re: Columns Hotel on St Charles has been sold

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Bud Rips in Bywater

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Turtle was a baw's baw.

Was good underage drinking spot in the 80’s

Mikey was the man

The place is great but needs an update.

I do think the bar could use some new life.

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They better not change the bar and outside much, if at all.

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If you look at Frenchman Hotel, his other property, it fits the area well and isn't hipster to the hilt.

I have faith the place will be fine.

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If they import hipsters at that place it will destroy their current clientele

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I used to frequent the Columns 20 years ago before kids but please tell me that place is not full of hipsters now.

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I remember Mike the bartender from back in the Day.

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Was that the big black dude...I forgot his name

thats hilarious! We were there in July for a few days and i remember that guy. Was a bit odd.

I remember Mike the bartender from back in the Day.

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Was that the big black dude...I forgot his name
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Whatever happened to Big Mike? I used to live in an apartment 2 blocks away from the Columns. I miss those days. Big Mike was the best.

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Stayed there last year. The actual hotel part needs an upgrade badly.

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I always forget that the Columns Hotel is an actual hotel, even though it’s right there in the name.

I think of it exclusively as a bar.. and a great bar, at that.. i’d say it’s a Top Three bar in New Orleans; just my personal opinion, your mileage may vary... I spent a lot of time there in the late 90s/early 2000s, mostly on Wednesday or Thursday nights, after hitting up Superior Grill across the street... Was there for drinks as recently as about 18 months ago, and still really enjoyed the place- but again, totally escaped me that it was a hotel.