feedback please on oak st.in the carrollton/riverbend neighborhood

[papafrog]

wondering about everyones experiences in this great neighborhood......
thanks so much.....papa

[ibjamn]

That's a great area, Maple St. too.

[Moon]

I used to love to hit that hood on a good night. Back in the early to mid 90's you had Jimmy's, Muddy Waters, and the Maple Leaf all within a two block radius. I'd go early and get stamped at all three places and just wander between them.

[papafrog]

I used to love to hit that hood on a good night. Back in the early to mid 90's you had Jimmy's, Muddy Waters, and the Maple Leaf all within a two block radius. I'd go early and get stamped at all three places and just wander between them.

thanks Jenn.....i seem to have an affinity for it also....
ey Moon can you please tell me a little about Jimmys and Muddy Waters...
tanks...

[Carolina Beadhead]

wondering about everyones experiences in this great neighborhood......
thanks so much.....papa

The friend I used to stay with lived on Dublin. We loved staying there within walking distance of Maple Leaf and Carrollton Station... not to mention all the restaurants, including Jacques Imo's and the Daquiri place down at the bend. :D

[AtPontchartrain]

The friend I used to stay with lived on Dublin. We loved staying there within walking distance of Maple Leaf and Carrollton Station... not to mention all the restaurants, including Jacques Imo's and the Daquiri place down at the bend. :D

In the fifties and into the sixties, you didn't need to go downtown or out to Barkers in Jefferson. You had all the clothes stores and hardware stores, groceries at the HG Hill store, Arnaud's soda fountain, Stoutz Sporting Goods, a Royal Castle & Toddle House and everything else you needed right there ... and a K&B on the corner. During the '75 gas shortage the station on Oak at the RR tracks was the first place I ever paid over 50 cents a gallon, and I vowed I'd never pay that much again!!

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And from at least the early 60's, Williams Plum Street Snowballs, which is one of two or three such stands that ought to be declared national treasures.

[papafrog]

In the fifties and into the sixties, you didn't need to go downtown or out to Barkers in Jefferson. You had all the clothes stores and hardware stores, groceries at the HG Hill store, Arnaud's soda fountain, Stoutz Sporting Goods, a Royal Castle & Toddle House and everything else you needed right there ... and a K&B on the corner. During the '75 gas shortage the station on Oak at the RR tracks was the first place I ever paid over 50 cents a gallon, and I vowed I'd never pay that much again!!

tanks ATP i was hoping you would respond....im sure youve been to Oak st.
in the past few years, but if not, it has almost all of those types of
businesses now, and plenty of new ones....altho im not sure of the
gas prices at the station there.......frenchy the artists has his gallery there..
zotz is open 24 hours....oak st. cafe has charles farmer playing jazz piano for breakfast everyday.....theres a full service barber, several ladies salons,
hardware.....a new gelato/panini place....so many restaurants, and other stores...etc...i love that the levee bike/jogging trail is right there...
the 1st annual Po Boy fest is there this sunday.....noon-6....2 stages,
plenty of music, food,etc....a kids area, po boy juding ,etc..
http://www.poboyfest.com/

[papafrog]

The friend I used to stay with lived on Dublin. We loved staying there within walking distance of Maple Leaf and Carrollton Station... not to mention all the restaurants, including Jacques Imo's and the Daquiri place down at the bend. :D

i tend to forget about those places for some reason....but they certainly
add to the hood big time...still havent eaten in JacqueImomos....
but have slurped some ersters at Cooters.....

[AtPontchartrain]

Po Boy Fest is the best idea for a festival in years. It's got an alarm set in my PDA to remind me!!

[papafrog]

Po Boy Fest is the best idea for a festival in years. It's got an alarm set in my PDA to remind me!!

by the way its sunday, not saturday...i changed my post to reflect the correction...

[Jaypee]

Papa - I'm sure it will be a great time!

Thanks for the link...I am at work and just printed the "SOS" poster. I taped it to my file cabinet next to my large framed "Doors of the French Quarter" print.

[freebo]

Another nice thing:

If'n ya needs to get to Jefferson Parish, you can sneak right down Oak to get to River Road (Southport Hall is just off River Rd.)

It gets a little busy there during rush hour, but it's a great 'back door' into or out of New Orleans.

[AtPontchartrain]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[BigDag]

Yeah, it's still one of my favorite parts of town; but the street itself really needs attention, especially down by the River Road. I almost broke an axle last time I drove down there.

[papafrog]

Another nice thing:

If'n ya needs to get to Jefferson Parish, you can sneak right down Oak to get to River Road (Southport Hall is just off River Rd.)

It gets a little busy there during rush hour, but it's a great 'back door' into or out of New Orleans.

yyr, thats a real nice scenic route, freebo...

[Headless Hornman]

Yeah, it's still one of my favorite parts of town; but the street itself really needs attention, especially down by the River Road. I almost broke an axle last time I drove down there.

Which reminds me of a night I don't remember well in 1985. Coworker was leaving town the next day to go to a 3 month school in Houston. So we started the night out at Cooter Brown's. Mike parked his truck across the tracks next to the levee. When we left he said he could 4-wheel over the tracks. Got hung up on the second one. Called a wrecker; he was blocking half of Tchoupitoulas and pulling on the winch so hard Mike's truck was lifting a wheel off the ground, yet not moving. I figured out what was up, had the tow truck stop pulling, and reached under the truck to pull half the driveshaft out (and toss it in the back). Oh, and a train was coming.

Had the tow truck drop it that Shell? station at Carollton and St. Charles. Since we were cabbing it now it was time to really start drinking. Mike had a huge King Cake in the truck to take to Houston; since it wouldn't do well in the truck for a few weeks we brought it along in the cab. Munched as much as we could on the way to the Quarter, left the rest for the cabby. Then a long time at the Dungeon, breakfast at Molly's next door, Mike paused from his jambalya omellete to projectile vomit in the men's room, then came back to the table and finished it. Taxi back to the West Bank (daylight now), I was so wasted I couldn't get the door unlocked. Was content to sleep on the front porch, but Mike grabbed the keys--"dumbass, that's a Ford key!"

Poor guy still had to drive to Houston later that day.

[SteveMiami]

wondering about everyones experiences in this great neighborhood......
thanks so much.....papa

Yeah u rite me too... Riverbend area has some good music joints.

Jimmys, Carrollton Station, Muddy Waters and Maple Leaf were a few weeks worth of great music in one night. Oh man I forgot some fond memories hanging off the railing upstairs at Muddy's during the Blacktop Blues-a-rama. Is Muddy Waters still sitting vacant? Last time I drove by some display racks were in there but didn't see plans to open anything up.

Don't tell anyone about Madigan's a few blocks over. First place I saw John Mooney play too many years ago. It is a nice neighborhood bar, don't tell dem tourists about it ;) also frequented the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen across the street. Sometimes you just need pizza, no matter where you are.

[NYMAMA]

Which reminds me of a night I don't remember well in 1985. Coworker was leaving town the next day to go to a 3 month school in Houston. So we started the night out at Cooter Brown's. Mike parked his truck across the tracks next to the levee. When we left he said he could 4-wheel over the tracks. Got hung up on the second one. Called a wrecker; he was blocking half of Tchoupitoulas and pulling on the winch so hard Mike's truck was lifting a wheel off the ground, yet not moving. I figured out what was up, had the tow truck stop pulling, and reached under the truck to pull half the driveshaft out (and toss it in the back). Oh, and a train was coming.

Had the tow truck drop it that Shell? station at Carollton and St. Charles. Since we were cabbing it now it was time to really start drinking. Mike had a huge King Cake in the truck to take to Houston; since it wouldn't do well in the truck for a few weeks we brought it along in the cab. Munched as much as we could on the way to the Quarter, left the rest for the cabby. Then a long time at the Dungeon, breakfast at Molly's next door, Mike paused from his jambalya omellete to projectile vomit in the men's room, then came back to the table and finished it. Taxi back to the West Bank (daylight now), I was so wasted I couldn't get the door unlocked. Was content to sleep on the front porch, but Mike grabbed the keys--"dumbass, that's a Ford key!"

Poor guy still had to drive to Houston later that day.

ROFLMAO:D :eek: :D

[papafrog]

Yeah u rite me too... Riverbend area has some good music joints.

Jimmys, Carrollton Station, Muddy Waters and Maple Leaf were a few weeks worth of great music in one night. Oh man I forgot some fond memories hanging off the railing upstairs at Muddy's during the Blacktop Blues-a-rama. Is Muddy Waters still sitting vacant? Last time I drove by some display racks were in there but didn't see plans to open anything up.

Don't tell anyone about Madigan's a few blocks over. First place I saw John Mooney play too many years ago. It is a nice neighborhood bar, don't tell dem tourists about it ;) also frequented the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen across the street. Sometimes you just need pizza, no matter where you are.
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im not sure of the adress of Muddys, but its not reopened...i think
i know where it is....but not sure........the street could prolly
use some street musicians like the ones on frenchmen or royal st....
sounds like yall had some big time fun out in the furthest reaches
of orleans parish...at one time i heard there was gambling there
like 100 years ago....and at one time it was a separate city, later
incoroporated into orleans parish...

[SteveMiami]

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im not sure of the adress of Muddys, but its not reopened...i think
i know where it is....but not sure........the street could prolly
use some street musicians like the ones on frenchmen or royal st....
sounds like yall had some big time fun out in the furthest reaches
of orleans parish...at one time i heard there was gambling there
like 100 years ago....and at one time it was a separate city, later
incoroporated into orleans parish...

I think it was the city of Carrollton... and I'm not saying anything but I hear gambling is/was over the tracks in Jeff Parish. :eek:

[papafrog]

I think it was the city of Carrollton... and I'm not saying anything but I hear gambling is/was over the tracks in Jeff Parish. :eek:

yea u rite...it was the city of carrollton...
heres some info on muddy waters club..
Muddy Water's, 8301 Oak Street, uptown, 866-7174.
Featuring local music, including regular gigs by George Porter Jr. and Runnin' Pardners, and Cyril Neville & the Uptown All-Stars. Located across the street and about half a block from Maple Leaf...

[papafrog]

Papa - I'm sure it will be a great time!

Thanks for the link...I am at work and just printed the "SOS" poster. I taped it to my file cabinet next to my large framed "Doors of the French Quarter" print.


it should be....heres a list of the bands...
* The Iguanas
* Papa Grows Funk
* Walter "Wolfman" Washington
* Charles Farmer Group
* Kevin O'Day Band
* Delta Blue
* Los Poboycitos
* Shamarr Allen

[ibjamn]

I have great memories of that area. In the 80s I lived above the fabric store on Oak. Like Moon, I'd get stamped at Jimmy's, Maple Leaf, but also Jed's on Oak and go between four bars (including Carrolton Station) all night. Anyone remember Jed Palmer who owned Jed's & F&M Pation bar on Tchoupitoulas? He was a nut and a half.

[papafrog]

I have great memories of that area. In the 80s I lived above the fabric store on Oak. Like Moon, I'd get stamped at Jimmy's, Maple Leaf, but also Jed's on Oak and go between four bars (including Carrolton Station) all night. Anyone remember Jed Palmer who owned Jed's & F&M Pation bar on Tchoupitoulas? He was a nut and a half.

Jen did they have mid summer mardi gras back then on oak st, like they do now?....im sure then youve been in the antique clothing store a few doors
down from zots...i think its called On the other Hand?
never had the pleasure to have met Jed....but ive lived within a block of that
placed twice now....and the grits bar is right there also....

[rosetree]

I have great memories of that area. In the 80s I lived above the fabric store on Oak. Like Moon, I'd get stamped at Jimmy's, Maple Leaf, but also Jed's on Oak and go between four bars (including Carrolton Station) all night. Anyone remember Jed Palmer who owned Jed's & F&M Pation bar on Tchoupitoulas? He was a nut and a half.

If I remember, F&M had a great jukebox!

[ibjamn]

If I remember, F&M had a great jukebox!

I think Jed's son may own that bar now, did it re-open after the thing? I don't remember the mid-summer thing, I think that's a fairly new thing. But, yeah, F&M & POC have to be the 2 best juke boxes in town.

[grisgris]

it should be....heres a list of the bands...
* The Iguanas
* Papa Grows Funk
* Walter "Wolfman" Washington
* Charles Farmer Group
* Kevin O'Day Band
* Delta Blue
* Los Poboycitos
* Shamarr Allen

What a great music line up. Damn I wish I lived in NOLA.

[funkkjunkie]

YYR, grisgris. Me too.

[Montana]

maple leaf and jack's.
the best music and the best food.
bonearama at 3 am.
yee haaawwww.

[Corona]

Which reminds me of a night I don't remember well in 1985. Coworker was leaving town the next day to go to a 3 month school in Houston. So we started the night out at Cooter Brown's. Mike parked his truck across the tracks next to the levee. When we left he said he could 4-wheel over the tracks. Got hung up on the second one. Called a wrecker; he was blocking half of Tchoupitoulas and pulling on the winch so hard Mike's truck was lifting a wheel off the ground, yet not moving. I figured out what was up, had the tow truck stop pulling, and reached under the truck to pull half the driveshaft out (and toss it in the back). Oh, and a train was coming.

Had the tow truck drop it that Shell? station at Carollton and St. Charles. Since we were cabbing it now it was time to really start drinking. Mike had a huge King Cake in the truck to take to Houston; since it wouldn't do well in the truck for a few weeks we brought it along in the cab. Munched as much as we could on the way to the Quarter, left the rest for the cabby. Then a long time at the Dungeon, breakfast at Molly's next door, Mike paused from his jambalya omellete to projectile vomit in the men's room, then came back to the table and finished it. Taxi back to the West Bank (daylight now), I was so wasted I couldn't get the door unlocked. Was content to sleep on the front porch, but Mike grabbed the keys--"dumbass, that's a Ford key!"

Poor guy still had to drive to Houston later that day.
now that's a party lol!!!

I've only been up to Oak St. for Jacques Imos and for the Maple Leaf but it looks so damn pretty! The Po Boy fest sounds wonderful :)

[Moon]

I saw many a sunrise from the F&M. It seemed most good nights ended up with a breakfast/bloody Mary stop there before heading home. Caught a ride back to our hotel from there one morning with the bread man. It seems the Bayou Plaza was his next stop.

[Headless Hornman]

I saw many a sunrise from the F&M. It seemed most good nights ended up with a breakfast/bloody Mary stop there before heading home.

I remember being in F&M and it was just going off, standing room only, music blasting, 8 or 10 people dancing on top of a pool table with the ceiling tiles pushed out of the way to make room for their heads. Then I stepped outside and it was a Twilight Zone moment--bright sun, birds chirping, people going to church in their Sunday best.

I've got a strip of photos from that morning of 5 of us crammed in the photo booth.

[Moon]

thanks Jenn.....i seem to have an affinity for it also....
ey Moon can you please tell me a little about Jimmys and Muddy Waters...
tanks...

Jimmy's was on Willow(I think)right across from Carollton Station and the streetcar barn. It had a huge presence during JF with great shows every night. Mostly rock and blues. I saw Michael Keaton in there one night and kept calling him Mr.Mom. Muddy Waters was around the corner up the block from the Leaf. It mostly featured locals and blues artists during JF. It got flooded and never re-opened. I don't know what lead to Jimmy's closing. perhaps locals can fill us in.

[freebo]

Hmm,

I think I need to start hanging out more with ol' Headless...

He knows where the GOOD parties are. :D

[ibjamn]

Jimmy's was on Willow(I think)right across from Carollton Station and the streetcar barn. It had a huge presence during JF with great shows every night. Mostly rock and blues. I saw Michael Keaton in there one night and kept calling him Mr.Mom. Muddy Waters was around the corner up the block from the Leaf. It mostly featured locals and blues artists during JF. It got flooded and never re-opened. I don't know what lead to Jimmy's closing. perhaps locals can fill us in.

Gawd, how I loved Jimmy's! Jimmy Anselmo sold the club in 2000, but even for a few years before that, they had only occasional shows or special events, a mere shadow of it's former self. The last I heard of Jimmy, was Thanksgiving 2005, he hosted a show at Southport to remember all the clubs he had owned over the years as a benefit for Children's Hosp. (Coed's & Quasimodos are 2 other of his old clubs.)

[Headless Hornman]

Jimmy's was on Willow(I think)right across from Carollton Station and the streetcar barn.

If memory serves it was 8200 Willow. The phone number for the concert schedule message was (something)-8200. The voice (Jimmy?) is as stuck-in-my head as the guy in the cooler at the Fest gates.

Gotta love a bar that had a vending machine in the men's room with only two items--rubbers and rolling papers.

[Headless Hornman]

Hmm,

I think I need to start hanging out more with ol' Headless...

He knows where the GOOD parties are. :D

Two words: chicken train!

[freebo]

Yeah.

You.

RIGHT!

I'd go back, but last time I was there, Sasquatch stole m' girlfriend!

[papafrog]

anyone ever go to the sunday afternoon poetry readings at maple leaf,
or see Booker play there?