NEW ORLEANS — Beignet lovers, now is your time! Cafe du Monde's new location in City Park is open.
The popular pastry shop's 10th location opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. with a live band playing for the opening crowd.
Cafe du Monde had been serving beignets out of a food truck at City Park since January, after securing a space at the Casino Building.
They outbid the previous Casino Building tenant, Morning Call, after a lawsuit forced the city to redo the bidding process for the spot.
Morning Call, which opened in 1870, has yet to announce a new location
Renovations on the building to convert it into a new beignet parlor began last year, after the company secured a 10-year lease for the space.