re: Bar Rescue - Desi Romano's - Chalmette

Sort or on topic. Spent some time at the DMV in Slidell yesterday. Have to admit I really haven't been to Slidell much since Katrina. But holy shite the people watching is fantastic. You can tell the people that are from Chalmette and are finally starting to accept their new redneck neighbormates. You can look at them and tell where they are originally from but they are almost like a new breed of people culture. Fascinating

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Think I'm a go there today for lunch and show them this thread... got some nice specialty burgers there btw

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It's been a few years since I've been there. I work in NOLA East and had been there for lunch a time or three and yes, their burgers were pretty damn good, albeit a little pricey compared to Brewster's.

People who actually know bartending and running that type of establishment largely hate the guy, and they don't do longer range follow up...most of those places end up going out of business anyway. And many bars turn them down to be on the show.

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One truth on the show was that he's been there 25 years. He moved to a different place after Katrina and then moved to the place he's at now about 7-8 years ago... And the masses followed him wherever he went. I don't know him personally but could tell people gravitated to him for whatever reasons. I don't think he'll ever go under and I remember thinking "why does he need rescuing? It's all just for show." when I heard from coworkers who live in Chalmette that they were doing the show there.

at the end when they were all dressed up, she was the only slightly attractive one in the bunch. The rest were like putting lipstick on a pig !

Kitchen lady was obviously eating a lot of the profits as well as running up a $2k bar tab.

Giving the place a face lift will help. But, i can't see the place being profitable for long.

i just don't see those people changing enough to make a difference. Of course the guy has made it this long so...