Kermit's Tremé Mother-in-Law Lounge
Neighborhood bar and shrine where a trumpet legend still ladles red beans and rice himself.
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This guide to Kermit's Treme Mother-in-Law Lounge in New Orleans traces the bar's two lives. It opened in 1994 as a shrine run by rhythm and blues singer Ernie K-Doe, named after his 1961 hit Mother-in-Law, and after his death it was kept as a memorial by his widow Antoinette until her own passing during Mardi Gras 2009. You'll hear how trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, a founding member of the Rebirth Brass Band, leased the space in 2011 and reopened it as his own club in January 2014, refusing to separate the music from the meal. Listen for the pot of red beans and rice still simmering near the door, and the barbecue grill parked out front on the sidewalk.
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