The Ineffable Beauty of Melba Toast.

It would be nice if there was genuine Melba toast at the Tremé Speakeasy, just like in the old days, when Buffa's was a speakeasy with roulette and a craps table in the back.  Those were the days.  They had Melba toast, even way back then.

All the bakery's equipment was auctioned off to the highest bidder in November 2012.  The Turnbull family took a loss but there was nothing else to do.  It was the end of an era.

It would be quite the nifty trick if there was genuine Melba toast at the speakeasy.  It would be a real master stroke of coup de grâce.  Rumor has it that there is a Melba toast commune forming in the Bywater, in the no-man's-land off Poland Avenue, between Poland and the train tracks, and the Industrial Canal.  It really is a no-man's-land.  Songbirds avoid the neighborhood.

If there is anywhere that a person is going to find small batch Melba toast, it is in that part of New Orleans.  It makes perfect sense.  Everything in New Orleans makes perfect sense.  The canapés are always toothsome in New Orleans, especially at a speakeasy in the Big Easy and there will be Melba toast.  It will be New Orleans Melba toast, the best Melba toast in the world.  Everything is better in New Orleans.  It's like France, only better.

And, now, we put up the paywall to continue the story. $7.00 a month. You can’t afford it? Can’t not afford it.