Cafe Du Monde ReopensFollow

Being a southern girl, I am a huge fan of New Orleans. I visit regularly, I honeymooned there, someday I want to live there (at least for a few years). That being said, the hurricane really upset me on almost a personal level.

So I was watching the morning news, and the Cafe Du Monde (home of the french quarter cafe au lait and beignet doughnut) reopened today. In live video feed I saw, it was busy! I keep having these images in my mind of a vacant, desolate New Orleans, but that place was hoppin'. Reopening tourism will be a good thing for the city. I had no idea they had come that far already.

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Never heard of that place. But then, it doesn't sound like they serve booze or have strippers, so I probably never walked into the place.


Ahhhh, the lost days of my reckless youth...

In that case, I may have been there and just don't remember it.

Cafe Du Monde is open again?!

HURRAY!!!

I have never been there. I searched around on the net and still can't quite place it *shrug*. Cafe Du Monde is just such a staple, and so cheap. My husband and I would eat breakfast there every morning for 6 bucks. Of course, if you want to really discuss what is better, try Brennan's for an excellent, but pricey, breakfast. It's owned by the same family that owns many restaurants in NO, including Commander's Palace (but there is some sort of feud there and they don't speak, only sort of connected). We ate there once on our honeymoon, and returned to the bar many, many, many times for brandy milk punch in to-go cups. Yummmmm. Talk about a great way to start the morning.

What a coinkidink. I love eating there too!

Hey ya'll, thanks for your concerns and thoughts. I'm from New Orleans, recently moved to Baton Rouge, and it is a great thought to see that the cafe has opened. You know, that place had been open for over 150 years, and it was the first time it had been closed for that long.

The city is decimated. Over 50,000 homes must be destroyed because of water damage and mold, and we more than likely will lose the Saints and the Hornets to San Antonio and Oklahoma City (respectively). It will be hard to get the city back the way it was, because there is so much garbage, and filth. They say that anywhere from 100 to 400 thousand people will not return to New Orleans, and as of recently, the state of Louisiana has reported over 460,000 new cases of unemployment in a state that had only 9 million people.

Luckily, I have a good computer with me where I am, so I can happily play FFXI to bide my time.

Oh, and by the way, if you are able to get back to NOLA (as we like to call it), check out Mother's and Commander's Palace on Tchopitoulas (in the CBD, or Central Business District).

well, here in Baton Rouge, at the Mall they have a Cafe Du Monde, but of course, it isnt the gritty feel that you get from the original. However, they have the same recipes, and the same prices. It's nothing to replace the original, but it certainly is a good substitute.

You talking about having cocktails there is just icing on the cake baby.