There’s nothing more totally “New Orleans” than poboys, drag queens, and Cowboy Mouth. That’s why, till we can go back in bars and hang out, Happy Hour photographer Jill Lafleur picks this show as her favorite from the past few years to revisit. Drag Queens Poppy Tooker is New Orleans first lady of food. From her…
Read MoreIn the annals of “You never know what the hell is going to come up in conversation,” this Happy Hour would have to rank at the top of the list. That’s why, till we can go back into bars in new Orleans, Happy Hour producer Graham da Ponte has chosen this as her favorite show…
Read MoreAfter making Happy Hour for nearly 10 years and meeting with random folks in various bars around New Orleans, this is the very first show where we just turn on the mics, put the Zoom link out on the internet and sit back and see who shows up. Predictably, we get a bunch of people…
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Matt Haines went to school to learn to become a classical trombone player with visions of playing trombone in an orchestra. But plans change. Initially Matt started teaching people to play in marching bands, which lead him to Thailand, not necessarily known for its place on the brass band pantheon, and then to new Orleans,…
Read MoreIsaac Toups, one of the most talented and celebrated chefs in New Orleans, started out life as a tadpole. Isaac was a finalist on the TV show Top Chef and he’s currently a finalist for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef South, which is the food equivalent of the Oscars. But before all…
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