Ha, this is not fancy at all, it's about 6' from the street and the back side of the building is Mississippi river levee.
A beignet is a very light fluffy donut covered with powdered sugar to the point you should shake some off, the coffee is great there. imo
They look like this......I don't know what's in that cup, they use regular coffee cups, unless it's ice coffee ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_du_Monde
that's insane. how many can you eat before going into a sugar coma? i eat about one donut a year, and it's usually just a plain ole maple bar. nothing exotic, but enough sugar to get me through the year. i did walk next to hiedi klum--i know that has nothing to do with beignets; but, she did look pretty good too.