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Eddie Breaux saved this 1865 building just as it was about to fall
down and turned it into one of the city's best B&Bs. It's not just
that the antique-filled rooms are spacious (some of the bathrooms
are downright huge), quaint, and meticulously decorated but not
fussy. It's not just that the public areas are simple, elegant,
and comfortable. It's Breaux himself. You would be hard-pressed
to find a better host. Not only is he utterly hospitable (fresh
flowers may be waiting in your room), but he loves his city and
is quite knowledgeable about it. He will help with all sorts of
plans and is particularly knowledgeable and opinionated (what good
New Orleanian isn't, though?) with restaurant choices. He lives
on-site but is not intrusive, so you feel pampered but not smothered.
Breakfast is usually fresh fruit and homemade breads and muffins.
The location is right in the middle of the convenient Lower Garden
District, named the hippest neighborhood in North America by Utne
Reader magazine.
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