re: Monroe Nostalgia Thread

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when are we having a NE LA OT get together?

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2 for 1 burgers at Enoch's tonight.

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Joe Delany died at Lazarre Point not Critters Creek

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He drowned in a golf pond at Chenault Park Golf Course rescuing a drowning kid.

Johnny's Pizza... the best! I make sure to gorge myself on a pepperoni party pizza every time I visit (which, thank god, isn't that often!).

Pecanland Mall... first time I went there they had a carousel and it was the definitely the place to skip school. I remember my friends shoplifting from Suncoast and The Underground.

Bars/clubs... man, they changed names so many times! Cooter Bay, Top Gun, The Honky Tonk (only went there once on a night when they let people wear normal clothes. I can't stand country music...), Miss Cues, The Library Lounge, Enochs still rules.

Anybody remember the Loose Caboose when it was in West Monroe? That was a big hangout as well. Little coffee shop that had open mic nights and bands and stuff. Dropped my first acid at the Loose Caboose... ah, memories!

Oh and football! You just haven't played or been to a high school football game until you've been to Carrol High School! Be prepared to fight your way out. They loved (love?) to throw rocks and bottles at the cars and busses.

There was a great little drive-in in West Monroe off North 7th (or Whites Ferry Road) called Dylan's. Makes (made?) a great po-boy, fries, and a shake!

Chile Verde! We always had a great time getting drunk on rot-gut tequilla and eating cat-meat tacos. Ah, the memories! And who can forget Picadilly and Ryans Steakhouse! The Pickle Barrel still makes the best sandwiches in town, IMO.

Hey, are the drive-in daquiri stores still there? I would think there would be riots in the streets if they weren't.

And there was nothing more frightening from a "Deliverance" stand point than driving at night in Bawcomville. I only made that mistake once. Oh, and you just haven't done Monroe and the viscinity if you haven't pounded a bottle of Maddog 20/20 Banana Red out at the levys in Sterlington. Just stay out of the cotton fields at night.

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Was that the place just down the street from Private Eyes?

Dude, I used to kick it at the Caboose when i wanted to get high. I think they shut it down for drugs or it couldve been the fact that nobody was buyin anything. Any of yall remember the swamp plate at Joe Bob's off of White's Ferry. I used to ride D'arbonne bayou onto the river and comeback and eat at that joint. To bad Joe Bob got into some trouble. That was an awesome place.

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Deja Vu on Hudson Lane - close to where the Atrium is now.

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Any of yall remember the swamp plate at Joe Bob's off of White's Ferry. I used to ride D'arbonne bayou onto the river and comeback and eat at that joint. To bad Joe Bob got into some trouble. That was an awesome place.

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Parents and I used to take the boat down there and eat every once in a while. It was a good place as I recall.

How about the GREAT FLOOD of 1991....and the IMC plant explosion in Sterlington....I still remember paddling a John Boat down Chauvin Lane to help folks sandbag....Deborah and that whole area was completely under water....Those new subdivisions behind the MAC better pray that we don't have another flood.....(and we are due!)

Bars in Funroe

The Library Lounge

(the place that used to have penny pitchers on Wed. shite I forget, last i saw it was the Deja Vu)

Yall remember the Attic. There was some shite that went on in that place.

If you wanted to get FUBAR it was all about the Airport Lounge.

Top Gun

Mickey's

Enoch's

johnny's,ray's,ernesto's,jubilation,skate town,tootie fruity,new walls lake road,brookshires parking lot, delta mini mart,ouachita river!