Dooky Chase's Restaurant

Location

2301 Orleans Ave.
New Orleans LA 70119

Dooky Chase's Restaurant opened its doors for business in 1941. What was initially a sandwich shop and lottery ticket outlet in 1939 blossomed into a thriving bar and later a respected family restaurant in Treme. Dooky Chase's Restaurant soon become the meeting place for music and entertainment, civil rights, and culture in New Orleans.

Through the vision of Leah Chase, the barroom and sandwich shop grew into a sit-down restaurant wrapped within a cultural environment of African-American art and Creole cooking. Later known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase would introduce one of the first African American fine dining restaurants to the Country. Today Dooky Chase's remains family owned and operated.

The Chase Family enjoys serving its regular customers, tourists, and locals. Dooky Chase's has had the pleasure of serving Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Quincy Jones, Jesse Jackson, Duke Ellington, Thurgood Marshall, James Baldwin, Ray Charles, Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the late Ermest Gaines, Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker, Keith David, Solange Knowles and a list of others.

Amenities

Cuisine Served
  • Cajun/Creole
  • Soul Food
Culinary Trails
  • Creole Crescent

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