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Tuesday 9:30am - 4:30pm Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm Saturday 9:30am - 4:30pm Sunday 10:30am - 4:30pm

The Café at the Collection

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The Café at the Collection

The official café of the The Historic New Orleans Collection.

The Café at The Collection features a diverse menu of soups, salads, sandwiches, pastries, daily specials, and a curated selection of vegan and gluten-free options sourced from local purveyors.

03/09/2026

Do you know why nutria have orange teeth? Join our after-hours celebration of “A Vanishing Bounty” this Wednesday, March 11, to find out! Enjoy spirited cocktails inspired by the distinctive hue and free light bites (while supplies last) at The Café at the Collection. Don't miss Cajun dance lessons with Brandon Broussard from Louisiana Dance Roots and live music by the Nat and Kat Cajun String Band, featuring the Shop at the Collection’s own Katy Murphy. Afterwards, stop by The Shop at The Collection to pick up a copy of “Geaux Boudreaux,” a perfect gift for kids.

🦫 HNOC Ce Soir: A Vanishing Bounty
🗓️ March 11, 4:30–7:30 p.m.
📍 520 Royal Street
🎟️ Free admission, registration encouraged

Learn more and register: https://ow.ly/5rq250YrxAH

📷 1: Boys with pets and pelts, between 1935 and 1945, by Eugene A. Delcroix. HNOC, gift of Joel Jergins and Mrs. Eugene Delcroix, courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1984.189.57
📷 2 by Annabelle Zakaluk, 3 by Keely Merritt, HNOC
📷 4: Nat and Kat Cajun String Band, photo courtesy of the artists

12/05/2025

Celebrate the reason for the season at The Café at the Collection with a holiday can drive to benefit our neighbors at the St. Jude Community Center! All month long, drop off unexpired canned goods and nonperishable foods at the Café to help keep the center’s food pantry full. Suggested donations include soups, fruits and vegetables, beans and proteins, peanut butter, pasta, rice, olive oil, and dressings. Pull-tab cans are especially appreciated.

Plan your visit to the Café: https://ow.ly/Fi9Y50XE8Eg

10/02/2025

Today through Saturday, come get delicious lunch specials from Dough Nguyener's Bakery & Cafe! These delicious Vietnamese dishes celebrate HNOC’s exhibition “Making It Home: From Vietnam to New Orleans.” This is the final week to see the exhibition before it closes Sunday, October 5!

10/01/2025

Happy International Coffee Day! ☕We're proud to serve coffee from local New Orleans roasters, Mammoth Coffee Company. We pull every espresso shot and pour every cup with precision and care. Come in for a cup today and enjoy it in our historic courtyard!

Mammoth is a local New Orleans boutique specialty coffee roaster. They operate in a narrow specialty area, focused exclusively on exceptional coffees that spark curiosity and have distinct character. Their philosophy is to source great coffees and then get out of the way, allowing the unique quality of the coffee’s production, terroir, varietal and other factors to shine through. Co-owners Jonathan and Darlene Riethmaier opened Mammoth Espresso in New Orleans’s Warehouse District in 2016. They have been sourcing and roasting coffee since 2021.

mammothcoffee.co/pages/about

07/04/2025

Happy “Foath-uh-July,” as Vic and Nat’ly would say! HNOC’s museum, shop, café, research center, and offices are closed today in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen with our regular hours on Saturday, July 5. We wish you and your friends and family a safe and happy holiday.

Plan your visit: hnoc.org/visit

📷: “Foath-uh-July,” between 1988 and 1998, by Bunny Matthews. HNOC, acquisition made possible by the Laussat Society, 2022.0218.1.460

04/17/2025

Looking for a delicious lunch in the French Quarter? Stop by our courtyard café for an Asian salad featuring ingredients from Dough Nguyener's: spring mix topped with your choice of grilled chicken thigh or tofu, cucumbers, pickled carrots, tomatoes, roasted peanuts, and crispy red onions—all served over a bed of vermicelli with a peanut vinaigrette.

Then head into our free museum to see “Making It Home,” the latest exhibition from The Historic New Orleans Collection. Through oral histories, elders of the New Orleans’s Vietnamese community share their journey to a new country 50 years ago.

04/15/2025

Authentic Vietnamese food in the heart of the French Quarter! We're excited to feature a Vietnamese vermicelli (bún) bowl prepared with ingredients from Dough Nguyener's: rice vermicelli served on a bed of spring mix with pickled carrots and cucumbers, garnished with crispy red onions and peanuts, and served with a side of fish sauce (nước mắm). Choose your favorite between grilled chicken thigh or tofu. This bowl is seriously delicious!

04/12/2025

Authentic Vietnamese food in the heart of the French Quarter! Enjoy a bánh mì at our café, featuring ingredients from Dough Nguyener's: a Vietnamese baguette topped with pickled carrots, cucumbers, jalapeños, cilantro, garlic aioli, and your choice of grilled chicken thigh or tofu.

04/11/2025

Find some calm in the French Quarter this weekend and join us for lunch in our beautiful courtyard! We are excited to feature Vietnamese lunch specials from Dough Nguyener's in honor of our newest museum exhibition, “Making It Home: From Vietnam to New Orleans.” Choose your protein—tofu or chicken—and enjoy a vermicelli bowl with fish sauce, an Asian salad with peanut sauce, or a bánh mì with garlic aioli.

03/29/2025

Today’s Greek salad special features greens from a Vietnamese farm in New Orleans East, VEGGI CoOp!

Ingredients: Greens, tomatoes, chickpeas, cucumbers, onions, feta cheese, with a homemade vinaigrette.

03/19/2025

St. Joseph’s Day, observed on March 19, is a Catholic feast day honoring the saint credited with saving Sicily from famine. In the late 1800s, Sicilian Catholic immigrants in New Orleans began commemorating the day by decorating church altars with food—often meatless since the feast occurs during Lent—and other offerings of gratitude.

To mark the occasion, the Café at the Collection is welcoming Angelo Brocato Ice Cream back to the French Quarter! Stop by today to pick up your own St. Joseph’s Day feast—these treats won’t last long:
• Cuccidati (fig cookies)
• Biscotti Regina (sesame cookies)
• Ricotta cookies
• Sfingi di San Giuseppe (fritters w/ricotta filling)
• Zeppole with pastry cream
• Almond cookies
• Blueberry crumble crisps

Plus, a vegan Sicilian lentil soup. Enjoy them all in our beautiful courtyard at 520 Royal Street. Plan your visit: https://ow.ly/shFE50VkUTo

📷 1: A St. Joseph's Altar, by Elemore Madison Morgan, between 1945 and 1950. HNOC, gift of Leonard V. Huber, 1976.139.152
📷 2-4 by Annabelle Zakaluk, HNOC

03/18/2025

Tuesday Special of the day: Vegan Asparagus Soup, with basil and lemon! Add optional vegan/real parmesan cheese, grated asparagus, and French bread on the side. Our courtyard is sunny and welcoming, come on by!

Address

520 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA
70130

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday	9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday	10:30am - 4:30pm

Website

https://www.hnoc.org/visit/cafeatthecollection

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