Beignet sandwiches and the sweet potato flavor profile take center stage on the 2026 Beignet Fest menu

NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 13, 2026) – Beignet sandwiches are emerging as a defining theme of the 2026 Beignet Fest menu, alongside several variations featuring sweet potatoes, a familiar ingredient in Southern fall cooking. In all, Beignet Fest brings together 25 local food vendors serving nearly 50 different beignet dishes Saturday, Nov. 7, at New Orleans City Park’s Festival Grounds from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
 
Fried chicken is another natural fit for the sandwich format. Ruby Slipper Cafe will serve a Nashville hot chicken beignet “sammie” alongside a version for younger diners while Southern’s will offer a hot honey fried chicken beignet. Loretta’s Authentic Pralines will serve a peanut butter and jelly beignet and a burger beignet, while NOLA Food Vault will offer a catfish po-boy beignet.
 
“We’re also excited to have Asian Outdoor Kitchen serve a beignet banh mi with grilled chicken, and Magasin Vietnamese Café a grilled pork beignet banh mi,” said Sherwood Collins, Beignet Fest Foundation executive director and event producer. “Both put a distinctly Vietnamese spin on the beignet, bringing the bright, savory flavors of a banh mi together with one of New Orleans’ most beloved foods.”
 
Sweet potatoes, which have a longstanding place in Southern cooking, provide another point of connection across the menu. Divine Cuisine will serve candied sweet potato beignets, while Monday Restaurant and Bar will feature its own take on sweet potato beignets. Real Clever Cuisine will offer a sweet potato puff puff beignet, and Viola’s Heritage Breads will serve sweet potato beignets with berry sauce and sweet potato calas, a rice-based fritter with a tradition of its own in New Orleans.
 
The menu also includes traditional powdered sugar beignets and a range of sweet and savory favorites. Cafe Beignet and PJ’s Coffee will serve traditional beignets, while Loretta’s Authentic Pralines will offer praline and chocolate praline beignets along with its famous crabmeat beignet. Other options include Asian Outdoor Kitchen’s passionfruit mochi beignets, Divine Cuisine’s Bananas Foster beignets and Sweet Legacy’s fried chicken and beignets with honey pecan glaze.
 
Beyond beignets, festivalgoers can find dishes including crawfish and crab corn bisque from 4 of Us Catering, red beans and rice with sausage from Blue Runner and filé gumbo from Tiger’s Creole Cuisine. The menu reflects both the creativity surrounding the festival’s signature dish and the broader food traditions that define the region.
 
Along with the food, attendees will enjoy live local music, a local Artist Market, a family-friendly Kids Village, the Abita Beer Garden and the PJ’s Coffee Café. New this year, The Porch will offer a gathering place where local chefs and food personalities will share the stories, traditions and people behind Louisiana’s celebrated culinary culture – all set against the backdrop of a welcoming front porch motif.
 
Proceeds from Beignet Fest benefit the Beignet Fest Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established to support the autism community in Greater New Orleans. Founded in 2016, the Beignet Fest Foundation has raised more than $3 million in support of its mission to celebrate, embrace, and empower the lives of children with autism and their families.
 
To view the menu and purchase tickets to the 9th annual Beignet Fest visit beignetfest.com.
 
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2026 Beignet Fest Menu
 
4 of Us Catering
Fried Chicken & Mac Sandwich; Strawberry Shortcake Beignets; Crawfish & Crab Corn Bisque
 
Any O’Cajun
Crawfish Beignets; Gumbolaya
 
Asian Outdoor Kitchen
Passionfruit Mochi Beignets; Beignet Banh Mi with Grilled Chicken; Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Skewers (GF); Korean Corn Dog
 
Biscuits & Buns
Beignet Bites; Crawfish Boudin Balls; Seafood Boil Mac; Peach Cobbler Wings
 
Blue Runner
Red Beans and Rice with Sausage (GF)
 
Café Beignet
Traditional Beignets; Chocolate Drizzle Beignets; Salted Caramel Beignets
 
Chubbie’s Fried Chicken
2-Piece Chicken Dinner; 3-Piece Chicken Dinner; 2-Tender Dinner; 3-Tender Dinner; Side of Fries or Dirty Rice; Jalapeño Peppers (V, GF)
 
Diva Dawg
Crawfish Étouffée Beignet Fries; Crown Apple Pie Bread Pudding Beignet; Crabmeat Grill Cheesy; Crawfish Étouffée Dawg
 
Divine Cuisine
Bananas Foster Beignets; Candied Sweet Potato Beignets; Cheesecake-Stuffed Beignets; Crawfish Roll with House-Fried Potato Chips
 
Jessie’s HuckABucks
Mrs. Jessie’s HuckABucks (GF); Big Eazy Beignet Fries; Bayou Smoothie Bowls; Brownie or
Cookie à la Mode Cups
 
Lillie’s Cajun Kitchen
Seafood Beignet; Strawberry Shortcake Beignet; Mardi Gras Beignet; Boudin Eggrolls; Loaded Street Corn
 
Loretta’s Authentic Pralines
Praline Beignet; Chocolate Praline Beignet; The Famous Crabmeat Beignet; Burger Beignet; Peanut Butter & Jelly Beignet
 
Magasin Vietnamese Café
Cloud Beignet with Chicken Curry; Crab Rangoon Beignet; Grilled Pork Beignet Banh Mi; Shrimp
Garlic Noodles
 
Monday Restaurant and Bar
Sweet Potato Beignets
 
NOLA Food Vault
Sweet Potato Praline ’n Cream Beignet; Stuffed Fried Catfish with Creamy Seafood Sauce; Catfish Po-boy Beignet
 
Oh Taste & See
Beignet Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce; Beignet Fries with Chicken Wings; Shrimp & Crabmeat Rolls
 
PJ’s Coffee
Traditional Beignets; Cinnamon Sugar Beignets
 
Real Clever Cuisine
Sweet Potato Puff Puff Beignets; Kouign Shrimp & Mirliton Puff Puff; Redfish Cake Po-boy on Leidenheimer Bun; Creole Seafood Gumbo with Super File; Brussels or Cauliflower Voorheese
 
Ruby Slipper Café
Nashville Hot Chicken Beignet Sammie; Fruity Lemon Berry Glazed Beignets; Kids Fried Chicken Beignet Sammie; Traditional Beignets; Side of Tater Tots
 
Southern’s
Hot Honey Fried Chicken Beignet; Glazed Beignets; Banana Pudding Beignet
 
Squeezy Street
Watermelon Bowl or Salad (V, GF); Pineapple Bowl or Salad (V, GF); Watermelon Pizza (GF); Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
 
Sweet Legacy
Fried Chicken & Beignets with Honey Pecan Glaze; Honey Pecan Beignets; Chocolate Turtle Beignets; Birria Mac & Cheese
 
Tiger’s Creole Cuisine
Beignet Reagan with Crawfish Cream Sauce; File’ Gumbo; Beef Yaka Mein
 
The Vintage NOLA
Oreo Cheesecake Beignets; Beignet Bites with Powdered or Cinnamon Sugar; The Vintage Famous Parmesan Truffle Fries
 
Viola’s Heritage Breads
Sweet Potato Beignets with Berry Sauce; Sweet Potato Calas; Creole Corn Dog Bites
 
GF = gluten-free; V = vegetarian.

About Beignet Fest:
Named one of the Top 10 Specialty Food Festivals in the nation in 2026 by USA TODAY’s Readers Poll, Beignet Fest is a premier food festival in Louisiana that celebrates one of New Orleans’s most iconic dishes all in one place on one day. Proceeds benefit the Beignet Fest Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit organization established to raise awareness and support for programs in Greater New Orleans that serve autistic youth and their families.
 
Other honors for the Beignet Fest include:
Garden & Gun - Top Southern Fall Food Festival List 2024 and 2023
New Orleans Magazine - Tops of the Town Voter Poll Honoree 2023
Southern Living - Best Food Festivals in the South 2023
Tasting Table - 21 Bucket List Food Festivals 2023