Quote:
Originally Posted by Botnst
Subject: LITTLE NEW ORLEANS HISTORY
Ya'll try this test. I'ts harder than you might think.
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Answers:
1- C. Louie Armstrong
2- A. Regal and Jax
3- D. Pontchartrain Expressway
4- A. A roller coaster
5- C. Mr. Bingle
6- B. St. Louis #1
7- B. a furniture store
8- C. John Pela
9- B. Monkey Hill
10- B. Cabildo
11- C. Carrollton and Tulane
12- D. Tulane Stadium
13- A. Ruthie
14- D. West End
15- C. Bayou St. John
16- A. Old Square
17- B. Old Ursuline Convent
18- A. Metairie
19- C. The Garden District
20- B. A directory of Storyville Brothels
21- A. Art
22- A. Dr. John
23- B. Avocado
24- A. Katz and Besthoff
25- D. Morgus The Magnificent
26- B. Pontchartrain Beach
27- B. Frogman
28- D. Charlie Douglas & the Road Gang
29- B. Romper Room
30- D. Milneburg
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Good one! I was able to answer about 27 of 'em (didn't know about the Neville Bros. or about the avocado, etc.). I'll quibble and say that the Cabildo, La Petit Theatre, and the Upper Pontalba apartment building are
all just to the uptown side of the cathedral, but of course the question meant "What building is
right next to the Cathedral on the uptown side?" And while I recall Regal beer signs everywhere during my grade school days, I don't recall the Regal brewery. (A Google search tells me it was in the 300 block of Bourbon, where the Royal Sonesta hotel stands today.)
I'd have to agree that the Acme Oyster House, Port of Call, and its sister place, Snug Harbor, on Frenchmen Street just outside the Quarter, are all top-notch joints. Besides Jacques-Imo's, you could try the Upperline, uptown on Upperline St. between Prytania and St. Charles, and also Clancy's on Annunciation Street (way uptown). I've eaten at Clancy's -- but it might be outside your price range.
Yes, parking and towing is a racket. How else can you shore up an economy, as our own Recovery Czar said, that's based mostly on T-shirts?
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