Archived Article By Tom Fitzmorris Originally published February 12, 2007 Felix's Returns To The French Quarter This one really surprised me. A few weeks ago, I stopped in front of Felix's original oyster bar and restaurant on Iberville Street and looked inside. It looked as if nothing had been touched since the storm, despite the sign on the door announcing that they'd been opening soon. Meanwhile, around the corner on Bourbon Street, the other half of Felix's (the part they took over when Toney's Spaghetti House moved out in the late 1980s) has become a completely different, very touristy restaurant called La Bayou. But now, by some miracle, Felix's is back open. It happened last week, and according to friends who've been there, it's as if they'd never left. The oyster bar with its famous "Oysters R In Season" sign is back at work. And the waitresses are serving the big menu of platters at the tables. No word on whether the famous disregard has returned, but maybe not: it has not turned up in the Uptown location of Felix's, which opened for the first time about a year ago. The management must have been looking at the lines in front of Felix's long-time competitor, the Acme, and wondered why they weren't getting their share of that. So another old New Orleans eating tradition--arguing over whcih Iberville Street oyster bar is best--resumes. Felix’s. 739 Iberville. 522-4440. © 2007 Tom Fitzmorris. All rights reserved. news@nomenu.com