Tricou House

We took so many many pictures at The Tricou House, a once popular (and reputedly haunted) restaurant and bar at 711 Bourbon Street, we felt that it deserved a page all to itself. The many stories and the long history of the Tricou House made it a legend among visitors and dwellers in the French Quarter. Sadly, the Tricou house is gone now, closing its doors in 2005, replaced by Madrigal’s, a gay night club, in 2006. We’ll always think of it as, “Tricou House,” though.

The front of the Tricou House, which housed a very fine restaurant and two bars. The one upstairs was notorious (or famous) for its balcony position for Mardi Gras and nighttime displays of women flashing their breasts. Then there was the more tame one downstairs. Here, hostess Shirley (dressed in period costuming) greeted and attempted to usher in guests, or just occasionally exchanged pleasantries as they passed by on Bourbon Street.

The treacherous stairway at the Tricou House, a once popular (and haunted) restaurant and bar at 711 Bourbon Street. One gained access to the upstairs bar by these stairs. Penelope, the grand niece of Dr. Joseph A. Tricou, lost her footing on the third floor and tumbled to her death down these same stairs. Penelope’s death so affected the doctor that he soon sold the house after her demise. However, it is said that Penelope is still on the premises, and makes her presence known in various ways.


	This was the famous ghost statue of the Tricou House (located in the dining court- yard). People claimed to have seen the statue move. Close scrutiny will show a set of red lip prints on the buttocks of the cherub.

This was the upstairs bar at the Tricou House. The infamous stairs are to the left—the equally notable balcony to the right. The bartender served up a delicious and potent Hurricane, or their once-flagship drink, The Crusher (there was a reason it was called that!).


	Found a website called, “I Love Bourbon Street” that has many stories about the individual who worked at the Tricou house. Click below to see it.

The dining courtyard of the Tricou House.


	Errol was a part-time porter at the Tricou House when this photo was taken, and an expert on the haunting of Penelope. Errol told us that he is also a professor at Tulane University, holds 2 Phd’s, and teaches Anthropology, Egyptology, and Languages. He also related to us that he worked at the Tricou House as a hobby and donated his earnings to charity.


	:Lisa was one of the friendly bartenders at the Tricou House at the time of our visit. Beside being a talented artist and a very nice person, she also served up an excellent Hurricane. If anyone knows where she is now, let us know.


	One of Lisa’s drawings we found interesting was that of a ghostly apparition of a man she saw near the balcony in the bar on the second floor.

A few videos recorded in Tricou House:

Home Sweet Bourbon Street by Doug Duffy
House of the Rising Sun - performed by Doug Duffy
36 second clip of 711 Blues Band at Tricou House

If you like Doug Duffy, do a search for his material on YouTube. There’s a number
of videos there that were recorded at Tricou House.

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