New Orleans Reports: Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter
Serving Beignets and Coffee Since 1862
By: Charles Giuliano - 04/28/2008
http://www.cafedumonde.com /
800 Decatur Street
New Orleans, La. 70116
504 525 4514
The beignet is a traditional, New Orleans style, fried dough or donut which is smothered in piles of fluffy powdered sugar. The Cafe du Monde in Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans serves them with cafe au lait, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The business was established during the Civil War in 1862.
The Cafe is closed only on Christmas and during the occasional hurricane.
We sampled this local treat and took a look back in the kitchen where the staff of waitresses filled trays full of the confections and beverages for eagerly awaiting customers.
Having loaded up on sugar and caffein, we took a stroll around nearby Jackson Square, then titubated a cakewalk along the waterfront.