Jillian Chantal

When I first started Friday Facts, I talked about a favorite restaurant in the Pensacola area for your characters to dine if you set a story  here. I’m returning to the restaurant theme today with a look at Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans. My friend, Romancemama went there for Veteran’s Day and it reminded me that I used this very place in one of my stories.  My hero and heroine in Runaway eat breakfast here after staying at the Roosevelt Hotel on Baronne Street (a post in and of itself).

If you’ve never been to Cafe Du Monde, you’ve never almost asphyxiated on powdered sugar.  The stuff is everywhere. In the air, on the floor, all over the tables and in your lungs as soon as you get inside. Take your last deep breath and enter the world of sugar.  The beignets are divine- very hot!  They will burn your fingers and believe me, hot sugar can be painful.  But dang, the taste is so worth it.

The coffee is not for the likes of me. It’s chicory coffee and I swear, I’ve had a cup walk out  of Cafe Du Monde and across the street to Jackson Square beside me. I think it even walked faster than me.  I’m not a fan of strong coffee and this stuff will knock your head off.  Many people love it but I just am a big ole wimp. I like a 1/2 shot of coffee and the rest milk. In other words, wave the coffee over my glass of milk and move on.

Go to Cafe Du Monde if you are ever in New Orleans. You’ll love it. If you choke on the sugar air and die, you’ll die happy!  laissez bon temps rouler (Let the good times roll)!