The first place we went to was Cafe Fanny. It's listed in the 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late book as having the best beignets west of the Mississippi. Well, since I've never had an actual beignet, I have nothing to compare it to. Bert, on the other hand, has been to New Orleans and knows what real beignets are like.
Cafe Fanny is owned by Alice Waters - the same lady that all the granola people revere because of California Cuisine, the slow food movement, farm to table, organic, sustainable blah blah and all that pretentiousness. Yadda yadda. Despite the connection to Alice Waters, I was curious to try their beignets...
It's next to some wine place...
and Acme Bread which is supposed to have very good bread but we didn't stop in and get any.
We got lucky with a spot in the tiny lot. We were the only "diversity" there. Ha ha.
That dude's pony tail was pretty long. If he bent his head back, he could probably graze his butt crack with his hair.
Service was nice and quick. No space to sit outside either. So we sat inside on one of the wooden benches and ate our stuff there.
We ordered 2 pairs of beignets along with coffee for Bert.The beignets were light fluffy squares of fried goodness. When you bite into one, it's like biting into a pillow. A fried tasty pillow with powdered sugar on top.
There was a tiny container of raspberry preserves which went quite well with the beignets. Bert said they were okay but he preferred the ones from New Orleans which are bigger and heavier. These were too light in his opinion.
Cafe Fanny also had other menu items like salads, sandwiches and other pastries. We just wanted to try the beignets at least once to see if they lived up to the hype. I really liked them but Bert didn't feel they were authentic. As for the ambience, the seating here was limited so it kind of sucked for us at least. The line wasn't too long when we were there but I might have enjoyed this snack more if we weren't next to the line where people ordered their food.
Other reviews of Cafe Fanny:
yelp (some of the reviews were pretty vicious)and yahoo.
I wonder what British folks think of this place's name? In England, "fanny" is British slang for "pussy" or for those who are offended by that term, "external female genitalia". It is not a woman's name as it is here in the U.S. In the U.S., ironically "fanny" has the opposite meaning since it refers to the "buttocks"/"ass" region!
Ha ha. Fannie Mae.
Fannypack.
The female rock group Fanny.
The Broadway musical "Fanny".
Fanny from Sesame Street.
Fanny, Fanny bo-Fanny,
Banana-fana fo-Fanny
Fee-fi-mo-Fanny
Fanny!
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