3218 Dauphine (Bywater) 504.342.2484. Update: Closed. Coffea, in many ways, represents the worst of the new south: outsider art, funky bright colors, homespun "sayings," all thrown together in a whirl of aesthetic nostalgia that can make you feel like you're starring in your own southern cartoon. But the service is extra friendly and the food cheap and tasty. Nothing on the breakfast/lunch menu goes over $6.00. Vegetarians will like their odds of finding something without sausage or fried fish. The surrounding neighborhood is great for a daytime stroll -- it's about an hour walk from the French Quarter. Also has courtyard seating, punks, stencil pirates, hipsters with laptops.
