PG&E crews were there to move or rather cut (and later reattach) lines, and Benjamin Smith from Moki Smith Tree Specialists provided some mesmerizing entertainment. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 8: The Poor House Bistro moves down slowly down West Saint John Street toward its new location in the Little Italy section of San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Jan. John Street, where overhanging tree branches and power lines created an urban obstacle course. The band traveled the rest of the way with the house, which moved in fits and starts along narrow St. Gabriel’s Celestial Brass Band of Lafayette set up at the corner of Barack Obama Boulevard and Santa Clara Street, playing New Orleans favorites for the crowd that quickly swelled from a few dozen to a couple of hundred when the music started - the sign of any good party. House Movers adjusted angles throughout the move. It took nearly four-hours, but a festive crowd moved right along with the house, watching in amazement as the crew from Kelly Bros. John Street to its new home in Little Italy, wedged between Henry’s Hi-Life and the under-construction Italian museum. But taking its festive atmosphere along with it? Now that takes something special.īut it happened Saturday morning as the Victorian-era house that was Poor House Bistro - bedecked in Mardi Gras beads and Italian flags - was towed up Montgomery Street, around SAP Center and through St. Moving a house is a tremendous job in itself. Poor House Bistro's good times roll, along with its house, over to Little Italy Close Menu