There’s a story that goes along with the Mardi Gras bead-covered grand piano at Evangeline Swamp Room, located next door to the beloved eatery, The Little Jewel of New Orleans. It is the work of John K. Lawson, a New Orleans-based artist, and it was once a fixture at Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney. In 2023, Brennan’s was looking to rebrand and, in doing so, remove the piano. Since Doug Legacy was the resident pianist for the past five years, it was offered to him.
“Doug would come in over the years,” said Eunah Beniger Kang, one-half of the husband-wife owners of The Little Jewel of New Orleans and Evangeline Swamp Room. “He’s from Louisiana. When he found out that we had the idea for a bar — because we had been talking about this for a long time — he said, ‘I have this grand piano that I think would be a great fit for your space.’ We’re like, ‘How about rolling it on over to our bar and you can play it on the weekends?’ So, that’s what we’re doing now.”
Legacy plays on Saturdays from 2 to 6 p.m. and Sundays from 5 to 8 p.m. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 