re: Liuzza’s on Bienville is for sale

Good place. Sorry to see it go, but at least Katie's is on the same block.

This place is a neighborhood gem. Also that area is booming with all of the new residential development on Bienville behind Rouses and the bayou/greenway.

Its also two blocks from the streetcar, so could be a destination spot if someone did it right. Also not sure the neighborhood/zoning would allow it, but could work as a casual bar with good food, that stays open a little later, maybe till midnight?

I can only see this going one of two ways:

Someone like Sidney Torres or the Motwani's buy it for the name and keep it operating under that name and similar but cut costs...

Or some hipsters that operate a place like Turkey and the Wolf or something buy it for location and put a completely new concept in there.

Why can’t someone just run it mostly the way it was? They had great po’boys that weren’t overpriced in a nostalgic setting. They also had some solid Italian plate lunches and those big frosted beer mugs. If I owned the place, all I would do is maybe try to add more taps to throw a couple good local beers next to the bmc, and that’s it. Liuzza’s is one of many restaurants struggling 99% due to Covid. It wasn’t a tourist spot, it’s a local joint and a cop hangout. They don’t need to be serving french polynesian fusion cuisine through a deconstructed quiche on burlap or whatever the hipster foodies are doing these days. They don’t need to be a fancy white tablecloth Italian creole restaurant where the entrees are $30-50 a plate either. F$&k Latoya and short-sighted landlords for destroying great neighborhood haunts like this one. New Orleans is a lesser city without Liuzza’s. I really wish that I could buy it for me and my friends to run.

I haven’t been this sad about a perminent restaurant closure in New Orleans since Nino’s on Carrolton or the City Park Bud’s Broiler closed.

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Good place. Sorry to see it go, but at least Katie's is on the same block.

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Yep, and Mandina's is just a short walk down the street on Canal and Venezia is pretty close on Carrollton Ave. between Iberville and Canal.

Three other great choices for you dining dollars.

The Eggplant Vatican at Venizia's is one of my favorites from there.

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Why can’t someone just run it mostly the way it was? They had great po’boys that weren’t overpriced in a nostalgic setting. They also had some solid Italian plate lunches and those big frosted beer mugs. If I owned the place, all I would do is maybe try to add more taps to throw a couple good local beers next to the bmc, and that’s it. Liuzza’s is one of many restaurants struggling 99% due to Covid. It wasn’t a tourist spot, it’s a local joint and a cop hangout. They don’t need to be serving french polynesian fusion cuisine through a deconstructed quiche on burlap or whatever the hipster foodies are doing these days. They don’t need to be a fancy white tablecloth Italian creole restaurant where the entrees are $30-50 a plate either. F$&k Latoya and short-sighted landlords for destroying great neighborhood haunts like this one. New Orleans is a lesser city without Liuzza’s.

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It also could be that the family just doesn’t want to run it anymore. They’re probably on their 3rd generation of family owners and it’s possible they don’t have kids that want to take over, so they’re selling to retire.

I could be wrong, but I think the building goes with it. This appears to be a sale of the building AND the business.

frosted mugs of abita amber and onion rings

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The Eggplant Vatican at Venizia's is one of my favorites from there.

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They make a damn good and very underrated pizza pie as well. Although I haven’t been in a couple of years.