In the Marigny Triangle, just around the corner from the hip Frenchman Street club scene, you’ll find Kahve. Kahve is a low-key, friendly cafe with a real New Orleans feel.
Kahve is on the corner of Royal and Touro. They have a Victoria Arduino ‘Venus’ espresso machine that is quite the hammered-brass eye-catcher. There are a dozen or so tables in two rooms, in a miniscule courtyard, and on the sidewalk. No wi-fi, no a.c., a few pastries. You gotta want the coffee.
We stopped in before an early show at Snug Harbor. We were so close to the clubs and bustle but it felt like we were in a neighborhood spot.
They* say that kahve is what the Turks called it before it came to Europe.
*experts on the internet