Gyro Combination
$18.00Spiced ground lamb and beef with tahini sauce, served with garden salad and hummus.
Since 1987 · Banks Street, New Orleans
Over 40 years of
Palestinian tradition.
A family-run Palestinian restaurant on Banks Street, serving mezze, shawarma, gyros, and traditional Middle Eastern dishes — with more than four decades of experience behind every plate.
Mediterranean Bakery · Café · International Grocery
Quality ingredients, a hot oven,
and care in every batch.
What started in 1987 as a small family bakery has continued through generations with the same simple approach — and we're still grateful to feed this community the way we always have.
House Favorites
From the kitchen.
Hummus
$8.00Creamy chickpea purée with tahini, lemon, and olive oil. A house staple.
Mona's Mezze
$24.00Hummus, Baba Ghanuj, Lebna, Tabouli, Stuffed Grape Leaves, Falafel and Kibby — a complete tasting.
Our Story
Since 1987.
One family. One recipe book.
Mona opened her doors in 1987 with a single promise: to bake bread the traditional Mediterranean way and serve the food she grew up with. Nearly forty years later, Mona's Cafe is a New Orleans institution — locally loved, still family-run, still cooking from the same recipe book.
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Find us on Banks Street.
Mona's Cafe
Banks Street
3901 Banks St, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 482-7743
Mon – Sat · 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Sunday · 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM