Favorite places to eat in NOLA

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<p>oh and Cafe DuMonde is the perfect way to end any night before turning in. No lines either! </p>

<p>I have to disagree about Cafe Beignet. but try them both and see which you prefer! You can never have too many beignets! </p>

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<p>Old-school restaurant:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.thebontoncafe.com”>http://www.thebontoncafe.com</a></p>

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<p>I don’t know about Cafe Beignet, but Cafe du Monde should never have called what they serve … beignets. The current version might have evolved over the years, but the flattened sopapillas’ dough cut in squares does not deserve to be named a beignet just because it is fried and covered in powdered sugar. Beignets should be light and fluffy and made with freshly mixed batter. Peek inside the kitchen and you’ll see what CDM serves. Hint? <a href=“http://www.bridgford.com/foodservice/brochures/Sopapilla-Tortilla-Bolillo-HR.pdf”>http://www.bridgford.com/foodservice/brochures/Sopapilla-Tortilla-Bolillo-HR.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Its success is probably because Americans believe there is something European in NOLA, and they just do know any better. This is akin to telling the Mickey waffles at Disneyland are the best Belgian waffles in the world. Or pretending the stuff you buy at Albersons is actually a baguette. </p>

<p>Perhaps a must see tourist trap it is, but it remains that those glorified sopapillas are hardly worth the detour. Not to mention that the chicory laden coffee is as disgusting as the coffee served in a gas station in the middle of nowhere. My take is that it helps to be well-liquored up to find much greatness in NOLA. Crazy, sinful, smelly, and dirty is what I think of it! ;)</p>

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<p>You are my hero, dolphnlvr6!!!</p>

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<p>good call about asking for a parking permit</p>

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<p>@xiggi your response is rude and condescending. Just because YOU do not like cafe DuMonde does not mean millions of other people do not. I personally do not like Cafe au lait but my husband and millions of others LOVE IT! and beignets are NOT sopapillias! Beignets are french origin and sopapillias are mexican. They are not meant to be the same thing. Sopapillias contain yeast which gives them an different texture. </p>

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<p>So tell me about bread pudding . . . it seems to be a staple</p>

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<p>It’s very good! Palace Cafe on Canal has a to die for white chocolate bread pudding! Boucherie makes a Krispy Kreme bread pudding! Cafe Reconcile makes a Banannas Foster bread pudding, </p>

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<p>Here’s some bread pudding info, you will also find “bread pudding soufflé” in some places:</p>

<p><a href=“Bread Pudding | Chefs Add Variety to New Orleans Classic Dessert”>http://www.frenchquarter.com/dining/BreadPudding.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also, I like the beignets and cafe au lait at Cafe du Monde. And the breezy, casual atmosphere with many generations of Vietnamese American women who are the wait staff there. There’s a window in the back where you can look into the kitchen and see how powdered sugar covers everything. No, they may not be authentic beignets but they are the delicious local version. The local pralines, large, cookie-shaped and full of molasses and pecans, are not identical to the original French sugared almond pralines either. </p>

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<p>Or you can skip the beignets and have a tiramisu donut or some other joyously clogging concoction here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.donutsandsliders.com/#about”>http://www.donutsandsliders.com/#about&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Ha! That is the first time that I’ve seen a donut paired with fried chicken. In our neck of the woods we have maple/bacon donuts but I haven’t seen the chicken option ~:> </p>

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<p>That’s the 3rd time this week I’ve seen mention of that place. Going to have to add it to my list!</p>

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Funny, I went to a conference there in June and took my daughter, and we also did the cooking school (it was arranged through our meeting, and was even cheaper)–we also thought it was fun, and the food was good. I’m not much for beignets, but my daughter went to both Café du Monde and Café Beignet, and she also felt that the beignets were better at Café Beignet.</p>

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<p>Hunt, I may not have been clear, but the $46 was for both of us, not just one person. We thought the lady doing the demonstration was a hoot:) Glad you had fun with your daughter.</p>

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<p>Oh, then it was roughly the same. We thought it was a great deal considering what we paid for other meals–it was essentially like being in the audience of a cooking show.</p>

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<p>DH & I were in NOLA 2 years ago. He was on business but had 1 free day. I arranged for a bike tour -which was FABULOUS - through several neighborhoods in the morning, walked around the Latin Quarter in the afternoon, then had a kayak trip in the St. Johns bayou at sunset. It was magical looking at the city lights from the water & listening to marching bands performing at Friday night football games. We ended up eating dinner at Cafe Degas (<a href=“http://www.cafedegas.com”>http://www.cafedegas.com</a>), a small neighborhood bistro in mid-town after the kayak trip. Cafe Degas is off the tourist track but it was romantic and the food was exceptional. We had the sweetest waiter, and as we were leaving, I asked his name so that I could write a nice review on TripAdvisor. It turns out that our waiter at Cafe Degas was the great-nephew of the painter, Edgar Degas. We had planned to finish the evening at a jazz club on Frenchman Street, but after our NOLA 'triathlon" (biking, kayaking, eating), we ended up calling it a night.</p>

<p>If you get a chance, take the public ferry across the Mississippi. I believe it is free, and it gives you a great perspective looking back on New Orleans.</p>

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<p>pssst- French Quarter, not Latin Quarter ;)</p>

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<p>I had planned to just walk on the ferry and ride over and back rather than the “three hour cruise” on the paddle boat. I like the kayak trip idea.</p>

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<p>The ferry is a nice short trip over to the West Bank. Mard iGras world used to be over there but they relocated. </p>

<p>kayaking on Bayou St. John is a wonderful experience. You can lunch at Parkway Bakery or Willie Maes and then kayak, they are in the same area! </p>

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<p>Since I have the experts at hand . . . are there second lines every Sunday or just in some seasons? How do you find out where and when one would be? Are they all listed on the WWOZ Takin’ It To The Streets page or just some? That would likely be a kid priority if there was one on Sunday</p>