BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Cold beer and hope in New Orleans

BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Cold beer and hope in New Orleans: "Johnny White's has always been an institution on the corner of Bourbon Street and Orleans Street in the French Quarter and, despite it all, they somehow manage to keep cold beer on ice.
Run by alcoholics for alcoholics was how it was described to me, and that is not far off the mark.
'What is the toilet etiquette?' I asked the barmaid, wondering if I should just go out into the street.
'Here is the restroom key,' she said, handing me a torch, 'and watch the body on the stairs.'
Hellish sights
The body's name was Squirrel. He was banished to the landing for getting lippy when the cops dropped by, and he was just sleeping it off. "