Like all Saints fans, Melvin Duque is upset about the team’s 0-2 start and concerned about the implications for this season and beyond.
But for Duque, it goes beyond the personal. It’s also financial.
Duque and his mother, Maria Barrera, are the owners of El Rinconcito, usually one of the prime gathering places for Latino sports fans in New Orleans.
Except that this season, the turnout for Los Santos games at the North Carrollton taqueria has been down to say the least.
In fact, for the opener against Arizona, there was only one person watching the Saints-Cardinals game in the restaurant area, compared to six taking in international soccer matches at the bar to the accompaniment of Mexican music and five others occupied at the pool table in between.