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    Southern Hospitality in LA

    Hoedown in West Hollywood: Unique boutique hotel offers country side of life

    Jayme Lamm
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    Sep 1, 2013 | 4:06 pm

    Looking for a hotel hoedown in West Hollywood complete with marketing brilliance, hospitable service 24 hours a day and a location Realtors drool over right in the middle of all the action you traveled for? Then look no further than Farmer’s Daughter, a boutique hotel located directly across the street from the popular Farmer’s Market and The Grove shopping complex.

    Just inches away from red carpets and velvet ropes, the 66-room boutique hotel exudes all the Southern hospitality any traveler could want.

    It’s true that every corner of LA, along with every beach and shopping nook within the city confines, has its own personality, and Farmer’s Daughter is verifiable proof of that. Just inches away from red carpets and velvet ropes, the 66-room boutique hotel exudes all the Southern hospitality any traveler could want. If you’re looking for a little bit (or a lot) of Texas on the west-coast at a reasonable LA price (a little over $200 a night on most nights), check out this spot.

    When it comes to the décor, think of a comfortable farmhouse with luminous paintings of farm animals, with denim comforters, painted murals, copper tables, and even a few rooms topped off with ceiling mirrors. Exactly what the farmer ordered. As long as you’re not staying in one of those ceiling mirrored rooms with his daughter!

    There are also brilliant marketing sayings throughout — the door tag to hang outside your door, with one side: “Please gussy up” and the other: “Don’t come a knockin’ if this room’s a rockin’."

    Other unique amenities offered at Farmer’s Daughter:

    • How about free bike rentals for guests for a romantic ride throughout Los Angeles or just to skip through the traffic?
    • A co-op shopping area in the hotel lobby where lemonade and sweet tea are served for guests passing through or checking in. SHOP: Add Our Story To Yours.
    • A Lending Library located outside the hotel’s front doors, where guests can borrow and/or leave books. Remember, sharing is caring, especially while traveling.
    • An outdoor, retro-style pool already occupied by a few rubber duckies, marking the perfect setting for a retro photoshoot.
    • Postcards. Free. In the lobby, ready for your taking. All you need is a pen and a stamp and you can quickly say hello to your favorite friends and family from your new favorite hotel in West Hollywood.

    The restaurant, TART, is a great place for brunch (hint: bottomless mimosas). You can sit inside or outside and the atmosphere is casual yet uniquely chic and full of Southern twists. Another bonus, as if you needed one after the mention of bottomless mimosas: Free WiFi. Boom. Did someone say working lunch?

    Tart Restaurant menu/story:

    HOLLYWOOD is a place like no other. This is where the dreamers and their dreams can become reality.

    It is the place where a farmer’s daughter got off the bus and embraced her god-given assets to become somebody. She let down her pigtails and became a city slicker.

    She is now the envy of the city girls and the toast of the men in town. She may have lost a few things on the way to the top but she held on to her love of the small town, the comfort of mamma’s hospitality and the gift of good cookin’.

    Enough said.

    Oh, and Rodney Atkin’s once sang a song just about Farmer’s Daughters. So enjoy.

    Just inches away from red carpets and velvet ropes, the 66-room boutique Farmer's Daughter Hotel exudes all the Southern hospitality any traveler could want.

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    Art-filled boutique hotel in the Heights earns coveted Michelin Key

    Eric Sandler
    Sep 18, 2026 | 11:30 am
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    A boutique hotel in the Heights is one of seven Texas properties to earn a coveted Michelin Key. The Hotel Daphne, a Bunkhouse property that opened in 2025, joins these other Texas stays on the list:

    • Four Seasons Hotel Austin
    • The Frances Modern Inn (Austin)
    • Hotel 1928 (Waco)
    • Missing Hotel (Marble Falls)
    • The Ritz-Carlton Dallas (Las Colinas)
    • Sophie’s Gasthaus (New Braunfels)

    In its entry on the Michelin website, the Guide’s inspectors hail the five-story, 49-room property, which is also home to Hypsi, an Italian restaurant led by Houston chef Terrence Gallivan, and Bar Daphne, an art-filled cocktail bar. The hotel's walls are adorned with more than 160 pieces from the Ackerley Family Collection, which focuses on works created by living Texas artists.

    A bohemian Bunkhouse hideaway and One-Key in Houston’s The Heights, with 49 rooms, a library, and a restaurant serving house-made pasta. Select suites come with a balcony; unexpected details include stitched floral headboards and funky soap dishes. A lobby shop sells locally produced jewelry and home décor.

    “Being awarded a Michelin Key is a testament to our wonderful team and all the hard work they have put in to make Daphne what it is,” owner Ben Ackerly tells CultureMap. “The Heights community has been great in how well we’ve been received, and now that is being recognized on a broader scale with this accolade.”

    Announced Friday, September 18, Michelin added 65 properties in America to its list of Key-worthy stays, bringing the overall total to more than 350 hotels nationwide. Hotel Daphne is the fifth Houston hotel to earn One Key status, joining The Post Oak Hotel, Hotel ZaZa Houston (Museum District), Hotel ZaZa Memorial City, and the Hotel Saint Augustine, a Bunkhouse property in Montrose. The Carr Mansion in Galveston also holds one Michelin Key.

    Similar to the famous Michelin Stars awarded to restaurants, hotels may receive one, two, or three keys, which is defined as follows:

    • One Michelin Key for hotels that offer "very special" stays with service that "provides significantly more than similarly priced establishments."
    • Two Michelin Keys for "exceptional stays" where memorable guest experiences are "always guaranteed" with a special emphasis on the hotel's design or architecture.
    • Three Michelin Keys for hotels that provide "extraordinary stays" for "the ultimate in comfort and service, style and elegance."

    No properties in Texas hold three Michelin Keys. The state’s only two key properties are the Commodore Perry Estate (Austin), the Bowie House (Fort Worth), and Hotel Emma (San Antonio).

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