Day 9
OK, so if you haven't been to New Orleans, you should probably go. We drove from Tennessee through Muscle Shoals, Alabama, then down through Mississippi until we finally landed in Louisiana.
Good god, you wouldn't believe this place, Friday night, we stopped in at Le Bon Temps Roule around 10 PM, thinking we would stay for a beer or two and continue out along Magazine St.. We ended up in the back room we drank through, I kid you not, 5 sets where prodigious drummers took turns blowing our minds. No cover, cheap beers, and musicians that you would expect to play theaters playing for drunk college kids. I want everyone to take the time and look over Louisiana's liquor regulations:
Louisiana – Sale is not state controlled. There are no restrictions of on or off-premise sale unless municipality decides on-premise sale must stop at 2 A.M. Off-premise sale is allowed in grocery stores and all other licensed stores. These sales can be 24/7 and no municipality can challenge this. In New Orleans you can drink alcohol in plastic cups in public and if allowed by the bar take your drinks from one bar to the next. Many places allow consumption of packaged beverages on the street but it is up to the municipality. Most bars can be entered at 18 though of course you must be 21 to purchase and consume alcohol.
Goddamn paradise...
Around 4 AM when the music stopped, we figured we should probably shuffle home in preparation for leaving for Texas early the next morning. We hurled ourselves into the nearest unsuspecting cab and demanded that he take us for a cheeseburger. He dropped us off at some place called The Trolley Stop, it looked dicey, it looked plain, it looked like we were in for a bland, microwaved meal. The joint is open 24 hours on the weekend and I was served by the friendliest man in the world, Joe, I think... who also happened to be an easy 7 feet tall. We salute you, Joe.
I ordered the eloquently named "cheeseburger" and this is what happened, at least this is what I think happened...
Review
Bun:
Whatever, it's minor, sesame seed bun, came from a bag, pretty boring.
Patty:
What the hell!? This thing is goddamn spectacular, the char is delicious, cooked a perfect medium, this isn't supposed to be good, but dammit, it is.Cheese:
It's cheddar, it's... (a little foggy to remember)
Sauce:
Mayonnaise, nice, whatever.
Vegetables:
These are fresh, simple, and good. Delicious grilled onions, with lettuce and tomato, nothing spectacular, but homey and nice.
Bacon:
Mmmmmm.... Bacon.
Review 7/10
Which is completely amazing for a drunken 4:30 AM burger for $7.95. Joe, you are a beauty.
The Trolley Stop
1923 St. Charles, Ave
Louisiana, LA
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