Morning Call beignet fans are legion, impressed by the fried to order tender beignets offered in a paper bag, letting a person choose how much sugar to shake over the treat. Now located at 5101 Canal Street, Morning Call offers more than just breakfast, with daily specials and even Irish coffee featured. It’s also open 24/7.

A family-friendly, quintessential neighborhood restaurant, Katie’s is known for straightforward Southern and Louisiana favorites, as well as brunch, a great Cuban, and the crawfish beignets: crawfish, shrimp, cheddar, mozzarella, jalapenos, and caramelized onion served with a bright dipping sauce. Winner of the 2018 Beignet Fest.

When legendary chef and candy maker Loretta Harrison died in February 2022, it was a big loss for the city indeed. Harrison ran Loretta’s Authentic Pralines, the first praline shop owned by an African American woman, pioneering praline beignets along with savory options like crabmeat or burger beignets. With locations in the French Market and on Rampart Street, word is Loretta’s recipes will live on.

The first Cafe Du Monde opened in 1862 in a stand in the French Market, and ever since, beignets have been the cafe’s calling card. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Cafe Du Monde’s menu is succinct: beignets, three to an order, doused in confectioners’ sugar; orange juice, and cafe au lait made with chicory.

Although they aren’t always on the menu, Bayona offers specials that sometimes include terrific smoked salmon beignets, a masterful mouth feel. For dessert, this French Quarter charmer sometimes offers sweet cinnamon banana beignets — think bananas Foster in the round.

This is where visitors frequent if they want their beignets along with a hot breakfast in the French Quarter. Cafe Beignet has three locations, including one on Bourbon Street, and a menu of eggs, grits, waffles, and New Orleans staples including red beans and rice and etouffee.

Chef Byron Halliburton turns all kinds of ingredients upside down at SoBou in the French Quarter. Whether he’s serving a cochon de lait and oyster surf and turf or making corndogs studded with shrimp and tasso, expect the unexpected. Like the foie fondue he serves with those addictive duck and sweet potato beignets, a winning combo.

Criolla is a sleeper in the Monteleone, a spirited Creole spot with an inventive menu and solid service. The blue crab and corn beignets are a super savory option, served with Cajun brown butter and remoulade. But there’s also a sweet breakfast option of French Market style beignets with praline sauce and strawberries.

This Uptown breakfast and lunch spot serves everything on the menu all day, which is great for dueling tastes of shrimp and grits and a Cuban sandwich. But it’s Luca Eats’ Oreo beignets that all diners adore: an Oreo cookie folded into dough and deep-fried. Yes, please.

Bakery Bar has maintained its hidden gem status over the years even as it's grown in popularity for happy hour, brunch, after-dinner cocktails, and of course, dessert. In addition to the bar’s legendary slices of doberge cake, Bakery Bar serves up two versions of sweet beignets for dessert, a wildly popular version with housemade chocolate chip cookies and one that’s more traditional. Both are top-notch.

Love this French cafe on Magazine, which asks the question “A hot beignet is a pillow of goodness, and who doesn’t love their pillow?” on its website. The menu offers plain and cinnamon flavors, but the Vintage also offers beignet specials — like a king cake beignet during Carnival. Beignets and pastries are served all day, with savory bites like boudin balls and flavored flatbreads offered from 11 a.m. Good cocktails here as well.