What is the name of the inn where Ishmael and Queequeg first share a room?

The inn where Ishmael and Queequeg first share a room is the Spouter-Inn. Ishmael arrives in New Bedford looking for lodging before joining a whaling voyage, but the crowded inn has only one bed available.

That bed is already assigned to Queequeg, a heavily tattooed Polynesian harpooneer who returns late carrying his tomahawk and a preserved head for sale. Ishmael is initially frightened and assumes Queequeg may be dangerous. By morning, however, the two men begin to understand each other and form one of the novel’s most important friendships.

The Spouter-Inn is sometimes confused with the Try Pots, but the two inns appear in different parts of the story. The Spouter-Inn is in New Bedford, where Ishmael and Queequeg first meet. After traveling to Nantucket, they stay at the Try Pots before signing onto the Pequod.