In the summer of 2013, Miss Dot passed away at the age of 90. The city knew that when Domilise's returned, the city returned. They returned to New Orleans in November and re-opened to a line several blocks long. The family evacuated to Alabama and Franklin, LA for Hurricane Katrina. Shortly after that, Patti's sons, Josh and Zack, joined her at Domilise's.Ģ005 was the only year that Domilise's was closed for an extended period of time.
In 1985, Patti (NuNu) Domilise, Miss Dot's Daughter-in-Law, started working at Domilise's and took over management around eight years ago. For more than 70 years, Miss Dot lived and worked on Annunciation and Bellcastle Streets. Upon Sam's death in 1981, Miss Dot became the next owner. Shortly after World War II, Peter Domilise turned over the small corner bar and sandwich shop to his son, Sam, and daughter-in-law, Dorothy "Miss Dot" Domilise. A few years later, Sophie began cooking plate lunches for the longshoremen and river front workers. She celebrated their birthdays, weddings, graduations, and other special events.ĭomilise's was founded around 1918 by Peter and Sophie Domilise as a neighborhood bar. Miss Dot loved her customers and considered them family. But, it doesn't matter who walks through those doors-everyone is considered family at Domilise's. Celebrities wait in line with their friends and hang their photo on the wall. Politicians make sure to stop by on Election Day, and football family dynasties grew up eating Domilise's. Generations of families have eaten at Domilise's. Domilise's is open and Miss Dot is smiling from above while her beloved customers sit and enjoy their po-boys. By noon, the scent of fried shrimp and oysters can be smelled all the way to Tchoupitoulas Street. A line of both locals and tourists alike forms on the corner of Annunciation and Bellecastle. The phone inside begins to ring furiously. In a quiet uptown neighborhood sits a small yellow house with a handpainted sign that reads, "Domilise's Po-Boys and Bar." It's 10 am.
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