Another feel good story from New Orleans.

A night out in Kenner took a wrong turn when two New Orleans women were kicked out of a restaurant for repeatedly dancing on tabletops, according to authorities.

Jonquil Alexander, 30, and Larries Smith, 35, are accused of attacking employees at Mazaj Cafe, pistol-whipping one and discharging the gun during a struggle over the weapon, said Lt. Michael Cunningham, spokesman for the Kenner Police Department.
The melee occurred about 1:30 a.m. Saturday at Mazaj Cafe, 3244 Georgia Ave. The restaurant caters to more of a bar crowd in the late-night hours, according to Cunningham.

Smith and Alexander were told several times not to dance on the tables. But the women continued to enjoy the music from atop the restaurant's furniture, authorities said.

Employees asked the pair to leave, and staffers escorted them out after they refused, police said.

Once outside, Alexander is accused of pushing one of the employees. Smith then allegedly pulled a pistol from her purse and hit a 30-year-old employee on the head, Cunningham said. The man briefly lost consciousness.

The employees grabbed Smith, who dropped the gun on the ground, according to authorities. Alexander scooped up the pistol. But as another staffer tried to grab her, the gun discharged as she pulled away, police said.

The bullet fired into the ground, and no one was hit, Cunningham said.

The employees got the gun away from Alexander and held her, along with Smith, until police arrived, according to authorities.

The women were arrested. Smith was booked with aggravated second-degree battery, illegally carrying a weapon, possession of a firearm on the premises of business serving alcohol and remaining in a location after being forbidden, Cunningham said.

Alexander was booked with illegal use of a weapon, simple battery and remaining at a location after being forbidden. She was released Saturday from the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna on a $25,000 bond.

Smith was still being held at the jail Tuesday in lieu of a $51,000 bond.

Shocking.....

Shenanigan's?

Were they foreign exchange students from Japan?

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Originally posted by Puckpilot78:
Shenanigan's?

No, they close at 11:00.

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Originally posted by TXJIM:

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Originally posted by Puckpilot78:
Shenanigan's?

No, they close at 11:00.

she·nan·i·gans

Maybe he was referring to behavior rather than address or business name?

For the record, when I pull a pistol from my purse, had I one, am I flailing around at heads? Why didn't I just put a sunflower stalk in there??????

Copious amounts of alcohol and firearms. What could possibly go wrong. Thank god no one got injured severely.

Link to the article?

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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Originally posted by TXJIM:

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Originally posted by Puckpilot78:
Shenanigan's?

No, they close at 11:00.

she·nan·i·gans

Maybe he was referring to behavior rather than address or business name?

For the record, when I pull a pistol from my purse, had I one, am I flailing around at heads? Why didn't I just put a sunflower stalk in there??????

LINK: https://www.nola.com/news/crim...0c-6f4c0f4f8ba0.html

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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Originally posted by TXJIM:

quote:

Originally posted by Puckpilot78:
Shenanigan's?

No, they close at 11:00.

she·nan·i·gans

Maybe he was referring to behavior rather than address or business name?

For the record, when I pull a pistol from my purse, had I one, am I flailing around at heads? Why didn't I just put a sunflower stalk in there??????

Perhaps my humor was a bit too subtle....

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
Link to the article?

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Originally posted by Georgeair:

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Originally posted by TXJIM:

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Originally posted by Puckpilot78:
Shenanigan's?

No, they close at 11:00.

she·nan·i·gans

Maybe he was referring to behavior rather than address or business name?

For the record, when I pull a pistol from my purse, had I one, am I flailing around at heads? Why didn't I just put a sunflower stalk in there??????

SuperTroopers Video

My First thought as well.....

Par for the course at that class of establishment.

When you get kicked out of the bars in New Orleans, you go to the bars in Metarie. When you get kicked out of the bars in Metarie, you hit a honky-tonk (of one variety or another) in Kenner. When you get kicked out of a honky-tonk in Kenner, well, I guess you hope you have friends among the Chalmatians.

(Sigh. The things an innocent boy can learn around the waters of Lake Ponchartrain when he's dating a girl from Metarie.)

Yeah. A friend of mine used to talk about this girl who spoke like a drunken teenager from Chalmette. Hahahaa

Its Kenner, Brah!

What were they wearing?

Sorry. Perhaps you know how to find mugshots in Kenner.

Thread drift: if you've not been through Kenner, you should stop off at Kenner Seafood. They have several versions of seafood "boats," which are oversized, hollowed out loaves of bread, innards slathered in butter and toasted, then lined with a generous layer of fries and topped with whatever seafood combo you choose (fried oysters, fried oysters and shrimp, oysters/shrimp/fish... you get the picture). It cost me $18.00 last time for an oyster and shrimp boat, and my buddy and I couldn't finish it all.

Here's a pic:


Now, back to your regularly scheduled road-whore programming....