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Our Communities: Mandeville
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE that blends the feel of a small, intimate town with a coastal resort, Mandeville could be it. Since the early 1900s, daily steamers brought visitors to Mandeville looking for entertainment and crowd-weariness relief. You'll still find that kind of place today.
Discover it in the tree-shaded streets of Old Mandeville, in the friendliness of Girod Street's neighborhood restaurants, boutiques, art and antique shops, and at the Saturday morning Trailhead Community Market, where artisans, growers and producers sell their wares while musicians play on stage for free.
At the same Trailhead amphitheater, for six Friday nights each spring and fall, find Mandeville Live!, a series of free concerts.
Also, each spring and fall on scheduled Saturdays, feel the special vibe as live music of various genres is performed in the iconic 1895 wooden building housing the Dew Drop Jazz and Social Club. You might even dance. Not far away, and since the 1920s, sits the bar and live music dance hall known as Ruby’s Roadhouse. The style is funky, eclectic and unplugged.
For the ultimate in “unplugged”, you might want to meet the Seven Sisters Oak. At 65 feet tall, with a girth of 40 feet and an estimated age between 500-1,200 years, she has been President of the Live Oak Society since 1968. She lives on a quiet street in the Lewisburg neighborhood. You can’t miss her. A few miles down the road you can experience Fontainebleau State Park. You can picnic, hike, fish, camp or play on the sandy beach or on the kids’ splash pad. Then, you can head back to the marina on Lakeshore Drive and charter a sailboat from Delaune Sailing Charters and even take lessons. It could happen.
Culinary Hot Spots
BOSCO’S ITALIAN CAFÉ2040 LA-59 Ste. 3 - (985) 624-5066
CAFÉ LYNN2600 Florida St. - (985) 624-9007
CRAZY PIG SOUTHERN KITCHEN4700 LA-22 Ste. 1 & 2 - (985) 792-7900
DUMAN ARTISAN KITCHEN821 Girod St. - (985) 231-7663
GIROD STREET MARKET & DELI529 Girod St. - (985) 629-4260
IMPASTATO CELLARS240 LA-22 - (985) 845-4445
KELLY'S COASTAL CABANA124 Girod St. - (985) 231-6623
LA LOU200 Girod St. - (985) 231-7125
LIZ’S WHERE Y’AT DINER2500 Florida St. - (985) 626-8477
NAN'S NEW ORLEANS CAFE & POBOYS700 Florida St. - (985) 951-2586
ODELIA3529 U.S. Hwy 190 - (985) 778-0034
PAPILLON'S690 Lafitte St. - (985) 624-2597
PARDOS5280 LA-22 - (985) 893-3603
PAT’S REST AWHILE2129 Lakeshore Drive - (985) 951-2173
RIPS ON THE LAKE1917 Lakeshore Drive - (985) 727-2829
SPOKE + BARREL639 Girod St. - (985) 612-1828
THE BARLEY OAK2101 Lakeshore Drive - (985) 727-7420
