Billy Blatty

Adept at conceiving creative designs and branding for top bars and nightclubs, New Orleans entrepreneur Billy Blatty boasts a long list of successes. For more than a decade, he owned and served as general manager of the popular New Orleans Ampersand Nightclub, growing it to one of the top dance clubs in the city. He also collaborated on Ampersand Events starting in 2007, bringing talent to rented concert venues. In that year, he also opened Ohm Lounge and developed a menu that brought accolades for Best New Bar and Best Asian Fusion, among others. In 2008, Billy Blatty founded Barcadia Bars, acting as construction project manager and marketing director, and providing the culinary vision. Barcadia Bars opened in various locations across the U.S. In 2009, he opened Beauty Bar in Dallas, Texas, serving as a passive owner and franchisee. Among his diverse business holdings, he once owned Heaven’s Pets in Metairie, Louisiana, developing the concept of providing animal cadaver transport and working with grieving clients on bereavement services.