![]() ![]() The floor-to-ceiling red decor is complemented by ethereal music, both suggestive of a haunted house. Head upstairs, and suddenly the chaos of the French Quarter feels a world away. At the base of a stairwell sits a table set with bread and wine for Pierre, should he happen to stop by. ![]() On the south side of Muriel’s main dining room is a door that looks like it could be an emergency exit, but open it and follow the candle-lined hallway and you’ll find a delightfully spooky surprise. There aren’t many instructions for visitors on how to access the room we had to sit down at the bar and ask the bartender. No, that’s not Pierre, that’s just my drinking companion. Whether or not Pierre does call this place home, from the moment I stepped in, I wanted to settle down in Muriel’s Seance Room and never leave. Tucked away in an upstairs corner of Muriel’s restaurant in Jackson Square, this is where Muriel’s resident ghost, Pierre Antoine Lepardi Jourdan, is said to spend most of his haunting hours. When you first hear about Muriel’s Seance Lounge in New Orleans, it might sound like it could skew a bit on the gimmicky side. Thus, I have a new life’s mission: find all the best cool, creepy bars in the world and document them! But elegant, dark and just a bit twisted? That’s hard to find in the right balance. And there are a lot of stylish, elegantly designed bars. There are a lot of bars that claim to be haunted or have some sort of ominous past. On a recent trip to London, I lamented that there simply aren’t enough cool, creepy bars out there in the world. ![]()
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