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Café du Monde

New Orleans, United States of America

4.5
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Café du Monde | TasteAtlas | Recommended authentic restaurants
Café du Monde | TasteAtlas | Recommended authentic restaurants
Café du Monde | TasteAtlas | Recommended authentic restaurants
Café du Monde | TasteAtlas | Recommended authentic restaurants
Café du Monde | TasteAtlas | Recommended authentic restaurants
800 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA +1 504-525-4544

Famous for

Sweet Pastry, France

Beignets

Recommended by Food & Wine and 20 other food critics.
"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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Recommendations

"Beignets are wonderful: square, hole-less donuts, served hot from the fry kettle and heaped with powdered sugar."
"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."
"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."
"A visit to New Orleans is not complete without eating beignets at Cafe du Monde."
"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."
"No trip to the Crescent City is complete until you’ve sampled Café du Monde’s beignets, fresh out of the fryer, topped with a heap of powdered sugar and washed down with a cup of their chicory coffee."
"Right off Jackson Square and open 24 hours, a stop at the indoor/outdoor powdered-sugar palace is a New Orleans must-stop for even the most jaded foodies."
"There's a reason why people flock here; the beignets are crisp puffs, yeasty and served straight from the fryer, blanketed in powdered sugar."
"Delicious and piled with so much powdered sugar you could practically swoop down one on a pair of snow skis."
"Cafe du Monde is the beignet mecca of New Orleans and number one of "The Big 3"."

User comments

Scott Williams
January 20, 2024

"Very long lines to get in, but worth it for the beignets and chicory coffee"

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