Beignets 2 Go

We picked up a regular order of beignets and a chicory coffee today at Eastern Market. They were delicious and lots of powdered sugar on top and the chicory coffee was so good I will have to get it again when I hit Eastern Market.

Oh let’s not be frou frou about it. They’re freshly fried donuts with toppings and on a super cold wintery day, it hit the spot while we were walking around the market. The food truck was just outside and ordered quick as there was no line. I took a bite and it was sinfully delicious. It was crispy and chewy and pillowy and WARM. The sweetness of the chocolate and powdered sugar just melted into them. I was just in deep fried goodness heaven.

I was very surprised, the beignets are delicious, light & fluffy and very flavorful. I tried the beignets topped with bacon and powdered sugar. Yes, I will try them again. It came with four beignets for $ 6.00

A taste of NOLA. If you can’t get to N’awlins for your beignets, then let the beignets come to you, ;). Combined with a chicory coffee and mocha shot, hit the spot on a sunny fall day. Got a date Saturday with the Seafood gumbo. This is gonna’ be my go-​to food truck at Eastern Market, :).

The cronet and the beignets are both really good, but I prefer the cronet. Get the chocolate and raspberry sauce and ask for light powdered sugar. Don’t get the chai latte, it was horrible! The cronet was good enough to make up for it.

Awesome service. Great and delicious product!!! Went out for a date and this was the perfect ending!

I’ve been craving beignets ever since I enjoyed many of them on a trip to New Orleans earlier this year. I was so excited to see them at Eastern Market and just had to be reunited with my old friends. I opted to kick my beignets up a notch and add raspberry and dark chocolate topping. Holy cow, it was heaven. And they are just as delicious as any that I had in the French Quarter. Pair them with a cup of café au lait for a real treat!

Delicious, addictive, amazing… plain or with raspberry & chocolate added, both are bliss!

I spend a lot of time in NOLA and BR (read eat a lot of beignets) so that’s my frame of reference when reviewing this truck. I’m a lover of sweets so imagine my delight when I heard there was a great food truck dishing up beignets in the metro area. I just missed it one day on the WSU campus. Finally, I grew tired of waiting so I headed to Eastern Market to get me some delicious fried dough. After waiting in the long line, I bit into the pillowy mound, anticipating the crisp exterior and the airy, chewy interior. I was disappointed. The inside was much more dense and chewy than a proper beignet and I believed the excessive amount of powdered sugar was an attempt to compensate for an otherwise mediocre dough. These are probably good to those who aren’t very familiar with authentic beignets, but for those who are, caveat emptor.

This is a perfect example of why I wish we could rate places with different stars for food/​product and seperate for service.
We were at Eastern Market on a Saturday morning. I had been wanting to try this truck for a long time and we finally had a chance to give it a shot! Went for the classic beignets. Really good and loaded with powdered sugar! They came out hot, with a crisp crust, and chewy middle. Perfect! 5 star product.
Now on to the service. I get one of the perks of having a food truck is not having to deal with «front of house» issues like a brick and moarter location, but you still have to keep things organized. After waiting in line we placed our order, we were told to get in another line along the truck. A «pick up» line. It was a busy Saturday morning and only a few seats open. There was a couple with a few kids. Wife ordered and was in line. While she waited she went to go help the husband with the kids and get them situtated. While she was gone, the person in front of her and behind her got their orders. She walked up and said «I ordered XXXX, but I had to walk away. Did you call my order?» very polite and super nice. The guy barks at her saying she needed to stay in line because thats how to keep the orders going. The he leans out the window and barks at everyone else to stay in line. He said «I don’t know your order, you have to stay in line otherwise I dont know what you had.» Would it kill you to take a name?! We ordered the 4 piece order of beignets. Our turn comes up and he yells «A single! Who ordered a single!?» my friend that I was with said «Is it a single beignet, or a single order?». The food was prompty shoved out the window to us and we got the eye roll like we are idiots. Sorry we don’t know your lingo!
Long story short, awesome food. It wouldn’t kill you to be a little more polite to your customers and take a name or two with the orders!

I tried the traditional begets and the raspberry/​chocolate cornet. Both were delicious. A bit of a wait, but I would gladly wait for the freshly made beignets any day. Even in the rain. Which I did, once. Highly recommend trying it out, especially if you’re having a crummy day. Next time I’m going to try it with either the chicory coffee or my regular Germack fix.

The Beignets were so good me and my daughter went back for seconds. Oh boy my wife is going to be sooo mad we went here with out her, sorry Hun

Get these when you go to eastern market. And trust me when I say you want the raspberry sauce AND the chocolate sauce in addition to the powdered sugar.
Best dessert in Detroit so far!

Beignets 2 Go brings a taste of NOLA to the D! I have been following this food truck on Twitter for sometime, taking note of the various locations they frequent. I found that Eastern Market was a regular staple, and one Saturday morning I set off to try my first beignet.
The truck was located in Shed 4, among other great food trucks. I couldn’t decided between the traditional beignet or the beignacons! In the end, bacon always wins so I ordered the beignacons and a Café Au Lait with Vanilla.
You get four beignets, covered in powdered sugar and sprinkled with bacon. Your taste buds will absolutely thank you! They were hot, soft, and delicious! My friends tried the plain beignets along with the cronut sandwich. The cronut sandwich features cheddar cheese and bacon!
The Café Au Lait was pefect! No extra cream or sweetener was needed! This was a first for me!
If you want a taste of the big easy but you can’t get to New Orleans, check out Beignets 2 Go! They are friendly, reasonably priced, and mmm mmm good!

I cannot say enough positive things about Beignets 2 Go. Because they’re so good, my boyfriend and I have made it our Saturday morning tradition to visit the Eastern Market, get beignets and grab a cup of coffee across the street. Even in the freezing cold, it’s worth it to check it out.
They’re crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Fried to perfection and drizzled with dark chocolate, my mouth is watering just writing this.
The woman working the truck, who I assume is the owner, is very nice and friendly. They also are very quick which is important cause it’s so cold outside :)

Salty to much sugar but a bundle of awesomeness. I had it maybe three or four times a year when I was in Detroit but I already miss it. The powdered sugar is just surreal. I know that it’s the same stuff I have in my pantry but they must sift it with magic dust.
I haven’t tried the others, just the standard beignet and the one with bacon, but sigh… I miss it so~ Just check it out when you can and you will not regret!

It is a food truck located outside of Eastern Market. The Beignets here are AMAZING! I didn’t expect to find this delicious beignets in Michigan. The last time when I had such good beignets was when I visited New Orlean’s Café Du Monde. The beignets taste so soft/​fresh that melted in my mouth. Right amount of sugar powder were sprinkle on my beignets to make it just right. 4 traditional Beignets for $ 4. reasonable price. They also offered other hot beverage such as coffee and hot chocolate. I didn’t try its beverage, but i would come back for its Beignets.

So. it is a tradition to eat beignets on new years eve if you’re from the Netherlands. I bet you didn’t know that!
As a result of moving to Michigan, I haven’t enjoyed a proper beignet (or oliebol as we call them) in about 7 years. «Oliebol», by the way, literally translates to greaseball. There’s a fun fact for the day.
Appropriately so, while these puppies at beignets 2 go are of course deep fried, greasy they are not. In fact, they are so heavenly pillow-​like, these puffy clouds of goodness are light enough to maybe stuff a second one in your gullet. You know, for quality control purposes. Just making sure they’re all equally good and such.
I went through this ‘horrid’ ordeal for you and can report that they are delicious. I may have felt a little pig-​ish afterward, wiping the powdered sugar off my face (I’m messy, what can I say) but they were worth it.
When visiting the Eastern Market, try not to fill up with all those other glorious items for sale (and sample), you would be doing yourself a disservice by not getting one of these fresh, made to order beignets. Also, they have cronuts here — for all you cronut fans out there!

Beignets are always delicious, but I’ve had the ones from Café du Monde in New Orleans, so it’s definitely hard for anyone to beat them or even come close. My friend and I got beignets and a cronet from the food truck on a sunny Saturday in May. The beignets were delicious and chewy and sugary! The cronet was a bit too oily, I felt like there was too much oil trapped into the layers, but still pretty good.
Would I come back? Maybe, if I’m craving some fried sugary sweets

It’s a really good thing this truck isn’t regularly parked at any place near my house because I would have a big problem. Like, powdered sugar all over my nose, twitching like what stuff was a little something else, shoving these delightfully fried pillows in my face at warp speed kind of problem.
Actually, now that I think about it that sounds awesome and I’m sad that it ISN’T a thing that is happening in my life right now and on the regular. A blessing and a curse, I suppose.
Every time I’ve had the pleasure of trying this truck it’s been at Eastern Market. Not sure if they set up any place else but EM is a good bet. They serve up the beignets plain (powdered sugar), with raspberry sauce (a nice tart contrast), chocolate (when you need it sweeter!), raspberry AND chocolate (OMG) or with bacon (salty/​sweet). I’ve done all but the bacon and I have to say you can’t go wrong with any option. Just depends on what you’re in the mood for. Servings are generous (4 large beignets per) and made to order. As such, it can be a bit of a wait to get them but I assure you it is worth it. When they get to you they are piping hot, crispy, and oh so wonderful.
They also serve cronets, their take on the fried croissant tren, and while I’ve not yet tried them (sadness) I have heard that they are a religious experience. Also served plain or with chocolate, raspberry, or bacon.
Thirsty? Get a milk (the perfect accompaniment) or get seriously NOLA and order the chicory coffee.