A brand new Downtown Monroe sports activities bar and grill serves up self-indulgent beverages and scrumptious Louisiana-inspired dishes to buyers.
Tail Gator’s Sports activities Bar and Grill on Desiard Boulevard gives menu pieces starting from flatbreads and burgers to alligator bites and increase increase shrimp. It’s owned by way of Emily Clampit, Hailey Ray and Trey Funderbird. Ray and Funderbird additionally personal Downtown Billiard’s around the side road.
The trio opened the eating place in March and credit the loss of downtown meals spots and sports-centered puts as a explanation why to spend money on any other meals possibility for downtowners.
“The entirety has principally deserted downtown Monroe,” Ray stated. “No one takes a possibility on it, and after they do, they do not give it lengthy. It is simply Papi Locos [Taco Shop], and it made sense to open up any other meals position. With any other meals position, we do not in reality have a sports activities bar down right here. We now have J-Maxx’s around the river. Right here we have now sports activities on each TV, signed jerseys. We if truth be told cross to the video games. All of our meals is made recent day-to-day.”
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The eating place gives specials all through the week, together with Taco Tuesday and Wing Wednesday. Consumers should purchase $5 margaritas on Mondays; $8 fish or alligator tacos, $2 tequila or fireball pictures and $2 home wines on Tuesdays, and $1 wings, $3 wine and $3 whiskey on Wednesdays.
“In case you glance on our Fb, there is no longer an afternoon that isn’t a distinct,” Ray stated. “We attempt to make stuff inexpensive too. We wish to make a bit bit of cash, however we wish to make it the place you’ll come down right here and wish to come again. You realize you’ll consume, have a great time and no longer spend an arm and a leg. Everyone’s taken tremendous benefit of the meals costs going up. You wouldn’t have to try this. You’ll be able to nonetheless make a dwelling and make your consumers satisfied.”
The firewalker burger is the eating place’s bestseller. It is served with a six-ounce red meat patty with pepper jack cheese, lettuce and chipotle mayo on two bacon Pico de Gallo quesadillas.
Different menu pieces come with loaded nachos, mozzarella sticks, fish bites, steak bites and Parmesan truffle fries. The eating place sells a number of drink choices starting from liquor, beer and wine.
Tail Gator’s Sports activities Bar and Grill is at 519 Desiard St., Monroe. It’s open 11 a.m. to ten p.m. Sunday thru Tuesday and 11 a.m. to nighttime Wednesday thru Saturday.
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