So, how did we come up with the name "Blind Tiger", anyway? Well, when we moved  into this, Shreveport's oldest documented building (C.1855) back in the Spring  of '92 (1992!), we went looking for a name that would recall the town's early  history.
    The first name we ran across was that of Bushrod Jenkins, a  notorious early Shreveporter who was reportedly assassinated out front on Texas  Street. In fact, we came this close to calling our place "Bushrods" in his  honor, a crazy name for a crazy place.
     But then, while browsing  through a copy of Goodloe Stuck's book "Shreveport Madam" about the colorful  local Madam, Annie McCune, we spotted the name that, like Goodloe Himself,  stuck!
     "Blind Tiger" was, during prohibition, the name given to  illegal bars or saloons, the most popular definition had it that small toy  animals, often tigers, were placed on the tables of restaurants to indicate that  there were back rooms where a man could get a drink or gamble. The tigers, of  course, turned a blind eye on such demoralizing behavior!
     In the  1962 movie "Elmer Gantry," Burt Lancaster, in the title role as the crusading  evangelist, rounded up the townsfolk and set out to "bust up a few blind  tigers".
     Well, after reading about it and seeing it in the movies, we  knew all we needed was a cool logo; the other junk, like good food, comes easy!  So we drew up a Ray Charles "Blind Tiger", named him "Bushrod" for our boy  Jenkins, got some cool T-Shirts and Cups, and then started cooking up some of  the best steaks, seafood, Cajun and Creole food around. That's  it!
      "The Blind Tiger"...History in the Making.