Bayou Boogaloo Bicycle Pub Crawl
A morning bike pub crawl to a fest... I love it.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
8:30am - 11:00am
Bayou Bicycles
3530 Toulouse Street
504.427.1207
phickm@gmail.com

To get a rough head count, please RSVP to Peter Hickman Chair of the
Mid-City Volleyball committee of the MotherShip Foundation
(phickm@gmail.com).

Meet at 8:30 a.m., depart at 9:00 a.m.
Festival starts at 11:00 a.m.

Rain or shine.

Meet: Bayou Bicycles, which has served Mid-City?s bicycle community
since 1988, is providing offsite bicycle parking for festival goers
this year. Look for the Specialized Bicycles event tent that marks the
bicycle parking area, and step inside the shop for a cup of coffee if
you?d like. All pub crawlers get one water bottle while supplies last!


1. Finn McCool?s, 3701 Banks Street. The legendary giant named Fionn
mac Cumhaill built a bridge out of huge stones across the water
connecting Ireland and Scotland, and a remnant of the Giant?s Causeway
(40,000 interlocking basalt columns, some as tall as 36 feet) still
stands in the County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The Mid-City pub
named after this mythical figure celebrated its three-year
post-Katrina re-opening on St. Patrick?s Day 2009, and it is the first
stop on the Bayou Boogaloo Bicycle Pub Crawl.

2. Mid-City Yacht Club, 440 S. St Patrick Street. This land-locked
tavern takes its name from the high Katrina flood waters filling its
immediate neighborhood. The MCYC also derives its name from the fact
that the New Basin Canal, a shipping channel that operated from the
1830?s through the 1940?s, ran one block from their establishment
where the Pontchartrain Expressway now stands. This bar is the proud
steward of St. Patrick ball field and is the second stop on the Bayou
Boogaloo Bicycle Pub Crawl.

3. Evangeline Lounge, 4501 Toulouse Street. This off-the-beaten-path
neighborhood joint gets its name from the 1847 poem written by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow about an Acadian girl searching for her lost
love, Gabriel, set during the time of Le Grand Dérangement. The
Norfolk-Southern railroad tracks make this bar, the third stop on the
Bayou Boogaloo Bicycle Pub Crawl, most easily accessible from St.
Patrick Street rather than Murat Street.

4. Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, 732 N. Broad Street. The
headquarters for the notoriously raucous Mardi gras krewe that just
celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009, this meeting place in 1998
was dedicated to the memory of James Russell, one of the
organization?s most influential presidents who?s credited with holding
things together when membership dipped to just sixteen people in the
1960?s. Now 650 people strong, this philanthropic krewe supports a
local grade school (Morris F.X. Jeff Elementary, named after the 1972
King), sponsors an annual scholarship fund program, has helped rebuild
a nearby playground and is actively raising funds for NORD, provides
Christmas gift baskets and toys for needy families and is a strong
supporter of New Orleans? annual ?Night Out Against Crime?. This
krewe, long famous for its ?Golden Nugget?, is now earning recognition
for its gospel choir with numerous appearances at local events and a
recently released CD. Members of this benevolent society are making a
special effort to open their club?s doors to welcome revelers as the
fourth stop on the Bayou Boogaloo Bicycle Pub Crawl.



5. Roosevelt?s Black Pearl, 1001 N. Claiborne Avenue. Serving hot
plates to New Orleans residents since the 1960?s, this Tremé hangout
dispenses soul food and cold drinks from 8:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. every
day but Wednesday. The fifth stop on the Bayou Boogaloo Bicycle Pub
Crawl is only one block from Tuba Fats Square, a tribute to the
legendary sousaphone innovator [9/15/1950-1/11/2004] who helped revive
New Orleans? brass band tradition bringing it to international
attention.

6. Parkway Bakery and Tavern, 538 Hagan Street. The final stop on the
Bayou Boogaloo Bicycle Pub Crawl has been family owned and operated
since 1912 when it was built as a neighborhood bakery. As with other
shops throughout the city, this bakery began serving Po?Boys during
the depression era following a local street car conductor strike. This
business stopped baking its own bread in the 1970?s after a
devastating rainwater flood destroyed its ovens, but it continued to
offer Po?Boys to employees of the American Can Company and other
patrons for several years. When the American Can Company ceased
operations economic forces caused the eatery to close for over two
decades, but in its resurrected form it is now famous for its
slow-cooked roast beef Po?Boy that appeals to a widely diverse
clientele in a historic setting.