Frenchie - the grill guy at Louie's Cafe

Are you talking about Popeye?

I always assumed that was Louie. He looks like a Louie.

Louie has been dead about thirty years, and he was a far greater character than Frenchie, the image is Jimmy Weatherford the owner.

It was the middle of the day nobody else was really in there but he was having the time of his life. Certainly made me do a little self reflecting

I am probably one of the few on Tigerdroppings that ever knew Louie. Used to eat breakfast and lunch there several times a week. He was a hoot and also had 2 beautiful daughters. I miss the old guy. Also knew Joe Lippin at the Pastime. How many of you can relate? Geaux tigers.

Not that old, never knew him. Never even saw the original location, which in the photo looked more like a 'breakfast place' IMO. I guess it reminded me of broken egg when I saw that picture on the wall when I was in school.

Frenchie and Jude manned the grill when I was going there in the late 80s

Frenchie was at Chelsea's before Louie's

edit: or maybe there was some crossover there... I know he cooked at the old chelseas for some time

I first met Frenchie when he was head chef at the old ramada inn on Nicholson near the pastimes, late 80's. Not too long after That he did a stint with Stephanie, pre Zealand st mkt. when that building was Marinos a tiny ag c- store. Stephanie got her start on her own there. Old man Marino built here a tiny 12 by 12 spot on the front corner where she did take out only. It's was after she left Louie's where she got her start cooking, that's where she met frenchie.