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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, Where Y'at, The Infatuation, and Eater New Orleans. Updated September 2026.
Ruby Slipper · Central Business District
Eggs Cochon Benedict arrives with creamy hollandaise and Cajun seasoning at this New Orleans breakfast room.
Bearcat Cafe Uptown
Breakfast is the draw at Bearcat Cafe, where the morning menu offers a more ambitious alternative to the standard eggs-and-toast stop.
Toast · Fairgrounds
The Gentilly breakfast room serves aebelskivers, the small Danish-style pancakes worth making the trip for.
Elizabeth's · Bywater
This Gallier Street Bywater room serves praline bacon, shrimp and grits, and fried-oyster eggs Florentine. Its Southern-leaning breakfast and lunch menu makes a rich, unhurried brunch.
Atchafalaya Restaurant · Irish Channel
In an Irish Channel cottage on Louisiana Avenue, Atchafalaya serves crab cake Benedict and shrimp and grits. Live music gives its Sunday brunch a long-weekend pace.