25 Aug 2014

Willie's Chicken Shack, French Quarter


In contrast to the gentility of the 2 Sisters there is Willie's Chicken Shack. It might be only a couple of minutes walk between the two places, but in cultural terms Willie's in party central of Bourbon Street is culturally a million miles away. 

Shrimp Basket, Homestyle Catfish and Cajun Tenders all with fries and biscuit provide fried stock to mop up the mega size offerings of beer, Voodoo Juice, Hypnotiq and Hurricane, before you go on to party hard. The drink comes in plastic bottles / glasses so you can drift off down the street and keep sippin. Everything comes with a pounding misogynist hip hop sound track. The staff just like the 2 Sisters are all Afro American, but with a younger and more mixed clientele (in the 2 Sisters the clientele was generally older and when I was there all white).



Apparently, the chicken is so good you will want to go home and slap your Mama for feeding you rubbish food all these years. Given what the Hip Hop sound track is suggesting you do to your woman this is presumably seen as funny.



(Slap Ya Mama, along with Punch Ya Daddy, is a local seasoning product. Now banned by the NFL as promoting domestic violence)

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