re: TulaneLSU's Top 10 food signs of Kenner's Williams Boulevard

quote:

---

Dot’s Diner ... I’ve never been 

---

quote:

---

. I am 99.99% sure that it was called Dino's

---

quote:

---

You left out smitty's poboys though.

---

quote:

---

Top 10 food signs of Kenner's Williams Boulevard

---

quote:

---

ousin immediately grabbed my hand and headed out the door. We turned south on Williams and then left at Veterans. That left turn arrow must have lasted five minutes. Then we turned right at Downs Blvd and then into the parking lot of a place called Downs Lounge. I was familiar with the area from soccer tournaments at Lafreniere.

I knew enough about bars and lounges even then to know not to go in. He threatened me: “If you don’t come in we are going to Jefferson Downs to watch the horses.”

He knew of my repulsion to gambling and of that behemoth of a blue and white striped structure on Sunset Drive. It was a terrifying building by day and the work of Satan by night. My resolve did not crumble. “No. I’m not going in no matter what.”

“Suit yourself.” Cousin didn’t return for another hour. I wasn’t left alone in a car like that for another few years. In the car I sat, still in my suit, where I memorized the names and stats on the baseball cards that Cousin didn’t sell.

When he finally returned his companion was the scent of summer socks and stale cigarette smoke. “We are coming back tonight,” he said. “Miss Sophie, the ballerina queen of burlesque, is dancing.” I had no desire to see Metairie’s Anna Pavlova.

---