The Poboy Thread
 

Inspired by the Ben Grubbs poboy discussion. Share your favorite poboys, poboy restaurants, etc. here!

When I lived in Bucktown, I used to hit:
1. R & O's on Hammond Hwy. - all good, Italian special is unique
2. New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood Co. on Veterans Blvd. - fried shrimp w/huge side of fries
3. Not to mention Deanie's was just a couple blocks away!

... man, I miss Bucktown!!!

Sadly, I've yet to find a truly great poboy place in Gonzales. Somebody recommended Mike's PoBoys on E. Worthey St. but I haven't had a chance to try it yet. Sounds like I may have plans for later!

Finally, I've been working on the West Bank the last few months. I'm sure there are some good spots ... any recommendations?

How do you like 'em dressed?

I prefer tarter, shredded lettuce, tomato, onion, Tabasco with a side of cocktail sauce for dipping.

Yeah, I know its plain Jane but I'm kinda new to the poboy thing. I was always a shrimp dinner guy. I never really got the whole poboy thing until a year or two ago.

Dressing depends on the poboy, but I'm pretty vanilla, too.

Lettuce, tomato, mayo, and hot sauce are pretty standard for me. Cocktail sauce on shrimp and oyster, tartar on catfish, lots of gravy on roast beef, etc.

Often as not, when I try to get adventurous I ruin the poboy!

I know what i'm i'm saying is crazy, but it's all I have Popeye Poboy. Is pretty good. Remember I live in the Northeast, hard to get good cajun food up here.

I was hoping to make it back down for the Poboy Festival. I went to the first one and had an awesome time. I got a big oyster poboy with rum cake for $5 and the cake had more rum than cake lol. Soo good. My wife and I sat on the curb with our poboys and stack of napkins. We used every one of em'.

The Parkway and Bears are the two best places for them. Parkway is in Mid City by the bayou and Bears is in Metairie at Causeway and Metairie Rd. Try then and you won't regret it.

Never tried either of them, but I drive near both daily (I work in Gretna, but live in Gonzales). I may try to get by one (or both!) next week.

All these poboys are gonna ruin my figure ... :)

PoBoy or Muffaleta?

I gotta go Muffaleta

parkway's is by far my favorite. as for a roast beef, rocky & carlo's in chamlette is awesome, and garlic oyster at liuzza's by the track, my god so good.

deanie's is definitely a solid spot for anything.

definitely love the central grocery muffaleta too...damn, san diego kills me for food :\

Going to break the cycle here and just say it...

Po-boys are overrated. Don't get me wrong... it's good, just not that good.

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break your own cycle...you're clearly crazy ;) move away and try to tell me the same thing - YOU WON'T.

I do really enjoy a good oyster po-boy though. I prefer the rest on toast or bun.

This is where I get my po-boys (mostly shrimp or chicken with some kind of creole sauce, lettuce, tomato) ... along with a side of catfish chips and red beans & rice ... yum! Best peach cobbler around too ... it's like a little slice of Louisiana right here in the "D", :mrgreen:.

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I'm not a Louisiana snob when it comes to poboys, necessarily. Let's face it, poboys aren't exactly complicated, and many out-of-town joints do a plenty respectable job.

I was visiting my sister recently in Talladega, AL of all places, and we picked up some very good roast beef poboys at a little hole-in-the-wall place.

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Tell me when to stop.

nobody is telling you!!!! :bng::doh:

On the 8th day God created Bears, and it was good. Seriously, the best poboys I've ever had and would argue better than anywhere in the city. Their meatball poboy w/ some hot sauce on it is beyond the fire.

Never been to the Metairie one, always been Covington. Always been curious if it was as good.

truer words were never spoken

Tony's Po-Boy Restaurant in Chalmette, and any po-boy on the menu.

A po-boy is all about the bread and frankly there just aren't a lot of places that get it right. tough /flaky on the outside and somewhat chewy texture on the inside. That's what keeps it from becoming a messy goo too fast.


It's very distinct, just like the bread they use in Philly for cheese steaks. One cheese steak place I use to go to in CA use to fly in the bread from Philly. There are not a lot of places left outside of NO that truly get the bread right. It's close, but I'd say there are maybe 4-5 places in NO that nail it.

Tracey's roast beef -is the guy from Parasol's back when Parasol's used to be good
Parkway is great
Verti Mart is actually way better than it used to be

Mahoney's on Magazine is overpriced and over rated, they have this attitude like they are so great and they are not

It's kind of a local secret but Qwik Check on Clearview is REALLY freaking good at making po-boys,and I believe they are open on Sundays (game day). At least they used to be.

The Blow Fly Inn in Biloxi

Vietnamese po boys are the bomb --too many to list here but there's tons of good places on the West Bank and in the East. It's a slightly different po boy, but it's awesome. I think the Vietnamese people in New Orleans are actually even better at doing their style of po-boys, and give higher quality for the buck, than most of the typical New Orleans restaurant people at the classic ones. The classic New Orleans po boy joint is on the wane.

You know what I do? I just order it "dressed" and eat it however they hand it to me! Each place has their own style. Maybe I'll put some Crystal on it.

My favorite is when the oysters are very hot and the lettuce is shredded fine and really cold, and the mayo in there acts like a sort of glue to hold things together. The other good one is when the mayo and gravy on a roast beef combine to make "something else" that's like a light brown watery goop.

Guy's PoBoys on Magazine Street (one of the original places to serve PoBoys)

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Guy%2...m&z=16&iwloc=A


Parkway Bakery ALL THE WAY!