"Opened in 1862, this sprawling 24-hour café in the French Quarter attracts tourists and locals at all hours for dark-roast coffee spiced with chicory and its divine beignets, served fresh-fried hot and dusted with powdered sugar."
"Beignets are wonderful: square, hole-less donuts, served hot from the fry kettle and heaped with powdered sugar."
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"Opened in 1862, this sprawling 24-hour café in the French Quarter attracts tourists and locals at all hours for dark-roast coffee spiced with chicory and its divine beignets, served fresh-fried hot and dusted with powdered sugar."
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"A classic. We don’t care if it’s filled with gaudy tourists and their out-of-season Mardi Gras beads and socks with sandals. If you’ve never had this combination, you’ve never truly been to New Orleans."
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"A visit to New Orleans is not complete without eating beignets at Cafe du Monde."
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"Once there an apron-clad worker will take order and deliver a plate full of beignets coated in an exorbitant amount of airy confectioners sugar. It’s pretty much the best thing."
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"There's a reason why people flock here; the beignets are crisp puffs, yeasty and served straight from the fryer, blanketed in powdered sugar."
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"Delicious and piled with so much powdered sugar you could practically swoop down one on a pair of snow skis."
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"Cafe du Monde is the beignet mecca of New Orleans and number one of "The Big 3"."
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User comments
"Very long lines to get in, but worth it for the beignets and chicory coffee"