In June of this year I drove from my home in New Orleans 9th Ward to Harahan, Louisiana, to visit Gary ‘Koz’ Gruenig, legendary raconteur and old lion of the greater New Orleans po boy scene.
Gruenig’s restaurant is tucked away on a leafy side street adjacent to a tree-lined common surrounded by parking for po boy lovers who have poured into the restaurant for nearly 20 years. Continue reading
The building that once housed Martin Brothers Restaurant at the intersection of St. Claude Ave. and Touro St.
Bragging about selling locally caught Louisiana seafood but actually plating up fishes from Vietnam, China or some other far-off land has been a feature of New Orleans restaurant life since the first Creole cooks fired up cast-iron pots filled with daube glacé.
That Hollygrove fish fry joint touting Des Allemands catfish? It just might be Swai or Basa, frozen, then shipped in from thousands of miles away. Continue reading
9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr
9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr
9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr
9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr
Justin Kennedy of Parkway Bakery and Tavern puts the finishing touches on a po boy at NOLA River Fest
9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr
9th Ward Daily Photo via rl reeves jr