Café Du Monde
About
Iconic New Orleans cafe known for café au laits, chicory coffee & beignets since 1862. View Website
What was it like?
We cross the rails of a stop-sign red trolly with yellow-trimmed windows, and I feel as though I’ve stepped into a movie screen. The sun boils the humid glaze that’s formed across my skin, but I am too delighted to care. To our right, the Mississippi River cradles a massive white ferry, whose delicate beams disguise its powerful might. To our left, our ears catch the blare of a saxophone accompanied by a deep, bluesy voice reverberating through iron-fenced balconies and rainbow stucco townhouses. The sticky-sweet powdered-sugar smell of beignets tempts our nostrils…
Visited During
TX-PA Road Trip
and
New Orleans for ALAAC
800 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116
