Alma Cafe
Restaurant · Bywater
800 Louisa St, New Orleans, LA 70117
Highlights
Alma Cafe is a cozy, trendy gem in New Orleans serving vibrant Honduran cuisine and delightful drinks, perfect for a leisurely breakfast or brunch.
Alma Cafe is a cozy, trendy gem in New Orleans serving vibrant Honduran cuisine and delightful drinks, perfect for a leisurely breakfast or brunch.
"A restaurant owned by Melissa Araujo, nominated for Best Chef, South." - Clair Lorell
"Chef Melissa Araujo, a 2024 James Beard Award semi-finalist for Best Chef South, 2024, mines her childhood food memories at Alma, her warm and elegant modern Honduran cafe in the Bywater. Open for breakfast and lunch daily, Alma’s menu offers many dishes rooted in homemade tortillas, served with eggs, aguachile, and carne asada. Servers are happy to confirm the best bets." - Beth D'Addono, Eater Staff
"Melissa Araujo’s Honduran heritage informs every aspect of Alma Cafe in Bywater, from the photos on the walls to the coffee beans, sweets, and savory offerings on the menu. Traditional treats might include buñuelo macheteadas, a deep fried pancake topped with syrup, and cookie-like rosquillas. For breakfast, starting at 8 a.m., the Alma includes eggs, refried beans, plantains, avocado, homemade crema, and queso fresco. Avocado toast, biscuits, and omelets are also served." - Clair Lorell, Beth D'Addono, Eater Staff
"Chef Melissa Araujo offers sweet and savory modern traditional Honduran food at Alma, a charming neighborhood spot for breakfast and lunch. There’s a Honduran coffee bar and fresh juices (and now booze) along with breakfast from 8 a.m. that includes traditional American and Honduran breakfasts, the latter of which comes with eggs, refried beans, plantains, avocado, homemade crema, and queso fresco. Try the chicharrones, pastelitos (meat pies), mushroom toast, and salsa verde ceviche with local shrimp. Honduran burgers, cooked to medium, are ground there, with mix-ins like fresh herbs, onions and bell pepper, and a secret sauce." - Beth D'Addono, Clair Lorell
"This Honduran hotspot in Bywater has brought back its popular Lent Menu from chef Melissa Araujo, featuring Calabrian chili butter-topped camarones a la diabla; Moros Y Cristianos, a vegan red bean and coconut jasmine rice dish; a spicy peanut butter, avocado, and Brussels sprouts bowl; and an option of of crawfish or soft shell crab Benedict." - Clair Lorell, Eater Staff
