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RL Reeves Jr’s 500 po boys series visits Majoria’s Commerce Restaurant in New Orleans

Scheduling a po boy lunch in downtown New Orleans on the first major Carnival weekend was not one of our more savvy moves. After circling through and around the Central Business District for a half hour we finally found a parking place. Somewhere near Lake Pontchartrain. Continue Reading

It’s Roast Beef Po Boy Day New Orleans

Tom Fitzmorris is a living legend and the preeminent man of food letters in New Orleans. He’s hosted a daily two hour food talk show on WWL radio since 1975, and has written eight books on the art of eating well in our city. Continue Reading

RL Reeves Jr is eating 500 po boys in New Orleans

Six cop cars are surrounding a beat-up Chevy with a couple tattooed crackers sitting in the front seats. Coppers have tactical weapons out and are yelling at the car’s occupants. My lunch spot, where the rumpus is taking place, has lost its appeal so I motor on downriver, and deeper into the lower 9th Ward. Continue Reading

Homegrown Pizza telephone number (504) 644-4762

There are plenty ways to become a New Orleanian. Catch a cudgel to the ribs from the wild man parading with Mohawk Hunters. Receive a free cold beer from Mr Junior at Little People’s Place on Barracks. Lose a radiator to a pot hole on Carrolton Avenue. Continue Reading

Our 500 Po Boys Series Carries Us To Seither’s Seafood In Harahan Louisiana

One fatal flaw kept Jason Seither’s seafood joint out in Harahan from entering the rarefied arena occupied by po boy hard-hitters like Heard Dat Kitchen and Rampart Food Store. Continue Reading

RL Reeves Jr is eating 500 po boys in Louisiana

Max Landry is working the room. The owner of Arabi Food Store seemingly knows every person that walks into the crowded neighborhood cafe, and he’s not afraid to point out new haircuts, weight gains and the like. There’s plenty good cheer to be had at this small eatery just a big leaguer’s throw from the Mississippi River. Continue Reading

RL Reeves Jr is eating 500 po boys in New Orleans

“Where you from man?” The jovial manager at Herme’s Bar at Antoine’s is working the room and enjoying his shift. “I live in the Cut Throat City neighborhood in 9th Ward” He sobers quickly and adjusts his tie a la Rodney Dangerfield.

“Well, thanks for coming in” he murmurs as he drifts away. Continue Reading

500 Po Boys visits Saint Cecilia in New Orleans’ French Quarter

Chef Melissa Jordano is a bad ass.

On a recent French Quarter bar crawl, where the music in most bars consisted of Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Ed Sheeran, the barkeep at Saint Cecilia was spinning Butthole Surfers, Beck, and Hank III. Continue Reading

500 Po Boys visits Zuppardo’s In Metairie

Zuppardo’s authors the finest meatball po boy in greater New Orleans. Sadly, that mastery does not extend to their roast beef. Continue Reading

500 Po Boys Visits Killer Po Boys On Dauphine Street In New Orleans

Killer po boys will not sell you an oyster po boy. “We don’t even have a fryer, and besides we don’t do traditional po boys” flatly states the cashier. We had envisioned a wildly imaginative take on oysters from chef Cam Boudreaux but were left at loose ends, and had to quickly develop a backup plan. Continue Reading

RL Reeves Jr

Texas Writer Documenting Hot Plates, Po Boys, Second Lines and Creole Gumbo. 9th Ward. New Orleans

500 Po Boys: Majoria’s Commerce Restaurant

It’s Roast Beef Po Boy Day

500 Po Boys: Cajun Joe’s In The Lower 9th Ward

500 Po Boys: Homegrown Pizza In Gentilly

500 Po Boys: Seither’s Seafood Restaurant

500 Po Boys: Arabi Food Store

500 Po Boys: Hermes Bar At Antoine’s

500 Po Boys: Saint Cecilia In The French Quarter

500 Po Boys: Zuppardo’s Supermarket (est. 1937)

500 Po Boys: Killer Po Boys On Dauphine

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