Rising six stories at the corner of St. Charles Avenue and St. Andrew Street, the Warbler is poised to debut this fall as a 58-key boutique property that channels the enduring spirit of Old World New Orleans.
The 42,000-square-foot project revitalizes a storied site—formerly home to the Trolley Stop Café, which shuttered in 2021—while contributing to the architectural style of the avenue’s celebrated streetscape.
A New Orleans-rooted creative team
Developed by Verdad Real Estate, the Warbler marks the firm’s first venture into hospitality. The project draws together a roster of creative partners with deep ties to New Orleans, including locally based architecture firm EskewDumezRipple and Los Angeles interior design studio Jamie Bush & Co., helmed by Tulane School of Architecture graduate and board member Jamie Bush.
Rounding out the team are Sweet Olive, founded by cousins Dorothy Mann and Legier Goldsmith; project manager Martin Steib, a New Orleanian; and Lark Hospitality, which will oversee hotel management.
Streamline Moderne meets the Jazz Age
The Warbler balances architectural rigor with a nostalgic nod to the Jazz Age. Drawing on the bold geometries and fluid lines of the Streamline Moderne movement, the hotel’s rich, layered interiors recall the gracious service and spirited revelry that defined the era’s social clubs.
Guestrooms, wrapped in a palette of verdant green and buttery yellows, are conceived as welcoming roosts from which to explore the cultural abundance of New Orleans.
The culinary program at the Warbler
The Warbler’s food and beverage program—developed in partnership with local hospitality group CureCo.—centers on two distinct destinations. Mildred’s martini bar and restaurant balances the ease of a European café with the warmth of NOLA hospitality. Here, the green tones established in the guestrooms are carried through in a moodier register, paired with floral-print banquettes.
Upstairs, a poolside lounge will offer an elevated vantage over the lush canopy of St. Charles Avenue’s famed oak trees.
