One of the brothers, it’s said, would drawl “here comes another poor boy” each time someone approached for a sandwich, but it sounded more like “po’boy.” And the name stuck.

They wanted to know what kind of po boy since they had different answers for shrimp versus oyster versus roast beef. => Discover the best sandwiches in America. The po boyy is one of these sandwiches.

Louisiana is home to two iconic sandwiches, the po'boy and muffuletta. The po'boy sandwich is considered Louisiana's most famous sandwich, originating in the city of New Orleans, this sandwich can ...

One of the brothers, it’s said, would drawl “here comes another poor boy” each time someone approached for a sandwich, but it sounded more like “po’boy.” And the name stuck.

Po’ boys were invented in 1929 by brothers Bennie and Clovis Martin, who handed out sandwiches to New Orleans streetcar workers during a strike. The original po’ boys contained roast beef ...

One of the brothers, it's said, would drawl ''here comes another poor boy'' each time someone approached for a sandwich, but it sounded more like ''po'boy.'' And the name stuck. What makes po'boys ...

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