Bayou St. John
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Oct 15, 2026
Rene ComanHOST
Oh, yeah.
Manny ChevroletHOST
Yeah, 'cause I, I, I live in Mid-City, but, uh, apparently now my neighborhood's called, uh, Bayou St. John something.
Bobby Louis DitullioGUEST
Yeah.
Rene ComanHOST
Right, right.
Ian McNultyHOST
So much of this goes unseen, but then it's October and you're holding a beer stein in one hand, a vice first in the other, and instructing your nephew on the footwork of the chicken dance as a giant costumed fowl wearing lederhosen gets the crowd kicking again.
Ian McNultyHOST
That's one scene from the biggest Oktoberfest here, the Deutsches Haus edition, along Bayou St. John, which continues this weekend and next.
Ian McNultyHOST
But there's more.
Ian McNultyHOST
Middendorf's Restaurant, famous for catfish out in Manschach and also in Slidell, goes heavy into German mode for the season, with special menus every Wednesday and Thursday that reach deep on Bavarian specialty plates with names so long I don't even have the broadcast time to try to mispronounce them here.
Helena MorenoGUEST
And then, you know, maybe a place that afterward we could walk around a little bit.
Helena MorenoGUEST
So whether it's, you know, Bayou St. John area or whether it's Magazine Street or Esplanade area that we could walk around a little bit.
Helena MorenoGUEST
That's like my perfect day.
Helena MorenoGUEST
And then, of course, go hang out with Nacho, my dog, take him on a walk, that kind of thing.
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April DupreeCORRESPONDENT
So follow the smoke, grab a plate, and save room for something sweet from Chiala's Pralines or Italian Happy Ice.
April DupreeCORRESPONDENT
Oktoberfest at Deutsches Haus is back for the first of three weekends starting this Friday and Saturday.
April DupreeCORRESPONDENT
The Bayou St. John tradition brings together around 28 beer selections, including local craft beers from Urban South, Berliner Weiss with fruit flavors, and other imported favorites from Warschneider, Polliner, Bitburger, and more.
April DupreeCORRESPONDENT
If beer isn't your thing, they'll also have German and Austrian wines, Glühwein, and more than 20 flavors of schnapps.
Jeannie TidyGUEST
A lot of that happened after Katrina, too, but it was much worse at that time.
Jeannie TidyGUEST
So I moved into a neighborhood that was very on its knees, and it was Bayou St. John, which now I can't afford to live in.
Jeannie TidyGUEST
But it was from Ursuline to Orleans and Broad and the Bayou.
Jeannie TidyGUEST
And in that five block square, there were over 100 vacant buildings in that area.