Tuesday, December 2, 2008
The Judges Have Eaten
Posted by Ian McNulty on Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:16 PM
November's second annual New Orleans Po-boy Preservation Festival grew substantially this year, attracting twice as many po-boy vendors as last year. Official judges were tasked with trying them all to pick their favorites in several categories, while festival-goers could vote for the "People's Choice" award.
The top honor of Best of Show went to Ye Olde College Inn for its bread pudding po-boy.
Newcomer Mahony's Po-boy Shop won Best Classic Fried Po-boy for its Peacemaker, which at Mahony's means fried oysters with bacon and cheddar.
DiMartino's Muffuletta's snagged Best Roast Beef Po-boy.
An alligator sausage po-boy earned Grand Isle Restaurant the Best Specialty Seafood Po-boy award.
And judges gave the Vietnamese banh mi of meatball and shredded pork from Banh Mi Sao Mi Restaurant their Best Specialty Non-Seafood Po-boy award.
The People's Choice award went to Parkway Bakery and Tavern for its roast beef.
-- Ian McNulty
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Parkway also ran its booth of efficiently, quickly, and had the best value (i.e., more po' boy for the moolah). The rest of the Po' Boy fest vendors could learn a lot from 'em. Oh, and why wasn't Guy's or Domilise's at the Fest?
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I thought Banh Mi Sao Mi was absolutely delicious, a great value, and the women working there were a hoot.
