I was drunk, where was I?

March 21, 2005 5:40 PM

I was drunk in the Quarter, where was I?

I went on a 3-day, 49-bar bender in the French Quarter (and closely surrounding wards) Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This picture was taken at 11:49 PM on Thursday somewhere on a walk between ... uh ... Utopia on Bourbon and Le Roundup on one of the crossing streets (I highly suggest avoiding both bars, btw for incredibly different reasons). Anyways, damn the photographers' drunk shaky hands for not getting a clear shot - we are having a difficult time documenting this properly. Any locals or seasoned regulars know what bar this is?

posted by kuperman to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (13 answers total)

My expat-New-Orleanian boyfriend says: It looks like the Bourbon Orleans Hotel. The bar is called Snooks. http://www.bourbonorleans.com/restaurant.html
...but it is hard to tell in that photo.

He also says: The Roundup is a rough trade gay bar -- not sure about Utopia, might be new.

And I didn't even tell him anything beyond your first sentence. Heh.
posted by kittyb at 6:23 PM on March 21, 2005

Actually, he did see your whole question, my bad. He's not psychic or anything I guess.

And if you look at this picture of the Bourbon New Orleans, it looks like he might be right:

http://graphic.onetravel.com/Ehotel/images/46/bobourfront.jpg
posted by kittyb at 6:25 PM on March 21, 2005

I went on a 3-day, 49-bar bender in the French Quarter

If you didn't sleep at any point in those three days you are officially my new hero.
posted by cmonkey at 7:06 PM on March 21, 2005

No, unfortunately, cmonkey, we slept in the bar.

And, it doesn't look like it was the Bourbon New Orleans. We looked at the inside, and that wasn't it. I don't think it was that nice.
posted by kuperman at 7:17 PM on March 21, 2005

http://www.nola.com/bourbocam/classic/

Haha! Check the past and see if you can find yourself!
posted by abbyladybug at 7:31 PM on March 21, 2005

I just searched through over 4000 of my photos from the French Quarter and.... I got nuthin. You know what this means... DO OVER (I'll bring the camera this time).
posted by Hankins at 8:16 PM on March 21, 2005

I love how pictures taken when drunk tend to actually convey the feeling of being drunk.
posted by borkingchikapa at 9:34 PM on March 21, 2005

Dude. 49 bars in 3 days?

You so are my new hero. Carry on.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 1:05 AM on March 22, 2005

A friend who lives in the French Quarter says it looks like you were in front of The Cat's Meow on Bourbon Street.
posted by ericb at 9:23 AM on March 22, 2005

But ... when I compare your picture to that of the bar ... it appears to me that the windows are entirely different.
posted by ericb at 9:29 AM on March 22, 2005

kuperman: "No, unfortunately, cmonkey, we slept in the bar."

Off topic, please scale those images down a bit. 1MB+ per photo? I've had 1000+ views for AskMes with attached images, and that might end up costing you a pretty penny.

dirtynumbangelboy: "Dude. 49 bars in 3 days? You so are my new hero. Carry on."

Seconded.
posted by Plutor at 10:04 AM on March 22, 2005

I think it could be the restaurant across the street from the Bourbon New Orleans...

But it's been five years since I lived there, so...
posted by Katemonkey at 11:24 AM on March 22, 2005

Alright, so the pictures have been resized, but unfortunately, none of this is ringing any bells. I have seen more than my share of drunken soccer mom's at Cat's Meow and made a point to avoid it on this last venture out, so I know that's not it. After talking to the photographer, he mentioned that we could have ventured up Bienville towards Dauphine to avoid Hand Grenade and bead-toting tourists (it was the start of Spring Break, after all)... and Utopia, God help me, was one of the very few bars we went to on Bourbon proper. I guess we'll just have to go back and try this again.
posted by kuperman at 2:50 PM on March 22, 2005