Po' Boy Sandwich : Travellerspoint Travel Photography

Po' Boy Sandwich

In 1929, New Orleans’ streetcar drivers went on strike. Sympathetic to their cause, restauranteurs Clovis and Benjamin Martin created an inexpensive sandwich to serve the striking workers. They put roast beef and gravy on a piece of French bread, and served them out the back of the restaurant to the streetcar drivers. When one of them would approach the back door, the kitchen workers would call for a sandwich by saying, “here comes another poor boy!” Soon enough, the sandwiches gained the nickname po’ boys.

• Date: 6 October 2008
• Photographer: GregW: gallery
• Uploaded: 14th Oct 2008
• Location: New Orleans, USA: gallery
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