Rue De La Course

I’m not a coffee shop person but I really liked using this place for their WiFi. It was cash only which was a pain but I usually would only get an iced tea or sometimes an oatmeal cookie. This place was near my house so it was great to have meetings with people who might not understand our NOLA ways of doing things in bars during work hours. I do miss this place a bit as it was a good working environment with very convenient electrical plugs but many of the area neighbors are happy that its gone as they really didn’t like the dirty hipsters that this place attracted. My life has been made much more inconvenient without the easy access this place once provided.

I used to be a regular at this place during my student days
this is in a great location and you always meet someone you know in here.
CONS:
coffee not excellent & espresso burned
pastry selection very weak
sandwiches pityful
cash only? are they that cheap to have to pass the 2−3% cc fee to the patrons with an in-​house atm? it’s not even 2% for a merchant, if you shop around it goes down to 1 – 1.5%
no a/​c or weak a/​c?
on the plus side:
free wifi
very nice staff
good selection of local magazines and ads
new york times for sale
conclusion: lots of potential, unfortunately unmet by reality. If at least the coffee was excellent, I would be happy.

Closed now :(
Really loved studying here especially in the mornings — really quiet. I think they’re opening an Ignatius down here. sad to see it go!

How can you NOT like a place that IS NOLA??? I love it. and no, im not partial cuz of a certain someone! You just got to go. relax, have a cuppa joe… take it all in, all that is NOLA !

Man, their iced coffee with a splash of soy was one of the most delicious i’ve EVER had! Great ambiance inside and super cool patio for people watching in front.

I recently moved down to the LGD and largely do to Slack this became the place easiest and closest for me and the pooch to wake ourselves with force on our favorite legal lethal. I say it like that because the amount of caffeine i require is rivaled in our culture only by Lord Leary in his dying days. I do not say this proudly, but because my intake is, generally speaking, a death sentence in only slightly weaker hearts. I know, because even seasoned pros shake their heads the first time they see the craggy just unslumbered me become a human as i swallow most people’s entire day’s intake of coffee in less than a breath.
What had happened was… No, what i mean to say is the espresso here is acceptable, even strong (narcotically), though the brew is generally weaker (no water softener), and the cold-​drip is stronger (though thin– but good for Northerners who don’t know like milk in it). I doubt they have a proper tri-​stage filtration system (that works properly), either, but most people don’t care about any of that anyway.
UM… lots of chairs, some food, free wifi, mumbly echoey quiet noise level, outside is funny, ashtrays, real glasses usually offered, food served on real plates, most people will think this is as good as anything they’ve ever known (but Starbucks lol or maybe Caribou).
The staff is sometimes too cool for school, usually skilled if Slackers (good thing imho), pay attention to details and as long as the boss isn’t being a pain in the ass don’t often get bothered by droves of dumbasses asking dumbass questions like they’ve never been in public before.
Once my process and the understanding that i am a suffering junkie before they hand me my morning grail (which isn’t usually in the morning, so thank god they’re open late, often unnecessarily, except for me…), in the very least i can attest even those who’d only born witness to my transformation no longer needed to be informed of what my requirements were. Thanks for that.
Five stars for the record, minus one for my list of complaints. All five stars are for the employees.

While the coffee is average, it’s the food that will catch you by surprise. They have delicious soups, sandwiches and pastries.
I also love the atmosphere, the music is low and everyone stays pretty quiet, it’s a great place to go and get some work done or relax with a book.

I understand that I have to purchase something to sit in your «fine» establishment, but the fact that my coffee is so cool that my sugar is just sitting at the bottom of my cup as I type this makes me think that you should’ve just let me enjoy the atmosphere versus encouraging me to write this review. In good news, the barista was polite and the classical music is quite inviting.
For the love of 2011… accept cards already!

Inviting Magazine Street coffee house. Large, predominantly timber interior with a ton of space, also a few outdoor tables for enjoying the good weather, read the paper, lazy morning type thing.
Fairly extensive drinks menu– but beware, no visible cost on anything and here’s why… unless you get a beverage other than the daily brew or a standard-​ish coffee (about $ 2 – 3 depending on size), prices are steep. $ 5 – 12 for frozen/​flavoured/​frappé things. I mean not that you’d want to go to Starbucks down the street at all, but I think even things there might not be quite so dear…
Café au lait was tasty. Z’s caramel frappé was too…

Great place to sit on your computer with a bunch of other people sitting on their computers and work/​pretend to work/​cruise the internet. Hit or miss with who you get at the counter, friendly wise. But my god, iced chai? I’m sorry my friend, I forgot how wonderful you are.
Loved sitting outside in the sun and letting my 17 mo. old niece run up and down the side walk. Can’t help but smile there. Except when all the hipsters give you dirty looks… but hey, that’s what hipsters do. Make sure you have cash.

My favorite uptown coffee spot. They have great iced coffee, internet, and yummy (though kind of pricey) «munchies». Great place to stop in and rest your feet during a long day of shopping on magazine.

I had one of the best chais I’ve ever had in my life here. Apparently one of the guys who works there makes/​mixes it himself. Bagels hit the spot on a rough Sunday morning. :-)
Lots of great seating in here — good place to hang out and think about life, compute, and catch up with friends.
Thanks to handsome Ben for showing me this spot. (And what a great name!)

I would give this place 4 stars, except the service was RUDE. They should change their name to Rude, of Course!
Coffee was excellent, nice décor, hip street and cool customers. This was the only place in all of New Orleans where we were treated rudely. I do have to say that the barista didn’t seem to be from New Orleans or from the south, she was definitely a transplant.
Overall, good coffee– but unless they stop with the rudeness, I won’t be back. Portland Oregon coffee has you beat.

I love this place. I have literally spent weeks on end studying here. I got thru both Steps 1 and 2 of the boards and still hit it up now that residency has started.
The basics: Lots of spacious square tables, many wih individual desk lamps. Tons of outlets on all the walls and as long as you remember your power cord extension, you’ll have never have problems plugging in your laptop. It’s a great study atmosphere too. The noise level can get a little… energetic…around lunchtime, but for the most part it’s a great atmosphere with classical music playing and plenty of fellow studiers. Free wifi ain’t bad either.
The recent addition of breakfast sandwiches is a huge plus!

This used to be my fave spot to hang out, I used to come here every weekend for years (even when it was «The big Rue» across the street) with my dog and knit, work, relax and see everyone. It’s like your neighborhood bar, except it’s a coffeeshop.
And now that they don’t allow you to have a pet at the outdoor tables, it’s not a place that I will ever go to again. I feel that that is an egregious error on their part.
Their coffee kinda sucks too.

This is one of my favorite early morning coffee shop spots. It give me that college fill and gets your creative juice flowing from the atmosphere of people intensively doing work all around.
This location also has a great selection of teas. My favorite that you should try definitely is Chamomile. This isn’t your average prepackaged tea, but they make the packets right there on the spot just for your cup!

I don’t understand what the fluff is with this place. The coffee isn’t anything great, I’d rather walk a few blocks farther to Starbucks, where the baristas know what they are doing and are consistent.
The only things this place has going for them is a great location on Magazine, Wifi, and a lot of seating (which is barely a plus considering the seats are guaranteed to make your beehind fall asleep)

The tables here are awesome to come and spread out to get some work done. Great atmosphere to just sit and have a conversation or people watch.
Espresso was ok … but the location definitely made up for it.
Plenty of outlets to plug in all of your gadgets but they should do something about the front door as it doesn’t close itself and gets drafty.

Good coffee, espresso, and random pastries. But, really amazing hot chocolate.
But…why are most of the tables always taken up by just one single person? It’s kinda’ weird.
Maybe someone at Rue could introduce everyone to everyone else.
Then, people would be less lonely and it would free up tons of tables for everyone else to sit.
Yeah. Just like that.

I wish there were more cafes like Rue De La Course in NYC. It’s got an abundance of seating, plenty of natural light, big windows for people-​watching and a very chill and inviting vibe that lets you know that it’s okay to hang out for awhile. I also appreciate that it’s so laptop friendly — they even have little library desk lamps at the tables near the wall! If I lived in NOLA, this would definitely be one of my writing spots.
My bf and I stopped in here for a quick snack after having walked about 1.5 hours from the French Quarter through the Garden District. Our feet were tired and our bellies needed sustenance. Rue De La Course was able to remedy our situation easily. My bf enjoyed his coffee, while I thought my chai latte was a bit too sweet and foamy. The banana bread was tasty though.
If you’re a tourist strolling down Magazine Street and need a place to cool your heels, Rue De La Course is a great little pit stop along the way.