Sit, Stay, Hangover.

A dog limps into a saloon and says, “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.” At the end or the beginning of Conti Street, depending on your orientation, on the corner of Burgundy, lies a bar that is more truly New Orleans than any I can think of.  They bill themselves as a sports bar, and they do play sports on their 12ft.HD TV screen, but we all know the truth.  They are a local’s joint.  This place is the heart into and out of which pumps the life blood of this city: the service industry!  Any traveler should know that if you want the authentic scene in any city go where the waiters, bartenders, cooks and strippers go.  And you’ll find them all here.  In the afternoon for laid back conversation and recovery from the previous night’s antics the locals roll in and out.  In the evening they all roll in, at all hours, to blow off steam and get a little crazy.  Things really get rockin’ around 4AM.

bras and dollars on ceiling

“Four?” you say? Yes, this is one of the legendary places in the Quarter open 24/7/363 ½.

Dogballs and Tots

What keeps ‘em coming back? For starters their amazing menu featuring such things as Chili Cheese Tater Tots,  Gravy Fries, The Gumbo Sandwich, The Salisbury Burger and their famous 12 hour smoked barbecue.  When I ate there last I had the Dog Balls with tots.  It’s a Swedish meatball sandwich with gooey cheese and plenty of gravy!

But the place also provides entertainment, sports, video poker, and the largest screen Golden Tee golf game in the city!  They also have a laundromat!  But what’s the real secret?  Well, I’m sure that would be the twenty four hour two-for-one drink special!  And this is a real drink special, not your Bourbon St. 3-for-1 that gives you a choice of Bud or Miller and costs you $9.25 (three for one?  and monkeys are flying out my butt).  No, here at The Dog the bottled beer and the liquor, all the liquor, top and bottom shelf, are two-for-one twenty four hours a day!

Remember my article in the book “White Trash Chic?”  Well you’ll feel right at home here with an excellent selection of the best of the worst: High Life, Natural Light, PBR, Dixie and Mickey’s.

On top of all of this The Dog is the focal point of many events of truly local flavor.  On French Quarter Fest weekend (April 9-11) they will have their annual Crawfish Boil Bash that I spoke of in the previous blog.  By far the crowning event at this bar is The Running of the Bulls, this year on July 9th at 8AM sharp!  It features grandma’s secret Sangria recipe, 4000 people in white with red sashes, and a stable full of Roller Derby girls with wiffle-ball bats (the “bulls”).  The event became world famous on its first year (www.nolabulls.com)!

Any time anything is going on, or nothing at all, you can bet there will be people of local flavor at the Three Legged Dog celebrating.

So if you’re in town and you need to be clean, fed, drunk and entertained, and you want to party like or with the locals…there is simply no better place than The Three Legged Dog.