The Columns Hotel

Built in 1883, the Columns offers a gorgeous Victorian setting, a stellar bar (order a Ramos gin fizz) and a reputation among locals for serving a most genteel Sunday brunch. Friday, Saturday and Sunday The Columns opens up the lovely Victorian dining room at 11 am. Within minutes, it is filled with "in the know" locals, coming to feast on shrimp & grits, eggs Benedict or jumbo lump crab cake. The menu is both ala carte and a three course prix fixe, with four entrees priced between $30 and $42. flat $40, which includes a glass of bubbly or a mimosa. Getting to The Columns is as easy as hopping on the St. Charles Avenue streetcar.