Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge to cease operation as a bar July 10

The Times-Picayune ^ | Sunday, June 20, 2010, 6:58 PM | Alison Fensterstock

[a fool in paradise]

Tonight at 9 p.m. the season finale of HBO's "Treme" will screen at Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge. It will also be a finale of sorts for the Treme landmark, opened by Ernie and Antoinette K-Doe in the mid-90's; today on Facebook, Antoinette's daughter, Betty Fox, announced that after a garage sale on July 10, she will close the bar for good.

Antoinette, an experienced bar manager, opened the business as part of a successful campaign to revitalize her new husband's career. The onetime #1 R&B hitmaker had begun to sink into alcoholism and obscurity in the 80's and 90's, but with the Lounge as his stage and the formidable Antoinette as his cheerleader and mastermind, K-Doe cemented his legend as an unforgettable New Orleans character at the end of his life.

K-Doe passed away in 2001. Antoinette continued to run the bar, which was rebuilt with the help of neighborhood friends and the Hands On organization after taking more than 5 feet of water from the 2005 floods, until her death in the early hours of Mardi Gras Day 2009.

Betty Fox, Antoinette's daughter from an earlier marriage, relocated from Memphis shortly after her mother's death to take over the bar...

...After a garage sale of K-Doe memorabilia and some of the bar's fixtures on July 10, Fox says she will look into turning the Lounge into a museum.

[a fool in paradise]

http://www.k-doe.com/

Antoinette K-Doe was a popular New Orleans fixture for many years. Married to local R&B legend, Ernie K-Doe, she helped keep his memory alive after his death in 2001. Following his passing, Antoinette ran their popular Mother-in-Law Lounge which had originally opened in 1994. After Hurricane Katrina hit in August of 2005, Antoinette was stranded at the club for a week until she could be rescued. She was then one of the first to return to aid the rebuilding efforts, at times cooking up meals for upwards of 200 volunteers. The Mother-in-Law lounge reopened one year after Katrina. On February 24, 2009, Antoinette K-Doe suffered a fatal heart attack.

[Question Liberal Authority]

"She thinks her advice is the Constitution..."

Reminds me of a current president.

[nascarnation]

Sadly true but LMAO over your post.

[RichInOC]

You know, in New Orleans, if you have a bar, you need a lockable cash drawer. You need an entrance. You do not, strictly speaking, need a door.

[a fool in paradise]

True dat!