As New Orleans Navigates Aftermath of Bourbon Street Attack, Restaurants Offer Support | Eater New Orleans
"Co-owner Archie Casbarian describes the restaurant’s involvement in a neighborhood-wide fundraiser called Fleur du Coeur — a collective of French Quarter bars and restaurants immediately near the attack site that will donate 100 percent of proceeds from certain dishes or drinks sold between Monday, January 13 to Sunday, January 19 to the GNOF fund. “I think we all as humans struggle to understand something like this so that we can move forward easier, and there’s just nothing to be said or done to make it okay. But we’re trying to do something small, and get people thinking about what they can do in turn to help. Because to help, that is a comfort,” Casbarian says. He adds pragmatic concerns about the months ahead: “It remains to be seen how things are going to unfold. We have a very large conference coming in town, plus you have the Super Bowl, and Mardi Gras gearing up as well. There may be questions in people’s minds, and [these events] may not be as well attended as they would have been,” he says. “We hope [the fundraiser] can help the French Quarter come back off of its knees and get back to its business.”" - Clair Lorell
