Storm" mini documentary about LSU's hurricane season at this site:
video.google.com/videopla...2890&q=lsu
(There's even some footage of Serio's deli & interviews w/ owners.)
Have a great time, y'all (except for the game, of course).
Before the Game:
Tailgating AT LSU is an exceptional experience, and the park-like beauty of the campus adds a lot to it. Trying to tailgate on the concrete of downtown New Orleans is another thing entirely.
Until this season, hardly anyone ever made an effort to tailgate for Saints games downtown. This year, however, more and more fans will simply parallel-park their cars, open the hatch, and crack open a cooler with food and drink to enjoy on the sidewalk. (Our only real "open container" law is that your beer can't be in a bottle if you are strolling the streets with it - it must be in a can or a plastic cup.)
All that being said, it would probably be more fun for y'all to visit one of the multitude of bars or restaurants within easy walking distance of the Superdome. More fun for us too. We love nothing more than to buy a Yankee tourist a beer, then spend an hour & a half telling him why his football team is going to be Tiger Bait.
Y'all can find some good (cheap) food & atmosphere at a couple of places that are away from the French Quarter but still within a half-mile of the Superdome:
Voodoo BBQ on St Charles Avenue
Ugly Dog BBQ on Tchoupitoulas Street
Lucy's Retired Surfers' Bar (Mexican Food) on Tchoupitoulas.
In the 100 block of Baronne Street (just across Canal from the Quarter) is a hole-in-the-wall called Cajun Mike's Bar & Grill, which serves a killer gumbo, fried seafood, and a "cochon de lait" (pulled pork) po-boy that would make you slap yo' mama to get.
Just across Canal Street from the French Quarter, in the 100 block of St. Charles Av. is Serio's Deli. The place serves outstanding po-boys. The owner is a major Tiger fan, and has the place decorated with sports memorabilia, including at least one helmet from every team that has played in the Sugar Bowl over the past 30 years - and then some.
Check out "The Eye of the Storm" mini documentary about LSU's hurricane season at this site:
video.google.com/videopla...2890&q=lsu
(There's even some footage of Serio's deli & interviews w/ owners.)
Have a great time, y'all (except for the game, of course).
