Johnny Blancher, co-owner of Ye Olde College Inn talks about their reopening.

EPISODE · Jun 30, 2007

Johnny Blancher, co-owner of Ye Olde College Inn talks about their reopening.

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Johnny Blancher is co-owner of Ye Olde College Inn. When locals think of their favorite neighborhood New Orleans restaurants, College Inn is high on the list. Locals were thrilled when the restaurant re-opened following Hurricane Katrina. Johnny tells us about the restaurant's origin in 1933 and the recent demolition of the old restaurant building. The "new" building, home of the first A&P grocery store in New Orleans, is actually older than the building that was demolished.

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