The Guesthouse Local Pick

The Write-Up

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The Guesthouse is Mills 50's plant-filled living room, greenery trailing over white walls around a square bar. Sunlight floods the big windows early; later the room goes candlelit and cozy, full of lively conversation. The bartenders build the classics with conviction, a Tom Collins one guest called the best she had ever had, plus margaritas, a passionfruit margarita, and a proper army navy. On busy nights, Fridays especially, it packs wall to wall, so weeknights are the version the regulars fell for.

What People Are Saying

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Real words from people who have been, gathered from public reviews. The Guesthouse holds 4.3 on Google across 921 reviews.

District Story

The story of Mills 50

A district named for its own crossroads, platted as front porches in 1883 and remade twice by the people who moved in.

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