An 1883 Victorian mansion on the historic St. Charles streetcar line, with a porch and bar open to non-guests for a quiet, local New Orleans evening. 📍 3811 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA · ⭐ 4.6 (1121 reviews)
Built in 1883 as a private mansion along the historic St. Charles Avenue streetcar line, this Victorian building is now a small hotel with individually decorated rooms, but its wraparound porch and bar are open to non-guests and make for one of the most atmospheric quiet-drink stops in the city. Ride the St. Charles streetcar, one of the oldest continuously operating streetcar lines in the world, up from the French Quarter and get off right outside; the ride itself passes some of New Orleans' grandest Garden District mansions along the way. Grab a seat on the porch in the late afternoon and watch the streetcars roll past, a genuinely local way to slow down that most Bourbon-Street-focused visitors never build into their trip. A historic building most tourists photograph from the sidewalk without realizing they're welcome to walk in for a drink.
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