Café Du Monde

Café du Monde, located at the Uptown end of the French Market, directly across Jackson Square from St. Louis Cathedral, is a New Orleans institution specializing in two things: coffee (with or without milk but always with chicory) and beignets, which are airy, deep-fried Creole doughnuts. There are other things on the menu, but nobody seems to be able to recall what they are. In 1862 when Café du Monde opened, the Civil War was raging, New Orleans was one of the most economically important cities in No