The Buttermilk Drop Bakery & Cafe
Vanilla Custard Filled Powder
Apple Fritter
Raisin Square
Buttermilk Drop
Red Velvet Drop
Located at 1781 North Dorgenois Street and the sort of place where a homeless man as well as the Sheriff may approach a diner during the course of a fifteen minute visit for a handout or interrogation, respectively, The Buttermilk Drop Bakery & Café may not seem like the sort of place a Caucasian Midwesterner visiting town would be at 6:30 in the morning, but between the products and its friendly staff it is actually an unlikely New Orleans ‘must see.’
Open at 5am daily Weekdays and 6am on Weekends, far more convincing for a Donut Shop than Wink’s trendy environs opening after eight in the French Quarter, The Buttermilk Drop features several varieties of fresh fried Dough in addition to a buffet-style arrangement of Southern Breakfast specialties, most patrons coming and going quickly with only a few taking the opportunity to dine in at booths just inside the entrance the building.
Busy in the kitchen, a glass partition and window separating the dining area from clouds of Flour and whirring mixers, it was with Donuts in mind that an order was placed, paid for and subsequently bagged, a little over $5 exchanged for five selections with the heavily powdered Custard filled pillow thankfully separated from the rest, yet still making a snowy mess of hands, table and floor.
Skeptic of the Fritter at first, some areas so thick with glaze that the top was rendered white, the lumpy round was pleasantly crunchy despite sweetness with a capital “S,” the Sugar-coated Square sort of like Raisin Brioche with a soft and pillowy texture to the base that likely would have made for a great Bread Pudding, as well.
Saving the eponymous item for last, the Cop who’d originally suggested I was “casing the place out” for taking a picture outside recommending “you gotta try both,” one would be challenged to decide whether the original Buttermilk or Cocoa-tinged Red Velvet was better, the decision mostly that of personal preference from which one of each is definitely the best option…with “World Famous” Wink’s falling short of both.
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