Chickory Cafe

Chickory Cafe is a New Orleans-style coffee house in downtown South Bend. It is open very decent hours (until 9pm most day, 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays), serves great coffee and great food, including some Louisiana specialties --- Jambalaya, Gumbo and, most importantly, beignets.

There are lots of events --- concerts, trivia nights, ... --- and overall it is a lovely place to hang out to chat, read or play games (as you can see in the picture above, from Chickory's website). If you like Mardi Gras but can't get to New Orleans, it is a great spot to be on the day before Lent starts.