{"id":1221,"slug":"arnauds-restaurant-new-orleans-louisiana","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Arnaud's is the counted — the 'no real title' that's the Count's truth, the 'self-promotion' that's the nickname's source. The '13 buildings' is the grown — the 'block' that's the footprint's size, the '1,000 seats' that's the capacity's count. The 'Germaine' is the reigned — the '22 balls' that's the Carnival's count, the 'Easter parade' that's the tradition's start.","The '1978' is the faded — the 'golden past' that's the guide's verdict, the 'Casbarians' that's the rescuer's name. The 'French 75' is the poured — the 'James Beard' that's the bar's award, the 'soufflé potatoes' that's the dish's fame. Arnaud's is the kept — the '1918' that's the founding's year, the 'two families' that's the ownership's count.","The file keeps Arnaud's: the counted title, the grown block, the reigned Germaine, and the kept tradition.","Arnaud's is the archive's Louisiana file — the restaurant that outlived its own era."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Arnaud's is the archive's Louisiana file — the Count who wasn't, the block that is.","A restaurant keeps its rooms — the file's suggestion being that Arnaud's hold is the accumulated: the '13 buildings' that's the growth's form, the 'Germaine' that's the personality's peak, and the '1978' that's the near-death's date."]}],"name":"Arnaud’s Restaurant","aliases":[],"type":"RESTAURANT","type_label":"Restaurant","cats":["HAUNTED_PLACE"],"groups":["hauntings","lodging"],"desc":"Restaurant in New Orleans; research record.","full_desc":"A restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana, Arnaud’s Restaurant is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Restaurant in New Orleans; research record. Its signature presence is Count Arnaud — the figure the file’s accounts keep returning to. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 legend, every one filed as account rather than fact. Visitor status is unverified; confirm before making the trip.","address":null,"city":"New Orleans","county":null,"state":"Louisiana","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":30.05342,"lon":-89.934502,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery pass. Precise location, historical chronology and current visitor conditions require independent enrichment. Confidence concerns provenance only.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"LOW","score":43.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":502,"type":"HAUNTING","description":"Explore Louisiana recounts dining-room apparitions associated with Arnaud. The figure answers to Count Arnaud in the retellings. The restaurant's reports are the kind old establishments accumulate — footsteps after close, presences in empty rooms. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. Sources including 'Louisiana’s Haunted History' keep the claim in circulation. The haunting claim is now part of the site's identity, filed alongside the documented history.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Count Arnaud","where":"Dining room","first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.65,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Louisiana’s Haunted History","url":"https://www.explorelouisiana.com/articles/haunted-louisiana-experiences","publisher":"Louisiana Office of Tourism","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Explore Louisiana recounts dining-room apparitions associated with Arnaud. The restaurant's reports are the kind old establishments accumulate — footsteps after close, presences in empty rooms. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Louisiana’s Haunted History","url":"https://www.explorelouisiana.com/articles/haunted-louisiana-experiences","publisher":"Louisiana Office of Tourism","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[{"name":"Count Arnaud","claimed_identity":"Count Arnaud","verified":null,"summary":"Explore Louisiana recounts dining-room apparitions associated with Arnaud. The file calls it Count Arnaud. The reports concentrate at Dining room. The restaurant's reports are the kind old establishments accumulate — footsteps after close, presences in empty rooms. 'Louisiana’s Haunted History' carries the account. Named presences persist where anonymous reports fade — the file's name here is Count Arnaud.","behavior":"Explore Louisiana recounts dining-room apparitions associated with Arnaud.","area":"Dining room","first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Louisiana’s Haunted History","url":"https://www.explorelouisiana.com/articles/haunted-louisiana-experiences","publisher":"Louisiana Office of Tourism","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Louisiana’s Haunted History","url":"https://www.explorelouisiana.com/articles/haunted-louisiana-experiences","publisher":"Louisiana Office of Tourism","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}