09/04/2023
Happy Labor Day!!
Let’s Drink, hang out with old friends, make some new friends and learn some crazy s**t about New Orleans!! Cheers! 🍻
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Important information!
Tours are operating as scheduled … we have tickets remaining for 7pm and 9pm departures.
Any questions / concerns can be directed
@ +1 (504) 715-1269
(call or text anytime) or email us @ [email protected]
Next up on the agenda! We have received an abundant amount of positive feedback regarding our new location. However, to prevent any confusion it is important for guests to give themselves enough time if you are not familiar with the area. There are so many locations that are named after the infamous Jean Lafitte so it is imperative that guests ensure they are at the correct location!
Please follow directions specially regarding the meeting location! If you are lost please contact us BEFORE the scheduled tour so we can assist you. I am happy to help each guest! Just let me know if you are having any issues finding us!
Tour MEETING - DEPARTURE LOCATION
Tours meet and Depart on the sidewalk in front of the Legendary Lafittes Blacksmith Shop Bar located at 941 Bourbon Street New Orleans Louisiana 70116.
*** Tours do not meet inside Lafittes Blacksmith Bar. Please meet your guide on the sidewalk at the gate of the courtyard attached to the bar *** We are not affiliated with Lafittes Blacksmith Bar and bartenders do not work for us or have any information regarding our tours.
I have added photos of the location! I hope this helps!!
🍻 Cheers!! 🍻
Ashli
https://neworleansdrunkhistorytours.com/tour-departure-location
A little info regarding Jean Lafitte: privateer, entrepreneur, sailor, diplomat, spy, hero of the Battle Of New Orleans. Lafitte led a colorful and mysterious life in the New World. It is unclear where and when Lafitte was born, but his presence in New Orleans and Bartaria dates about 1770. He was the man to see for whatever one wanted. In 1814, as the British lay at the mouth of the river, Lafitte rushed powder, flint, and troops to General Jackson at Chalmette. Rather than a poorly supplied, out-manned force, the British stepped into a screaming hell of pirates, woodsmen, Indians and free people of color, under cover of a dense fog and an even more dense anti-British attitude. The British were routed. His good deed done, the "hero" headed to sea and more familiar deeds.
There are so many stories we would love to share regarding Jean Lafitte and this building that we have the honor of meeting and starting our tours at! This is truly a privilege!!
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop: built between 1722 and 1732 by Nicolas Touze, is reputed to be the oldest structure used as a bar in the United States. In 1722, further building is recorded by a realty transfer set down by one Don Andres Almonester. The structure and fence are in the old French Provincial Louis XV or Briquette-Entre-Poteauxe style used in French Louisiana. The building escaped two great fires at the turn of the 19th Century, due to slate roofing. Such slates are presently used by artists as canvases. Between 1772 and 1791, the property is believed to have been used by the Lafitte Brothers, Jean and Pierre as a New Orleans base for their Barataria smuggling operation. The legend is based on the fact that the property was owned by the family of Simon Duroche a.k.a. Castillon and the wily privateer Captain Rene Beluche. Castillon was a rather record-shy adventurer and entrepreneur. Captain Beluche commanded his ship "Spy" in Lafitte's Baratarian fleet. Although the owners of the property, Jean Baptiste Dominica Joly LaPorte probably lived on the premises, it is within reason that the Lafittes could have used the place as city base for negotiations with potential buyers of their goods. It is unlikely that a wealthy Creole would agree to meet at home on Royal Street. Bourbon and St. Phillip was probably regarded as a safe and convenient neutral ground. Like most New Orleans legends, Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is a gumbo of truth and French, Spanish, African, Cajun and American embellishments.
Join us on a tour and learn about Jean Lafitte and so many more colorful characters who helped create this beautiful city!
