Chef Chris DeBarr is bringing his knack for pleasant surprises to the banks of Bayou St. John.

by Laine Kaplan-Levenson

It’s not every day a bartender describes his restaurant establishment as "Blitzkrieg Psychedelic Dining." But when it's coming from a man who makes a Sazerac with rum, an adjustment of expectations is in order. Scotty Dagenhart runs the speed game known as restaurant bartending at the French Quarter’s Green Goddess, located at 307 Exchange Place. With a background in cooking, which "definitely affects his drink making," Dagenhart runs his deck to compliment and be up to par with the food of chefs Chris DeBarr and Paul Artigues. "They may be the Mingus, but that doesn’t mean I don’t get a sax solo," he explains.

The tiny, apple-green hideaway known as Green Goddess has acquired an outsize reputation since its 2009 opening – mostly positive, some perplexing.