It serves terrific breakfasts with a Creole flavor all day, every day. Most important, it's the last stand for calas--Creole rice cakes, once a familiar local treat, now gone from everywhere but here. After breakfast, it functions as a neighborhood restaurant for Quarterites, but one that gets a lot of out-of-towners.
The Coffee Pot has been around since the 1940s (although they claim to go back to 1894). It functioned for many years as a neighborhood cafe for people who lived and worked in the French Quarter. It's more touristy now, but still has that local quality. It has gone through many owners over the years, but managed to remain consistent--largely due to the presence of Pearl, a waitress and cook whose been there for decades. Leah Chase, now one of the city's most beloved chefs, began her career here in the 1940s.
The main dining room is the small parlor of a former townhouse, with windows looking onto St. Peter Street. They have a few tables in the carriageway for alfresco dining.
Don't go anywhere near this place any time the city is filled with visitors. Breakfast is the great meal here. Ask if they have chicken livers for an omelette.
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