The ceiling curved above me like the inside of a wooden ship. I had to tilt my head back and just look for a moment. The original Lutheran church built in 1914 left behind stained glass windows, exposed brick, and a ceiling that builders modeled after a vessel hull.
That detail stuck with me. A restaurant named Vessel sitting inside a building whose architecture references boats.
My drink arrived in a glass I had never seen before. The menu changes with the seasons and leans into local ingredients the way only a Louisiana kitchen can…