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re: Favorite BR area pool hall?

Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:00 pm to
Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
5424 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:00 pm to
Just drive to New Orleans and go to Buff's cause you already named and rejected all of them in Baton Rouge.
Posted by 308
the backwoods of Mississippi
Member since Sep 2020
3076 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:03 pm to
How long ago was this shooting at the Rack on Dallas Drive?

I went there quite a bit in the early '80s. Back then, it was ran or owned by a fellow named J.D.

J.D was a good man. I sometimes think about some of the people I met there and wonder whatever became of them.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
49876 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:06 pm to
Your post screams “I’m sucking every dollar I can out of social security”
Posted by 308
the backwoods of Mississippi
Member since Sep 2020
3076 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:06 pm to
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Got plenty of Greenway stories too.


Would love to hear them.

I spent quite a bit of time there in the early '80s.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
7178 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:21 pm to
I felt safe at Greenway. Was one of the regulars for a couple years. That didn’t mean they didn’t try to shark you though.

Parking lot was huge and no place to hide to jump you unless they were in a car. Lots of cash around but I think since it was such a shady place, vanilla armed robbers probably thought everyone had a gun.
Posted by mack the knife
EBR
Member since Oct 2012
4264 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:36 pm to
Londoner (Smiling Dog)

last time i was in there (3 months ago, approx) the upstairs was for people of variable sexual orientation. take it for whats it’s worth
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40464 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:55 pm to
Fox and the Hound on corporate used to be great and had legit beer specials. RIP
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
45677 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 6:59 pm to
quote:

There's this place off airline I can't remember the name of that is good


Kenny’s

Posted by MississippiTigerGirl
Brookhaven, MS
Member since Sep 2007
556 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 7:05 pm to
My hubby used to shoot pool there. Knew J.D. well.
Posted by SalE
At the beach
Member since Jan 2020
2926 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 8:08 pm to
Used to have one on Chimes owned by Mr Losavio...Downtown as well
Posted by CCT
LA
Member since Dec 2006
6798 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

Your post screams “I’m sucking every dollar I can out of social security”


Wrong.

Disability. My little finger hurts when I drink my chai.

Posted by 9rocket
Member since Sep 2020
1638 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 8:33 pm to
1976.
Posted by 9rocket
Member since Sep 2020
1638 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 8:40 pm to
I felt safe there as well. But you still needed to check out who was coming in the door. I would sometimes stay there for 3-4 days without leaving. Fraid I might miss out on an opportunity.
Yes, parking lot was huge. Over on the west side in front of where they had that big 9 ball tournament in an old store is where Elvis the night cleanup man lived in his car. That is until someone beat him to death with a tire iron. Guess they wanted that 2 dollars he sometimes carried.
Posted by xBirdx
Member since Sep 2018
2306 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 8:41 pm to
Seems like you know your stuff..

Where/when can one go who isn’t any good, and just wants to have some fun, and may find some players who are similiar.

Close to the LP the better
Posted by bgtiger
Prairieville
Member since Dec 2004
11920 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 9:10 pm to
Trickshots. This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He’s upset that they have AC in Louisiana?
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77748 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 9:15 pm to
quote:

Fox and the Hound on corporate used to be great and had legit beer specials


I really miss this place.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133280 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 9:47 pm to
As in someone was having an event...or the have their own section?
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133280 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 9:52 pm to
For a short while there was a pool hall, the old ricochet's, called Chance’s.

It was great. Tables were good, beers were cheap, owner was nice.

I bet her a rack of ribeye that LSU would beat bama in 2019. Cooked a big gumbo for the game.

(I still have yet to collect on that one. I forgot her name)


Covid ruined that of course. Sad. It was a great place
Posted by Dingeaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
5682 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 10:17 pm to
quote:

I really miss this place.


I know. That was such a sudden closing. The place always seemed packed when I went. And they haven't done anything with that space since.

Are there any Fox and hounds left?
Posted by lsu xman
Member since Oct 2006
16693 posts
Posted on 8/14/25 at 10:20 pm to
I'll play you some 8-ball. Name the time and place.
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