Coconut Grove

Status: Closed

Parish: Lafayette

Location: Lafayette

Don Gassie: Owned by Kossuth Blanchet. Lafayette was the biggest gay scene between New Orleans and Houston in the late 50s-early 60s. Located on Vermilion between Don’s Seafood and Jefferson St. The door keeper was Joe Egan, who claimed to have worked in the Chicago area for one of Al Capone’s organizations. He would keep most non-gays out unless he knew you, in which case we were treated to tales of prohibition and gangsters.