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Well Dressed in French Bread: The Best Po’boys in New Orleans

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<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Guy’s Po-boys <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">A New Orleans staple&comma; and it’s easy to see why&period; Located on Magazine Street&comma; Guy’s Poboys offers excellent food and a top-tier ambience&period; They always fry their shrimp and catfish to perfection&period; The bread is fantastic&comma; and the sandwich is well dressed&period; Not to mention&comma; they don’t skimp out on the portions&period; If fish isn’t your thing&comma; they have plenty of other options to fit your desires&period; The best part about Guy’s is the people&period; Every time I go in&comma; everyone is telling stories to one another&period; It’s so easy to jump into the conversation as well&period; If you want a phenomenal sandwich and an overall great experience&comma; head down to Magazine St&period; and try Guy’s Poboys&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-16788" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tulanemagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;Screen-Shot-2025-09-29-at-1&period;39&period;03-PM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"251" height&equals;"317" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Image via &commat;guyspoboysnola on instagram<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Domilise’s Po-Boy and Bar <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Moving from one New Orleans mainstay to another&comma; Domelise’s on Annunciation St&period; knows how to make a po&&num;8217&semi; boy&period; They dress the sandwich with mayonnaise&comma; remoulade&comma; and hot sauce&comma; making for an incredible combination of flavors&period; Each bite of the sandwich tastes completely new&period; The fried oyster po&&num;8217&semi;boy is immaculate&comma; and that is coming from someone who does not even like oysters&period; For me&comma; the fried shrimp po’boy is the best I have had to date&period; Only a 15-minute drive&comma; and if you go on any Tuesday or Thursday&comma; you get 20&percnt; off your sandwich for being a Tulane student&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-16791" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tulanemagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;Screen-Shot-2025-09-29-at-2&period;32&period;52-PM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"345" height&equals;"233" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Image via &commat;domilisespoboys on Instagram<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Adam’s Street Grocery and Deli<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">If you are looking for a more walkable place&comma; look no further than Adam’s Street Grocery and Deli&comma; just a 15-minute walk from campus&comma; where you can enjoy a genuinely exceptional po&&num;8217&semi;boy&period; I got the hot sausage&comma; and it was top-notch with a real flair of spice&period; Reasonably priced and quickly made&comma; you will not be disappointed with your sandwich&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-16792" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tulanemagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;Screen-Shot-2025-09-29-at-2&period;35&period;15-PM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"248" height&equals;"315" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Image via &commat;adamsstreetgrocery on instagram<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Zara’s Lil Giant Supermarket<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Not only is Zara’s Lil&&num;8217&semi; Giant Supermarket an excellent name for a store&comma; but it also has some phenomenal po&&num;8217&semi;boys&period; Their sign calls their po’boys &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;overstuffed”&comma; and while I believe there is no such thing as an overstuffed po’boy&comma; Zara’s gets pretty close to it&period; I had the fried shrimp po’boy&comma; and it is my firm belief that for every centimeter of bread&comma; there was a piece of shrimp to accompany it&period; I promise that when you finish eating&comma; your hunger will be satiated&period; The store is on Prytania Street&comma; making it a pretty far walk from campus&period; Luckily&comma; it is on DoorDash&comma; so you can get it delivered straight to your dorm&period; The convenience&comma; taste&comma; and size of the sandwich make Zara an easy choice for this list&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-16794" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tulanemagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;Screen-Shot-2025-09-29-at-2&period;36&period;16-PM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"340" height&equals;"235" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Image via Zara’s Lil’ Giant Supermarket &amp&semi; Po-Boys on Facebook <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Parasol’s <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Simply put&comma; they have a fantastic roast beef po’boy&period; As someone who doesn’t like roast beef&comma; I was stunned by how good the sandwich was&period; It was perfectly seasoned&comma; well-dressed&comma; and the pickles made it impossible to leave off the list&period; It’s located in the Irish Channel&comma; making it a pretty far walk from campus&period; However&comma; if you are ever in the area&comma; the atmosphere in the bar is excellent&comma; and the restaurant has a cool&comma; old-fashioned look&period; To me&comma; Parasol’s is a great place to visit and get a po’boy&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-16795" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tulanemagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;Screen-Shot-2025-09-29-at-2&period;37&period;00-PM&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"225" height&equals;"268" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Image via &commat;theoriginalparasols on Instagram<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine; <&excl;-- WP Biographia v4&period;0&period;0 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-biographia-container-top" style&equals;"background-color&colon; 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