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Bamboo Cafe in Harvey, Louisiana. (504) 325-5986

People who live on the East Bank of the Mississippi River in New Orleans love to denigrate folks who’ve settled down on the western side of the Big Muddy. We’re not sure why. We love driving onto the ferry in nearby Chalmette for a day excursion to Harvey or as we are fond of calling it “Cosmopolite City.” Continue Reading

500 Po Boys visits Commander’s Palace in New Orleans

The most famous and influential chef in the history of the American South served a lengthy stint at Commander’s Palace back in the 70s. Paul Prudhomme, a native son of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, was hired to run the kitchen in 1975 and before long the old-line Creole restaurant had turned into something of a Cajun hotplate joint. Continue Reading

rl reeves jr visits The Orange Store on Rampart in New Orleans

I was trying to save this report for much later in my 500 po boys series. Continue Reading

Donnanelle’s Fried Catfish Po Boy

Donanelle’s Steakhouse in Hattiesburg is the kind of rough and tumble roadside juke joint that you should only be able to find by reading dog-eared copies of Roadfood or whatever magazine Calvin Trillin is writing for right now. Continue Reading

The former Vaucresson Sausage Company

There is not one person in New Orleans who has the Creole sausage pedigree of Vance Vaucresson. Continue Reading

RL Reeves Jr is eating 500 po boys in New Orleans

Tens of thousands of people descend on Tet Fest held each year in New Orleans East at Mary Queen of Vietnam Church .

They come to party. Continue Reading

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

Scrumptious Chef

Writer documenting life in New Orleans 9th Ward. Second Lines, Brass Bands, Hot Plates, Po Boys and Art Neville

500 Po Boys: Banh Mi Xiu Po Boy at Bamboo Cafe in Harvey, Louisiana

500 Po Boys: Chef Meg’s Parade Route Favorite at Commander’s Palace

500 Po Boys: Orange Store on Rampart in New Orleans

500 Po Boys: Donanelle’s Steakhouse in Hattiesburg

Vaucresson Sausage Company Pops Up At The Backyard

500 Po Boys: Vietnamese Meatballs and Liver Cheese In Village De ‘Lest

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

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