Episode 123 Chase Boytim - "Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home"

So much wisdom in this conversation about what we make a 21st Shreveport-Bossier into. You can find my full discussion with Chase Boytim, Proprietor of Fatty Arbuckle's Pub, here.

 

Here are the questions I asked:

 

0:32 1. You are deeply entrenched in Shreveport restauranteur and bar owner history, having gotten your start with the Cush brothers.

 

Let’s start here today.

 

Tell me about the Cush’s, how you first got in with them, and some of the key things you learned during your time of working with them.

 

12:48 2. You are celebrating your 20th year of being at Fatty Arbuckle’s, the sole remaining original Red River District business. What keeps you committed to downtown?

 

16:35 3. I should know these things but I don’t. What are the rules today in the following categories.

 

a. Can you smoke in a bar in Shreveport?

 

b. How old do you need to be to get into a bar? And how old do you need to be able to order a drink at a bar?

 

c. At one point, if I’m not mistaken, the Red River District allowed for open container. Does it still?

 

27:32 4. During my travels, I have been to a number of cities where a body of water runs through the city center. Most, if not all of these cities, have a pedestrian bridge that easily connects the two sides. Do you think a pedestrian bridge connecting Downtown Shreveport and Bossier would make a major impact?

 

31:34 5. I’ve heard you talk about how we need to bring our city into this century. Talk to me some about this if you could. What would an ideal 21st century Shreveport-Bossier have, that it currently lacks?