I’ve noticed a lot of crossover between Brooklyn and New Orleans. Both places draw creatives, folks who want to live a slightly different lifestyle than the surrounding culture, and are on a human scale (in Brooklyn’s case relative to Manhattan). Plus, there are plenty of individuals who cross over; who go back and forth. The reason we spend so much time down there is because of such people. They lived in Brooklyn for years, but bought a house (a “unique, fixer-upper opportunity,” as they say) down in NOLA, so they spent a couple years bouncing back and forth till they eventually moved down there for good. They convinced us to start making long visits down there, bless their hearts.
Another guy with ties to both places is St. John Frizell, owner of Fort Defiance, a sweet all-day (breakfast, lunch, happy hour, dinner, cocktails!) place in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He lived in New Orleans for years, and when he opened his place in Brooklyn, he wanted it to reflect the feel of NOLA. Laid back, good food, excellent drinks — that sort of thing.
So when I did the series of Great Good Places of New Orleans earlier this year, he said (after pitched by my fabulous marketing director, a one Colleen Newvine Tebeau) he’d let me show them at Fort Defiance. With an opening party! Including a big old batch of his famous red beans and rice, drink specials and live music.
It goes down next week: Wednesday, December 10, from 6:00 to 8:00. Join us!
Oh, and we’ll have a closing party on Monday, January 5, 6–9 p.m. That’s Fort Defiance’s famous burger night, folks. If you haven’t had one of those, be there!
See the entire series here.
Check out Fort Defiance here.
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