Beignet futures

Just keep re-starting the bidding process. The price will always go up, right?

Morning Call was the highest bidder for the space, offering City Park $10,000 in rent each month and 10.5 percent of profits. Café du Monde offered the second-highest amount, 10,000 plus 10.25 percent of profits; Café Beignet offered 10,000 plus 10 percent.

Despite these setbacks, the process will reopen for bids, with the City Park Board expecting to see many of the same companies in the second round. The board is looking for businesses that have at least 5 years in the beignet business (Café Du Monde and Morning Call each have more than 100) and that specialize in beignets. The board also wants to make sure that the business that takes the Casino Building lease has high standards of cleanliness, something that they may be looking to outline more explicitly in the bidding process moving forward. Several board members cited concerns about cleanliness in Morning Call, though noted that Café du Monde customers find pigeons within the semi-outdoor dining area a common, if startling, sight.

Board members say they are hopeful that the bids will be as high, if not higher than the first round of bidding.

Also we are  SHOCKED to discover there are pigeons in City Park and French Quarter. Next thing you know somebody will try to tell us about the rats....