Shocking news out of the Quarter, as Nola Defender’s Mary-Devon Dupuy reports that Johnny White’s Sports Bar is closing. This is the 24-hour bar that remained open throughout Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath, becoming a sort of safe haven for emergency workers and earning a pretty serious claim to call itself “the bar that never closes.” It has also earned a reputation for being one of the rare Bourbon Street destinations for locals, as well as a favorite bar for the service industry. (That whole 24 hour thing helps.) Now, after the owners of the building decided not to renew the lease, Johnny White’s will close on June 30.

(Source: nola.eater.com)

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   Not the only one… Don’t sleep on Joann Guidos at Cajuns Pub!

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   ;( I was just talking about this bar today.

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    HOLY SHIT!!!

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