After Bayou Beer Garden closed early to avoid reaching capacity on a recent Sunday, some patrons spilled onto the streets while others climbed the fence to get inside. Then a fight involving several men broke out in the bar’s courtyard.
The altercation came to an abrupt end when someone realized one of the men was armed and people fled the scene, co-owner David Demarest said.
The incident, captured in a video that has since circulated social media, prompted the Mid-City bar to begin limiting Saints game day Sunday admission to patrons 30 and older, joining a number of New Orleans bars with similar policies, including The John in the Marigny and Seal’s Class Act in the 7th Ward…