Muriel's Jackson Square
Muriel's Jackson Square occupies a French Quarter building rebuilt after the Great New Orleans Fire of 1788, restored to grandeur by owner Pierre Antoine Lepardi Jourdan as a home for his family. As the legend goes, Jourdan could never quell his appetite for gambling, and in 1814 he wagered the house in a poker game and lost it; rather than vacate the home he treasured, he took his own life on the second floor. When the restaurant opened in 2001, staff reported glasses and wine bottles flying across the room, and his presence is now described as a glimmer of sparkly light haunting the upstairs séance lounges. To keep him at peace, the restaurant still sets a table for Jourdan every evening, laid with bread and wine for the guest who never leaves.
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