Did you know that part of the Eiffel Tower is now located in New Orleans? ๐ซ
We stumbled upon this place and thought it was super neat while walking around NOLA.
Established in 2010, EIFFEL SOCIETY is a versatile events venue in New Orleans.
The iconic steel structure and glass walls that are now home of the Eiffel society were once apart of a restaurant that was perched a top a tier of the Eiffel Tower in Paris where trendsetters such as Hemingway, Coco Chanel, and Picasso once drank, dined, and discussed their day.
As time went on however, the sheer weight of the restaurant started to cause the tierโs floor to sink. The restaurant was taken down piece by piece like LEGOโs in 1981 and was shipped to New Orleans in 1984.
It turns out that the restaurant would find a new home, not high above all of Paris, but on the streets of New Orleans. John Onorio and Daniel Bonnot, a famous French chef, got wind of the restaurantโs deconstruction, and paid 1.5 million dollars to ship the freighters containing the restaurant overseas to give the establishment a new start. Despite the rust that accumulated on the parts, and the freighters labeled in French, the restaurant Was reassembled 14 feet in the air and located on iconic St. Charles Avenue.
