Cafe Soulé

With twenty-two rooms of 17-foot ceilings, three balconies, a kitchen, house and garden, Maison Soule has transformed itself during two centuries from an elegant manor to an orphan asylum, to a jazz parlor then to a family owned and run contemporary restaurant.

As a prime piece of real estate, only a bead toss from Bourbon Street and directly across from one of the oldest restaurants in the city, Antoine's, Maison Soule has a history as ornate as the scrolled wrought-iron balconies lining its masonry.

Centered in the 300-year-old metropolis of New Orleans, the mansion now hosts locals and visitors in a restored history-inspired decorum serving dishes honoring its Creole and French roots.