Best Breakfast & Brunch in New Orleans

New Orleans doesn’t just eat breakfast — it celebrates it. Beignets buried in powdered sugar, bananas set on fire tableside, jazz bands playing during brunch, and Bloody Marys that could double as a meal.

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Café Du Monde (French Quarter) — Open since 1862. Three items: beignets (fried dough covered in a mountain of powdered sugar), café au lait, and orange juice. Open 24 hours. Sit at the open-air tables overlooking Jackson Square. Powdered sugar will coat everything within a 3-foot radius. Don’t wear black.