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Little People’s Place 1226 Barracks St; New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

It’s been a quarter century since charbroiled oysters hit the menu at Drago’s Seafood Restaurant out in Metairie. Since then hundreds of cooks, chefs, housewives, dockhands, and oystermen have all taken a crack at what has become one of southern Louisiana’s archetypal dishes. Continue Reading

Bon Creole Lunch Counter In New Iberia, Louisiana

“Who killed the buffalo that’s hanging on the wall over there?”

“Mr Randy, but I forgot where he was when he killed it”

Randy Montegut opened Bon Creole as a crawfish processing plant in 1982. As the business evolved it grew into one of the most famous restaurants in Acadiana. It’s storied, beloved, and regularly the locus of fevered roadtrips from all across the South. Continue Reading

Bobby’s Seafood In River Ridge

“You’re not from around here are you?”

The smiling elderly lady greets us as she walks in the front door of Bobby’s Seafood. We’ve been fingered as outsiders but a parking lot beatdown does not feel imminent; she’s just being friendly to strangers. Continue Reading

500 Po Boys Visits Chess Gotti BBQ and Seafood

Chess Gotti BBQ And Seafood needs to put hamburgers in the title of their venture. They make one of the best ones in our sprawling 500 po boys series.

We arose bright and early Sunday morning to drive over to Central City for the Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday celebration. Continue Reading

Caesar Adams is dead.

Cornelius Barthelemy will be 81 years old before he breathes free air.

Officer Jonathan Smith is facing a long road of recovery after being shot twice, two and a half years ago at Gene’s Po Boys in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans.

We previously wrote this about the shootout: Continue Reading

500 Po Boys Visits Parenton’s in Jefferson Louisiana

We were doing what we always do when we hang out in decrepit New Orleans beer bars, talking to strangers about po boys. Continue Reading

500 Po Boys Rides Across The Huey P Long Bridge In Jefferson Parish Louisiana

A one month hiatus on crabbing in Louisiana was announced recently leading us to ride out to the Shrimp Lot in Westwego to see if we could score some soft shells before the age of darkness fell on New Orleans. Continue Reading

500 Po Boys Visits Tet Festival In New Orleans

Sunday February 12th 2017 we loaded the crew up in our old Econoline van and headed out to the Versailles neighborhood in New Orleans East. Continue Reading

Charlie’s Restaurant In Violet Louisiana via RL Reeves Jr

We were hanging out with the butchers at Jeanfreau’s Meat Market out in Chalmette when the subject of po boys came up. Jeanfreau’s has a little diner on one side of the butchery, and they put out good sandwiches, and hot plates but St Bernard Parish is rich in food, and you can’t eat at the same restaurant all the time. Continue Reading

Ray’s On The Avenue In New Orleans Louisiana (picture of a picture)

We were on a 500 po boys scouting run when we spotted the brand new Ray’s On The Avenue. Despite only opening in 2016, Ray’s is already world famous, or so proclaims a giant sign painted onto the side of the old brick building where the restaurant resides in the former Walker’s Downtown Grill. Continue Reading

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