Willa Jean
Southern restaurant (US) · Central Business District
611 O'Keefe Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113
Highlights
Award-winning Southern bakery with exceptional biscuits & baked goods
Award-winning Southern bakery with exceptional biscuits & baked goods
"Listed as part of Armstrong’s extensive résumé and career history prior to his current executive-chef position, included among other notable outlets he’s worked in." - Mona Holmes
"This popular modern bakery's traditional cinnamon king cake is particularly creamy and sweet with caramel and a cream cheese glaze, finished with sugar sprinkles and white chocolate pearls on top. The slice serving easily feeds two and is priced at $8." - Ashley Day
"Willa Jean in the CBD dazzles with her uber-moist caramel crunch king cake, swirled through with cinnamon and drizzled with a cream cheese glaze. The cakes are artfully finished with thick icing and sugar pearls, one of the prettiest in town. The $40 cakes must be ordered three days in advance for daily pick up at Willa Jean between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. beginning on January 6 through Mardi Gras." - Beth D’Addono
"Chef Ryan White continues in chef Kelly Fields’ James Beard Award winning footsteps at this Southern bakery and restaurant in the CBD. Willa Jean, besides being all about the biscuit, conjures comfort food to the 10th power, dishes like chicken and waffles and grandma’s sausage gravy. And those shrimp and grits, swimming in an etouffee gravy floating with a perfectly poached egg." - Beth D’Addono
"Nearby, Willa Jean hosted him for what was described as a “lovely” meal." - Clair Lorell
