The Pelham Hotel offers living standards of elegant New Orleans nestled between the business of downtown and the beauty of the French Quarter. On a quiet side street, the 19th century hotel puts guests just two blocks from the shops and cafes of Riverwalk and five blocks from the bistros and boisterous bars of Bourbon Street.

The ornate lobby, cozy seating and Old World decorations turn the Pelham into an intimate hotel steeped in New Orleans tradition. In fact, the hotel sits on the 1700s plantation of Jean Baptist Lemoyne De Bienville, founder of New Orleans, who later turned it over to the Jesuits who later lost it to the Yankees.

Guests can find plenty of dining options in the Big Easy, but the hotel's Huey's 24/7 Diner is worth a check. The restaurant serves American and New Orleans cuisine, including Cajun omlettes with andouille sausage and crawfish, red beans and rice, crawfish etouffee, beef tenderloin topped with shrimp scampi sauce, and andouille cornbread. Why, it's enough to make Thibodaux shout, "Ay, Yee!"

Meanwhile, the Pelham's 60 guest rooms are furnished with antiques, four poster beds, oil paintings, 18 foot ceilings, exposed brick walls, 10 foot windows, plush bathrobes, fancy English soaps, coffee makers, safes and wireless Internet access. Guests also receive comp access to fitness facilities at the Pelham's nearby siblings, the St. James, Parc St. Charles and the French Market Inn, the latter two also providing pools.

With its boutique size and side street romantic allure, the Pelham Hotel is a fav of couples who come to the Big Easy with lovin' on their minds. Then again, leisure travelers with other things on their minds will find the Pelham perfect for a location close to the French Quarter, shops, nightclubs, world renown restaurants and everything else synonymous with N' Orleans.