

Johnny White's Sports Bar was a French Quarter institution. Often called "the locals' living room," Johnny White's was the only twenty-four-hour bar on Bourbon Street and attracted a colorful cast of regulars, local characters and tourists looking for a good time. Memorable French Quarter personalities like Ruthie the Duck Girl and Perri the Hobo frequented the bar in their rounds. During Hurricane Katrina, the bar remained a refuge to those who'd stayed in the city, despite authorities ordering the bar to close at gunpoint. When the bar's lease was finally up in 2012, patrons mourned its loss... Read More
Format: Paperback
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Johnny White's Sports Bar was a French Quarter institution. Often called "the locals' living room," Johnny White's was the only twenty-four-hour bar on Bourbon Street and attracted a colorful cast of regulars, local characters and tourists looking for a good time. Memorable French Quarter personalities like Ruthie the Duck Girl and Perri the Hobo frequented the bar in their rounds. During Hurricane Katrina, the bar remained a refuge to those who'd stayed in the city, despite authorities ordering the bar to close at gunpoint. When the bar's lease was finally up in 2012, patrons mourned its loss with a full jazz funeral procession. Marita Woywod Crandle offers an insider's look at the gritty, unique and often hilarious world of this beloved and much-missed French Quarter icon.
Details
- Pages: 144
- Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
- Imprint: The History Press
- Series: American Palate
- Publication Date: 10th December 2018
- State: Louisiana
- Illustration Note: Black and White
- ISBN: 9781467140904
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History
Reviews
"This book is a must-read for Quarterites, dive bar aficionados, and anyone who has ever had a drink at Johnny White's." Ambush Magazine
Author Bio
Johnny White's Sports Bar was a French Quarter institution. Often called "the locals' living room," Johnny White's was the only twenty-four-hour bar on Bourbon Street and attracted a colorful cast of regulars, local characters and tourists looking for a good time. Memorable French Quarter personalities like Ruthie the Duck Girl and Perri the Hobo frequented the bar in their rounds. During Hurricane Katrina, the bar remained a refuge to those who'd stayed in the city, despite authorities ordering the bar to close at gunpoint. When the bar's lease was finally up in 2012, patrons mourned its loss with a full jazz funeral procession. Marita Woywod Crandle offers an insider's look at the gritty, unique and often hilarious world of this beloved and much-missed French Quarter icon.
- Pages: 144
- Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
- Imprint: The History Press
- Series: American Palate
- Publication Date: 10th December 2018
- State: Louisiana
- Illustrations Note: Black and White
- ISBN: 9781467140904
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History
"This book is a must-read for Quarterites, dive bar aficionados, and anyone who has ever had a drink at Johnny White's." Ambush Magazine