This year marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of one of New Orleans’ historic restaurants, Maylie’s, which welcomed customers to its Poydras Street address for more than a century from 1876 until 1986.
It was founded by Bernard Maylie and Hippolyte Esparbe, Frenchmen who immigrated to New Orleans in the 1860s. They opened a coffee stall in the Poydras Market, the public market which at the time was located near Poydras and Loyola Avenue.
In 1876, the men opened their restaurant at 1001 Poydras St. In 1894, they added a second building at 1009 Poydras. They lived with their families on the second floor, and relatives continued to run the restaurant in the decades that followed…