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Chez Louisiane - Creole restaurant
showcased on the black situation comedy FRANK'S PLACE/CBS/1987-88.
Exterior of Chez Louisiane in New
Orleans
Located in New Orleans, Chez Louisiane was owned by Frank
Parrish (Tim Reid), a former Professor of Renaissance History from
Boston who moved South to manage a restaurant willed to him by his
father.
The staff of the Chez Louisiane included:
- Frances E. Williams as the elderly hostess "Miss Marie"
Walker
- Francesca P. Roberts as Anna-May, the head waitress
- Charles Lampkin as Tiger Shepin, the bartender
- Tony Burton as Big Arthur, the head Creole chef
- Don Yesso as Shorty La Roux, the white assistant chef
- William Thomas, Jr. as Cool Charles, the handyman/bartender
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Frank Parrish, the owner
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Shorty, Frank Parrish,
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with Hannah Griffin |
Frank
Parrish and Big Arthur |
Regulars to the Chez Louisiane were:
- Ron Harper as Si "Bubba" Weisberger, a local white lawyer
- Lincoln Kilpatrick as Reverend Deal, a conniving minister
- Virginia Capers as Mrs. Bertha Griffin Lamour, a
domineering funeral parlor owner
- Daphne Maxwell Reid as Hannah Griffin, her daughter, a mortician/embalmer and
Frank's romantic interest
TRIVIA NOTE: The Chez Louisiane was modeled after the popular New Orleans
restaurant Chez Helene. Actress Francesca P. Roberts even worked
at Chez Helene to learn a few hostess skills.
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