Dew Drop Inn | |
Location | 2836 LaSalle Street New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Website | www |
NRHP reference No. | 100007552 |
The Dew Drop Inn, at 2836 LaSalle Street, in the Faubourg Delassize section of Central City neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a former hotel and nightclub that operated between 1939 and 1970, and is noted as "the most important and influential club" in the development of rhythm and blues music in the city in the post-war period. The venue primarily served the African-American population in the then heavily segregated Southern United States.