A quiet side street in the CBD is not where most people expect to find a hotel that serves jambu flower cocktails and ceviches under a mural of a New Orleans burlesque legend, but the Selina Catahoula has been doing exactly that since 2016, and the locals found it fast.
The building is a restored 1845 Creole townhouse on Common Street, its bones intact in the form of exposed brick walls, original windows, and a quirky, asymmetric layout that the designers leaned into rather than corrected.
Thirty-five rooms are spread across the property, fresh and airy with flat-screen TVs, Aveda toiletries, and artisanal soap from New Orleans Lip and Soap. There is no closet, which sounds like a quirk until you realize the rooms are designed for people who are not planning to spend much time in them…