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Café Du Monde

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Café Du Monde is an open-air coffee shop at the French Market in New Orleans’ French Quarter, founded in 1862 and known for café au lait and powdered-sugar beignets.

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Why go

  • House-baked beignets are square pastries without a hole, served three to an order under powdered sugar.
  • The café has remained at its original French Market site since 1862.

Opening hours

Today07:15 – 23:00Show all
Monday07:15 – 23:00
Tuesday07:15 – 23:00
Wednesday07:15 – 23:00
Thursday07:15 – 23:00
Friday07:15 – 00:00
Saturday07:15 – 00:00
Sunday07:15 – 23:00

Good to know

BreakfastLive MusicNon-smoking restaurantsOutdoor SeatingStreet ParkingTable ServiceTakeoutWheelchair Accessible

Drinks to try

  • Coffee with chicory, served hot or iced, black or au lait
  • Milk
  • Hot chocolate
  • Fresh-squeezed orange juice
  • Soft drinks

Dishes to try

  • The French Market café’s only food is homemade beignets, a French fried pastry prepared in its own bakery.

Atmosphere

  • Open-air seating
  • Live music
  • Non-smoking dining

Good for

  • Breakfast A coffee-and-beignet breakfast stop.

When it's busy

Day and night
The café has historically drawn long queues of locals and tourists, both by day and at night.

Shorts

History

During the Civil War, New Orleans Creoles developed chicory-blended coffee amid a coffee shortage. The café still serves it. For more than a century, the café served only coffee with chicory and beignets.

  1. 1791–1813At the French Market site, the Spanish-built Butcher’s Hall was damaged by a hurricane in 1812. A replacement market building was erected in 1813.
  2. 1862The coffee stand opened at the upriver end of the French Market.
  3. 1942Hubert Fernandez bought the café; his family has owned it since.
  4. 1980sA 1984 New Orleans exposition helped make the café internationally known. It became an international franchise during the decade.
  5. 1988Iced coffee and soft drinks joined the menu.
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  1. 2005Its elevated position limited Hurricane Katrina damage. After six weeks of repairs and renovations to the kitchens and dining rooms, it reopened on 19 October. The reopening was reported nationwide as a symbol of the city’s revival.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible.

Sources: Café du Monde - Wikipedia · New Orleans/French Quarter - Wikivoyage (eat) · Café du Monde - Wikipedia · Café du Monde - Wikipedia · checked 26 Sep 2026

Where
800 Decatur Street Hilton New Orleans Riverside, LA, New Orleans

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Questions and answers

What is a beignet?

A beignet is a square of dough without a hole. Acadians introduced it to Louisiana.

What is chicory coffee at Café Du Monde?

The café blends coffee beans with roasted chicory roots.

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