For those of you who have seen the movie Easy Rider, you may or may not know the iconic cafe in Morganza, Louisiana. It was torn down a few years ago, but here it is in 1986. A friend of mine emailed me this picture. If you lived then, you could have gone in and got service where they got none. Hell, you coulda ordered kidney beans, because you left yours on the freeway.
I’ve got several pictures of the Easy Rider Cafe in Morganza, but they didn’t match up. This one is the real cafe, taken before it was torn down.
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It was definitely torn down. My great-aunt used to own the place. She appears in the background in several shots and has one medium shot of just her sitting at the counter.
was she the lady who didn't serve them in the movie? I'd love some pictures of the cafe if you have any. Thats awesome.
I have all the pictures that were taken while the Movie was being made at the cafe when you are in Morganza,La. Stop at a bar called The Bear's Den and you will find them hanging on the wall with articles about the movie Call 225-718-5206 and ask for Bear
In the film credits, the cafe girls are listed as Girl #1 thru Girl #6, but is it possible to identify which girl is which number? I assume that girls 1, 2, and 3 are the first ones shown in the pan across the cafe room, with girl #1 (Suzie Ramagos) being the one sitting on the outside of the booth. After our heroes appear again, we then see the other three girls. Who is which number here? The blonde in the white, graph paper dress is sitting on the outside of the booth. Is she girl #4 (Mary Kaye Hebert) or girl #6 (Colette Purpera), or some other number? I know, this info may be a little obscure, but it’s “a small thing to ask.”
That is my and my buddy’s bikes.. that was our picture… it was like our second ride together… we were both from the Lafayette, Louisiana area… wow.. what a blast… so many milessssssssss…
I went to the celebration of life concert in Morganza in 1970 or 1971 and I stopped in the cafe saw all the photos and had a great burger fries and went and got stoned over the next week with boss sgags Crosby Nash and stills Richie havens war and Mitch rider it was a blast !!! Hitched all the way from Maryland Thanks Morganza !!!!
I worked at the Corps of Engineers in New Orleans from 1978 to 1985, my project was the Old River Control Structure. I was deeply involved in the design of the Auxiliary Structure. We would always make a point of stopping at the Cafe on our way up to have breakfast. I remember the pictures on the wall.