The Ace Hotel New Orleans, opened in March in the Warehouse District. The historic 1928 Art Deco building stood until the 1970s as Barnett’s Furniture Store.
Ace Hotel chose Roman and Williams to design the 234-room hotel, deeply rooted in its love for the culture of the city. The design elements of the hotel are inspired by the Dadaists and Art Deco, as well as domestic modernism and The Bloomsbury Artists such as Picasso, Braque and the Cubists. Every room has a full-sized SMEG refrigerator in a custom color, filled with fresh ingredients for mixing in-room cocktails.
Ace Hotel New Orleans also has spaces suitable for events large and small, wild and nonchalant, weird and wonderful. With over 6,500 square feet of traditional meeting space in addition to some additional creative nooks for gatherings, the hotel's event spaces are flexible enough to hold any type of occasion.
The 4,000-square-foot Barnett Hall can accommodate up to 500 guests while the adjacent Barnett Music Room and Barnett Green Room, each about 1,000 square feet can accommodate 100.
James Beard Award-nominated chefs Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman showcase their signature culinary style at the hotel's restaurant, Josephine Estelle, combining the craft-centric philosophy of Italian cooking with the bright, hot flavors of the American South. The chefs have recently participated in the fifth annual Boudin, Bourbon & Beer fundraiser benefitting local organizations like Cafe Reconcile, the Edible Schoolyard NOLA and the culinary program at NOCCA, among others.
The Pacific Northwest’s Stumptown Coffee Roasters opened their first cafe in the South early April at the hotel. The cafe serves Stumptown's signature espresso and hot coffee drinks and features an unprecedented cold brew coffee program, a reverent nod to the city that put iced coffee on the map. In addition, both Ace and Stumptown are working closely with Liberty's Kitchen, a local non-profit that helps young people in New Orleans access futures that are healthy and sustainable.
