Boyfriend of mine worked there at Cafe Du Monde in 1975. Oh, I miss that place, and the thick hot coffee...sigh.
"first thing in the morning and last thing at night cafe au lait and bignets at Cafe du Monde" -no place better for either. Used to visit NO often. Once my wife and I took 2 friends who had never been there. We both had kids in college. We loved to call them to tell them that we ate at Cafe Du Monde for dinner (of course we had had a huge lunch), but it still was fun to call them.