Chitlin' Circuit Landmark: The Dew Drop Inn

This New Orleans spot, at 2836 LaSalle Street near Sixth Avenue, expanded from a barbershop to a chitlin' circuit mecca. By 1945, Frank Painia had built a hotel, restaurant, and nightclub around his tonsorial parlor. He booked traveling singers like Joe Turner and Wynonie Harris, and helped foster the ripe local sound, employing house bands [...]