Saturn Bar - New Orleans, Louisiana
Over the decades, the Saturn Bar, 3067 Saint Claude Ave., had been a workingman’s watering hole, an ad hoc boxing ring, an artistic oddity, an end-of-the-night destination, and, in the years after Hurricane Katrina, a music venue.
Like countless other New Orleans bars, this one started life as a corner store, and then it became a succession of bars under different names. The Saturn era began in 1960 when the late O’Neil Broyard took it over. He was the bartender and the soul of the place, a perpetual presence with an eye for the obscure. O'Neil died after Hurricane Katrina and the bar now has new owners.
info: nola.com
Saturn Bar - New Orleans, Louisiana
Over the decades, the Saturn Bar, 3067 Saint Claude Ave., had been a workingman’s watering hole, an ad hoc boxing ring, an artistic oddity, an end-of-the-night destination, and, in the years after Hurricane Katrina, a music venue.
Like countless other New Orleans bars, this one started life as a corner store, and then it became a succession of bars under different names. The Saturn era began in 1960 when the late O’Neil Broyard took it over. He was the bartender and the soul of the place, a perpetual presence with an eye for the obscure. O'Neil died after Hurricane Katrina and the bar now has new owners.
info: nola.com