Morning Call Coffee Stand
Morning Call Coffee Stand was the name of coffeehouses in the New Orleans metropolitan area that served New Orleans-style café au lait and beignets. It was founded after Cafe du Monde.
Morning Call was opened by Joseph Jurisch in 1870, at the lower end of the New Orleans French Market,[1] eight years after its main competitor, Café du Monde, opened a few blocks upriver in the French Quarter.[2]
In 1974, confronting rent increases and the redevelopment of the French Market district, the owners of the Morning Call closed the original location and moved to Fat City, a commercial district in Metairie, LA, in Jefferson Parish.[3]
In 2012, Morning Call Coffee Stand opened a second location in New Orleans' City Park Casino Building.[4]
In April 2018, The Metairie, LA location was closed. Rising lease rates, expenses and the competition of many more new coffee shops nearby was cited as reasons for closing this location. Bob Hennessey, who runs Morning Call said “We’re not going out of business, we’re focused on the New Orleans store.” [5]
In 2018, New Orleans City Park, to ensure the park was getting the highest value for the concession in the Casino Building, began a bid process to award the lease to a local beignet parlor. Morning Call lost the lease to Café du Monde. Morning Call closed its last location in January 2019. The owners of Morning Call vowed to return in a different location.[6]
References
- ^ Brister, Nancy. "The Morning Call". Old New Orleans. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ Stroup, Sheila (12 January 2012). "Beignets: The Times-Picayune covers 175 years of New Orleans history". The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ Eggler, Bruce (16 April 2013). "Morning Call coffee and beignet shop could soon return to French Quarter". The Times-Picayne (New Orleans). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ McNulty, Ian (8 November 2012). "Morning Call opens in City Park". Gambit. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ McNulty, Ian (22 April 2018). "Morning Call to close in Metairie, historic coffee shop focused on City Park, future moves". The Advocate. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ McNulty, Ian (19 December 2018). "Café du Monde offers high bid for City Park beignet parlor; Morning Call looking for new home". The Advocate. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
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