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Oak Street is a street located in the Carrolton and Uptown neighborhoods in New Orleans, Louisiana. Oak street is located off of Carrolton Avenue, transportation to Oak street is worry-free, residents and tourists can take the St. Charles streetcar and it will stop at Oak street. Oak street is a very vibrant street that has been in New Orleans since the 1800s. This street houses many popular restaurants, shops, and clubs. Oak street also hosts a Po- Boy Festival every year during November. Oak street has also been used in films and tv shows that were filmed in New Orleans. Oak Street can attract many college students because of its close proximity to Loyola and Tulane Universities. All of the buildings, restaurants, and shops all are designed to fit the old school theme of street.

History
Oak street has been in New Orleans since the 1800s, during this time the street acted as the pivotal center for the Carrolton neighborhood. Anything that the residents wanted to do or needed could all be found on Oak Street. This soon changed once people were able to get their own cars, instead of using Oak Street to get what they need, residents drove else where in the city to shop, eat, and gather. The increased accessibility to cars caused a negative impact on the commercialism of Oak Street, it was almost forgotten and a lot of buildings were destroyed and left vacant. Later on in the 1970s - 80s attention was brought back to Oak street which then saved the buildings and businesses that were left vacant. This attention saved Oak Street and brought it back to its original commercial glory.

Oak Street Po-Boy Festival
Oak Street Po-Boy Festival is a very popular festival that happens every year during the month of November. This festival Is a free outdoor event that brings out many different people to enjoy tasting different versions of Po-Boy's, parades, live music, and dancing. The Po-Boy sandwich is comfort food for residents of Louisiana, more specifically the city of New Orleans. Po-Boy sandwiches are served on New Orleans French bread and are topped with various things. The Po-Boy sandwich originally came from two brothers', Benny and Clovis Martin, small coffee stand and french restaurant. The name " Po-Boy" came from the Martin brothers serving streetcar strikers in 1929 the sandwiches free of charge and announcing that another " poor boy" was coming to get another sandwich. There was no offense taken towards the name because the Martin brothers were both old streetcar workers.

Bars and Restaurants
Oak Wine Bar is a bar specifically dedicated to a wide variety of wine, where you can also buy small plates of food. This bar hosts live music from the locals.

Maple Leaf bar is both a music venue and bar. This bar has been opened since February 24, 1974 and offers live jazz music everyday of the week. This bar is very famous and has been written about in many books and poems.

Tru Burger is a simple "build your own" type restaurant for burgers, they also sell hotdogs, fries, and shakes.

Cowbell is a restaurant ran by a married couple inside of what used to be a gas station. They serve a variety of meals such as burgers, crawfish macaroni and cheese, and steak as well as many other things.

Mellow Mushroom is a pizza franchise that was started in 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia by two college students from Georgia Tech and another from the University of Georgia. There was one Mellow Mushroom located on Oak street, but has recently closed down after the pandemic.

Shops and Venues
There are many different kinds of shops and venues along Oak Street. Eclectic Home is a home goods store with new, classic furniture and decorations. D' Juice is a whole fresh smoothies and fresh juices shop, where they use fresh fruits and vegetable to make both smoothies and juices. Castellon Pharmacy contributes to the old school vibe of the street by keeping the same style architecture after so many years.