Arnaud's Restaurant

Staff and diners at Arnaud's say Count Arnaud appears in a tuxedo in the main dining room and vanishes into a wall, rearranges silverware and napkins that are set incorrectly and changes bar set-ups he doesn't like; diners in a private upstairs room found the floating torso of a man in one of their photos, and an employee doing an after-hours audit found a highball glass half full on the bar at Le Richelieu that was empty moments later. His daughter Germaine is most often seen in the Mardi Gras museum, and servers have described a behatted woman who leaves the ladies' room, crosses a corridor and disappears through a wall, in a spot where a staircase once stood. Cold spots and apparitions are reported in Le Richelieu bar, and well-dressed gentlemen are said to enjoy it after hours. Arnaud's was founded in 1918 by Arnaud Cazenave, a French wine salesman known as Count Arnaud, and was run after his death in 1948 by his daughter Germaine Cazenave Wells, who was queen of more than 22 Mardi Gras balls. In 1983 the family opened the Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum inside the restaurant, filled with the gowns and artifacts she collected. The restaurant treats its ghosts as friendly and part of its long history.