Hotel Covington named one of South's five hottest new boutique hotels

The New York Times Travel section has a guide to "A New Crop of Boutique Hotels in the South," including one that isn't even open yet: Hotel Covington. The other four are in New Orleans, East Nashville, Richmond and Marfa, Tex.

The story's theme is "Five one-of-a-kind boutique destinations that favor authentic, highly localized design." Hotel Covington is lauded for "vintage free-standing clothing racks (that) pay homage to the location’s past (as a department store). The gastro pub, Coppin’s, will source local and regional ingredients and feature Southern classics including fried chicken, country ham and black-eyed peas. And this summer the spacious patio will host pop-up bars, movie nights and Sunday suppers."

Soapbox's March 15 update on Hotel Covington's progress is here.

Read the full New York Times story here.