PJ's Coffee

This PJ's is a campus shop, and the rhythm of the room moves with the Tulane class schedule whether or not you knew that walking in. Iced coffee is the main draw, and one regular called it the best in the city, though opinions on the coffee itself run mixed depending on which student barista is working the bar and how much they've slept that week. The macarons are worth picking up. The room itself depends entirely on the hour. Sometimes it reads quiet and cozy. Sometimes it is a busy campus hub with the energy of students between classes spilling out the door. If you come in expecting either one specifically, you will be disappointed roughly half the time, so calibrate accordingly. Seating is generous compared to a lot of campus-adjacent stops, the staff is friendly in the way college baristas tend to be when they are honestly enjoying the job, and the place works well for students looking to study without going all the way to a library carrel. Parking is a real problem. If you are driving in from anywhere off-campus, give yourself extra time to find a spot, or skip it for a less campus-bound option that isn't going to make you circle the block. The coffee program isn't going to satisfy a strict specialty drinker, and the staff would be the first to acknowledge that the menu is built for volume and student schedules rather than for single-origin pour-overs and careful extraction. For a quick iced coffee between classes, a macaron with a friend, or a low-stakes study session with a regular crowd, it does the job and does it cheerfully. Just don't come in with the wrong expectation about what kind of operation you walked into, and don't try to park.