From a longtime mobile sober bar to a new oxygen bar, Black entrepreneurs are bringing New Orleans into the zeitgeist (via EaterNOLA)
Though famed for its bar-lined blocks — and the ability to drink legally on the walk from one bar to the next — most New Orleans residents are not out imbibing every night, despite what tired city tropes might have you believe. Recognizing that and the long-growing market for alcohol-free spaces, local Black entrepreneurs are leading the way in the city, from a mobile sober bar with deep New Orleans roots to an oxygen bar that hopes to be a safe haven for soul care.
, Green spent about a year setting up on the Lafitte Greenway before moving to her current spot on N. Rampart Street, right in front of the Louis Armstrong arch at Congo Square.“I noticed there was no one for four blocks on the Treme side of Rampart providing hydration for tourists, protests, graduations, all these events that take place in the park.” Beyond that, Green says, “I felt the ancestral spirit there.
, I thought ‘nu-uh, no one’s touching Armstrong Park.’ I decided to be a sort of gatekeeper for the park,” Green says.Green sells fruit-based concoctions, NA beverage brands, and locally-made snacks, like pralines, and is often seen chatting with customers who later post photos to social media praising the experience. “This is my homeland, I know the whole history of New Orleans,” she says. “The tourists don’t, so I give them the history prior to being purchased by the Americas.
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