Cafe Du Monde
Coffee shop · Metairie ·
Iconic cafe: warm beignets, chicory coffee, sweet treats
Iconic cafe: warm beignets, chicory coffee, sweet treats
"After a reopened bidding process, Cafe du Monde bid highest for the City Park lease at $25,760 a month; its initial June award had been nullified when Morning Call filed suit and a judge voided the bidding, but under the new lease Cafe du Monde will start out serving beignets and coffee from a food truck during the 90-day period it has to renovate the Casino Building." - Clair Lorell
"Proposals unsealed today show that Cafe du Monde submitted the winning bid of $25,760 a month for City Park's beignet stand; an initial award to the company in June was nullified by a judge after Morning Call filed suit, and after City Park amended its specifications and reopened bidding in September Cafe du Monde outbid Cafe Beignet ($25,100) and Morning Call ($23,800), though the park CEO says attorneys must review all three bids before a final lease is awarded." - Clair Lorell
"I noted that Cafe du Monde submitted a bid that was slightly lower than Morning Call’s but was initially awarded the lease after Morning Call was disqualified for missing a mandatory meeting; that award was later nullified by a judge in mid‑August when the court found that none of the beignet shops had fully followed the bidding requirements." - Stephanie Carter
"Although Cafe du Monde’s bid was slightly lower than Morning Call’s, City Park initially awarded the lease to Cafe du Monde; that award and the overall bidding process have since been nullified by Judge Bruno." - Alison Baitz
"I note that City Park awarded the Casino Building lease to the second-highest bidder, Cafe du Monde; the park says it has already signed a lease and is preparing for the new tenant to take the space, a plan that Morning Call is contesting in court." - Alison Baitz