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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 neighborhood restaurants, boutiques, art and antique shops, and at the Saturday morning Trailhead Community Market, where artisans, growers and producers sell their wares and musicians play on stage for free.
At the same Trailhead amphitheater, for six Friday nights in spring, find Mandeville Live!, a series of free concerts. Just set up your chairs under the stars and enjoy.
Also in spring, 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 39 feet and an estimated age of between 500-1,200 years old, she is currently President of the Live Oak Society. She lives on a quiet street in the Lewisburg neighborhood. You can’t miss her.
A few miles down the road you’ll be able to experience Fontainebleau State Park. You can picnic, hike, fish, camp or play on the sandy beach or on the kids’ splash pad.
And 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 CAFÉ - 2040 LA-59 Ste. 3 / (985) 624-5066
CAFÉ LYNN - 2600 Florida St. / (985) 624-9007
CRAZY PIG SOUTHERN KITCHEN - 4700 LA-22 Ste. 1 & 2 / (985) 792-7900
DUMAN ARTISAN KITCHEN - 821 Girod St. / (985) 231-7663
GIROD STREET MARKET - 529 Girod St. / (985) 629-4260
IMPASTATO CELLARS - 240 LA-22 / (985) 845-4445
KELLY'S COASTAL CABANA - 124 Girod St. / (985) 624-9331
LA LOU - 200 Girod St. / (985) 231-7125
LIZ’S WHERE Y’AT DINER - 2500 Florida St. / (985) 626-8477
ODELIA - 3529 U.S. Hwy 190 / (985) 778-0034
PARDOS - 5280 LA-22 / (985) 893-3603
PAT’S REST AWHILE - 2129 Lakeshore Drive / (985) 951-2173
RIPS ON THE LAKE - 1917 Lakeshore Drive / (985) 727-2829
THE BARLEY OAK - 2101 Lakeshore Drive / (985) 727-7420
