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Bellefleur's Bar and Grill

Bellefleur's Bar and Grill
Location Information
Founder
Function
  • Bar
  • Diner
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Bellefleur's Bar and Grill, commonly referred to as the "BB&G", is a popular hangout on the HBO original series True Blood. Formerly known as Merlotte's Bar and Grill, it is under the current ownership of Arlene Fowler Bellefleur. A restaurant formerly owned by a shifter, Sam Merlotte, Bellefleur's Bar and Grill has a habit of being close to the center of the supernatural and over-the-top happenings in its hometown of Bon Temps, Louisiana. While Sam has said that he opened it as a place for people to come, sit down, and not have to dance, it is likely that most of the occurrences happen due to the shifter also having employed a halfling, a medium, and a witch. Regardless, it remains to be a popular hangout for Bon Temps residents.

History[]

Merlotte's

Interior view

Sam Merlotte established the bar, then known as "Merlotte's Bar and Grill", shortly after arriving in Bon Temps in the early 1990s. One of Sam's original employees, Arlene, was still waitressing at Merlotte's when Sam relinquished ownership of the establishment to Arlene in 2010. Upon acquisition of the BB&G, Arlene rebrands the bar and grill, trying to give it a fresh new look, as Bellefleur's Bar and Grill. She remains the current owner to this day.

Location[]

Map of bon temps-merlottes

Bellefleur's Bar and Grill is located in Bon Temps, a small rural town situated in Renard Parish, Louisiana. It is situated between Arlene's house, which she rents from her former employer, Sam, and Sam's Trailer, located behind the bar and grill.

Employees[]

Current Employees[]

Former Employees[]

Customer Relations[]

Bellefleur's, like its predecessor Merlotte's, tends to have a very poor record of service; many of its employees, including current owner Arlene and former employee Tara, are rude to the customers on a regular basis. Fights between employees within view of the customers are quite common. Others have ended up dead within weeks of each other, leading Arlene to be concerned that she, too, would eventually be killed.

The former owner, Sam, has expressed relief that he possessed the only bar in town. If it was not for this reason, very few people would actually come back to Merlotte's.

Deaths in and around Bellefleur's[]

In chronological order:

Merlotte's Menus[]

Pages advertising the bar and grill's fare listed the items below:

Gallery[]

Staff Images[]

Branding[]

Trivia[]

  • True Blood visionaries Alan Ball and Charlaine Harris both appear in a photograph behind the bar.
  • The cash register is a Sharp XE-A102.
  • Taxidermy around the bar include alligators, snakes and squirrels.
  • Set designers ensured that the beer taps in Merlotte's actually worked. They poured cold, non-alcoholic beer.
  • While hardly visible on-screen, the door knob to Sam's office possesses an engraved image of a dog's face.
  • Someone died in and/or around this establishment in every season of the show.
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