The Café du Monde is open 24 hours a day

Café du Monde is a famous coffee shop on Decatur Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is best known for its café au lait and its French style beignets. In the New Orleans style, the coffee is blended with chicory. A cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... French Quarter: upper Charters street looking down towards Jackson Square and the spires of St. ... New Orleans (French: Nouvelle-Orléans) is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Café au lait is a French coffee drink prepared by mixing coffee and scalded (not steamed) milk. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... A beignet is a pastry made from fried dough and sprinkled with confectioners sugar. ... Species C. endivia - cultivated endive - wild endive - common chicory Ref: ITIS 36762 Chicory is a flowering plant in genus Cichorium in family Asteraceae. ...

The location at the upper end of the French Market was established in 1862. For over a century it was one of two similar coffee and beignets places in the market, the other being Morning Call, established in 1870 and for political reasons forced out of the Old French Market in 1974 and moved to the suburb of Metairie, Louisiana. 1862 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Metairie is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. ...

Starting in the late 1980s, Café du Monde has opened up additional locations in shopping malls in the greater New Orleans metro area. Café du Monde locations can also be found throughout Japan. Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see mall. ... Greater New Orleans is a metropolitan area in south-east Louisiana, centered around the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0. ...

It is open 24 hours, 7 days a week, except for Christmas Day (and days when "the occasional hurricane passes too close to New Orleans," according to the shop's Web site), and is patronized by both locals and visitors.

External link

• Cafedumonde.com  (http://www.cafedumonde.com/main.html)