Cafe Degas Debuts Neighboring French Sandwich Shop and Bakery | Eater New Orleans

"A long-awaited cafe and bakery from French bistro stalwart Cafe Degas opens Friday, September 6, in New Orleans’s Bayou St. John neighborhood called Le Ponce, at 3133 Ponce de Leon Street. The small shop—whose owners bought the building formerly home to Fair Grinds Coffeehouse in 2022—has held test runs during Jazz Fest 2024 and the neighborhood’s Bastille Day block party and joins nearby favorites just a few doors from 1000 Figs and Swirl wine bar. The succinct opening menu features French pastries including chouquettes (petits choux: light, airy puffs with custardy insides and crunchy pearl sugar), regular and chocolate croissants, a ham-and-brie tartine, jam baguette, and quiche Lorraine, plus a build-your-own breakfast sandwich with an option of house-smoked Comté, brie, or garlic-herb goat cheese paired with ham, bacon, or andouille and a fried or scrambled egg on croissant or baguette. For coffee, Le Ponce serves custom blends from Applied Arts coffee roasters (with a long list of drinks including cortado and flat white, iced or hot), with large coffee drinks priced between $4.50 and $5.75; it is open daily from 6:30 a.m. until 3 p.m." - Clair Lorell