New Orleans’s Essential Breakfast Restaurants

20 February 2024

Breakfast at Cafe Porche & Snowbar. | Cafe Porche & Snowbar

Greasy spoons, neighborhood cafes, and fine-dining icons serving up the most important meal of the day

Going out for breakfast is a special treat, whether it means sitting alone with a coffee and pastry at a favorite outdoor cafe, grabbing a well-wrapped breakfast burrito before a road trip or day at work, or gathering with friends for a lingering meal accompanied by a breakfast cocktail or two. Thankfully, New Orleans has a lot of breakfast spots to coax one out of the house, from neighborhood favorites known for New Orleans specialties to diners serving American classics, and iconic destinations that will turn any morning into a celebration.

For the purposes of this map, we’re distinguishing breakfast restaurants from coffee shops; here is a guide to New Orleans’s favorite coffee shops. Here are our top picks for where to enjoy the most important meal of the day in New Orleans.

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