How The Po’Boy Became a New Orleans Obsession - How We Eat

There’s really only one sandwich in New Orleans: the po’ boy. In this episode of How We Eat, Eater explores the root of this quintessential dish, which dates all the way back to the Great Depression.
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[@ankitgopinath95]

I really appreciate the emphasis Eater puts on culture and tradition, rather than just putting up the standard videos of delicious food, we see the history and passage of food through time.

[@SnowyWolborg]

It doesn't surprise me in the slightest that the po boy sandwich has a history like it does. Some of the best foods come out of the struggle.

[@kobfish2559]

Legends say that if you're early... Nick will respond to this comment saying "Platonic Ideal"

[@nicknguyen9767]

platonic ideal

[@daftmemories]

Visited NOLA last summer and Parkway was definitely worth the hype. The po boys were so good!

[@boogitybear2283]

There are gas stations in the region that make Po Boys and they’re so delicious!

[@ppha7665]

Ban Mi are the bomb!

[@MagicsJohnson]

Jeremy Lee banh mi*. See, ain't that annoying?

[@joyjoyoo]

MEbleedCRIMSONblood haha.

[@digolbick8481]

P Pha ban mi get me super hard

[@MoeReeseWins]

I Been in New Orleans all my life and I never been to this place. so many food places in New Orleans to get good food.

[@TheAverageServant]

Its a different taste..genes is where Drake went. My parents go to Parkway ..I go to Genes.

[@johnsheetz6639]

Best food in the world imo

[@ezpless1295]

It go dummy

[@MoeReeseWins]

@@ezpless1295 what?! Said the person that can’t make a complete sentence.

[@boogitybear2283]

Lee’s Hamburgers In the New Orleans area omg best ever! That and The Company Burger!

[@brandonsmith7845]

One of the best. I would eat a roast beef po boy vs. a burger any day.

[@boogitybear2283]

Cheeseburger Po Boy is the Second Best to the Roast Beef!

[@sasukezilla]

You should try the hamburger poboys. It's better than a regular burger.

[@CyclonexxxIce]

I've only had one meal in New Orleans and it was raw oysters and an alligator po'boy. It was incredible.

[@boogitybear2283]

Roast Beef PoBoy is the best!! If I had to live off one food item, it’s that!

[@justhan9630]

i have a chem test tomorrow, why am i watching this

[@pizzapizza2225]

Just Han Fuck the Elements Table

[@Lawomenshoops]

One thing I’ve noticed Parkway doesn’t knock Dong Phoung and other banh minh places! It’s all respect for each other! Much respect! In Buffalo the Anchor Bar, knocks the real inventor of the Buffalo wings, John Young!!

[@BigTitayTator]

I live next to duong phung in New Orleans east! Banh mi is so good! Parkway po boys are so damn good and somewhat cheap

[@joselopez6990]

Homer Simpson’s New Orleans food tour brought me here

[@thegreatcalvinio]

Keep the NOLA videos coming, the city's food is amazing.

[@ErwinSchrodinger64]

Wow! Just wow! I've been a native New Orelean for over 33 years (I'm 36). Yes, it's true that the Po'Boy break is just a place holder for everything else. Yes, it must be fresh. The majority of Po'Boy places sell the bread the next day as duck food. But the fact that Eater mentioned Dung Phuong's Bakery... well, that's no tourist trap. That is one of the best pastry places, bar none, for sandwiches. The lines to get their sweet, minched meat, and specialty foods is beyond incredible. A lot of it is flaky bread, while buttery, strong but pleasant spices, and over all heaven. Overall, Eater just has proved to me that they're the real deal to providing great food. Dung Phone's is located in Chalmette, Louisiana... is it worth the drive? Well, when you see the lines entering the restaurant you will understand. When you taste the food, you become part of the religion.

[@shtl394]

Dong Phuong is close to Chalmette, but it's in New Orleans East.

[@andyzhang7890]

Ive had a few good banh mi in the past but I've yet to try a poboy. And oh boy do I wanna try a po'boy.

[@beargoesrawr5783]

I just now figured out that "Po'boy" is suppose to be like "poor boy" and well if that aint the right meaning... atleast I thought of somethin'

[@nashoba5450]

Bear Bruh that is what it means

[@beargoesrawr5783]

Good! glad im not completely dumb! haha

[@Norre]

damn really? i thought u stupid as fuck

[@Neworleanskayakswamptours]

Verti Mart, get all that jazz. Yummy yum yum.

[@latranquilagr28]

yes so true most ppl dnt get the bread is not the same..man the Vietnamese community bk home awesome...but not many talk abt it

[@jcfartson7288]

i dont know why all the food channels dont make more videos in New Orleans i mean the best food in america is there. - guy from New Orleans

[@d.lawrence5670]

@sha broussard, No, Cajuns bit off the Creoles, been doin' it 4 generations now

[@pshangkuan1]

This guy really loves his city. He acknowledges that NO is a melting pot and he loves all sorts of food

[@Yellow-Rose]

"A po'boy is culture you can eat."

[@sasukezilla]

Everything I go back home to visit, I eat atleast 3 poboys before I leave

[@Hoffyman]

But what about the muffaleta?

[@dl8619]

That's Chicago.

[@nola3058]

Are you serious, it's obvious that you don't know the origin of the mufalletta (sandwich), why don't you Google or watch KZbin videos about this first....."that's CHICAGO "? 🤣

[@housemilton5820]

The Chinese kitchen in New Orleans has the best Chinese food I've ever had especially the egg rolls.

[@Renee_nf094e]

The egg rolls are the best on the planet. 😋

[@magabeyworld6750]

anybody else here that moaning 1:50

[@JasonJeckers]

*hear

[@meatfish9157]

oh god

[@sethsoderman2731]

Sound good old food

[@michaelkawamura9296]

The Po' Boy looks great and all...... but is it the platonic ideal?

[@OlLeeroy]

that unintentional pun tho..

[@darkangel9551]

i'm hungry

[@Mr1gladiatore]

My favorite is a good roast beef po boy...nothing like it.

[@10361405]

so javalee mcgee cooks now?!

[@Divine_R]

I just realized that new orleans accent has a lot of similarities with new york accent..

[@jaysonsan8363]

not really, not everyone sounds like that dude

[@MrWhiskeycricket]

@@jaysonsan8363 uh, that's a typical NOLA accent, bruh

[@rjviews4u155]

'MY' channel brought me here. 😲

[@mrMARVILUS]

Yo, chef Isaac Toupes... da mantis

[@Zombie_Dingo]

I thought it started as a potato with gravy?

[@CraftCruDude]

Ohhh man! I know what I'm having for dinner tonight ! Bomb.Com

[@skalawatz]

Parkway is the truth!

[@renatobistrovic2308]

LAMB NECK GUY:D

[@aaccount9153]

Renato Bistrovic yup

[@branflakes2600]

I love myself some Bon Mi!

[@branflakes2600]

'Bout to trigger some dem Vietnamese!

[@jaysonsan8363]

lmao, since ur not viet we'll let it slide, glad your enjoying it tho

[@kingdeedeedee1450]

I've tried po boys every visit to NOLA, I can't understand the craze. It just always seems better to have those ingredients separate than in a sandwich.

[@MrWhiskeycricket]

Girl, bye

[@thetruth7608]

Oh my goodness hogie

[@laurenbraning1155]

The Truth nothing in NOLA is called a hogie. It’s a poor boy

[@em0_tion]

I'm a Po' Boy, pls feed me :)

[@cecilharris1196]

I would say my grandmother’s po boy, then Parkway. Then again mine is better than both of them🤫🤣🤣

[@edwardkelly3280]

Parkway is the best

[@khjhhbk7554]

shame this place will be flooded soon

[@joibradley1218]

I don't think so.

[@belugaabs]

unskippable ads? now you become really greedy aren't you?

[@balochistanitechsupport3996]

it v.worrying WHY them bread they IS all look v.anaemic so UNDER baked

[@shtl394]

Don't knock it till you tried it. The bread is perfect for the PoBoy sandwich. I live in NYC now but everyone I know who visited New Orleans from Cali to NY loved the bread.

[@johnnykurplutzo6789]

When you order one, make sure you say " po' boy". I mispronounced it and got stuck with a starving ass orphan

[@overweightoutdoorsman429]

1929 was not the height of the great depression

[@joselopez6990]

It was the beginning

[@khadijaazouz6328]

New Orleans is full of food or is it just me?

[@pac6010]

Thats cus its also full of alcohol and women. And after a long night of drinking and fraternizing all you wanna do is eat and sleep. And then repeat.

[@khadijaazouz6328]

Lol.

[@ZKZ123]

In America, the Vietnamese make the best French style baguettes hands down.

[@TheBboyStyle]

The bread actually looks really low quality, in France you can find the same in supermarkets. In bakeries you can actually taste the real bread which is, trust me, 10 times better.

[@jaysonsan8363]

so im guessing your going off on just looks right? how im gonna trust you if you never had it?

[@SuWoopSparrow]

You can see in the way it cracks and crumbles and reacts when the people are cutting/handling the bread. You don't need to have it to get a rough gauge on what it's like.

[@jaysonsan8363]

so going on about how it cracks and crumbles should mean it should have a better taste? or your just judging it on how you had it all your life so thats the way its supposed to be eaten? come on dawg food is food and if its good then its good, no need to knock something cause your afraid of trying something alil different form what your used to

[@SuWoopSparrow]

Woah. Lets not be so presumptuous. I didn't say it has to be made or eaten in one way. The way it cracks and crumbles shows you a lot of how the texture is going to be. Ive had all kinds of bread in the US, Germany, and France. There are traits that are just simply more desirable for certain applications than others. It can be good, but lets not pretend its better just because you don't know better. As the guy above said, you can find bread like in the video in supermarkets in France. Bread from bakeries there is even better. He never said the bread is bad. Its just not as good as they make it out to be. You can find good bakeries in the US, too. But these restaurants are typically not on that level. If you like it, eat it.

[@lr4837]

the s's are way to loud

[@rogerrobie2451]

Anyone thing poboys are overrated? way too much pleb tier frenchbread

[@BoyAditya]

somehow i feel this video a bit anticlimactic

[@nashoba5450]

"its unique to New Orleans" yeah well that thing cost 30cents in France.

[@Norre]

cuz french people poor, so they use shit for ingredients

[@nashoba5450]

Norre I am talking about the bread only, and no, a baguette is just better in France than in merica

[@MrWhiskeycricket]

po boy bread is not a French Baguette, it's actually closer to Italian bread. and it is the best bread for soaking up juices, especially the roast beef

[@parodyfyre6856]

Banh mi destroys the po boy

[@rogerrobie2451]

why the fook do people like Bahn MI

[@lumpylumpy3931]

I’m about tired of these mixed race and all black commercials

[@TheBboyStyle]

Bread looks like really low quality french bread... Come in France taste the real bread :)

[@shtl394]

The New Orleans style French bread serves a different purpose and it's meant to have that texture and taste. It's very delicious with a Po boy or used to dip crab au gratin, another one of my fave Louisiana dishes.

[@glitteryscorpion9593]

My parents live about 2 hours away, and this is the ONLY thing that they want to/will eat when they visit.